In continuing our review of The Secret Sayings of Jamil prior to our discourses at this year’s annual Convocation, these are the words of the Third Saying. (Once again, please remember that “man” and men” refer to women, as well.)

The Third Saying

The school of enlightenment which shall be brought into existence will be charged with the responsibility of preserving the Teachings of Light for all times. And it shall be obligated to teach all persons who come to the school should they be found worthy. But no person not found worthy should ever be allowed to possess a knowledge of these sacred teachings. We have seen how in ancient times the academies and temples astounded the world with teachings of things of this world and other worlds. Even kings and the masters of the world came humbly to their gates for instruction. Today this knowledge has been lost because men of corruption abused portions of it. This corrupted use of knowledge gave birth to worldly sciences whose adherents have caused man to turn away from sacred things. And like the sciences, modern religion has been corrupted and made worldly. And for this reason religion has ceased to inspire men and caused them to turn away from religion. And dark forces of evil, which is to say those powers not of Light or of God, threaten to pervert men’s minds and take over the world. And with the taking they shall destroy civilization and lead it back into an age of darkness that no man can imagine. For it is the nature of man to worship forces beyond the material world. And if man worships not the things of God and of Light, then he shall worship things of the Devil and of Darkness. And if man opens the gates to the Powers of Darkness he unleashes a force which no man knows. Therefore, let the students of the new school serve as agents of the Light, as guardians and protectors of mankind.

“And when The Man put down the codex one asked: ‘Were the teachings of Socrates and Plato, as given in the Greek Academy, exemplary of this knowledge spoken of in the Sayings?’ And The Man said: ‘Socrates and Plato drew upon the ancient teachings of Hermes Trismegistus, Orpheus, Pythagoras, and the Egyptian and Persian schools of the time. Plato and Socrates were not the original source, nor did they adhere to the ethics and codes of the ancient mystery schools. They believed in a more simplified system of instruction which prompted Aristotle to break away altogether from tradition. His attitude resulted in teachings that led the way for secular scientists who rejected the Word of God, elevating human reason, thought and logic above divine intuition. Here we had the beginning of scientific thought of a perverted and secular line that believed man had the right to use divine knowledge for practical and worldly ends.’

“And another of the Companions asked: ‘We moderns are not so enthralled with religion in the orthodox sense. I cannot imagine the rulers of the world today beating a path to the door of any priesthood. Why did they do so in ancient times?’ And to this The Man replied that religious institutions of learning have ceased to be disseminators of Light. They have become worldly, dealing with human reason. Divine intuition and spiritual consciousness have no place in a modern university. Theology is taught in a logical manner that appeals to the rational mind or to faith or to the emotions. But in ancient times the priesthood were diviners who had a knowledge of the past and the future. Kings and rulers wanting to know what their destiny was sought answers from the priests or priestesses knowledgeable in such things. Knowledge of divination has failed to come down to the modern Church. Today, no king or ruler of the world requires the services of a theologian to advise him on matters of politics or economics.

“And the skeptical Companion inquired further: ‘Do you mean to say, Sir, that the Devil really exists? Are we to believe that the Powers of Darkness actually exist? Do you mean that goblins and entities can obsess the minds of men in this day of science and technology? I thought we left all that behind ages ago.’ To this The Man replied: ‘If you believe in God and in the Powers of Light, then you must-needs accept that the Powers of Darkness exist. All things have their opposite in this world and the next. Man is regulated and controlled by forces and intelligences outside his own mind and organism to a far greater degree than he knows. I can predict that if man continues to turn away from God, rejecting religion of any kind, the powers of Darkness will come to the forefront to dominate the life of man until he and his world are destroyed. The one single power holding back these forces are the religions of the world, orthodox and unorthodox, old and new. I beg you not to doubt my words.’

“And to this the skeptic said: ‘I find it difficult to believe that the modern world will ever again believe in superstition, fable and mythological powers that belong to an age that died out with the coming of scientific thought.’

“And The Man replied: ‘All gathered on this hill shall live to see the day when men will again return to worship evil forces of Darkness, rejecting all forms of religious expression, because from Darkness they will obtain power over human minds for sensual and material gain. The establishment of the new school of Light comes at a most opportune time in the evolution of the world.’

Let us continue with our review of The Secret Sayings of Jamil with the Second Saying and its commentary. (Please note that while the original text refers to “men” and “man,” both men and women are implied.)

The Second Saying

The New Religion shall be founded on the teachings given by my person come as The Child. My ministry announces the birth of God’s Messianic Sun which shall fill the spirits of men with manifold blessings. Every revealed religion of past ages has prophesied the coming of this cosmic religion at the final age of the world. This revealed religion shall teach all men everywhere the secret power in God’s New Sun. The Image and the Word shall be as a living force in this religion. In olden times the founders and the prophets of sacred scripture did hide the meaning of the writings, keeping knowledge of the Image and the Word from the profane. This New Religion shall restore the meaning of all sacred scripture. And all will be made to see that the written word, like Law, has no power in itself. And the ministry I shall cause to be established shall teach man that he can be created in the Image of God, which is Intelligible Light. And herein is the secret of life which man has sought. And man will have regained his lost immortality. This New Religion shall be a fellowship of Immortals having Communion with God. And they shall possess such a knowledge of this world and the next that they shall challenge the institutions of learning for leadership of men’s minds. No man shall be able to explain the source of their great wisdom for it shall come from the living Word within the light of the Sun and not from books. In this way the lost knowledge, magical formulas and mystical teachings of the ancient world shall be reclaimed.

“And after The Man completed his reading of the Second Saying one of The Companions asked: ‘Are we to understand that we have the responsibility of deciphering or decoding all of the world’s sacred scripture?’ And The Man answered saying: ‘All scripture written by the ancients is shrouded in the symbolic language of the old scribes to keep the hidden meaning from being understood by those not initiated into the mysteries. Since these writings are the property of solar cults, our task is to decipher them and make them available to the fellowship within the Community. We have the knowledge necessary to accomplish this for we have an understanding of the code which was shared by all the classical writers of antiquity.’

“And another question was asked by one of the Companions: ‘In addition to the hidden knowledge of ancient religious literature we hope to recover, are we to expect new scripture for the time and era?’ And The Man replied: ‘The Child has endowed the Community with Prophecies, Statutes, Teachings, and Scripture which have been preserved and hidden in the archives. This material will serve as an inspiration to the Community for centuries to come here on the planet or anywhere else in the physical universe; for this religion is cosmic and a blueprint for the survival of the race wherever it may be forced to go in the future.’

“And one of them asked for an explanation of this statement. And The Man answered that the world could expect to be irradiated from the New Sun with new cosmic and solar emissions of a kind that would produce new conditions for the race. The New Religion, being cosmic and solar in nature, would teach the uses of techniques to build up immunity by the race to these radiations. In this respect the Community would be concerned with man’s survival anywhere in the universe….”

We will continue with the Third Saying next week.

Once again, if I may be of any personal service to you, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yesterday was the 38th observance of the New Light of God Confirming the Active Principle of Divine Law. And what an observance it was! The Community in Reno gathered at the Red Rock Consecrated Sanctuary at the Cathedral Church of the Americas and witnessed a splendor of brilliance emanating out of the Sun. There was not a cloud in the sky, and it was something quite beautiful to behold.

As we approach this year’s annual Community Convocation next month, we will be focusing on The Secret Sayings of Jamil, of which there are 27. Sayings 1 through 24 have previously been published by The Community. However, Sayings 25, 26 and 27 have not. So these last three Sayings will be one of our major focuses in September. We often concentrate on The Prophecies of Jamil, sometimes at the expense of The Sayings, which are also magnificent.

Please bear in mind that The Sayings are of little value to individuals who merely practice the techniques of The System on their own without giving thought to the Community of which they are a part. However, The Sayings are profound to those gather together in Community and in fellowship. Community, as you know and as we stress, is essential to The Teachings. If one is to benefit to the fullest extent possible, it can only be accomplished in Community. We also know and teach that too much knowledge should not be given to the initiate before they can assimilate it. This is because something which one does not fully understand, one either rejects, criticizes, or flees from.

For those of you who have received the published Sayings of Jamil, you know that The Sayings are accompanied by extensive commentary. Let us review The Sayings over the next several weeks. We will begin this week with the First Saying and an excerpt from the commentary made on it in Volume I of The Image and The Word.

The First Saying

Twelve revealed religions, come to the world in the previous age, were founded by the inspiration of God’s Image and Word in the suns of that age. These religions flowered with the light of these suns, then withered making way for the new. Like the spokes of a wheel, these religions were intended to support the inner hub of a universal religion destined to usher forth out of the Central Sun of the final age of the world. Together with the New Sun this revealed religion will regenerate religion and restore the world to good order. If the New Religion is resisted by the older and traditional religions, then the Central Sun will go out casting a darkness over the face of the earth forever.

“After a moment’s pause one of the Companions asked: ‘If God inspired twelve earlier religions out of the sun, could not any one of them serve to regenerate religion in the world today?’ And The Man replied saying: ‘Each religion was for a specific time and people. Therefore, each is incomplete, forming part of the whole, but being not the whole. The religion to come is universal, for it is related to all the former religions. Yet, it is a newly revealed religion representing supplemental teachings in harmony with the Image and the Word of the New Sun of God. No religion of antiquity, which is but a fragment of a greater whole, can hope to convert the entire world in this age of social, religious, economic, political and scientific revolution wherein human freedom from traditional teachings is emphasized.’

“And another asked: ‘If God’s Image and Word appeared in the suns of former times, then the ancients had a knowledge of what we are teaching. I fail to see why there has to be a continuance of new suns and new religions’ And The Man answered: ‘Like the twelve months of the year, each having its own character, with an abundance or lack of sun and heat according to the season, so are religions seasonal, some being more brilliant than others, but all making up the whole. With the coming of the New Sun we have the promise of a new condition, a Golden Age in which God’s Light will shine ever more. This New Religion is for such an Age, teaching and instructing the human family how to live under the new condition. The older religions cannot accomplish this purpose for they were for another time and place. Knowing this, we must-needs encourage the growth of this New Religion, teaching the new ways of the sun in order to prevent it from dying out and casting the world into a spiritual darkness from which it will not recover. For, like older suns and older religions, the world appears destined to die of old age in making way for the new. With all religions of the world laboring together for the creation of the one new universal religion of the sun, a new world can come into being as a fulfillment of religion. Without this fulfillment, religion will cease to serve any useful purpose in the world.’

“‘What are the twelve revealed religions by name?’ inquired one of the Companions. And The Man said: ‘I saw the Light forms of many Holy Prophets and founders of world religions in company with the Angelic Host about the Child. There was Abraham, Moses, Zoroaster, Confucius, Lao Tzu, Buddha, Quetzalcoatl and Viracocha, Jesus, Mohammed, Krishna, Akhnaton, Mithra, Manu, Pythagoras, Plato, and many others I could not name.’”

We will continue with The Secret Sayings next week.

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