WEEKLY MESSAGE: July 27, 2022

After a two-month hiatus which included an exhilarating expedition to legendary Vilcabamba in the Peruvian jungle east of the Andes, which my father discovered in 1964, and which I will be describing in detail at our Community Convocation in September, we will now resume our review of The Secret Sayings of Jamil.

The Twenty-third Saying (Part 1)

“On the third day following the giving of the Twenty-Second Saying, on the ides of October, The Man went to the home of a Companion of The Way to expound upon religious doctrines. Six disciples had gathered together to hear his words. Taking a scroll in hand, The Man broke the seal and unwound the ribbon girding the sacred document and, as he had promised, proceeded to reveal to them the Twenty-Third Saying. The Man spoke softly.

“‘These are the words of the Twenty-Third Saying:

“‘To acknowledge that the Eternal One God exists is a natural and normal inclination, for man and woman are the bearers of the spirit created by God. Many seek God and many religions purport to possess Divine instructions that lead man and woman to God. But, I say unto you that not one religion of the world knows the One God nor instructs its followers in the True Way to God. This is a hard but truthful Saying that I have entrusted into the care of the Church. That you must teach this to the human family is a sacred obligation placed upon you by the God who is the Father of all.

“‘Many religions preach of an earthly god, a god made in the image of the mind of Man – cruel, bloodthirsty, harsh in His judgements, jealous and vengeful. And this is not the character of the One God of Eternal Goodness, Truth, Beauty, and Love. Make no pact with these religions or their gods by whatever name, but strive to teach what has been or will be revealed unto you by inspiration of the God of whom I speak.

“‘That Good and Evil exist in the world can be observed. To deny that either exists is to contradict reality. Good and Evil have a source. The Good comes only from the One God, Father of Goodness. The Evil comes from the Dark One, the rival of the One True God. The One God rules over an eternal World of Spirit where there is neither death nor pain, suffering nor want, where all is Beautiful and Good.

“‘The Evil One of disunity rules over the Worlds of Darkness whence the physical universe had its origin. And here much Evil prevails because of its separation from the One God. The strong and the powerful, the deceitful, the cunning, and the wicked rule with strength and are worshiped and adored by the weaker and the unsuspicious. Here the Great Lie rather than the Truth prevails, and all living things suffer and die for it, never knowing the Eternal Life of Light to which the spirit is heir.

“‘Because there is some goodness in the world and because the spirit of Man yearns to know the one God and return to Him, He has manifested His Pure Image and Word so that all may know of Him. But more than this, He has so ordained that all Darkness is to be burned away for all time by the brightness of His Image and all memory of Evil will be blotted out by the Truth of His Word. And the whole world will see that God is the worker of Good and that Evil is the absence of God.