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| - | === THE CRUCIFIXION === | + | <WRAP centeralign> |
| - | THOSE who have consciously entered the King’s Chamber are | + | ==== THE CRUCIFIXION |
| - | the ones who, whether they realize it or not, are preparing | + | </ |
| - | for the crucifixion of self, or are in the process of undergoing | + | |
| - | it now. | + | |
| - | For the real Crucifixion is far more prolonged than what is | + | <WRAP justify> |
| - | symbolically portrayed by Jesus’ Crucifixion on the wooden cross | + | THOSE who have consciously entered |
| - | between two thieves. It commences in its reality the moment | + | |
| - | release from outer pressure is felt, or upon entrance into the | + | |
| - | King’s Chamber | + | |
| - | rule the outer life. Then the Holy Spirit comes forth and begins | + | |
| - | Its crucifying | + | |
| - | one by one, its qualities | + | |
| - | egotism, pride, moral weakness, and any of the more destructive | + | |
| - | ones that still remain, such as hatred, lust and greed, showing | + | |
| - | them up to the soul and forcing their annihilation and transmutation. | + | |
| - | That is what all disciples must undergo | + | For the real Crucifixion |
| - | or one can bring it to an end within | + | |
| - | In the December article, The Next Two Years, was indicated | + | That is what all disciples |
| - | what each disciple of Christ | + | |
| - | Herein we give you a picture and explanation | + | |
| - | Lesson Paper of the Third Course. | + | |
| - | JESUS being our Exemplar and Way-Shower,, | + | In the December article, The Next Two Years, was indicated what each disciple of Christ |
| - | life we, His followers, must live. And we have shown how | + | |
| - | the Christ must be born in our souls; must grow and thrive there | + | |
| - | and bring the outer Jesus part of us to maturity, which part must | + | |
| - | be taught by the “Wise Men of the East” in preparation for our | + | |
| - | baptism in the Jordan, when the Holy Ghost, instead | + | |
| - | within us and take possession | + | |
| - | then on, He, the Christ of us, begins His mission of preaching | + | |
| - | and of calling to Him and teaching His disciples, but teaching | + | |
| - | chiefly His “beloved son,” our human minds—which we will now liken to Jesus’ human self with its mortal body (and which you | + | |
| - | must remember was what was crucified). For think you that | + | |
| - | Christ, the Son of God, Jesus’ Higher Self, was not always guiding | + | |
| - | and teaching Jesus—even as your Higher Self He is ever guiding | + | |
| - | and teaching you? | + | |
| - | The only difference between Him and us is that Jesus almost | + | JESUS being our Exemplar |
| - | from His birth knew His Father in Heaven—His Higher Self—as | + | |
| - | God Himself, and sought always to obey Him; and as a result He | + | |
| - | was always able to receive direct from His Father’s Consciousness | + | |
| - | whatever He needed to know, to have and to do. But with us | + | |
| - | there has been so much to unlearn | + | |
| - | of us the birth of the Christ | + | |
| - | later, and then there is so much teaching | + | |
| - | He can get us ready for His use. | + | |
| - | But this will give you an idea of what is going on and how | + | The only difference between Him and us is that Jesus almost from His birth knew His Father in Heaven—His Higher Self—as God Himself, |
| - | it will gradually lead us to the crucifixion | + | |
| - | the sense of separation, the culmination | + | |
| - | Life on earth. | + | |
| - | While this culmination was the crucifixion of our Saviour’s | + | But this will give you an idea of what is going on and how it will gradually lead us to the crucifixion of self—the |
| - | mortal body, yet those who know realize that it was far more | + | |
| - | than that. Jesus came here not only to fulfill a prophecy, but | + | |
| - | to perform a mission and to be an example for all humanity | + | |
| - | to follow—to portray an ideal and at the same time be the wayshower for all who are able to follow Him. And you must not | + | |
| - | forget that He knew from the beginning what the end would | + | |
| - | be, knew that He would be crucified, | + | |
| - | fearlessly gave Himself to His enemies. | + | |
| - | To the world it seems the supreme sacrifice. And it was that, | + | While this culmination was the crucifixion of our Saviour’s mortal body, yet those who know realize that it was far more than that. Jesus came here not only to fulfill a prophecy, but to perform |
| - | but in a different way from what the world understands. For | + | |
| - | if He is our Exemplar and Way-Shower, then that means we | + | |
| - | and all men must go the way He went—even unto the crucifixion | + | |
| - | of our mortal selves. | + | |
| - | But the world does not comprehend | + | To the world it seems the supreme sacrifice. And it was that, but in a different way from what the world understands. For if He is our Exemplar and Way-Shower, then that means we and all men must go the way He went—even unto the crucifixion |
| - | understand, and they gladly | + | |
| - | actually offering themselves to be crucified. For do they not | + | |
| - | know that self must be utterly destroyed; that it and it alone prevents | + | |
| - | of the mortal | + | |
| - | If you who have received | + | But the world does not comprehend that, and could not believe it. It is only those who become His true disciples that understand, and they gladly go on to the end, even as He went, actually offering themselves to be crucified. For do they not know that self must be utterly destroyed; |
| - | the Christ | + | |
| - | of such), and even if you who are aware of Him in your hearts, | + | |
| - | can conceive of the many weary steps there are yet to take, | + | |
| - | carrying | + | |
| - | being nailed on that cross, where you must suffer all that Jesus | + | |
| - | did, you can partially realize | + | |
| - | For the consciousness | + | If you who have received |
| - | of the soul, yet Jesus’ soul endured willingly, gladly, because He | + | |
| - | knew that so long as there was left in His human mind any | + | |
| - | consciousness that could feel pain or suffering, it was still separate | + | |
| - | in consciousness from its Higher Self, His Christ Consciousness, | + | |
| - | and was not ready for release and had not reached | + | |
| - | Oneness. Therefore, when Jesus said, “It is finished, | + | |
| - | because His human mind had finally conquered, and “gave up | + | |
| - | the ghost,” or the illusion | + | |
| - | In other words, His mind now fully realized | + | For the consciousness of the flesh makes up the consciousness of the soul, yet Jesus’ soul endured willingly, gladly, because He knew that so long as there was left in His human mind any consciousness |
| - | illusion, that the world without was an illusion, and they could | + | |
| - | hurt or hold its consciousness no longer; for it now knew it was | + | |
| - | pure Spirit, was conscious of its Divine Nature, of being always | + | |
| - | in the Consciousness | + | |
| - | Christ | + | |
| - | that the Christ was the Higher Self of Jesus, | + | |
| - | within you—the Comforter—is your Higher Self, it will make | + | |
| - | plain many things in Jesus’ life and His sayings that otherwise | + | |
| - | are impossible to understand. | + | |
| - | When Jesus’ | + | In other words, His mind now fully realized that the body was an illusion, that the world without was an illusion, and they could hurt or hold its consciousness no longer; for it now knew it was pure Spirit, was conscious of its Divine Nature, of being always in the Consciousness of Divine Mind; it remembered then perfectly Whose mind it was and of What it was a part, even as the Christ |
| - | separation and its consciousness was fully one with its Christ | + | |
| - | Consciousness, | + | |
| - | consciousness of a physical | + | |
| - | to get His body, there was none there—it had dissolved | + | |
| - | disappeared from sight. For when we no longer hold in our | + | |
| - | consciousness a picture belief | + | |
| - | be a false concept | + | |
| - | picture of a physical body will disappear from our minds, which | + | |
| - | means from manifestation. | + | |
| - | Remember the law: “Whatever we think and hold in our consciousness | + | When Jesus’ mind had actually freed itself from its sense of separation |
| - | when we stop believing | + | |
| - | feed it and keep it alive, it will disappear from our consciousness | + | |
| - | and consequently | + | |
| - | longer exist. For all is consciousness, | + | |
| - | consciousness | + | |
| - | So that when Jesus was finally able altogether to transcend | + | Remember |
| - | the torture | + | |
| - | suffering, thus releasing His consciousness from it all, He knew | + | |
| - | He had conquered the “Great Illusion” of separateness—had given | + | |
| - | up the “ghost” of that belief, and of course then there was no | + | |
| - | longer | + | |
| - | was now only His invisible and immortal soul body left. | + | |
| - | But through | + | So that when Jesus was finally able altogether to transcend |
| - | transcended His body consciousness, | + | |
| - | of His soul consciousness, apparently leaving His physical body | + | |
| - | behind. And because | + | |
| - | in the body, there was no longer | + | |
| - | so it just dissolved into the mental | + | |
| - | which it had been created. | + | |
| - | The fact that He had thus mastered | + | But through |
| - | wresting from it all power over His mind, indeed concluded or | + | |
| - | “finished” all need of a physical form. For His mind now being | + | |
| - | master of the idea, He could always by merely thinking and feeling himself again in a physical body cause the body to become | + | |
| - | visible, and He could thus manifest Himself in it at will, or He | + | |
| - | could dissolve it in His consciousness and it would instantly | + | |
| - | disappear. Why would that result? Because by transferring | + | |
| - | completely | + | |
| - | physical | + | |
| - | feeling Himself in either, He would be in either, as He wished; | + | |
| - | and on whatever plane of consciousness He was, He would of | + | |
| - | course be visible to those on that plane. | + | |
| - | For remember where His consciousness was, there He was; for | + | The fact that He had thus mastered the idea of a physical body, wresting from it all power over His mind, indeed concluded or “finished” all need of a physical form. For His mind now being master of the idea, He could always |
| - | His Consciousness is His soul, and He could now be conscious | + | |
| - | being in His soul body or in His physical body at will, being | + | |
| - | fully master of the body idea. In other words, by focusing His | + | |
| - | thought upon either, He thus entered the consciousness | + | |
| - | or lowering His consciousness to the vibration of either, and becoming one with and therefore being in that body in which He | + | |
| - | wished | + | |
| - | the last few Papers. | + | |
| - | This explains how Jesus was able to appear | + | For remember where His consciousness |
| - | the midst of His disciples before | + | |
| - | body. | + | |
| - | What do we mean by mastering an idea? Suppose you want | + | This explains how Jesus was able to appear and disappear |
| - | to appear | + | |
| - | message. That is an idea. If you could first see yourself standing | + | |
| - | in front of your friend, and then could feel yourself there delivering to him your message, clearly seeing him hearing and receiving | + | |
| - | your words, you will catch our meaning. For just to the extent | + | |
| - | that you are fully conscious | + | |
| - | all sense of everything else, will you have mastered that idea, | + | |
| - | and your friend, if psychic, will actually see you and hear you | + | |
| - | speak the words; or if he is at all sensitive he will feel or get the | + | |
| - | strong impression of your presence and of the words, almost as | + | |
| - | if he heard them. | + | |
| - | Remember, everything is consciousness. You are an idea in | + | What do we mean by mastering |
| - | consciousness. The above is an idea in consciousness. Every | + | |
| - | idea that is, is in consciousness. But there are many different | + | |
| - | planes | + | |
| - | of vibration or wave length, and everything on a particular plane | + | |
| - | being visible to all else there, when contacted. | + | |
| - | But every idea has also its own individual vibration and all | + | Remember, everything is consciousness. You are an idea in consciousness. The above is an idea in consciousness. Every idea that is, is in consciousness. But there are many different planes of expression in consciousness, each having its own rate of vibration |
| - | you have to do to contact any particular idea is to tune into its | + | |
| - | vibration and in a way you instantly become one with that idea. | + | |
| - | When Jesus conceived the idea of wanting to be with His | + | |
| - | disciples He simply entered the consciousness | + | |
| - | body idea; that is, He saw and felt Himself | + | |
| - | again, or in other words He tuned into that idea’s vibration, and | + | |
| - | He was there. When He wanted to leave them He just with- | + | |
| - | drew His consciousness from the idea, and instantly He disappeared | + | |
| - | and was back again in His soul body on the soul plane. | + | |
| - | THE SPIRITUAL significance of this all is that Jesus’ mind | + | But every idea has also its own individual vibration and all you have to do to contact any particular idea is to tune into its vibration and in a way you instantly become one with that idea. When Jesus conceived the idea of wanting |
| - | had mastered | + | |
| - | nect up with the consciousness of any particular | + | |
| - | plane. By thus connecting up with an idea He became one with | + | |
| - | its consciousness | + | |
| - | through | + | |
| - | wished to know. | + | |
| - | Remember the idea of a thing is the soul of that thing, as | + | THE SPIRITUAL significance |
| - | taught | + | |
| - | consciousness | + | |
| - | thus can compel | + | |
| - | And of course as disciples and followers of Jesus, intending | + | Remember the idea of a thing is the soul of that thing, as taught |
| - | to follow Him unto the end, even unto the crucifixion | + | |
| - | mortal self, its burial | + | |
| - | matter, we must necessarily learn to master | + | |
| - | of self, of separation | + | |
| - | Only by studying carefully | + | And of course as disciples and followers of Jesus, |
| - | what He did. But fear not that you cannot accomplish all that | + | |
| - | He accomplished, for did He not promise that all these things | + | |
| - | and even greater we would do, now that He has shown us the | + | |
| - | way? And remember we have within us the same power—that | + | |
| - | of the Holy Spirit—which enabled Him to meet and conquer | + | |
| - | in all of His trials | + | |
| - | can we, for He promised also that the Father will enable us to | + | |
| - | do all things, as we push forward fearlessly, trusting Him perfectly at all times and under all circumstances. | + | |
| - | You will note that we make a very careful distinction between | + | Only by studying carefully |
| - | Jesus and his human mind, and also between Jesus and the | + | |
| - | Christ, his Higher Self. Until you clearly perceive the reason | + | |
| - | for and meaning of this distinction, you cannot understand | + | |
| - | deep truths | + | |
| - | It is our minds that must be required to do all those things that | + | You will note that we make a very careful distinction between |
| - | Jesus did, if we would follow Him. It is our minds that must | + | |
| - | give up all this sense of self and of separation. It is the Christ | + | |
| - | Jesus part of us—our souls who know—which must require it, | + | |
| - | so that our minds of their own free will, will gladly and actually | + | |
| - | give up their consciousness and unite it with our soul consciousness, | + | |
| - | Now see if you can get this: It was the Christ who within | + | It is our minds that must be required to do all those things |
| - | Jesus was the inspirer and directer of all that Jesus said and did. | + | |
| - | It was He Who spoke in that highly significant way when saying, | + | |
| - | “I am the way, the truth and the life; no man cometh unto the | + | |
| - | Father but by me.” He was the Holy Spirit in Jesus, | + | |
| - | of God. | + | |
| - | It was the soul of Jesus that was the vehicle or abiding place | + | Now see if you can get this: It was the Christ who within |
| - | of the Christ Spirit, making Him the purified | + | |
| - | world saw and knew as Jesus, | + | |
| - | the Son of Man. | + | |
| - | And then there was the mind of Jesus, which had been so perfectly taught, trained and disciplined and consequently had been | + | It was the soul of Jesus that was the vehicle or abiding place of the Christ Spirit, making Him the purified man whom the world saw and knew as Jesus, and whom Jesus Himself called |
| - | so cleansed and purified of self that there resulted a perfect cooperation of its consciousness with that of the soul, permitting | + | |
| - | the Christ within to do the Father’s will on earth, even as in | + | |
| - | Heaven, and thereby manifesting in Jesus’ human personality | + | |
| - | perfect “image and likeness” | + | |
| - | in the beginning. | + | |
| - | But the Christ, | + | And then there was the mind of Jesus, |
| - | were now really one, for they were but the consciousness of | + | |
| - | God now manifesting freely for the first time through a perfected | + | |
| - | channel containing no limitations whatever. The crucifixion was | + | |
| - | but the final and conclusive proof for all the world to see and | + | |
| - | recognize that God’s Spirit had visited the earth in all the fullness | + | |
| - | of Its Splendor | + | |
| - | until the end of time which would light the way for all God’s | + | |
| - | children so that they could know how to return to Him, even as | + | |
| - | Jesus had returned. | + | |
| - | In the above, hidden beneath the words, are given some very | + | But the Christ, Jesus, and the human mind and personality were now really one, for they were but the consciousness of God now manifesting freely for the first time through a perfected channel containing no limitations whatever. The crucifixion was but the final and conclusive proof for all the world to see and recognize that God’s Spirit had visited |
| - | definite | + | |
| - | perceive them and will strive to prove them, and will thus become prepared and enabled | + | |
| - | you are “betrayed” by the Judas faculty | + | |
| - | remember that that very Judas faculty is employed by the Christ | + | |
| - | of you to deliver self over to your Initiators. | + | |
| - | What follows within the next few years will prove if you | + | In the above, hidden beneath the words, are given some very definite and vital instructions. Those of you who are ready will perceive them and will strive to prove them, and will thus become prepared and enabled to go through the crucifixion when you are “betrayed” by the Judas faculty of your nature. But remember that that very Judas faculty is employed by the Christ of you to deliver self over to your Initiators. |
| - | have fully attained the mastery of mind over matter, thereby | + | |
| - | enabling it to rise out of its “ghost” (the illusion of separateness) | + | What follows within the next few years will prove if you have fully attained the mastery of mind over matter, thereby enabling it to rise out of its “ghost” (the illusion of separateness) into its true consciousness, |
| - | into its true consciousness, | + | </ |
| - | and all your Brothers in Spirit—a risen Christ. | + | |
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