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LIFE AND TEACHING OF THE
MASTERS OF THE FAR EAST

VOLUME n

By BAIRD T. SPALDING

BfiVORSS & Co., Publishers
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Copyright, 1927, 1937, i§44

By
BAIRD T. SPALBING

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520 West Ninth Street, Los Angeles 15, California

IN publishing this, the Second Volume of Life and
Teaching of the Masters of the Far East9 1 am
purposely omitting names of people and places.
1 feel that I am at liberty to withhold names of
places and locations, according the reader the privi-
lege of accepting as fact or fiction as he deems
expedient the accounts set forth herein, remarking
only 'that facts are at times more astonishing than
fiction.

At the time of taking up this work It was defi-
nitely understood that nothing should be published
officially until the work had progressed to the degree
where deductions could be reached regarding the
life and teaching of these people.

With the above statements fixed firmly in mind,
I am presenting for the reader's consideration the
Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East,
Vol. II.

In this I sincerely and with all respect remind
the reader that the more receptive one is the more
one receives.

(Signed) BAIED T. SPALDING

I

THE morning of January ist found us up early
with faculties alert. Everyone seemed to feel
that there was something ahead that would
our past experiences but stepping-stones for
those to come.

^ As we gathered around the breakfast table the
friend joined us whom we had met on the roof of
Emil's home, in the village where we had stop-
ped while on our way here. You will recall him as
the one who interpreted my dream. After exchanging
greetings, he said, aYou have been with us for more
than a year. You have traveled with us and lived
among us and shared our lives, and you no doubt
have confidence in us. As you will be with us until
April or May, I have come to invite you to go to the
temple of the Great Tau Cross, which you have
observed is cut in the rock of the. cliff just outside
the village/5

We found afterwards that the rooms of this
temple were cut from the rock that formed a per-
pendicular cliff over six hundred feet high. The open-
ings that formed the rooms were cut deep enough
into the walls, so that all walls were of rock. Wher-
ever it was necessary to place windows to admit
light and air, openings had been cut through the
outer wall of the cliff, which faced south. The open-
ings for the windows were about eight feet square,
and each room had two openings, except the first or
lower room. This room had only one opening, which
communicated with a large crevasse that was worn
in the rock wall just east of the temple. When the
rooms of the temple were cut from the rock, this
room had no opening other than the entrance which

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was from a tunnel cut from the solid rock and ter-
minating in the crevasse mentioned. The opening
for the window was put in later. Originally the
entrance to the tunnel was hidden under a great
boulder which was one of a mass that had fallen
from the sides of the cliff and lodged on a projecting
shelf; and this boulder had been so arranged that
it could be dropped into place from the passageway.
When in place, it could not be moved from the out-
side. The only way of reaching this shelf was by a
ladder about fifty feet long that could be raised or
lowered from above. The openings that served as
windows were fitted with great flat stones that fitted
into grooves at the bottom, so that they could be slid
into place. When they were in place there was, to
one standing in the village, no appearance of an
opening. We were told that this construction was
resorted to for protection from the marauding bands
that infested the country farther north. These bands
at times came as far south as this village. The village
had been destroyed a number of times but the people
had not been harmed, as they could take refuge in
the temple. This temple had not been built by our
friends but had been acquired by them from the vil-
lagers, to be used as a place to keep numerous rec-
ords which they prized very highly. After their
acquisition of the temple the raids ceased, the village
had not been molested, and they all lived in peace.

It is claimed that some of these records date back
to the period of man's advent upon this earth ; that
these records are those of the Naacals, or Holy
Brothers, as they were called, and that they came
direct from the Motherland of Man. It is also
claimed that these Holy Brothers came direct to
Burmah and taught the Nagas. These records seem

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to prove that the forefathers of these people were
the authors of the Sourya Siddhanta and the Earlier
Vedas. The Sourya Siddhanta is the oldest known
work on astronomy. These records place it back
25,000 years; the Earlier Vedas they place back
45,000 years. It is not claimed that these are all
originals, as some were copied from the originals and
were brought here to be preserved. It is claimed that
these were copied from the same records that the
Babylonian records were taken from. It is also
claimed that the originals from which these were
copied are the original Osirian and Atlantean
records.

The rooms of this temple were arranged one
above the other for seven stories and communication
between the rooms was by means of a series of stone
steps cut in the solid rock. The opening to gain access
to the stairway was at one comer of the room and
communicated directly with the stairway, which rose
at an angle of forty-five degrees until it reached a
landing about eight feet square where the entrance
to the room above was cut* There was about eight
feet of solid rock left between the ceiling of the room
below and the floor of the room above. The ceiling
of the upper room of the seventh story terminated
about twelve feet below a wide jutting ledge of rocks
about one hundred feet from the top of the precipice.
A stairway led from this room up through an open-
ing that communicated with the center room of five
rooms cut from the wall of the ledge and arranged
two on each side of the center room, so that a dia-
gram of the whole structure would represent a huge
Tau Cross.

The rooms above were cut so that the ledge
formed a porch or balcony, and the entrances were

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from the ledge. The cliff was a soft, coarse-grained
granite. The work evidently had been done with
crude hand implements, and it must have taken years
to accomplish. It is claimed that not a piece of timber
was used when the temple was constructed. After it
was acquired by our friends, they put in timber and
the rooms were all very comfortable, especially on
sunshiny days.

We learned that since they had acquired the
temple the windows had never been closed nor the
entrance barred, yet very few had ever visited there
unless they had seen and knew something of the true
spiritual enlightenment.

Our friend continued, "This day is to you the
beginning of a new year, the old having passed out
as it were, from your life, never to return; except
possibly in thought, as the memory of its pleasures,
its sorrows and cares, and the more engrossing
thoughts of business come flooding back. Aside from
that, it is forgotten, gone ; to you a page torn from
the year-book of your life. We look upon it as a per-
iod of attainment and added triumph, an ongoing,
a span carrying us on to a more glorious development
and achievement; a time of greater promise and
enlightenment ; a time when we can be of greater
service ; when we can be younger, stronger, and more
loving from each succeeding experience. Your
thought is, 'Why?1 Our answer is, to draw your own
conclusion, choose your own life/*

Our Chief said, without any thought of intruding,
"We wish to see and know.55

Our friend resumed, "From this time on, there
are definite lessons for those who do not see and
know, or grasp the full meaning of the goal of a life
well lived. This does not mean a life of asceticism

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and austerity and aloofness or sadness^This means
a life "oTaccomplishnfelit in joy and gladness, where
all sorrows, all pain, are banished forever/5

Then in a lighter and more whimsical mood he
said, "You have expressed a desire to see and know.
The desire is no sooner expressed than it is fulfilled.
The thought expressed in a verse in your Bible comes
to me as I look over this assembly.QWhere two or
three are gathered together in My Name, there will I
be also."5 How often that verse has been looked upon
as a mere play upon words, instead of being applied
and made really true. The great error you have made
with Jesus1 teachings is, you have consigned them to
the dim and misty past, looking upon them as myth-
ical and mystical, pointing to something that may be
gained after death, instead of knowing that they can
be applied in the da^ lives of all, right here and
now, if you only wiEj

"We wish it to be understood that we are not
putting forth the claim that Jesus, as the Christ,
represented a plane or condition of life in his own
realization that had not been brought forth to a
greater or lesser degree by a great many seers and
prophets of other times and peoples. We wish to
emphasize his life because that life is the one you can
understand more fully. The specific reference to his
own life can have but one purpose and meaning, and
that was the faith-inspiring fact that his 'life and
experience was the living demonstration of Ms teach-
ings, (pie speculative dogma of vicarious atonement,
which has biased Christian thought for centuries, can
not be charged to the author of the Sermon on the
Mount, or the Parable of the Prodigal Son.

"The leaders of Christian thought have diverted
the followers of Jesus and Ms teachings from their

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practical application and the study of the God power.
They have taught them to look upon his teachings as
the experiences of the Apostles after his time, instead
of teaching them that the law upon which those
teachings were based was an exact science which
could be understood and experienced in the lives
of all

"The Orientals have made the scientific phase of
their religion the supreme object of their study and
attainment. In this they have gone to the Bother
extreme. In this way both have consigned their reli-
gion to the realm of the miraculous and supernatural.
The one has become absorbed in the wholly ethical,
while the other has become absorbed in the scientific
side only. Thus both have' shut out true spirituality.

"The monastic life of retirement, asceticism^ and
seclusion from the world, whether in Buddhistic or
Christian monasteries, is neither a necessity nor is it
the true method of attaining spiritual enlightenment
nor the realization of the perfect life of wisdom and
power as brought forth by Jesus.

"These monastic systems have been in existence
for many thousands of years, yet they have in no
wise accomplished as much for the uplift of the com-
mon people as did the teachings of Jesus in the few
short years of his time here on earth.

Qt is very well known that he embraced all their
teachings, going through the initiations and studying
the so-called sacred mysteries, the ritualistic forms
and ceremonies, until he came to the teachings of
Osiris. These were interpreted to him by a priest
who had held himself aloof from all the ritualistic,
monastic, and materialistic forms of worship.

"This priest was a follower of King Thoth, of the
First Dynasty of the Egyptian Kings. When King

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Thoth declared Egypt an empire, he did it under
the power of a dictator and usurper of the people's
rights. Centuries before these people had built up
and maintained a glorious civilization of unity and
brotherhood under the guidance and direction of
Osiris and his followers. These people were the pure
white race and were always known as the Israelites,
of whom the Hebrew race is a division. Thoth ruled
wisely and attempted to maintain the Osirian teach*
ings, but after his day the dark and material concept
crept in, as the Egyptian or dark hordes from the
south, who had swept him into power, gained sway.
The succeeding dynasties fell away from Osirian
teachings, gradually took up the dark concept of the
dark race, and finally practiced black magic entirely.
Their kingdom soon fell, as all such kingdoms must
fall

"After Jesus had listened attentively to this priest
and his teachings, he recognized their deep, inner
meaning. He also saw, through the insight which he
had received from Buddhistic teachings, that there
was a great similarity underlying the two. He then
determined to go to India, over the old caravan route
maintained at that time.

"There he studied the Buddhistic teachings which
had been preserved with a reasonable degree, of
purity. He saw that in spite of the ritualistic forms
and dogmas that had been imposed by man, religion
had but one source, and that was the God within,
Whom he designated as his Father and the Father
of all. Then he threw all forms to the winds, as it
were, and went directly to God, went straight to the
heart of this loving Father. When he had done this,
see the wonderful attainment. He soon found that
this did not take long years of weary plodding

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through dogmas, rituals, creeds, formulas, and Initia-
tions which the priesthood were foisting upon the
people in order to hold them in ignorance and there-
fore in subjection. He realized that that for which
he was seeking was right within himself. He knew
that in order to be the Christ he must declare that
he was the Christ; then with pure motive of life,
thought, word, and deed he must live the life he
sought, in order to incorporate it within his own
physical body. Then, after perceiving this, he had
the courage to go out and declare it to aH the world.

"It did not matter from whom or where he got
his realization. It ^ was the work that counted; not
what someone else had done, but what he did that
counted. The common people, whose cause he spon-
sored, heard him gladly. He did not borrow his pre-
cepts from India, Persia, or Egypt Their teachings
were but the outer that brought him to see his own
Godhead and the Christ, the representation of it,
that was in every one ; not in a few, but in all.

"Osiris was born in Atlantis more than thirty-five
thousand years ago. The chroniclers of his life, long
after his time, called him a god because of his won-
derful works. He was a direct descendant of those of
higher thought who had kept their concepts clear in
the Motherland of Man.

"It was so of the greater portion of all the myth-
ological characters that have been brought down to
us. Their works and characters have been distorted
by repetition and translation of the stories concern-
ing them. Their works and attainments were looked
upon as supernatural by those who would not give
the time and thought to go into the deeper meaning
and find that they were divinely natural to man in
his true dominion.

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"The chroniclers deified Osiris ; then they began
making images of him. These images only repre-
sented what he stood for, at first; then gradually
the images became fixed in the mind, the ideal was
forgotten, and the empty idol remained

"Buddha was another who was deified by the
chroniclers long after his time. Note the images of
him that have been set up5 with the result that the
image is worshipped instead of the ideal Again the
empty idol. It is the same with signs and symbols.

"The teachings that Buddha received came from
the same source as did those of Osiris, but in a dif-
ferent way. The teachings that Buddha contacted
came from the Motherland direct to Burmah,
brought there by the Naacals. Osiris5 teachings came
direct to him, as his forefathers lived in the Mother-
land, and when he was a young man he had gone
to the Motherland to study. After finishing his
studies he returned home, became the leader of the
Atlanteans and brought the people back to the wor-
ship of the God within, as they were gradually slip-
ping back to the dark concept, influenced by the
dark races about them.

"Moses was another leader whose followers and
chroniclers deified him after his time. He was an
Israelite and contacted the records of the Babylon-
ians, receiving his teachings from them. These rec-
ords form a part of your Bible. What Moses saw and
learned from these records was written by him in
the exact form and words. The facts which he put
down were badly distorted by translators. I could
go on and recall many more.

"Jesus saw and contacted all their teachings, then
in his characteristic manner he went to the heart of
all these. He went one step farther than any of them

If

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did, by glorifying his body to the point where he
could allow it to be crucified ; yet he brought it forth
in a triumphant resurrection.

"Studying the teachings of Osiris, Buddha, and
Jesus, you will find many similarities; in fact, at
times you will find the same words used. Yet did
any of them copy? The teachings showed them the
way from the outer to the inner. Then they must
have dropped all teaching, all copying, and must
have gone beyond it all. Had any of them just copied
and studied what they saw and were taught, and
then had not been able to see that all was from the
God right within themselves, they would have been
studying yet, and their lives and experiences would
never have been recorded.

"They all went through the same experience in
that their followers wanted to crown them kings of
temporal kingdoms ; but to this they would not listen,
each expressing the same thought in almost the same
words, cMy kingdom is not of the material, it is
spiritual' With Crisis it went so far that the later
chroniclers placed him as an Egyptian king.'5

Here the talk ended and we all walked to the
temple. As we arrived in the lower room, our friend
began, "In ascending from room to room of this
temple, please remember that no man can confer
any rights upon another. By developing your under-
standing you will find that you are the equal of any
man, and he who attempts to confer his rights or
what he has upon you is not consistent, as he is
attempting to give what he can not. One may point
the way to his brother, that he may extend his vision
to incorporate the good ; but he can not confer that
good which he himself has, upon him."

By this time we had arrived in the second room,

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where four of our friends from the village had pre-
ceded us. After a few moments of genera! talk, all
were seated, and our teacher resumed. (^There is
not a character in all your history that stands out as
Jesus does. You count your time before and after
his birth. He is idolized by a majority of your people,
and that is where they err. Instead of the idol, he
should be the ideaTJTnstead of being made into a
graven image, he should be real and living to you,
for he actually lives today in the same body in which
he was crucified. He lives and can talk to you just
as he could before that event. The great error with
so many is that they see his life ending in sorrow and
death upon the cross, forgetting entirely that the
greater portion of his life is that portion after the
resurrection. He is able to teach and heal, today, far
more than he ever did before. You can come into His
presence at any time if you will. If you seek, you
will find him. He is not a king who can intrude his
presence upon you, but a mighty brother who stands
ready always, to help you and to help the world.
When he lived upon the mortal,, earthly plane, he
was able to reach but a few. Today he is able to reach
all who will look to him.

"Did he not say: 'Where I am, there you are
also'? Does that mean that he is away in a place
called heaven that you must die to attain? He is
where you are, and he is able to walk and talk with
you. Lift your sight a little higher and let it extend
to a wider horizon; and if your heart and thought
are sincerely with him, you will see him. You may
walk and talk with him. If you look closely you will
find the scars of the cross, the spear and the thorns,
all healed, all gone, and the radiant love and hap-

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plness about him will tell you that they are all for-
gotten, forgiven/5

Our friend stopped talking, and all was deep
silence for the space of about five minutes. Then the
room lighted up with a brilliance that we had not
seen before. We heard a voice. At first it seemed a
long way off and indistinct. After our attention was
attracted to it and our thoughts directed to it, the
voice became very distinct and rang out in clear bell-
like tones.

One of our party asked, "Who is speaking?" Our
Chief said, "Please be silent. Our dear Master, Jesus,
is speaking.55 Then one of our friends said, "You are
right, Jesus speaks.*'

Then the voice went on, "When I said *I am the
way, the truth and the life/ I did not intend to con-
vey the thought to mankind that I, myself, was^ the
only true light. £As many as are led by the Spirit of
God, they are Sons of God/ When I said, 'I am the
perfect Son, the only begotten Son of God in whom
the Father is well pleased,3 I fully intended to con-
vey the thought to all mankind that one of God's
children saw, understood, and claimed his divinity ;
saw that he lived, moved, and had his being in God,
the great Father-Mother Principle of all things ; that
seeing this, he then spoke forth the word that he was
the Christ, the only begotten Son of God, and with
true heart and steadfast purpose lived the life, becom-
ing what he claimed to be. With his eyes fixed upon
that ideal, he filled his whole body with that ideal,
and the end sought was fulfilled.

"The reason so many have not seen me is that
they have put me upon a shrine and placed me in
the unapproachable. They have surrounded me with
miracles and mystery ; and again, they have placed

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me far from the common people, whom I love dearly
I love them with a love that Is unspeakable. 1 have
not withdrawn from them; they have withdraw!
from me. They have set up veils, walls and partitions,
mediators, and images of myself and those so neai
and dear to me. They have surrounded us with myth
and mystery until we seem so far removed from these
dear ones that they do not know how to approach.
They pray and supplicate my dear mother and those
that surround me, and thus they hold us all in mortal
thought. When truly, if they would know us as we
are5 they would and could shake our hands. If they
would drop all superstition and creed and know us
as we are, they could talk with us as you do. We are
no different at any time than as you see us. How we
would love to have the whole world know this. Then
what an awakening, what a reunion, what a feast !

"You have surrounded us so long in mystery, it
is no wonder that doubt and disbelief have become
dominant. The more you build images and idols and
surround us with death and make us unapproachable,
save through some other than ourselves, the deeper
the doubt and shadow will be cast and the chasm
of superstition grow wider and more difficult to cross.
If you would boldly shake our hands and say, CI know
you/ then all could see and know us as we are. There
is no mystery surrounding us, or those we love, for
we love the whole world.

uSo many see only that part of my life which
ended on the cross, forgetting that the greater part
is as I am now; forgetting entirely that man still
lives, even after what seems a violent death. Life
cannot be destroyed. It goes on and on, and a life
well lived never degenerates nor passes. Even the
flesh may be immortalized so that it never changes.

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"Dear Pilate, when he washed his hands and said?
*Away with him and crucify him yourselves, I find
no fault in him/ how little he knew of the history he
was making, or of the prophecy he was fulfilling. He,
with the multitude, has suffered far more than I have
suffered. That is all passed and forgotten, forgiven,
as you will see by our all standing here in one place
together."

Two figures came forth and were embraced by
Jesus. As he stood with his hand on the shoulder of
one, he said, "This dear brother has come all the
way with me. While this one," pointing to the sec-
ond one, "saw many more trails before his eyes
were opened. But after they were fully opened, he
came quickly. He is just as true and we love him
with the same love we do all others."

Then another advanced slowly and stood for a
moment. Jesus turned and with outstretched arms
said, "Dear Pilate." There was no mistaking the
comradeship of, the embrace.

Then Pilate spoke and said, "I labored and suf-
fered many weary years after the verdict which I
pronounced that day so lightly when I cast from
myself the burden. How few of us while in the
material realize the needless burdens we heap upon
others in the attempt to shift the responsibility from
ourselves. It is only when our eyes are opened that
we realize the more we attempt to shirk and shift
our burdens upon others, the greater the burden
bears down trpon us. It took many weary years before
my eyes were opened to this fact ; but since the day
they were opened, how I have rejoiced."

Then the invisible choir burst into full song, and
the melody beggars all description. After a few bars,
Jesus stepped forward and said, "Do you wonder

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that I have long ago forgiven those that nailed me
to the cross? Then why have not all forgiven, as I
have? With me the forgiveness was complete when
1 said, *It is finished.9 Why do you not see me as I am,
not nailed to the cross, but risen above all mortality?9'

Again the invisible choir continued with "Hail,
all hail, you Sons of God. Hail, hail and praise Him,
His kingdom endures forever among men. Lo, God
Is with you always"; and as they sang, the words
stood out in raised letters upon the wall of the room.

This was not a far-off, ' hazy, nearly invisible
scene. Neither was it set on a stage far away from us.
All were actually present in the room, for we talked
with them, shook hands with them, and photo-
graphed them. They were right among us, and we
were around them. The only difference that we
could see between them and ourselves was the pecu-
liar light about them, and this appeared to be the
source of the light in the room. There were no
shadows anywhere. To us there seemed to be a pecu-
liar translucent quality about the flesh, for when we
touched them or clasped their hands, the flesh
seemed like alabaster. Still it had a warm, friendly
glow, and that same warmth pervaded everything
about them. Even after they had walked out, the
room we were in retained the same warmth and
light. Every time we entered the room afterward,
some of the party would remark about it.

One day, a short time after, our party had gath-
ered in the room, and we were talking of how the
room impressed us, when our Chief said to me, "It
is sublime." He had expressed the feelings of every-
one and there was no more said about it. When we
returned that fall, the room seemed a sanctuary, and
we spent many hours there.

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Our party waited while the others filed from the
room. As Pilate started to leave, he motioned our
Chief to join him and together all descended the
stairs, down to the lower room through the passage-
way to the crevasse and down the ladder, one by one,
until all had descended. Then we went on to the vil-
lage to the home where we lived, and we all talked
until midnight. Then all dispersed in the usual man-
ner, as if the meeting were a common occurrence.

After the guests had departed, we gathered
around our hostess and each in turn clasped her hand
to thank her for the remarkable evening we had
experienced."One of our party said, "The only way
I can express my thoughts and feelings is to say that
my narrow, mortal outlook has beenxompletely shat-
tered." He apparently struck the key that vibrated
to all our thoughts. I did not attempt to give voice to
my thoughts or feelings; neither have I ever at-
tempted to record them. I shall leave that for the
reader to imagine. After leaving our hostess, to retire,
there was not a word spoken. Each one seemed to
feel that an entire new world had opened.

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CHAPTER II

THE next morning, after we had gathered for
breakfast, we questioned our hostess and
found that it was not an uncommon occurrence
for Jesus to come as he did; and she said he often
came and joined the others in their healing work.
After breakfast we found that our hostess and
two other ladies were to accompany us to the temple
that day. As we left the house, two men joined the
party. One told our hostess that there was a sick
child in the village who was asking for her. We fol-
lowed the men to the home of the child and found
it very ill. Our hostess walked forward and held out
her hands. The mother placed the child in her arms,
instantly the little one's face brightened. Then it
snuggled up close for a moment, and in a few min-
utes was sound asleep. Our hostess returned the child
to the mother, and we proceeded to the temple. On
the way she remarked, "Oh, if these dear people
would only see and do this work for themselves, in-
stead of depending upon us. It would be so much
better for them. As it is, they let us entirely alone
until some emergency arises, then they call for us,
which is quite all right, except that it does not give
them any self-reliance whatever. We would much
prefer to see them self-reliant, but they are child-
like in every way/1

By this time we had reached the foot of the lad-
der. We went up and entered the tunnel The two
men accompanied us. As this tunnel was through
solid rock, it was natural to suppose that it would be
dark. But it was lighted sufficiently to enable us to
see objects for a considerable distance ahead; and

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the light seemed to be around us, so that there were
no shadows. We had noticed this the day before, but
no one had remarked about it. Upon making inquiry,
we were told that the light was around us just as it
appeared to be, and that when there was no one in
the tunnel it was dark.

We went on through the tunnel and up the stairs
to the third room. This room was somewhat larger
than the two below, and there were a great many
tablets stored along two walls. Just back of this room
we found that another large room had been exca-
vated and later learned that this room was also filled
with similar tablets. These tablets were of a reddish
dark-brown color, quite well glazed. Some were about
14x24 inches and about two inches thick, and
weighed from ten to twelve pounds each. Others
were much larger. We were puzzled to know how
these could have been transported over the moun-
tains. We expressed our wonderment at this and were
told that they were not transported over the moun-
tains, but were brought to the Gobi country when
it was fertile and well settled, before the mountains
were raised. Then long after the mountains came up,
the tablets were removed to this place to guard
against any possibility of their being destroyed.

It is claimed that before the mountains rose, a
great tidal wave ran over a portion of the country,
totally devastating it and destroying a large part of
the population. Those who survived were cut off
from the world and a means of livelihood, and they
became the forefathers of the roving bands of brig-
ands which infest the Gobi at this time. It is claimed
that the Great Uigur Empire existed where the
Himalayas and the Gobi are today ; that large cities
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and that drifting sand covered the ruins after they
were destroyed by the water. We afterwards took
the descriptions as they were translated to us from
the tablets and found three of these cities; and we
believe that some day when further excavations are
completed, they will prove the authenticity of these
records and that which is claimed for them. These
records place the date of this civilization back hun-
dreds of thousands of years. As this is not a treatise
on research, I feel that I have digressed.

We were shown through the different rooms*
During the general conversation it developed that
one of the men who joined our party in the morning
was a descendant of the man whom we met in the
village where John the Baptist had lived, and whom
we called our friend of the records. This man showed
every sign of advanced years, which caused us to
wonder.

While we were returning to the first room, our
Chief asked if a desire could be fulfilled as soon as it
was expressed. Our hostess answered that if the
desire were put forth in true form it would be ful-
filled. She then went on to say that desire is but a
form of prayer, that it was the true form of prayer
which Jesus used, as his prayers were answered ; that
prayer which is always answered must be true
prayer, therefore must be scientific, and if scientific,
must be according to fixed law.

Continuing, she said, "The law is cAs you know,
your prayer is granted/ and 'What things you desire,
when you pray, know you receive them and you shall
have them/ If we know positively that whatever we
have asked for is ours already, we may know that
we are working in accordance with law. If the desire
is filled, then we may know that the law is fulfilled.

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If the desire is not filled, then we must know that we
have asked amiss. We should know that the fault is
with us and not with God.

"Then the instructions are, 'You shall love the
Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your
soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength/
Now go deep, deep down within your own soul —
not with forebodings, fear, and unbelief, but with a
glad, free, thankful heart, knowing that that which
you stand in need of is already yours.

"The secret lies in getting the at-one-ment ; get-
ting the consciousness of it and then holding firmly
and never deviating, though all earth should oppose.
*Of myself I can do nothing/ said Jesus, 'The Father
that dwells in me, He does the work.9 Have faith in
God. Have faith and doubt not. Have faith and fear
not. Now remember there is no limitation to God's
power. 'All things are possible/

"Use positive words in making your request.
There is naught but the perfect condition desired.
Then plant in your soul the perfect seed idea and
that alone.Wow ask to manifest health and not to be
healed of disease; to express harmony and realize
abundance — not to be delivered from inharmony^
misery and limitations. Throw these off as you would
discard an old garment. They are old and only out-
grown things; you can afford to discard them joy-
fully. Do not even turn to gaze upon them. They are
forgiven, forgotten. They have returned to the dust
from which they were created. They are no-thing —
nothing.

"Fill the seeming blank spaces about you with
the thought of God, Infinite Good. Then remember
the word God is a seed. It must grow.

"Leave the how, when, and where to God. Your

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work is merely to say what you want, and to give
forth blessings, knowing that the moment you have
asked, you have received. All the details of this bring-
ing forth Is the work of the Father. Remember He
does the work. Do faithfully your part; leave and
trust God's part to Him. Ask. Affirm. Look to God
for what you want; then receive God's fulfillment.

"Keep the thought of God's abundance always
in mind. If any other thought comes, replace It with
that of God's abundance, and bless that abundance.
Give thanks constantly, if need be, that the work
is done. Do not go back again to the asking. Just
bless and give thanks that the work Is done, that
God Is working In you, that you are receiving that
which you desire ; for you desire only the good that
you may give out the good to all. Let this be in silence
and In secret. Pray to your Father in secret, and your
Father who sees the secret of your soul will reward
you openly.

"When the demonstration Is complete, you will
look back upon the time faithfully given, as one of
your greatest treasures. You will have proved the
law, and you will realize the power of your word
spoken in faith and blessing. Remember that God
has perfected His plan. He has poured out and is
continuously pouring out, loving and lavishly upon
us, all good, and every good thing that we can desire.
Again He says, 'Try Me and see If I will not open
the windows of heaven and pour out such a blessing
there will not be room to receive it.*

With All My Heart

"In the heart of my being, Father, I am one with
You, and I recognize You as Being, the Father of all.
You are Spirit, Omnipresent, Omnipotent, Omms-

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cient You are Wisdom, Love, and Truth ; the power
and substance and intelligence of which .and through
which all things are created. You are tfcfe life of my

spirit, the substance of my soul, the intelligence of
my thought ; I am expressing You in my body and

in my affairs. You are the beginning and the end, the
•very All of the good which I can express. The desire
of my thought which is implanted in my soul is
quickened by Your life in my spirit ; and in the full-
ness of time, through the law of faith, it is brought
into visibility in my experience. I know that the good
I desire already exists in Spirit in invisible form and
but awaits the fulfillment of the law to be made vis-
ible, and I know that already I have.

With All My Soul

"The words which I now speak, outline to You,
my Father, that which I desire. As a seed it is planted
in the soil of my soul and moved upon by Your quick-
ening life in my spirit. It must come forth. I allow
only Your Spirit — Wisdom, Love, and Truth — to
move in my soul. I desire only that which is good for
all, and I now ask You, Father, to bring it forth.

"Father within me, I ask to express Love, Wis-
dom, Strength, and Eternal Youth. I ask to realize
Harmony, Happiness, and Abundant Prosperity;
that I may have the understanding direct from You,
of the method of bringing forth from the Universal
Substance that which will satisfy every good desire.
This is not for self, Father, but that I may have the
understanding so that I may be of service to all
Your children.

With All My Mind
"That which I desire is already in visible form.

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1 form in mind only that which I desire. As a seed
begins its growth underground in the quiet and in
the dark, so does my desire now take form In the
silent, invisible realm of my soul. I enter my closet
and shut the door. Quietly and confidently 1 now
hold my desire in mind as already fulfilled. Father,
I now await the perfect outpicturing of my desire*
Father, Father, within me, I thank You that now
in the invisible, the fulfillment of my desire is always
established, and I know that You have poured out
lovingly and lavishly to all an abundance of Your
treasure ; that You have filled every good desire of
my life ; that I may partake of Your opulent supply ;
that I may realize my oneness with You; that all
Your children may realize the same ; and that what-
ever I have, I may pour out to help all Your chil-
dren. All that I have I give to You, Father.

With All My Strength

"No act or thought of mine shall deny that I
have already received in Spirit the fulfillment of
my desire, and it is now brought forth into perfect
visibility. In spirit, in soul, in mind, in body, I am
true to my desire. I have perceived my good in
Spirit. I have conceived it as a perfect idea in soul,
and I have given true thought form to my desire.
I now bring into visibility, or true manifestation, my
perfect desire.

"I thank You, Father, that I now have Love, Wis-
dom, and Understanding; Life, Health, Strength
and Eternal Youth ; Harmony, Happiness and Abun-
dant Prosperity ; and the method of bringing forth
from the Universal Substance that which will satisfy
every good desire.

cc 'Said I not unto you, that if you would believe,
you should see the glory of God?* f*

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After our hostess had spoken, there was deep
silence for a moment ; then she continued : "Under-
stand that if it is not finished, and your desire is not
now visible, the fault is within yourselves and not
with God. Do not go back again to the asking, but
like Elijah, persist, hold out the cup until It is filled ;
pour out blessings and thanks that it is done now,
though every mortal thought of error beset you.
Go on, go on, it is here now, and believe me your
faith is rewarded; your faith becomes knowing.

"We will suppose it is ice you desire. Would you
begin by speaking out the word, ice, all about you
Indiscriminately? If you did, you would scatter your
forces in all directions and nothing would come to
you. You should first form a mental picture of what
you desire, hold it directly in thought just long
enough to get the image, then drop the image en-
tirely and look directly Into the Universal God Sub-
stance. Know that that Substance is a part of God,
and therefore a part of you and in that Substance
there Is everything you need ; that God is pressing
that Substance out to you just as fast as you can use
it ; and that you can never deplete the supply. Then
know that everyone who has created that supply has
brought forth from this Substance, whether they
have done It consciously or unconsciously. Now with
your thought and vision fixed on the one central
atom, God, hold that atom until you have imprinted
your desire upon It. You will lower the vibration of
that atom until it becomes Ice. Then all the atoms
surrounding that one will hasten to obey your desire.
Their vibration will be lowered until they will
adhere to the central particle, and In a moment you
will have ice. You do not even need any water about
you ; you need only the ideal."

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Again there was deep silence ; in a moment a pic-
ture appeared upon the wall of the room. At first
the forms were still, and we thought but little of it.
But then the forms began to move about, and we
could see their lips move as though they were talk-
ing. Immediately our attention became fixed, and our
hostess said, "This picture is depicting a scene that
happened long ago, when the Uigur Empire was at
its height. You can see how beautiful the people are*
and the country is warm and sunny. You can see
how the trees are swayed by the breezes. Even the
colors are reproduced. There were no fierce storms
to disturb the land or its inhabitants. If you will give
close attention you will hear them speak ; and if you
can understand the language, you can tell what they
are talking about. You can even see the play of the
muscles of the body as they move about/1

Our hostess ceased speaking, but the pictures
continued to pour in, with scenes changing at inter-
vals of about two minutes, until we seemed to be
a part of the picture, so close did they appear to us.
Suddenly there came a scene with three of our party
in it. There was no mistaking them. We could hear
their voices and recognize what they were talking
about. It proved to be an incident that had taken
place in South America about ten years previous.

Then our hostess resumed, "We are able to
throw thought vibrations into the atmosphere which
connect with the thought vibrations of those that
have passed, and our vibrations collect those of the
thoughts gone before until they draw them together
at a given point. Then you are able to see those
scenes reproduced just as they were when the scenes
occurred. This may seem phenomenal to you, but it
will not be long before your people will be producing

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pictures similar to these you have seen. The only
difference is that they will be photographic and
mechanical, while ours are neither.

"The leaders of Christian thought have been so
busy with their interdenominational bickerings, each
one determined that the other should not succeed,
that they have nearly forgotten what true spiritual
life means. Likewise the Oriental people ^ have set
themselves so determinedly upon the esoteric, occult,
and scientific side of their philosophy, that they have
also passed over the spiritual.

"It will come to a point where a few of those
who develop the pictures through mechanical means,
to their higher degree of perfection, will be the first
to see the true spiritual meaning., the educational
value, the benefit to be derived, and the accomplish-
ments that are possible. Then those ^few will have
the courage to step forth and proclaim the accom-
plishment by the pictures they produce. It will be
seen that these devices and the people that develop
them— now thought to be the most material — will
be the greatest power of any factor brought forth
and developed by your people, in bringing out the
true spiritual ideal. Thus it will be left to those who
seem to be the most material of the greatest material
race, to bring forth the truly spiritual. Your people
are going on, and will bring forth a device which
will reproduce the voices of those who have passed,
more accurately than they now reproduce the voices
of the living. You are going on and will achieve, in
a measure, mechanically, what we do with thought
force. This is where you are going to excel all the
world in future development.

"The founding of America portrays the white
race's homecoming, as that land is their former home

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and one of the places where the great early spiritual
enlightenment was brought forth. Thus It is the land
where the greatest spiritual awakening will take
place. In a short time you will be far ahead of the
whole world in physical and mechanical develop-
ment. You will go on and develop the physical and
mechanical until it is perfected to such a degree that
you will see there is but one more step to the spir-
itual. When that time comes, you will have the cour-
age to take the step. There is a saying in your
country that necessity is the mother of invention.
Necessity placed you in a position where you were
obliged to do that which seemed impossible. Your
mode of accomplishment has made you a very ma-
terial nation. With your mode of living, this has been
necessary in order to survive. When you, as a nation,
do touch the spiritual realm, the strides that you
have made in the material will seem like child's play.
With the strong physical bodies and quick percep-
tion you have developed, your race will become a
light to all other nations; and you will look back
and wonder, as you are now looking back and won-
dering why your forefathers used the stage-coach
and the tallow candle when steam and electricity
were all around them, just as it is around you today.
Had they abided by the law, they would have
received and benefited as you have and will.

"You will find that the spiritual surrounds and is
above the material. You will find that in the spiritual
there is a higher law, and when you abide by that
law, you receive the benefit ; for the spiritual is just
above and around the mechanical or material. You
will find there is no more mystery in the spiritual
than there is in the mechanical or the material.
The things that appear difficult to you now will be

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simple, and you will surmount them just as readily
as you are now surmounting the mechanical 'and
material. It is the continual striving that does the
work.55

By this time the old gentleman whom I spoke of
before, had selected and brought out a tablet and
placed it on a nearby easel.

Our hostess went on to say, "The great error
which many people make is that they do not look
upon lessons as a means of attaining a given end.
They do not realize that when that end is attained
and fully recognized, the lessons are to be discarded
and the attainment is to be' followed. Then if they
still wish to go on, they may pause for a moment
and place what they have accomplished in their
storehouse (sometimes called the subconscious) ; and
after this step the lessons leading to the further
attainment which they seek, may be taken up. But
as soon as the goal is reached they must again dis-
card the lessons. In this way they may go on, step
by step, to the highest attainment. You will find that
lessons are but steps in the stairway ; and if you were
to attempt to carry all the steps you have used, to
reach the top, the load would soon crush you. Be-
sides, there would be no steps for your brother to
use as he follows on. Leave the steps for him to use
if he chooses. They have assisted you to reach the
top. You do not need them any longer. You may
pause a moment for breath or for a fresh inspiration
to go on. The moment that inspiration has come, you
can place your foot upon the next step and again
place the attainment in the storehouse. Let go of all
the lessons that brought you there and there is
nothing to encumber or hold you back. But if you
look back to the lessons and do not hold your vision

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on the goal, you will, before you realize it, have fixed

the lessons instead of the Ideal the lessons would
convey.

"This may cause you to waver and look back and
say, 'Did my ancestors accomplish in the way I have
accomplished?3 When I look far back I can say they
did, but when I look into the immediate future I say
they did not ; for they accomplished by the sweat of
their brow? while you are using your own God-given
power. If you look back to your ancestors, you will,
before you realize it, be worshipping them ; for with
your creative ability, you will have brought forth
that which you have gazed upon. You will be living
by their standards of your own. You will begin to
look like your ancestors, but you will not accomplish
what they have accomplished. You will begin to
drop back ; for if you live by another's ideal, you can
not accomplish that which the one who conceived
the ideal accomplished. Ypu must either go on or
return. There are no half-way measures. This ances-
tor worship is one of the direct causes of nations*
degenerating. Because of your lack of ancestor wor-
ship we see a great nation in store for you. You had,
in the first place, very little pride of ancestry ; you
had no ancestors to^worship, and you had no founda-
tion save that which you made. Your ideal was a
free country and you brought forth your ideal The
country you acquired had been free from king or
ruler. To you it did not matter how your grand-
father had accomplished, it was how you, your own
individual self would accomplish. Then you united
with the many to accomplish one purpose, and the
individual self in you, the creative power that gives
you life (God), held you in direct communion with
your ideal power to create. Then with your eyes

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steadfastly fixed on the attainment, you are going
on to the realization of your ideal."

Our hostess turned to the tablet and resumed,,
"On these tablets it is recorded that God was called
Directive Principle — Head, Mind — and was symbol-
ized by the character which is like your letter M,
which was called M-o-o-h. This translated into your
language would be director or builder.

"This Directive Principle was over all and con-
trolled all The first Being He created was called the
expression of the Directive Principle; and He was
created in form just like the Principle, as the Princi-
ple had no form but His own to express by or
through. This Being which the Directive Principle
created, was the outer expression of the Principle,
Himself. He was created in the image of the Princi-
ple, as the Directive Principle had no other form to
pattern after. The Directive Principle gave to His
creation every one of His attributes, and this crea-
tion had access to everything that the Principle had.
He was given dominion over every outer form. He
had the form of His Creator, the attributes of His
Creator, and the power to express all of them in the
perfect way that the Creator expresses, so long as the
creation held itself in direct accord with the Princi-
ple. None of the attributes of the created being were
developed ; but the Creator having in mind the ideal
or perfect plan which His creation was to express,
placed His creation In Ideal or perfect surroundings
where all the attributes could be brought forth and
expressed or brought Into outer manifestation. Thus
the^ Creator did not place His creation upon earth
until all the conditions for its perfect development
Were complete. When these conditions were com-
plete, this Being was placed among them and named

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Lord God, and the location where He was placed
was called M-o-o-h or M, and afterward became
known as the cradle or mother. I wish you to observe
that I am putting this Into words In your language
so that you can understand them. You can go into
the details later after you have learned to translate
the tablets yourselves. I wish to bring these points
out so that they may become the principle from
which we shall work In translating these records.
I do not wish you to think that I am attempting to
change any conclusions you have already formed in
other ways or through other thoughts or studies. I
am going to ask you to lay them all aside for the
time. When you have gone deeper Into these studies,
you are at liberty to take up all others again if you
wish. I do not wish to influence you in any way. All
lessons are but the outer, a way of arriving at a con-
clusion. If the conclusion is not reached, or the aim
sought is not attained, the lessons become driftwood,
extra baggage, nothing."

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CHAPTER III

DAY after day for two mouthy with the old
man as our instructor, we gave our whole
attention to a set of tablets which dealt en-
tirely with characters, symbols,, and their position,
plan, and meaning. One morning early in March,
we went to the room in the temple, as usual, and
found the old gentleman lying on the couch as
though asleep. One of our party walked over and
placed a hand on his arm to arouse him; then
started back, and exclaimed, "He is not breathing.
I believe he is dead." We gathered around the couch
and were so absorbed in our own thoughts of death
among these people that we did not hear anyone
enter. We were aroused from our reverie by a voice
saying, "Good morning." We turned toward the
door and there stood Emii We all started, and then
stood as though dumb. We had supposed that he was
a thousand miles away, and his sudden appearance
had startled us. Before we had time to compose our-
selves, he had walked over and was shaking hands
all around.

In a moment, Emil walked to the couch on which
the old man was lying. Placing his hand upon the
old man's head, he said, "Here we have a dear
brother who has departed from this earth but has
not been able to finish his work among us. As one
of your poets has said, *He has wrapped his mantle
about him and has lain down to pleasant dreams/
In other words, you have pronounced him dead.
Your first thought is to get an undertaker and a
coffin, to prepare a grave to hide the mortal part
of him while it dissolves.

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"Dear friradss kindly think for a moment. To
whom did Jesus speak when he said, 'Father, I thank
Thee that Thou hast heard me.5 He was not talking
to the outer self, the me, the shell. He was recogniz-
ing and praising the Inner Self, the One Infinite,
the All Hearing, All Knowing, All Seeing* the Great
and Mighty Omnipresent God. Can you not see
where the eyes of Jesus were turned as he stood at
the tomb of Lazarus? Did he, like you, look into
that tomb and see a dead and dissolving Lazarus?
While your vision was upon the dead, he held his
vision upon the living, the only begotten of God. His
vision was fixed upon unchangeable, eternal, omni-
present Life, and that Life transcends all. Now with
our vision held steadfastly toward the ever-present
reality of God, we can behold His finished work.

"Here is a dear brother who never relied wholly
on God, but went on partially in his own strength,
until he has reached this stage and given up and
made the mistake which so many are making today,
the mistake you look upon as death. This dear soul
has not been able to let go of all doubt and fear, and
thus he has relied on his own strength and has not
been, able to finish the work set before all Should
we leave him thus, his body will dissolve and he will
be again sent forth to finish his mortal task, which
is all but complete. In fact, so nearly complete is it
that we can help him to finish, and we feel this to be
a great privilege.

"You asked if he can again be awakened to full
consciousness. Yes, he can and so can all others
who have similarly passed. Though he has passed,
as you look upon it, we who have shared a part of
his life with him can help him and he will be able
to understand quickly so that he may take his body

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with him. It Is not necessary to leave the body to
so-called death and dissolution even after one has
apparently made the great mistake."

Here the speaker stopped, and for a moment
appeared to be lost in deep meditation. In a very
short time four of our friends from the village walked
into the room. They gathered close together for a
few moments as though in deep thought ; then two
of them reached out their hands and motioned us to
join them. We stepped up close and two placed their
arms around two of our party and we in turn placed
our arms around each other until the circle was
complete. The circle extended around the couch that
the form of the departed was lying upon. As we stood
there for a moment without a word being spoken,
the light in the room became brighter. We turned
and Jesus and Pilate were standing in the room to-
gether, a few steps away. They came forward and
joined us.

There was another deep silence ; then Jesus step-
ped forward to the couch, and raising both hands,
said, "Dear ones, will you just step through the vale
of death with me for a moment? It is not forbidden
ground as you think. If you will just step through
as we have done, and view it from the other side, you
will see that it is only what your thoughts have made
it. There is life there, the same life that is here." He
stood for a moment with outstretched hands. "Dear
friend and brother, you are with us and we are with
you, and we are all together with God. The sublime
purity, peace, and harmony of God surrounds, em-
braces, and enriches all. This perfection now mani-
fests so vividly to you, our dear one, that you may
arise and be received unto your Father. Dear one,
you see and know that it is not dust to dust and

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ashes to ashes, but It is Life, pure Life, Life Ever-
lasting. Your body need not be left to mortal dissolu-
tion. You now perceive the glory of the Kingdom
fronn which you come forth. You may now arise and
go to your Father, and the shout goes up, 'All hail,
all hail, the new born one, the risen Lord, the Christ
among men.' "

Dear reader, words are but a travesty when the
mortal attempts to picture the beauty and purity of
the light that filled that room, and as that form arose,
the light seemed to penetrate every object so that
nothing cast a shadow, not even the form of our
friend or our own bodies. The walls seemed to ex-
pand and become transparent, until we seemed to
be looking into infinite space. The glory of that pic-
ture cannot be told. Then we knew that instead of
standing in the presence of death, we were standing
in the presence of Eternal Life, Life unspeakably
grand, never diminishing but going on and on,
eternally.

What could we mortals do but stand and stare?
In the uplift of those few moments we were car-
ried, for a time, far beyond our most sanguine im-
agination of heaven and the beauty of it all. It was
not a dream, but real. Thus the real can be greater
than any dream. We were privileged to see through
and beyond the shadow.

The beauty and tranquility of that scene, and
the great faith we had already placed in our friends
carried us completely over the divide that day, and
today that divide is but a level plain. Yet in some
way it was made clear that each one, for himself,
most first scale the heights before the beauty beyond
can be seen.

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we looked upon as raised from the dead, turned
toward Ms associates and in a moment began to
speak. These are Ms words, as he stood facing our
friends. It is as though thcfy were cast in raised gold
upon a tablet which stands always before me. The
voice came forth with a majesty that I cannot ex-
press. There was no affectation, just a clear, deep
note of sincerity and strength.

He said, "Dear ones, you cannot know the joy^
the peace, the great bliss you have given me in awak-
ening me as you have. Just a moment ago it was all
dark; I stood, fearing to go on and yet I could not
return. The only way that I can explain it is I seemed
engulfed in a great blackness from which I suddenly
seemed to awaken, and now I am again with you."
Here his face became so radiant with joy that there
was no mistaking his sincerity.

Then he turned to us and said,, "Dear ones, how
I love to think of our association. You can never
know the joy it has given me to have clasped your
hands; the great joy it has given me to see and
know and feel the sincerity with which you have
accepted these, my dear helpers, who at this moment
I am able to call divine. Could you see through my
eyes at this moment, you would be able to know the
bliss that I am experiencing. The greatest joy of all
is to know so fully that each of you will stand and
know, just as I am standing and knowing. That joy
you will know only when you stand as I stand. I can
say that it is well to have lived a full life, to be able
to enjoy one moment of this. Then to think that I can
see all eternity unfolding. Do you wonder when 1
say that my eyes are almost blinded and I am dazed
with the revelation? Do you wonder at my great
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to you, but to every brother and sister In the whole
wide universe of God? Dear brothers, if I could lay
a transforming hand upon you and lift you to where
I stand, it seems that my joy would be multiplied
manyfold at this moment. I am .shown I must not do
that. I am shown that you, yourselves, must stretch
forth this transforming hand, and when you have
stretched it forth you will find God's hand ready to
clasp yours. You will be able to walk and talk with
Him, and God will eternally bless you as He does all.
The greatest joy of all is, I am shown that it does
not matter what the caste or creed or church, all are
welcome/1

In a moment he had disappeared from our view,
Just faded away, it seemed to us. Was this an ethereal
vision? All my associates concluded that it was not,
for two of them had clasped this man's hand. I leave
it to the reader to decide.

Then one of our friends from the village turned
to us and said, "I know that you are doubting, but
won't you understand that this was not staged for
your benefit? This is but one of the emergencies in
our lives, and when the emergency does arise we are
able to come up over the emergency. This dear one
had not been able in his own strength to quite sur-
mount the divide, as you call it. In fact as you see it,
be had passed on. The soul had left the body behind,
and one so enlightened can be helped at the crucial
moment, so that the soul returns and the body fin-
ishes its perfection; then the body can be taken
sdong. This brother longed too ardently to pass on,
and he left his body,, when just a few more steps^ as
t were, helped it over the divide and the perfection
Aras complete. The help extended was our great
privilege."

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We slowly withdrew our arms and stood for a full
minute in absolute silence. One of our party broke
the silence with the words, "My Lord and my God."
As for me it did not seem as though I should ever
want to talk again. I wanted to think.

We were all seated and a few had found their
voices and were conversing in low tones. This condi-
tion had lasted for fifteen or twenty minutes and
nearly everyone was engaged in general conversation,
when one of our party walked to the window. He
turned and said there seemed to be strangers arriving
in the village. We all went down to meet them, as it
was a very rare occurrence for strangers to visit the
village at this season of the year and on foot, as it
was just past midwinter.

When we arrived, we found that it was a party
from a smaller village about thirty miles down the
valley. They had brought a man who had lost his
way in a storm three days previous and had been
nearly frozen. His friends had carried him on a
stretcher all that distance through the snow. Jesus
stepped close and, placing his hand upon the man's
head, stood for a moment. Almost instantly the man
threw off the wrappings and rose to his feet. His
friends, when they saw him stand, stared at him for
an instant, then ran from the scene in terror. We
could not persuade them to return. The man who
was healed seemed dazed and uncertain. Two of our
friends persuaded him to go with them to their
homes, while our party, accompanied by Jesus, -re-
turned to our quarters.

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IV

AFTER we were comfortably seated, Jesus
proceeded with the conversation.
"When we stand one with the sum of all
Intelligence, and recognize ourselves as an actual
part of that Intelligence, and know conclusively that
this is Great Principle, God, we shall soon find our-
selves conscious of the fact that all intelligence
throughout the whole cosmic Universe is working
with us. We also realize quickly that the intelligence
of all great genius as well as the little mentality of
the single cell of the body is working with us in per-
fect harmony and accord. This is the One Great
Intelligent Cosmic Mind that we are positively allied
with. Indeed, we are that very Mind; we are the
self-consciousness of the Universe. The instant we
feel this very thing, nothing can keep us from the
Godhead.

"From this Universal Consciousness, we can draw
all knowledge ; we know that we can know all, with-
out studying and without process of reasoning, not
going from one lesson to another nor from one point
to another. The lessons are necessary only in order
to bring us to the attitude in which we can step
forth into this thought. Then we become compre-
hensive and include all thought. There is a complete
stream of motivating thought that is irresistible and
we know that nothing can divert us from true ac-
complishment. We are with the whole ; thus we move
on irresistibly with the whole. It is impossible for
any condition to keep us from our accomplishment.
The drop of water is only weak when it is removed
from the ocean; replace it and it is as powerful as

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the whole ocean. It matters not whether we like It or
whether we believe it. It is Intelligent Law and we
are that very thing.

"The sum of all Truth is the Great Principle,
God. Everything from Eternity to Eternity, whether
we think it is a great truth or a little truth ; every
true word, thought or spoken ; is a part of The Great
Truth, One Great All, One Universal Truth, and
we are that very thing. When we realize this oneness
and stand absolutely with Truth, we have the whole
of Truth back of us and our Irresistibility is increased.
It is the force of the ocean back of the wave that
gives the wave its power ; that, too, is but a portion
of God-force which man also is.

"The sum of all Love is the Great Principle, God.
It is the sum of every affection, every fervent emo-
tion, every loving thought, look, word, or deed. Every
attracted love, great or small, sublime or low, makes
the one infinite love stand forth, and nothing is too
great for us. As we love unselfishly, we have the com-
plete ocean of Cosmic Love with us. That which is
thought least is greatest, as it sweeps on to absolute
perfection ; thus the whole Universe of Love is con-
sciously with us. There is no greater power on earth
or in heaven than pure love. Earth becomes heaven ;
heaven is Humanity's true home.

"Finally the sum of every condition, every form,
every being is the One Infinite Cosmic Principle,
God, whether it be individuals, worlds, planets, stars,
atoms, electrons, or the most minute particles. All
together make One Infinite Whole, the body of
which is the Universe, the Mind, Cosmic Intelli-
gence ; the soul, Cosmic Love. Woven together as a
whole, their bodies, minds, and souls are held to-
gether with the cohesive force of love ; yet each one

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functions In eternal individual identity, moving freely
In its individual orbit and octave of harmony, at-
tracted, drawn, and held together by the love of that
universe of harmony. We constitute that Great Being
that nothing can thwart. It is made up of every unit
of humanity as well as every unit of the Universe.
If a portion or one unit excludes itself from the
whole, it makes no difference to Principle Being, but
it makes a vast difference to the unit. The ocean is
not conscious of the removal of the drop of water,
but the drop is very conscious of the ocean when it
is returned or reunited with it.

"It is not enough for us to say that we are close
to the Great Cosmic Principle, God. We must know
definitely that we are one with, in, and of, and amal-
gamated entirely with, Principle; and that we can
not be separated or apart from God, Principle. Thus
we work with the principle of power which is all
power. It is the Law, that in Principle we live, move,
and have our being. Thus, when we wish to come in
contact with God, we do not think of something away
from us and difficult to attain. All we need know is
that God is within as well as all about us and that we
are completely included in God; that we are con-
sciously within the presence of God, and are present
in God, and in command with full power. Thus we
need not pause, we need not ponder; we take the
path directly to God vthhin. Here the Christ stands
steadfast and supreme, and with God we endure
forever.

"Thus we arouse our dead selves into the realiza-
tion of the life within, and that life resurrects us
from the dead ; we return to life immortal, unchang-
ing. We are convinced of life and of our right to live
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forth and says, CI come that you may have complete
life and live that life more abundantly/ This must be
a true resurrection in our consciousness — an uplifting
of our dead senses into a higher vibration of life,
truth, and love. As all nature is awakening about
us, let us arouse ourselves and see the dawn of this
approaching day. Thus, we get up and out of our
grave clothes, up and out of all sense of limitation in
which we have bound our bodies. We roll the stone
of materiality completely from our consciousness,
that heavy weight of thought that has separated the
life within from the life without ; and which has held
the life form in death and denied it life because we
have not recognized its right to life. Let us get t up
and out of death — that is what the resurrection
means. It is an awakening to the full realization of
life here and now — and that life omnipresent, omni-
potent, omniscient. Nowhere absent, nowhere power-
less, nowhere unconscious; but everywhere present,
everywhere 'powerful, everywhere conscious, in full-
ness, in freedom, in gloriously radiant expressive, ex-
panding action. When our hearts flame to this
thought and our whole being glows with this life
within, we can readily extend our hand and say,
'Lazarus, come forth ! Get out of your grave, you do
not belong in death ! Come to life ! Awake from your
delusion ! Awake now and here.' Thus we are awak-
ened to the Master consciousness, and we shall weep
because of the density of thought of those that watch
the awakening. Thousands of years of this awaken-
ing have been presented to humanity; yet many
sleep, but their sleeping does not justify us in so doing.
It is because of what we do that humanity is awak-
ened to that rightful heritage.

"As we awaken to our rightful heritage, we shall

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awaken to the beauty and purity of the eternal age-
old message, that our bodies are eternally beautiful,
pure, and perfect. They are always beautiful, pure,
spiritual bodies, most magnificent and divine, the true
temple of God. This awakening also convinces us
that our bodies have never descended from that high
estate. We see that it was only a human concept
wherein we thought they had descended. As soon as
this thought is released, our body is released to its
true inheritance of divinity. Then the fragrance of a
warm summer evening suffuses all nature, and our
bodies begin to take on this effulgence. Soon pure
rays of white light appear within our bodies ; they
become aglow with this light ; and this soft, yet bril-
liant, living light invades the clear atmosphere
around us like a white-gold vapor. This light in-
creases steadily until it covers and permeates every-
thing about us. Bathed in this radiance, there appears
a pure crystal white light, dazzling and scintillating
with a radiance greater than that of the purest dia-
mond, yet it is emanating from our bodies and they
stand forth ablaze with pure light, radiant and beau-
tiful Here we stand together on the Holy Mount of
Transfiguration, with body luminous and glowing,
radiant and beautiful, immersed wholly in Divine
Life. The Son of man has become the Christ of God
and the Kingdom of God is once more among man-
kind and more vital because others have accepted
and brought forth the Kingdom in full dominion.
The light of the God Kingdom grows stronger be-
cause of the acceptance.

"This is the true body which Humanity has al-
ways had and which all have today. Such a body
always has existed and always will exist. It is a body
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lodgement therein. It Is a body so alive that it can not
die. Such a body can be crucified a thousand times,
and because of such a crucifixion, come forth more
triumphant. Such a body stands forth as the Divine
Master of every situation. Such a body is eternally
resurrected.

'This is a new-age message to you, the same as it
-seemed to be a new-age message two thousand years
ago. It is the same today as it was then ; it is but the
resurrection of the age-old message. This message
was told thousands of centuries ago in language so
simple that babes could read. The message is, that
man of his own free will shall leave the man-made
kingdom and evolve to the God Kingdom. The son
of man is to realize his divinity, reveal this divinity
in his body and affairs, and become the Christ of
God in the Kingdom of God. 'Know ye not that ye
are gods ?s

"Within you, know that this Kingdom of God is
the most natural thing in the world. You have but
overlooked the fact that if man be in Christ he is a
new creature. It is the Father's good pleasure to
give you the kingdom, and every man passeth into
it.5 The question is asked 'When?* The answer always
is, "When the without is as the within.5

"The great oak tree that sleeps within the acorn,
became aroused throughout the whole acorn, before
the tree could develop. 'Eye hath not seen, nor ear
heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to
conceive of the things that God hath prepared for
them that love him.9

"God knows that in the great structure of the
unverse there is a splendid place for every human
being, and that each has his individual place. The
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place. Does not this message lighten the burden of
everyone, and adorn each countenance with a smile,
even those of the weary ones who think they labor
like dumb, driven cattle? Thus I say to you, you are
an especially designed creation, you have a particu-
lar mission, you have a light to give, a work to do that
no other can give or accomplish ; and if you will open
your heart, mind, and soul wide to spirit, you will
learn of it in your own heart. There you find that
your very own Father speaks to you. No matter how
wayward or thoughtless you have thought yourself,
you will find that your Father loves you devotedly
and tenderly the instant you turn to God within. The
anointing which you have of God abides in you and
you need not the teaching of any man. Is this not a
resurrection from the old thought? "Ye need not that
any man teach you.5 It is only necessary to receive
the anointing from God that has always been yours.
You may accept others as brother helpers, but you
are always instructed and led from within ; the truth
is there for you and you will find it.

"That truth always teaches that humanity is a
complete unit; not a unity, but a great unit; com-
bined with God they are the Great One. Humanity
is more than a brotherhood. It is One Man, just as
a vine and its branches is one vine. No one part or
one unit can be separated from the whole. The
Christ's prayer is That they all may be One.'

" cHe that hath done it unto the least of these
my brethren, hath done it unto me.' Now you know
the Christ for whom the whole family in heaven and
on earth is named.

"The Truth is, 'All is One*; One Spirit, One
Body, the Great Lord Body of all humanity. The

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Great Love, Light, Life of God completely amal-
gamates that body Into One Complete Whole.**

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V

AT ONE time, conversation led on to a point
where one of our party asked where hell was
and what the devil meant. Jesus turned
quickly and said, uHell or the devil has no abiding
place except in man's mortal thought. Both of them
are just wherever man places them. With your pres-
ent' enlightenment, can you place either in any geo-
graphical position on the earth? If heaven is all and
surrounds all, where could hell or the devil be placed
ethereally? If God rules all and is All, where could
either be placed in God's perfect plan?

"If we take the science of things, we know there
is a legend told here that all the heat and light and
many other natural forces are contained right within
the earth itself. The sun, of itself, has no heat or light.
It has potentialities that draw the heat and light from
the earth. After the sun has drawn the heat and light
rays from the earth, the heat rays are reflected back
to the earth by the atmosphere that floats in the
ether. The light rays are drawn from the earth in
about the same manner and are reflected back to
the earth by the ether. As the air extends only a com*
paratively short distance, the effect of the heat rays
varies as you leave the earth's surface and ascend
toward the outer limit of the atmosphere. As the air
becomes less dense, there is less reflection; conse-
quently as you ascend into the higher altitudes the
heat becomes less and the cold increases. Every heat
ray, as it is drawn out and reflected, drops back to
the earth, where it is regenerated. When you have
reached the limit of air, you have reached the limit
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"drawn from the earth and reflected back by the
ether. As this ether extends much farther from the
earth than the air, the light rays extend much farther
before they are all reflected. When you have reached
the limit of ether, you have reached the limit of
light. When you have reached the limit of heat and
light, you have reached the great cold. This cold is
far more solid than steel, and it presses down upon
the ether and the atmosphere with almost irresistible
force and holds them together. Hell is supposed to
be warm, and his Satanic Majesty abhors cold; so
you could not find any lodging place out there for
them.

"Now that we have disposed of them above, let
us take the other scientific legend and go below.
According to this legend, the earth a short distance
from the surface is a molten mass. It is so hot that
it will melt any substance. This molten mass at the
center revolves more slowly than does the crust at
the outer, and the belt where the two meet is the
place where the natural forces are generated, and
there, again, the hand of God rules all. So there is
no place for his Satanic Majesty or his home there ;
for if he attempted to live in either the hottest or the
coldest place, he would find it very uncomfortable,
since cold will consume as well as heat. We have
searched every place and we can not find him a
home; so we must assume that he is right where
man is, and has all the power that man gives him.

"It was only the personal adversary that I cast
out. Do you think for a moment that I would cast
the devil out of any man, and then allow him to
enter a herd of swine that cast themselves into the
sea? I never saw the devil in any man, save he
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ever gave Mm was that which man himself gave
him:9

Later the talk led to God, and one of our party
said, "I would like to know who or what God really
is.5* Then Jesus spoke, and said, "I believe that I
understand the motive of the question you would
like to clear up in your own mind. It is the many
conflicting thoughts and ideas that are puzzling or.
disturbing the world today without reference to the
origin of the word. God is the principle behind
everything that exists today. The principle behind
a thing is Spirit; and Spirit is Omnipotent, Omni-
present, Omniscient. God is the one Mind that is
both the direct and the directing cause of all the
good that we see about us. God is the source of all
the true Love that holds or binds all forms together.
God is impersonal principle. God is never personal
except as He becomes to each individual a personal
loving Father-Mother. To the individual He can be
a personal, loving, all-giving Father-Mother. God
never becomes a great being located somewhere in
the skies in a place called heaven, where He has a
throne which He sits upon and judges people after
they die ; for God is the Life itself and that life never
dies. That is but a misconception brought about by
man's ignorant thinking, just as so many malforma-
tions have been brought about and you see them in
the world around you. God is not a judge or a king
who can intrude His presence upon you, or bring you
before the bar of justice. God is a loving, all-giving
Father-Mother, who, when you approach, puts out
His arms and enfolds you. It does not matter who
or what you are, or what you have been. You are
His child just the same when you seek Him with a
true heart and purpose. If you are the Prodigal Son

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who has turned 'his face from the Father's house and
you arc weary of the husks of life that you are feed-
ing to the swine, you can again turn your face to
the Father's house and be certain of a loving wel-
come. The feast ever awaits you there. The table is
always spread3 and when you do return, there will
not be a reproach from a brother that has returned
before you.

"God's love is like a pure spring that gushes
from a mountain. At its source it is pure ; but as it
flows on its course it becomes clouded and polluted.
until it enters the ocean so impure it does not even
resemble that which emerged from the source. As it
enters the ocean it begins to drop the mud and slime
to the bottom and again rises to the surface as a part
of the glad, free ocean, from which it again can be
taken up to refresh the spring.

"You can see and talk with God at any time, just
as you can with father, mother, brother, or friend.
Indeed, He is far closer than any mortal can be. God
is far dearer and truer than any friend. God is never
wrought up, nor angry, nor cast down. God never
destroys, nor hurts, nor hinders one of His children
or creatures or creations. If God did these things, He
would not be God. The god that judges, destroys, or
withholds any good thing from his children or crea-
tures or creations is but a god that is conjured up by
man's ignorant thinking ; and you need not fear that
god unless you wish to do so. For the true God
stretches forth His hand and says, 'All that I have is
yours.* When one of your poets said that God is closer
than breathing and nearer than hands or feet, he was
inspired by God. All are inspired by God when that
inspiration is for the good or the right, and all can be
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"When I said, SI am the Christ, the only begotten
of God5 I did not declare this for myself alone, for
had I done this I could not have become the Christ.
I saw definitely that, in order to bring forth the
Christ, I, as well as all others, must declare it ; then
must live the life, and the Christ must appear. You
may declare the Christ all you will, and if you do
not live the life, the Christ will never appear. Just
think, dear friends, if .all would declare the Christ,
then live the life for one year or five years, what
an awakening there would be. The possibilities can-
not be imagined. That was the vision that I saw.
Dear ones, can you not place yourselves where I
stood and see as I saw? Why do you surround me
with the murk and mire of superstition! Why do
you not lift your eyes and minds and thoughts above
these and see with a clear vision ! Then you would
see that there are no miracles, no mysteries, no pain,
no imperfection, no inharmony, and no death, except
that which man has made. When I said CI have over-
come death,* I knew whereof I spoke; but it took
the crucifixion to show these dear ones.

"There are a great many of us joined together
to help the whole world, and this is our lifework.
There have been times when it has taken our com-
bined energies to ward off the waves of evil thoughts,
of doubt and disbelief and superstition, that have
nearly engulfed mankind. You may call them evil
forces if you wish. We know that they are evil only
as man makes them so. But now we see the light
growing brighter and brighter as the dear ones throw
off the bonds. The throwing off of these bonds may
for a time sink mankind into materiality; but even
so, it is a step nearer the goal, for materiality does
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hold one. When I stepped upon the water that day,
do you think that I cast my eyes downward Into the
great depths, the material substance? No, I fastened
my eyes steadfastly on God Power that transcends
any power of the deep. The moment I did this the
water became as firm as a rock and I could walk
upon it in perfect safety/9

Jesus stopped talking for a moment, and one of
our party asked, "While we are talking, does it not
hinder you from going right on with your work?"

Jesus answered and said, "You cannot hinder one
of our friends here for a moment^ and I believe I am
included as one of them/*

Someone spoke and said, "You are our Brother."

Then Jesus* face lighted up with a smile as he
said, "Thank you, I have always named you
Brothers."

One of the party then turned and asked Jesus,
"Can all bring forth the Christ?" He answered, "Yes,
there is but one end of accomplishment. Man came
forth from God and he must return to God. That
which from the heavens descended must again ascend
unto heaven. The history of the Christ did not begin
with my birth; neither did it end with the cruci-
fixion. The Christ was when God created the first
man in His own image and likeness. The Christ and
that man are one; all men and that man are one.
As God was his Father, so is He the father of all
men, all are God's children. As the child has the
quality of the parent, so the Christ is in every child.
For many years the child lived and realized his
Christhood, his oneness with God, through the Christ
in himself. Then began the history of the Christ and
you can trace this history back to man's beginning.
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goes without contradiction. Had I not perceived this,
I could not have brought forth the Christ. To me
this is the pearl without price, the old wine In new
bottles, the truth which many others have brought
forth, and thus have fulfilled the ideals that I have
fulfilled and proved.

"For more than fifty years after that day on the
cross, I taught and lived with my disciples and many
of those I loved dearly. In those days we gathered at
a quiet place outside Judea. There we were free from
the prying eyes of superstition. There many acquired
the great gifts and they accomplished a great work.
Then, seeing that, by withdrawing for a time, I
would be able to reach and help all, I withdrew.
Besides, they were depending upon me instead of
upon themselves; and In order to make then self-
reliant, It was necessary for me to withdraw from
them. If they had lived In close association with me,
then could they not find me again If they desired to
do so?

"The cross was, in the beginning, the symbol of
the greatest joy the world ever knew. The foundation
of the cross Is the place where man first trod the
earth, therefore the mark that symbolizes the dawn
of a celestial day here on earth. If you will trace It
back, you will find that the cross disappears entirely
and that it is the man standing In the attitude of
devotion, standing In space with arms upraised In
blessing, sending out his gifts to humanity, pouring
all his gifts forth freely In every direction.

"When you know that the Christ is the fitting
life within the form, the rising energy that the scien-
tist glimpses, yet does not know whence it came;
when you feel with the Christ that the life is lived
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man is obliged to live by the constant dissolution of
forms, and that the Christ lived to give up the thing
that the body of sense craved, for the good that he
could not at the moment enjoy — you are the Christ.
When you see yourself a part of the greater life, but
willing to sacrifice yourself for the good of the whole ;
when you learn to do right without being affected by
the outcome to self; when you learn freely to give
up the physical life and all that the world has to give
(this is not self-abnegation or poverty 9 for as you give
of God you will find you have the more to give,
although at times duty may seem to demand all
that life has to give. You will also know that he who
will save his life shall lose it) then you will see that
the pure gold is at the deepest part of the furnace,
where the fire has fully cleansed it. You will find
great joy in knowing that the life you have given to
others is the life you have won.' You will know that to
receive is to give freely; that if you lay down the
mortal form, a higher life will prevail. You have the
glad assurance that a life thus won is won for all.

"Yon must know that the Great Christ Soul can
go down to the river and that the stepping into the
water but typifies the sympathy you feel for the
world's great need. Then you are able to help your
fellow-men and not boast of virtue; you can pass
out the bread of life for the hungry souls that come
to you, yet that bread never diminishes by the giv-
ing ; you must press on and know fully that you are
able to heal all that come to you, sick or weary or
heavy laden, with the Word that makes whole the
soul ; you are able to open the eyes of those blinded
either from ignorance or from choice. (It does not
matter how low the blinded soul may be, he must
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must find that you tread with human feet the very
ground he treads) . Then you wll know that the true
Unity of Father and Son is within and not without.
You will know that you must stand serene when the
God without is put away and only the God within
remains. You must be able to withhold the cry of
love and fear as the words, 4My God* my God, why
have you forsaken me?1 ring out. Still at that hour
you must not feel alone, for you must know that you
stand with God; that you are nearer to the heart
of the loving Father than you have ever been before.
You must know that the hour you touch the deepest
sorrow is the hour in which your greatest triumph
begins. With all this you must know that sorrows
can not touch you.

"From that hour your voice will ring with a
great, free song, for you fully know that you are the
Christ, this light which is to shine among men and
for men. Then you will know the darkness that is in
every soul that cannot find a helping hand to clasp
as he journeys on the rugged road before he finds
the Christ within.

"You must know that you are truly divine ; and
being divine, you must see that all men are as you
are. You will know that there are dark places you
must pass with the light that you are to carry to the
highest, and your soul will ring out in praise that you
can be of service to all men. Then with a glad free
shout you mount to your very highest in your union
with God.

"Now you know that there is no substitution of
your life for other lives or of your purity for others*
sins ; but that all are glad, free spirits in and of them-
selves and of God. You know that you can reach
them while they cannot reach each other; that you

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cannot help giving of your life for the life of each
soul, that It shall not perish. Yet you must be so rev-
erent of that soul that you will not pour into it a
flood of life unless the life of that soul opens to receive
it. But you will freely pour out to it a flood of love,
life and light, so that when that one does open the
windows the light of God will pour in and illuminate
him. You will know that in every Christ that arises,
humanity is lifted one step higher. Then, too, you
must know full well that you have everything that
the Father has ; and having all, it is for all to use.
You must know that as you rise and are true, you
lift the whole world with you ; for as you tread the
path it becomes plainer for your fellow-men. You
must have faith in yourself, knowing fully that that
faith is God within. Finally you must know that you
are a temple of God, a house not made with hands,
immortal in the earth, and in heaven as well.

"Then will they sing of you, 'All Hail, All Hail,
He comes, He comes, the King; and lo, He is with
you always. You are in God and He is in you.3 **

Jesus arose, saying he would be obliged to leave
us, as he was to be at the home of another Brother
in the same village that evening. The whole com-
pany arose. Jesus blessed all, and with two of the
gathering, walked from the room.

CHAPTER VI

AFTER we were again seated, one of our party
turned to Emil and asked If all could acquire
the art of healing. He said, "The power to
heal can be obtained only as we leam to trace things
out from their source. Supremacy over every discord
can come only in the degree that we understand that
they do not come from God.

"The divinity that shapes your destinies is not a
mighty person molding you as a potter molds his
clay, but a Mighty Divine Power — within and all
around you, and around and in all substance — which
is yours to use as you will. If you do not realize this,
you cannot have confidence in yourselves. The great-
est cure for inharmony is the knowledge that it is not
from God, and that God never did create it.

"The brain has the quality of receiving and
recording the vibrations of any object that the eye
conveys to it. The vibrations of the lights and shades
and colors are all recorded. It also has the quality
of reproducing these vibrations and projecting them
out again, this time through the inner vision; then
we again see the picture the eye has conveyed. You
are reproducing this in your camera every time you
expose a sensitized plate. That plates receives and
records the vibrations that the object you wish to
photograph, sends out. After the vibrations are re-
ceived and recorded on the plate, you must fix the
result on the plate, if they are to become permanent,
so that you can see them. It will be only a short time
before you will find that the movements and colors
of the objects that you photograph can be recorded
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projecting, the lights and colors at the same rate of
vibration at which they were received and fixed,

"It is the same with thought and word and act.
Each selective set of brain cells takes up and records
Its corresponding set of vibrations ; and when these
vibrations are repeated and projected, they can be
reproduced "just as they took place, if the cells are
held directly to their duty.

"There Is also another set of selective brain cells
that can receive, record and fix the vibrations of the
thoughts, acts, motions, and pictures ^ that other
bodies or forms send out. These vibrations can be
again reproduced and projected, and you can so
arrange these cells that you can reproduce the words
and motions of these bodies or objects and even the
thoughts of those that send them out. Through these
cells you can assist others as well as yourself to con-
trol their thoughts. It is through these cells that acci-
dents and calamities are brought about, such as wars,
earthquakes, floods, fires and all the trouble that
mortal man is heir to. Someone either sees a thing
happen or images it as happening ; the correspond-
ing vibration is fixed in the cells, sent out to be im-
pressed on the corresponding cells of other brains,
then again projected back, until the thing is so fixed
that it happens.

"All these things can be avoided if the thought
that sustains them is immediately withdrawn and
the vibrations are not allowed to be fixed upon those
brain cells, so that those particular vibrations cannot
be again projected. It is through this set of cells that
all calamities are foretold.

"There is still another set of selective brain cells
that receive, record, and fix the vibrations of the
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the tree vibrations are created and sent out. This
Divine Mind, or God, pervades every substance and
is always sending out divine and true vibrations ; and
if we hold these cells to their true office, we are able
to receive and send out the same true and divine
vibrations that we receive from Divine Mind. We
do not have the Divine Mind, but we have the cells
that receive and project the vibrations of the Divine
Mind."

There was a pause and deep silence, then a pic-
ture appeared upon the wall of the room. It was still
at first, but in a moment it became animated and
after the lapse of another moment, the scene began
to change. Scenes that could represent those enacted
in any or all of the more prosperous business centers
of the world came flooding in. While they were
changing very rapidly, there was sufficient time for
us to recognize and name many familiar places ; and
one in particular, a reproduction of the scenes
enacted when we landed in Calcutta in December,
1894. This was long before we had ever heard of
the cinema or motion picture. Yet these pictures
depicted and brought out all the movements of the
human form and other objects. These pictures con-
tinued to pour in at intervals of about one minute's
duration, for nearly an hour.

While these pictures were passing, Emil said,
"These pictures represent the conditions that exist
in the world today. You will note the air of general
peace and prosperity that prevails over a greater
portion of the earth. There is a reasonable amount
of contentment; the people seem undisturbed and
generally happy. But underneath, there is a seething
caldron of discord, generated by man's own ignorant
thinking. There is hate, intrigue, and discord among

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nations. Men are beginning to visualize great military
establishments, the like of which were never before
known on earth. While we are doing everything in
our power to bring out the good? our combined
efforts will not be sufficient to sway those who are
determined to rule in their own might. If they are
able to perfect and launch their diabolical plans —
and this we fully expect they will do, for people and
nations are sleeping just when they should be awake
and thinking — within a few years you will see
enacted pictures like these," Then ten or twelve war
scenes came trooping by. They were scenes that we
never dreamed could actually take place and we gave
them but little thought. Emil continued, aWe are
hoping almost against hope, that these can be
averted. Time will tell, and these conditions are what
we are hoping will prevail5' Then scenes of beauty
and peace beyond all description came trooping past,
and Emil said, "These are scenes which ^ all of you
will see enacted, but we wish you would, in so far as
possible, put the second series of pictures out of your
minds, as that will help us more than you think.9*

After a short pause one of our party asked what
the words "Lord God" implied, and Emil continued.
"The 'Lord God5 was used to designate the Perfect
Being that the Divine Principle, or God, created to
bring out His qualities here on earth. This Being was
created in the image and likeness of the Divine
Principle and had access to, and could use, every-
thing that the Divine Principle had. This Being was
given power and dominion over every condition that
existed upon the earth. This Being had all the poten-
tialities of the Divine Principle and the power to
bring them forth as long as He co-operated with the
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been given Him, in the idea! way that the Divine
Principle had planned or was holding in mind. This
Being was afterwards called 'Lord God,', which
meant expression in creative action^ or the Law^of
God. This is the Perfect Being that the Divine Prin-
ciple holds in mind for man to express. This is the
Divine and Only Man that the Divine Principle cre-
ated. Man, on the spiritual side of his nature, has
access to and can become this Lord God or One
tJMan. This Divine Man afterwards became known
"as the Christ. He had dominion over heaven and
earth and al! things therein. Then the Lord God,
using His power to create, did create other beings
like unto Himself. These beings were afterwards
called sons of the Lord God, and their Creator was
called Father, and the Divine Principle was called
God."

Hero he paused for a moment and held out his
hand and almost immediately there was in it a large
piece of plastic substance that resembled clay. This
he placed on the table and began molding it into a
form which afterwards took on the image of a beau-
tiful human figure about six inches in height.^ So
deftly did he work that the image was finished in a
very short time. After it was finished, he held it in
both hands for a moment ; then he held it up and
breathed upon it and it became animated. He held
it in his hands for a moment longer, then placed it
on the table, where it moved about. It acted so much
like a human being that we never asked a question,
but stood with our mouths and eyes wide open and
stared.

Emil spoke, quoting, " "And the Lord God cre-
ated man from the dust of the ground and breathed
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living soul.5 Then sons of the Lord God created man
from the dust of the ground; and they with their
creative ability breathed the breath of life into the
statue, and it became a living soul. The genius can
do this with his pottery or handiwork. If he leaves
the statue or picture as his hands form it, it is an
image and he has no responsibility; but if he goes
on and uses his creative power to put life into it, his
responsibility never ceases. He must keep watch of
each of his creations, and they must be held in divine
order. This is where man in one way lost contact
with God. He made images like these ; then he did
not withdraw the life which he in his ardor had
endowed them with, and they wandered over the
earth without purpose or aim. Whereas, had he
withdrawn the life he had endowed them with, there
would have been but the statue and his responsibility
would have ceased.55

Here the image stopped moving, and Emil con-
tinued. "You have seen the clay in the hands of the
potter ; but it is man, not God, that is manipulating
the clay. Had he created it from God's pure sub-
stance as he was created, it, like him, would have
been a pure and true son. This will be much clearer
to you after you have translated the first series of
tablets. As it is late I think you would like to retire.**

As soon as the last guest had departed, we pre-
pared to retire, feeling that the last few days had
been filled to overflowing.

VII

THE next morning we took up the regular work
of translating. In order to get as clear an
Insight as possible into the meaning of the
characters employed in compiling the records. In
fact, we were learning the alphabet of this ancient
writing. In this we became very deeply engrossed,
with our hostess as teacher.

We had been occupied In this work for about
two weeks when we went to the temple one morning
and found our friend Chander Sen, who had appar-
ently died and been resurrected, with not a vestige
of old age about him. There was no mistaking him.
As we came into the room he arose and came for-
ward with a hearty greeting and handshake. You
can imagine our surprise as we gathered around and
began to ask questions. We were like a gang of
school boys turned loose, all attempting to ask ques-
tions at the same time. But the fact remained ; there
he was, with the unmistakable form and voice, but
with not a trace of old age about him. Even the voice
had regained the vibrant quality of middle age, and
everything about him showed the quality of a well-
developed life, buoyant and keenly alive. The ex-
pression of the eyes and face was far beyond any-
thing that I could put into words.

In the first few moments we could do nothing
but picture to ourselves the contrast. When we had
first seen him, he was a decrepit old man, leaning on
a long staff for support ; with long snow-white locks,
halting step, and emaciated form. One of our party
had remarked when we first met him, "Here we
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seems ready to pass to the great beyond/9 Of course
the transformation which we had witnessed just a
few days previous had left its impression; but Ms
sudden disappearance had rather taken him and the
incident out of our minds, as we did not think we
would ever see him again. It was more than a re-
juvenation. I can compare it only to the transfigur-
ation of the One we love and respect so dearly. That
soul was surely reborn, judging from the contrast
between his appearance the first time we met him
and the way he looked this morning. It is true that
we had known him only a short time, but we had
been thrown in daily contact with him for a sufficient
time to see and know that he was an old man. He
was with us for nearly two years after this, acting as
our guide and interpreter across the great Gobi,
Years after, when two or three of the party would
meet and our experiences were recalled, the experi-
ence of that morning would be the first subject
brought up.

In recounting these events, I am not going to
attempt to follow our whole conversation and record
it word for word, for we consumed the greater part
of two days in just talking, and I believe a detailed
account would be tedious reading. Therefore in this
instance I shall bring out only the main points.

After the first excitement had abated somewhat,
we were seated, and he began, "As the body repre-
sents the lowest degree of thought activities, so the
Spirit represents the highest thoughts of Divine
Mind. As the body is the outer expression of the
thought, so the Spirit is that in which the form
takes its initial impulse direct from the Divine Mind.
It is the immortal and real Self, in which resides all
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csThc thought atmosphere is a real, substantial
and has in It all that makes the body. So many
people consider the things that they can not see as
unsubstantial ; and although they are told, over and
over that they cannot conceal themselves, they go
right on believing that they can. Did Adam and Eve
conceal themselves when they were hiding from the
Lord, or Law of God? It is well for us to know the
truth that we carry around with us the open book of
our lives, out of which all men read whether we
realize it or not. Some people are good thought read-
ers, while others are dull; but all can read a little
and we can not conceal ourselves. Also our thought
atmosphere is constantly precipitating its slowly cool-
ing words on our body and there it is seen by all men.
We can, with a little practice, feel the thought force
of this atmosphere that surrounds us, and gradually
gain a realization of its existence as real as that of
the outer world.

"I have learned that just as man may touch the
earth with his feet, so OQ the wings of aspiration may
he soar to celestial heights. Like those of old, he may
walk the earth and talk with God ; and the more he
does so, the more difficult it will be for him to dis-
cover where Universal Life ends and where indi-
vidual existence begins. When man forms an alli-
ance with God through spiritual understanding, the
boundary line between God and man disappears.
When this point is reached, man will know what
Jesus meant when He said, *I and my Father are

one.*

"The great philosophers through the ages have
accepted the idea of man as a trinity, but it never
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have considered him a being who in his nature is
triune.

"The tendency to personalize all things has de-
graded that which is called the Blessed Trinity into
the impossible conception of three in one; when it
can be best understood as the Omnipresence, Om-
nipotence, Omniscience of the Universal Mind, God.
As long as men consider the Blessed Trinity as three
persons in one, and as something that must be ac-
cepted even though it cannot be explained, they will
dwell in the wilderness of superstition, and thus of
doubt and fear,

"If the triune nature of God is spiritual rather
than physical, then the trinity in man must be seen
from a mental rather than from a material point of
view. One of the wise philosophers has said, *Despis-
ing everything else, a wise man should strive after a
knowledge of Self ; for there is no knowledge that is
higher, or that brings more satisfaction of power,
than a knowledge of his own being.' If a man knows
his real Self, he cannot do otherwise than discover
his latent possibilities, his concealed powers, his dor-
mant faculties. Of what avail, if a man should cgain
the whole world and lose his own soul?' His soul is
his spiritual self, and if he truly discovers his spirit-
ual self he can build a whole world if he is serving
his fellow-men by so doing. I have learned that he
who would attain the ultimate goal must search the
depths of his real Self, and there he will find God,
the fullness of all good. It is because man is a trinity
in unity — composed of spirit, soul, and body — that
in a state of spiritual ignorance he has the tendency
to think on a level with the lowest degree of his
nature, which is the physical.

"The ignorant man looks to his body for all the

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pleasure he gets, and there connes a time when he
gets from the senses all the pain that he can stand.
What he does not learn through wisdom he must
learn through woe, and after repeated experiences
he will not deny that wisdom Is the better way. Jesus,
Osiris, and Buddha said that with all our under-
standing, we must get wisdom.

"Thought, operating on the plane of the intellec-
tual, raises the vibrations of the body to a point
which corresponds to liquid. On this plane, thought
is neither wholly material nor wholly spiritual It is
vibrating like a pendulum between materiality and
spirituality, but there comes a time when one must
choose which one he will serve. If he chooses mate-
riality, a world of confusion and chaos awaits him,
He may choose the spirit ; and If he does so choose,
he may ascend to the dome of the temple of God
In man. This state of thought can be compared to
the gaseous in matter, which Is elastic and tends to
expand indefinitely. God always leaves It for man to
say whether he will control his fluldlc stream of
thought In the direction of those celestial heights
which bear him above the fog line of doubt, fear, sin,
and sickness; or let It sink to the sordid depths of
the animal In man.

"If In thinking of man as a trinity of spirit, mind,
and body, we consider him principally from the
standpoint of mind, or soul, we shall see that he
occupies a position between two great extremes of
mental activity, the lower of which Is the body, and
the higher, the spirit. Mind is the connecting link
between the visible and invisible. Operating on the
plane of the senses, the mind becomes the seat of all
the animal appetites and passions. It is the serpent
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partaking of the poison fruit. When Jesus said, *As
Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even
so must the son of man be lifted up/ he was not
referring to the raising of his body on the cross, but
to the elevation of the soul, or mind, above sense
delusions. Standing between spirit and body, though
separated from neither, the soul or mind is capable
of thinking even lower than the brute thinks; or it
may enter into conscious union with pure spirit
where there is an abundance of peace, purity* and
God Power.

"When the son of man is lifted up to that realm
in which he rises above the fallacies of the physical
realm, he thinks and acts on the plane of pure intelli-
gence. There he discriminates between those instincts
which he shares with every other animal and those
divine intuitions which he has in common with God.
I have been shown that when man thinks on a plane
with pure spirit, the soul enters consciously that
realm wherein it .perceives the ideal of things, rather
than the things themselves. It is no longer dependent
upon the senses, but with clearer vision it sees the
broad horizon's grander view. It is here that truth
is revealed by Divine Intelligence and speaks the
inspiring and health-giving message.

"When the son of man has been lifted from the
depth of his material world, and has been surround-
ed by pictures of tranquil beauty and refinement of
the mental world, after a time he is seized with a
healthy dissatisfaction, and the ever-upward urge of
the soul bears him to higher realms. There he no
longer sees the pictures of tranquillity but dwells in
the land of tranquillity, surrounded by perpetual
beauty. He has glimpsed the inner, and to him that
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inner. He lives in a world of where before

he moved in a world of effects.

*sThe spirit of triune man is pure intelligence,
region of his being where neither sense testi-
mony nor human opinion has any weight against
ascertained truth ; it is the Christ within, or the Son
of God in the son of man, the discovery of which sets
at rest doubt and its discouragements. It is from this
pinnacle of his being that man views all things with
the clear vision of the educated soul. He beholds
more things in heaven and upon earth than are
dreamed of in any philosophy. When he has learned
that he is not body with a mind which is ruled either
from within or without, but that both can be made
obedient servants to his real spiritual self, he has
brought into expression that God-given dominion
with which he was originally endowed.

"Spirit is the supreme essence of man's being. It
is never diseased and never unhappy, for as that
great soul, Emerson, says, slt is the finite that suffers.
The infinite lies stretched in smiling repose.5 Job of
your Bible told you that man was Spirit and the
breath of the Almighty gave him life. It is indeed
the Spirit in man which gives life, and that Spirit
rules Ms lower activities. Spirit issues commands with
authority, and all things become subordinate to
righteous rule,

**A new era, wrapped in the garment of ap-
proaching day, is dawning in the hearts of men;
and soon again will the virgin Spirit of God shine
forth from the heart, and the door again will open,
by which all who will may find entrance to a larger
and fuller life. Young, vibrant, with perennial youth
and hope and endeavor, the soul of man stands on
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other that has brightened the sky since Creation's
dawn. The Star of Bethlehem shone brighter at Jesus'
birth than it had before^ but soon its brightness will
be like the noonday sun, for this new light foretells
the day when the Christ is born in the hearts of all
men/9

VIII

THE next morning Chancier Sen continued his
talk. "I have been shown beyond a question
of doubt that the human intelligence can be
transmuted into Divine Intelligence. As this was
made plain to me, I found that I could enter the
Kingdom of God, and that that Kingdom was right
within. Now I know that God is the only power,
Omnipresent and Omniscient ; and that sin, discord,
sickness, old age, and death belong only to a past
experience. I now perceive the reality and know that
I had been lost in the mist of illusion. Time and
space have completely disappeared ; and I know that
I now dwell in the subjective and that it belongs to
the objective world. Had it been possible for me to
have held to the promptings and the glimpses the
finer senses have revealed from time to time, how
many weary and anxious hours would I have been
saved. While in youth I, like the greater portion of
humanity, decided that there was but one life to live
and that was the gratification of self in every way ;
so I determined to get the most out of that life. I
made self-seeking the principal aim in life, and I
gave the animal passions full sway, with the result
that I dissipated the life fluids of my body until it
was but the empty shell that you first saw. Let me
bring forth a picture that will more graphically
illustrate my thoughts.5*

He sat silent for a moment, and a picture like
those already described appeared upon one wall of
the room. This was the picture of himself as we had
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tottering along, leaning on his wooden staff. Follow-
ing this was the likeness of the man as he appeared
this morning. He continued, "The irst represents the
one who has dissipated the energies and life fluids
of his body until nothing but the empty shell re-
mains. The other represents the one who has con-
served his energies and the vital life fluids within his
body. You look upon this in my case as a complete
and entire rejuvenation, which is true. But I look
at it from another angle. How many could be as
fortunate as 1 was, to have the help, sympathy, and
assistance of those dear ones as I have had?

"In order that you may get my thought, let us
follow the life of a person from birth to the end, as
so many look upon death. The child is bom. It is
unconscious of the life-carrying fluids which course
through its body, as they are inactive because the
organs that generate life fluids are inactive and not
yet developed. During this stage of development, if
the child is normal, it is beautiful, active, and bub*
bling over with life. The life fluids are built up
stronger and stronger, until the child reaches the
stage of development where the life fluids are active,
and they may be dissipated. If this dissipation takes
place, in a few years the child begins to show age,
The eyes lose their luster, the body its activity and
grace ; the features become set ; in a few more years
the brain loses its power of co-ordination with the
muscles, and the body is that of a decrepit old man
or woman, but the empty shell of the former sell

"Then take the person who has conserved all the
life fluids and allowed them to circulate in their
natural course through the body, and see how strong
and vigorous that one is. Should that one go, on al-
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not perceive any higher idea of life than to be born,
live a short time upon this earth3 then pass on, the
of that ife would be extended from three to
four times that of the person who has dissipated the
life fluids. If he does perceive that there Is a greater
scheme In Gocf s plan for him, he will at all times
conserve the life fluids In the body, as he soon finds
that they are a necessary adjunct for perfect devel-
opment.

<clt was only a short time ago that your learned
men began to know of the delicate system of arter-
ies and veins composing the circulatory system of
your bodies. It Is still left for them to determine that
there Is a far more delicate and subtle circulatory
system throughout the body, which carries the life
force to every atom. Through your nervous system
this life force Is sent to a set of cells In the brain.
These cells In turn act as a distributor for the force
and it is sent out to every atom of the body, along
the nerves, for which It has an affinity. It also acts as
a protection for the nerves. If the life force Is dis-
sipated, the cells become set and can not change for
the new cells (that are formed to take their place)
and the new cells are thrown off instead of the old
ones, which gradually decompose and die. If the life
force is conserved, the cells change as readily at five
hundred years as at ten.

<clt will be found that when all the life force Is
conserved, the body can be so charged with life that
you can speak life Into all forms. You can paint a
picture, model a statue, or take any of your handi-
work that expresses your Ideal and breathe the
breath of life Into It, and It will become alive. It will
speak to you and to others who can see the life
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be active because you, the Lord God of you, has
spoken, and it is as He wills. But those forms will
not assume the human, unless you carry them to the
God Life. If you do give them life you must carry
them through to the pure God Life; then they are
perfect forms, as you are perfect, and you have
fulfilled your responsibility. This you will find is
true genius.

"There is one vital error that I wish to point out.
The genius, as you consider him, as he begins to
develop, has consciously or unconsciously acquired
the ability to conserve and send the life forces in
their purity through their natural channels; this
condition has animated his body and the creative
faculty, and he sees that there is something higher
for him to express than the ordinary. While he con-
serves the life forces and gives them free rein, he
will go on to more and more glorious achievements ;
but if he allows sex lust to creep in, he quickly loses
his creative power. The body has been first built up
by conserving the life forces until the cells are of a
finer texture than the lower order of person who has
dissipated the life force. By this time the genius has
risen to fame, and not having developed his deeper
perceptive or God power, is carried away by self-
glory. He forsakes his guiding light because he has
not been fully awakened; in the urge for greater
excitement, he begins to dissipate the life forces, and
quickly loses all power. For if man does raise his
thought above the animal passions, and conserves the
life forces until the body has begun to take on the
finer texture, then allows himself to fall back, he
will go back much more rapidly than one that has
not been thus awakened.

"When one has been awakened so that he will

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conserve all the life forces and let them be distributed

to the nerves in the natural way, then let them go
coursing along the nerves to every atom of the body,
without deforming it with thoughts of sex-lust or
passion, the exhiiiration will be permanent, and the
sensation will far transcend that of sex. The serpent
will be lifted up and will not need to crawl on its
belly through the murk and mire of lust and passion.

"If man could understand that this life fluid is
many times more vital than a corresponding amount
of pure blood, he would conserve instead of dissi-
pate it. But he shuts his eyes to this fact (he may
be entirely ignorant of it) and goes on, either in
blindness or ignorance, until the Reaper arrives.
Then a wail goes up, for he does not admire the
harvest.

"You look upon old age with veneration and
snow-white locks as a crown of honor, which I would
not detract from in any way. But as you look upon
the picture, I leave it for you to decide which is the
more to be honored ; he with the snow-white locks,
who has by ignorance or direct perversity brought
decrepitude upon himself ; or the one who, in matur-
ity, becomes more vital, stronger, and better equip-
ped to meet the advancing years, and because of
them is more kind and generous. I recognize that the
one who reaches the end through ignorance is to be
pitied, while the one who knows, and reaches the
same end, is unspeakable."

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CHAPTER IX

FROM this time on we applied ourselves dili-
gently to learn our alphabet with Chander Sen
as our instructor. The days passed altogether too
quickly, and April was drawing to a close with the
greater part of the records still to be translated ; but
we were consoling ourselves that we would be able
to return and finish the translations. Although our
friends had translated a large portion of these rec-
ords for us, they had insisted upon our study of the
characters so that we would be able to translate
them for ourselves.

During the preceding September, we had ar-
ranged to meet a party in the Gobi Desert and they
were to accompany us to the site of three of the
ancient ruined cities, the locations of which are
given by some of these records. While we had not, as
yet, seen these records, we had been told of their
existence. Those which we had previously seen and
which had aroused our curiosity were but copies of
the records we had before us. Both of the sets place
the dates of these cities back two hundred thousand
years. It is claimed that the inhabitants were in a
high state of civilization, as they knew the arts and
crafts and were able to work with the metals ; that
gold was a very common metal, so common that they
used it in malting drinking vessels and for shoeing
their horses. It is claimed that these people had a
good command over all the natural forces as well as
their own God-given powers. In fact, the legends —
if legends they are — as told therein are quite similar
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huge empire covered the greater portion of Asia
and extended into Europe as far as the Mediterran-
ean Sea, where France is now located, and the great-
est elevation was about six hundred feet above sea
level It is claimed that this was a great plain areaf
very productive and well populated, and a colony of
the Motherland. There is no question that, if the
remains of these cities can be found and uncovered^
some very valuable history will be disclosed, as the
description the records gave of this country far out-
shone that of ancient Egypt for pomp and splendor
during the dynasties of its seven kings. Even before
the reign of these kings, it is described as being far
more prosperous. The people ruled themselves;
there were no wars and no vassals or slaves. They
unquestionably named their ruler, "Directive Prin-
ciple," and they loved and obeyed that Directive
Principle. These records state that the first king of
the first dynasty usurped the rule from the Directive
Principle and set himself upon a throne as ruler.

Time had passed rapidly. We were busy getting
everything in readiness to join the expedition, as we
were obliged to be on our way in order to keep our
appointment in May at the meeting place agreed
upon, where we were to replenish our supplies and
equip the main* expedition for the final journey.

Words absolutely fail me when I undertake to
record my thoughts and feelings as the time for our
departure drew near. Every hour of our stay had
been a joy, not one being dull

Although we had been with these people and
shared their homes for more than five months, the
time had passed so rapidly that it seemed but a few
days. Yet a world of possibilities had been opened to
us. It was as though the door had been thrown wide

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open. Everyone felt the boundless possibilities — and
still we hesitated to step through the door, just as
we hesitated to leave these magnificent people whom
we looked upon as brothers.

I believe there is a time in the life of every mortal
when he or she can see the door fully opened— just
as each of us saw it that beautiful April morning—
and each and every one can see the vast possibilities
that may be attained. (I am going to ask the readers
to throw aside all prejudices for a time, and, if they
are able to do so, see as we saw. I do not expect you
to believe, but I do want you to understand that it
is one thing to write about these people and an en-
tirely different thing just to sit at their feet and
listen.) It seemed that if we would walk boldly up
and step through the door, all attainment would be
ours — yet We hesitated. Why was it so? Because we
did not fully believe ; we allowed tradition to drag us
back and close the door ; then we said the hand ^of
fate had closed it to us. But we must come to realize
there is no fate save that which we ourselves allow.

Here were a kindly, simple, yet most magnificent
people, some of whom for generations and perhaps
always, have lived just through that door, and that
life is practical to them. There is no precedent nor
tradition here, nothing but a pure, honest life, well
lived and lived right here on this earth. I leave it to
the reader to make the contrast.

We did hesitate to leave these dear kindly souls
to whom we had become so attached in the last few
months, yet we knew that other things awaited us
and we looked forward eagerly to them. We bade
our friends good-by that beautiful April morning,
with cordial handshakes and salutations, amid hearty
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Godspeed, our faces were turned northward, this
time actually to cross the great Gobi, with its tales of
terrible hardships as dim visions in our imaginations ;
but we were unafraid, for Emil and Jast were again
with us, and Chander Sen in Neprow's place.

To us, who had visited many lands, as the com-
pany swung along on the trail it was but a part of
the day's work. Everyone in our little band was glad
to be there. Not one but recognized that a new world
had begun to open and unfold. All recognized the
remoteness of the country and the hazards of an
ordinary trip of this nature, yet there was that irre-
sistible urge to go on. With the absolute confidence
we had in our great friends, all fear, or thought of
inconvenience for self was thrown to the winds and
we entered into the zest of the thing with the en-
thusiasm of schoolboys.

We were accustomed to the remote places of the
earth, but never had we experienced a country so
remote, yet one where we could travel with the free-
dom and ease that we were experiencing here. Do
you wonder that we were infatuated with the coun-»
try and our benefactors? We felt that we could go
right on north until we had negotiated the polar
regions and conquered them. We had not gone far
when one of our party remarked, "If we could travel
as those fellows can, this part would be easy. Just
because we can not travel as they do, they plod along
with us."

All went well until the evening of the seventh
day out. At about five o'clock that afternoon, we
were just emerging from a deep ravine which we
had followed down in order to gain access to the
more open country below, when one of the party
called out that there were horsemen in the distance.

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We turned our glasses upon them and counted
twenty-seven horsemen who seemed to be fully
armed. We reported this to Jast and he said they
probably were one of the roving bands that infest
the country. We asked If they were one of the bandit
bands and he said that he suspected they were, as
they did not appear to be tending any flocks.

We left the trail and proceeded to a clump of
trees and made camp for the night. While the camp
was being prepared, two of our party crossed the
stream near which we were camping, and climbed
to the top of a ridge that would give them an out-
look over the rolling country. When they had gained
the summit they stopped, and, placing their field
glasses to their eyes, stood for a moment, then turned
and hurried toward camp. As soon as they came
within hailing distance they reported that the party
of horsemen was not over three miles away and was
riding toward our camp. At this time someone re-
marked that he believed it was going to storm. We
looked, and sure enough there was a heavy bank of
clouds gathering in the northwest, and fog was drift-
ing in from every direction. We became very uneasy
as we could now see the band of horsemen through
the approaching storm, coming down a rolling slope
directly toward our camp. We were very much dis-
turbed about the appearance of this band. Although
there were thirty-two in our party, we did not have
a firearm of any description.

At that moment the storm broke upon us with
all the fury of a blizzard. For a few moments the
wind lashed and roared and drove the fine particles
of snow around us with the fury of a seventy-mile
gale, and it looked as if we would be obliged to move
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broken from the trees by the storm. Then everything
became calm where we were, and we thought for a
moment that It had been only a squall, such as often
happens in that country, and that it would soon blow
over.

Since there was a dim half light which enabled
us to see, we turned to and set the camp in order.
We were occupied with this work for about half an
hour and had not given a thought to either the storm
or the supposed bandits who had caused so much
uneasiness a short time before. As we stopped a
moment for breath, our Chief walked to the entrance
of the tent and looked out ; then turned and said,
"The storm seems to be raging a short distance away,
but where we are there is scarcely a breath of air
stirring. Just look, the tents and trees around are
hardly moving and the air seems warm and balmy."
A number of our party followed him outside and we
stood for a moment wondering. While we had been
in the tent and occupied, we had been half conscious
of the noise the storm was making but we supposed it
had blown over and was traveling up the ravine, as
some of the storms in* that country come on like a
cyclone and travel for miles before they expend their
fury, and after they have passed there is a dead
calm. This was not the case here. The blizzard was
raging with all its fury within a hundred feet of us,
but where we stood the air was still and warm. Our
former experience had been that the cold was intense
and pierced one through and through, while the
wind drove the icy needle-like particles of snow
around and along with it in blinding fury until one
was nearly suffocated.

Suddenly the circle lighted up as if by magic. As
we stood wondering, we thought we heard shouts of

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men above the din of the storm. Supper was an-
nounced ; we went In and sat' down. While we were
eating, one of the party wondered what had become
of the horsemen we had seen descending the slope.
Another said, "We thought we had heard shouts
while we were outside and wondered if we could not
be of some assistance in case they were lost in the
blizzard." Jast stated that these men belonged^ to
one of the most notorious bands of bandits which
roamed the nearby country ; he added that they did
nothing but rob and plunder villages and drive off
the herds of sheep and goats. After supper, during a
lull in the storm, we could hear shouting and the
lunging and snorting of horses, sounding as though
they would break from control. Although they
seemed but a short distance away, we could not see
them, so dark and dense was the snow that was
whirled along by the wind ; neither could we see any
sign of a camp fire.

In a few moments Emil arose and said he would
invite them to our camp. Unless they were well pre-
pared, it would be impossible for man or beast to
survive the storm until morning, as the cold was
growing intense outside. As he was preparing to
leave the tent, two of our party asked to be permitted
to accompany him. Emil seemed pleased ; he accept-
ed, and they disappeared in the storm. After about
twenty minutes had elapsed they reappeared, fol-
lowed by twenty of the bandit band leading their
horses. They told us afterwards that seven had be-
come separated from them and were probably lost,
in the storm. Those who gathered in our circle were
a unique and motley lot of half-wild looking crea-
tures. The moment they entered the circle of light
they became suspicious that there was some plot to

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apture them. They showed their alarm until Emil
.ssured them they were at liberty to go any time they
/ished, and showed them that we had no mode of
lefense If they wished to attack us. This, their leader
aid, they had prepared to do when they saw us
merge from the ravine before the storm came on.
kfter the storm came, they had become bewildered
,nd lost their way so they did not know where their
amp was located. When Emil and the two from our
»arty had found them they were huddled together
gainst a cliff about a hundred yards down stream,
lie leader said if they were driven out they would
ertainly perish, Emil assured them that this would
.ot happen.

They made their horses secure for the night
mong the trees, then gathered in a group by them-
elves, sat down, and began eating dried goat meat
nd yak butter which they had taken from their
addle pouches. While they were thus occupied, they
ept their arms near at hand and would start and
sten at any increased sound. They talked and ges-
iculated freely. Jast told us they were wondering at
ur equipment and the light ; why the wind was not
lowing, why it was warm within the circle, and why
fie horses were so content. One of the party, who
fas doing most of the talking, had heard of our
riends before. He was telling the group that these
teople were like gods and could destroy them (the
andits) in an instant if they would. Jast also said
tiat some of the party were attempting to influence
tie others to take everything we had and go on, as
tiey thought it was a plot to capture them ; but that
tiis one man was standing firm that we should not
e molested. He was telling them that if they did
arm us they would all be destroyed. After the talk

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had gone on for considerable time, eight of them
arose and came over to us and told Jast they would
not stay ; that they were very much afraid and were
going to try and go to their camp, as it was located
on the same stream but a few miles below. They had
been able to get their location from the clump of
trees where we were encamped. They then mounted
their horses and rode away down stream.

In about twenty minutes they all returned, say-
ing the snow had fallen so deep their horses could
not travel and face the storm, which was the heav-
iest they had experienced for many years. Then they
began making themselves comfortable for the night.

One of our party said, "Well, I suppose they will
be more comfortable here, even if they are afraid,
than they would be out in the storm/5 Jast turned to
us and said, "The Father's house is where you are
abiding ; if you are within that house and do there
abide, you are in the glad spirit of the Father. Of
what avail is the warmth and cheer that abides with-
in the house if you are not of the house, or know not
the warmth and cheer that abides therein? You may
invite those that remain just without and they will
not enter, for they know not where you abide. These
dear ones here, while they feel the warmth, will not
come nearer for the reason that they have always
preyed upon their fellow men and they can not un-
derstand that those same men whom they have
looked upon as legitimate prey should befriend them
without some reason for doing so, especially as they
do not belong to their band. They do not know that
within the snow or cold, or heaviest storm, the
Father abides ; and that those who make His home
their home and therein abide can not be harmed by
storm or wind or tide. It is only when you are out of

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contact with God that the winds, the storms, and
tides sweep over you.

"It Is when one can stand steadfastly and un-
waveringly with his eyes fixed directly on God,
knowing and seeing no other, that he can accomplish
what you now see. Our thought is, 'I stand stead-
fastly with my eyes fixed on You, O Father ; know-
ing naught but You, Father ; and I see naught but
God in all things. I stand firmly in the Holy Mount,
knowing naught but Your Love, Life, and Wisdom.
Your Divine Spirit pervades me always. It surrounds
me and abounds within and without me always. I
know, Father, that this is not for me alone, but it is
for all Thy children. I know, Father, that I have
naught but that which they have and there is naught
but God for all. I thank Thee, Father.7

"The real peace may be found even in the heart
of the storm ; but deep in the heart of the man who
has found himself, is the true calm. On the contrary,
man may be in the remote wilderness alone with the
twilight and the vast silence of nature, and yet be
torn by the winds of passion or shaken by the thun-
ders of fear.

"Nature, carelessly observed, seems to have given
brute strength, greed, and capacity for shedding
weaker animals' blood an incomparable advantage ;
but notice the following simple facts that few have
thought about.

"There are more lambs in the world than lions.
That is not an accident. Nature is not a blind, blun-
dering thing. Nature is God at work, and God
neither wastes material nor does He blunder in His
building. Does it not strike you as a strange thing
that in the melting pot of Nature's primal forces the
lion had not eaten up the lamb before man appeared

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upon the scene? The lamb has literally whipped the
lion in the struggle for existence. Nor is it man's
siding with the lamb against the lion that explains
the result. In all probability man began his career of
slaughter by killing the docile first. It is certain that
he kills more lambs than lions. It is not man but
Nature that pronounces condemnation of lion's kin.
Reflect a moment and you will see that Nature can
not give distinctive strength in opposite directions to
the same animal. The lion is a great fighter but a
slow breeder. All the strength of his fine body goes
to fighting form. Having young is detrimental and
becomes the incident of his life. The lamb, on the
other hand, is not a fighter and therefore is weak. The
lamb spends no energy in fighting and accordingly
is a better breeder. Nature acknowledges that in
creating the lion she made a mistake. She is correct-
ing that mistake. The lion and all other animals
whose instinct is to kill are disappearing.

"There are no exceptions to this sentence of ex-
tinction pronounced by Nature's immutable law
against all beings of the preying kind. Nature rules
according to an eternal equity ; and by the very law
of the universe, the fighter fights a losing battle,
always has and always will ; whether he be the ani-
mal or the animal man, in the forest or in the dty,
now and forever. The lion loses. He loses when he
wins. He dies when he kills. He is by the very nature
of things eating his own kind when he rends the
warm flesh of the lamb he tore from the flock. When
the first lion struck his prey with his mighty paw
and growled through his bloody chops the delight
he felt, he was singing, not the death of the helpless
that he was eating but the funeral hymn of his own
kind* Savagery is a poor rallying point. Lions do not

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herd. Bears do not go in flocks. Savages among men
form small groups and fight each other. Wildness
turns on Its own kind among beasts or men and is a
source of weakness.

"In the analogy of things wild beasts must go.
No great soldier ever really conquered anything. His
victories are all illusions. Soldiers' empires, if they
rest on nothing more substantial than the sword,
swiftly fall to pieces. In the end, the soldiers must re-
pudiate force and resort to justice and reason, or
their empires crumble. The beast of prey, whether he
is brute or human, is solitary, hopeless and helpless,
irrevocably doomed; for gentleness is the real
strength. Gentleness is the lion, with all of the lion's
attributes, except the taste for blood ; and slowly all
life is coming beneath its all-conquering rule.

"Man is made or unmade by himself. In the
armory of thought he forges the weapons by which
he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with
which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of
joy, strength and peace. By the right choice and true
application of thought, man ascends to the Divine
Perfection. By the abuse and wrong application of
thought, he descends below the level of the beast.
Between these two extremes are all of the grades of
character, and man is their maker and master.

"These bandits are the remnants of a once great
and prosperous people. Their forefathers inhabited
this country when it was a beautiful, thriving, indus-
trial empire. They knew the sciences and arts. They
also knew their own origin and power, and they wor-
shipped that origin and power only. There came a
time when they began to look to the body for pleas-
ure, and in time the body failed them. Then a great
cataclysm swept over the land, devastating it and

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leaving only a few scattered people on the higher
ground. These developed into communities and be-
came the larger races of Europe.

"The region where we are and that of the Gobi
was cut off and raised bodily until nothing grew. The
people were so nearly destroyed that there were only
a few isolated communities and at times only one or
two families left. These gathered in bands and are
the ancestors of the present people. They cannot
prosper, as they are continually at war with each
other. While their history and origin have been for-
gotten, their religion and legends can be traced to
the one source. Wherever you find them you will
find some of the fundamentals alike, although their
forms differ widely."

Here Jast said that he feared he had already
weaned us, as all our friends were fast asleep. We
looked in the direction of the bandits, and sure
enough they were all asleep. They, as well as we, had
forgotten the storm, which was still unabated. We
went into the tent and retired, again thankful to our
great friends.

When we awoke the next morning, the sun was
shining and the whole camp was astir. We dressed
hastily and went out to find that the company, ban-
dits and -all, were waiting for us. At breakfast we
were told that it had been arranged we should travel
as far as the bandits9 camp together, as it would be
easier to break trail when we were all together. The
bandits seemed pleased at the prospect, but , I can
not say we were, for we were told that there were
about one hundred and fifty at their camp. By the
time we had finished breakfast all vestige of the
storm had passed ; so we broke camp and started out
with the bandits and their horses to break trail,

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leaving the others to follow with the camp equip-
ment.

Although the bandits' camp was not over twelve
miles down the river, we did not reach there until
after midday, when we were only too pleased to stop
for a little rest. We found the camp very comfort-
able, with ample room to accommodate all our
party. After lunch it was decided that we could make
better headway if we waited a day or two to allow
the new snow that had fallen to settle, as we would
be obliged to cross a divide of about fourteen thou-
sand feet elevation the next day. The weather did
not prove to be as warm as was expected, so our
stay was prolonged for four days. The whole village
treated us with the greatest respect, and did every-
thing in their power to make our stay comfortable.

When %ve were leaving, two of the men asked if
they could join our party. As we were expecting to
recruit a number of helpers in the next large village,
about seventy miles farther on, we gladly accepted
them and they were with us until we returned that
fall

When we left the village, nearly one-half of the
population accompanied us to the summit of the
high divide in order to assist in breaking trail
through the deep snow, and we were very thankful
for their kindly efforts, as it proved a very difficult
ascent. At the summit we bade farewell to our bandit
friends and went on to the appointed meeting place,
arriving there May 28, three days after the arrival
of the friends we had made the appointment with
the fall before.

CHAPTER X

AFTER resting for a week and reassembling
our outfit, the combined expedition set out for
the ancient city of the Uigurs, where we ar-
rived June 30, Here we set to work Immediately*
and when the first pit was down to a depth of fifty
feet we encountered the walls of an ancient building.
When we had proceeded to a depth of a little more
than ninety feet, we broke into a large room where
there were a number of gold; silver, bronze, and clay
statues, all beautifully wrought. After the work ^ had
progressed far enough to prove beyond a question of
doubt that this had once been a, very large city, we
went on to the second location. Here we went down
about forty feet before we came upon anything that
could be called definite proof of a former civilization.
Again we -did enough work to prove that we were in
the ruins of a large ancient city.

We removed to a third location, where we ex-
pected to find evidence that would prove this the
oldest and largest of the three cities.

In order to conserve time and resources we had
organized our forces into four parties. Three of
these parties were made up of a leader and six
assistants. This gave seven men to each party. To this
combined force was assigned all the excavation work
and Its management, each party being assigned eight
hours out of the twenty-four. The fourth party, con-
sisting of the remainder of the personnel of the ex-
pedition, was assigned the duties of the carnp. I was
ia the party of which our Chief was the leader* We
were assigned the eight hours from midnight until
eight in the morning.

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After we had completed the discovery of the first
pit and had gained access to four of the underground
chambers or rooms, we cleared away enough of the
debris to show beyond a question of doubt that this
was the oldest and largest city of the three, and that
it was rich in treasure.

One morning the party which relieved our
Chiefs party reported that there 'were horsemen
approaching our camp from the north. When we
reached the surface we found they were headed in
our direction, and it looked as though they were an-
other bandit band, since they were evidently follow-
ing the trail we had made on our way there. As we
stood looking, Jast came up and said, "They are a
party of bandits who are determined to loot the
camp, but I do not think we need fear.5* We waited
for them to approach and they came on to within
five hundred yards of our camp, then halted.

After a short interval two of the men rode up
and after exchanging greetings asked what we were
doing there. They were told we were attempting
to find a ruined city. To this they replied they did
not believe a word of what we said. They suspected
we were looking for gold and they had come to take
our equipment and supplies from us. We asked if
they were government soldiers, to which they replied
they did not recognize any government, as fhe
strongest party was the one that won in that coun-
try. As they saw no evidence of firearms, I believe
they came to the conclusion that there must be a
larger force than was evidenced by what they could
see. They returned to their band to talk over the
situation.

After a time the two came back and told us that
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of us, but If we did not they would advance and
shoot everyone who showed resistance. We were
given ten minutes to decide and after that time they
would advance without further preliminaries. To this
Jast replied that we would neither resist nor sur-
render. This seemed to anger them and, wheeling
their horses, they started back toward the band, wav-
ing their arms. Then the whole band came toward
us at full gallop. I confess that I was badly fright-
ened, but almost instantly we seemed to be surround-
ed by a number of shadowy forms on horseback,
galloping around us. Then these forms became more
lifelike and increased in numbers. Evidently our
visitors had seen what we were witnessing, for their
horses were either reined in quickly, or stopped of
their own accord as they began to rear and plunge
and get beyond control of their riders. In a moment
there was wild confusion among the band, which
numbered about seventy-five horsemen. The horses
began plunging right and left, beyond all control of
the riders and this ended in a wild retreat, with our
phantom horsemen, as we called them, in close pur-
suit.

After the excitement was over, our Chief and
two of the party, including myself, walked out to
where the main band had halted and could find no
tracks except those made by the robbers themselves.
We were very much mystified at this since the relief
had looked as real to us as did the bandits, and the
rescuers had seemed to have come from all sides. We
fully expected to find the tracks of their horses in
the sand, as well as the tracks of the horses the ban-
dits were riding.

When we returned, Jast said, "The phantom
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so real that you, as well as the bandits, could see
them. In a word they were the pictures of other
occurrences that we were able to produce in so life-
like a manner that they could not be distinguished
from the real occurrence. We are able to produce
them for our own protection as well as for that of
others, and no one has been harmed. Where a defi-
nite purpose is served, there is no harm in the out-
come. A doubt had arisen in the minds of the ban-
dits. It was not logical that an expedition like this
would venture so far away without some protection,
and we were able to take advantage of this to fright-
en them. They are very superstitious and always on
the lookout for trickery. That type is the most sus-
ceptible to fear, and they saw just what they ex-
pected to find. If we had not used this method, we
should in all probability have been obliged to destroy
a number of the band before they would have left
us in peace. As it is we shall hear no more of them."
We were not molested again.

After we had accomplished sufficient work to
convince us that these three cities existed, it was
suggested that we should fill all the pits, in order to
protect them from any roving band that might dis-
cover the work, as such a discovery would lead to
wholesale plundering for the treasure alone. There
are legends among nearly all these bands that these
great cities exist and that they contain hoards of
gold. As we finished work, each pit was filled, so as
to leave as little trace as possible ; and the first storm
would remove any trace which we had left. The sand
is continually shifting in this country, and this alone
makes it very difficult to locate any of these ruins.
It would have been impossible for us to discover any
of the locations without the assistance of our friends.

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We were told that similar ruins extend well into
Southern Siberia.

There is unmistakable evidence that a vast popu-
lation had flourished here and that they had reached
a high state of civilization. There is also unlimited
proof that these people understood agriculture, min-
ing, textiles and their allied industries, reading,
writing, and all the sciences. It is very evident that
the history of these people is the history of the Aryan
race.

While seated at the table the afternoon of our
last day, one of the party asked Exnil whether the
history of this great race could be traced and writ-
ten. He answered that it could, that the city beneath
the site of our camp contained the absolute proof in
written records, which, when found and translated,
would give a concurrent and direct history of this
people.

Here the conversation was interrupted by a man
appearing at the door of the tent and asking if he
could come in. Emil, Jast, and Ghander Sen arose
and hurried to the entrance to meet him. By the
greetings extended we saw they were very well ac-
quainted, and our Chief arose and joined them. At
the door of the tent we saw Mm stop and stare for
a moment ; then he walked quickly out of the door
with both hands extended, saying, "Well, well, this
is indeed a surprise/5 A medley of voices arose, as
both men and women began to exchange greetings
with him and the three that had stepped through
the door after him. At this, all seated at the table
arose and crowded outside, where we found a group
df fourteen newcomers. The party included EmiPs
riiother, our hostess, from the village of our former
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at the banquet that we attended In EmiTs home, and
EmiTs son and daughter. In all they were a merry
crowd and it brought back remembrances of gather-
ings of former days.

The surprise was complete and we showed it, but
the most complete surprise was shown by the friends
who had joined us on this expedition. As we looked
at them, we knew that their curiosity was getting be-
yond all bounds. They had not seen these appear-
ances and disappearances as we had? and during the
press of the expedition work we had been so en-
grossed that we had neglected to tell them of any-
thing but fragmentary incidents. Coming, as this
had, virtuaEy from a clear sky, it left them absolute-
ly nonplussed. Of course we were heartily enjoying
this at their expense.

After introductions and greetings had been ex-
tended all around, the man who had charge of the
camp and equipment sought Emil and our Chief.
With every evidence of abject helplessness, he said,
"How am I going to feed all these people? Our sup-
plies have not yet arrived and we have barely enough
provisions left for ourselves for this and the morning
meal, since we have made every arrangement to start
on our return trip." While they were conversing they
had drawn together and % the leader of the combined
expedition had overheard a part of the conversation.
He stepped over and joined them. As he did so, I
could hear him ask, "Where in the name of heaven
did all these people come from?35 Our Chief looked
at him with a smile and said, "You have just hit it,
Ray, they did come direct from heaven. Sec, there
are no conveyances." Ray answered, "But the thing
that puzzles me most is, they don't seem to have, any
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heard the thud when they landed in the sand, espe-
cially as there are so many of them ; but we did not
even hear that. So we are going to decide for the
time that your suggestion is right and perfectly
logical/9

Emil then turned to the company and said he
would be obliged, in order to allay the fears of the
steward, to admonish the visitors for not bringing
along their provisions. At this the steward seemed
greatly embarrassed and said he did not think of
putting it quite so bluntly, but nevertheless the fact
still remained that there certainly were not enough
edibles to go around. Here the visitors joined in a
merry laugh, which seemed to embarrass him still
more. Then Emil's mother said there was no need
for embarrassment or inconvenience. Our hostess
and the beautiful lady joined in saying they would
gladly take charge and be responsible for the supper,
as they fully expected to share the meal with us. This
relieved the steward and he quickly accepted the
preferred service.

The afternoon was now well advanced. It was
one of those days in the Gobi when the weather
fairly fawns upon the earth for one moment, then in
the next instant may transform the scene into an
inferno of relentless fury. Every available canvas was
secured and spread upon the sand, just outside the
circle of the camp. To an outsider, the scene would
have had the appearance of a merry picnic party,
which indeed it was. When the canvas was all
spread, the containers, which were used both for
cooking and serving the camp meals, were brought
out with their contents and placed on the canvas.
Then the whole company gathered around.

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plexity on the faces of those who had lately joined
the party. Ray, the leader, looked at the containers,
and said that if he saw rightly the amount of food
the containers held, and if that amount could be
stretched sufficiently to feed that hungry mob, he
was going to keep his eyes open for the performance
of a miracle. One of our party said, "You better
keep your eyes wide open, for that is just what you
are going to see." Our Chief said, "That is twice you
have guessed right today, Ray." At this the three
ladies began serving from the containers. As each
plate was served, it was passed on and an empty
plate was received for the full one until all had been
served most generously. As the serving progressed,
we could see that Ray was getting more restless;
aud when his plate came to him he passed it on,
remarking that he could get along with a much less
liberal helping. Our hostess assured him that he need
not fear, as there would be a plentiful supply for all

After all had been served bountifully, he again
looked at the containers. When he saw that the con-
tents had not been diminished, he arose and said,
"At the risk of being impolite, ill-mannered, and a
bounder, I am going to ask if I may sit by you three
ladies, as I fully acknowledge my curiosity has so
deliberately taken the upper hand that I can not
eat a bite." The ladies said they would look upon
it as an act of courtesy if he wished to sit by them.
Whereupon he walked over and sat down on the
edge of the canvas, between EmiFs mother and the
beautiful lady.

When he was seated, someone asked for bread.
There was but one piece remaining on the box lid
that served in place of a tray. The beautiful lady
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large loaf of bread in them. This she passed to our
hostess, who began cutting it, preparatory to serving.
At this the leader arose and asked if they would
kindly permit him to see the loaf as it was. The loaf
was passed to him, and after examining it critically
for a moment he passed it back. We could see that
he was very much agitated. He walked away a few
steps, then returned, and addressing himself directly
to the lady, said, "I do not wish to seem impertinent,
but this has muddled my thoughts to such an extent
that I can not refrain from asking questions.9* She
bowed and said he was at liberty to ask any questions
we wished. He said, "Do you mean to tell me that
you are able to set aside all the known natural laws,
— at least those that we know of — without the least
exertion and bring forth bread from an unseen or
invisible supply?" The lady replied, "To us the sup-
ply is not unseen; it is always visible.55 Then it was
perceived that as our hostess cut and served the loaf
It did not diminish.

He became more calm, again took his place, and
the lady continued: "If you could only see that the
tragedy of Jesus5 life ended with the crucifixion, that
the joy of the Christ life began with the resurrection,
and that the goal of every life should be the resur-
rection rather than the crucifixion. In this way aE
may follow him into the more abundant life of the
Christ in them. Can you think of a more joyous and
abundant life than to be one with this Mighty Power,
this power of the Christ within? It is here you may
know that you were created to have dominion over
every form, thought, word or condition. In living this
life, which is the fulfillment of every need, you will
find that you are living an exact, scientific life.

"Jesus increased the few loaves and fishes the

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little lad had, until lie was able to supply ample for
the multitude. You will observe that he bade them
sit down in an orderly expectant attitude, ready to
receive the increased supply by fulfilling the law* If
you are to find joy and satisfaction in the life of
Jesus, you must fulfill the law of his life by acting in
harmony with his ideals. You can not stand and
worry as to how you are to be fed. If Jesus had
allowed this, the multitude never would have been
satisfied. Instead, He quietly blessed and gave thanks
for that which he had and the supply was increased
in sufficient measure to meet every need.

"Living did not become a difficult problem until
man disobeyed and refused to listen to the Inner
Voice. When he returns and again learns to listen to
that Inner Voice he will cease to labor for the
means of a living, but he will work for the joy of
creating. He will enter into the joy of creating, and
he will create under the law of the Lord, or Word
of God. Through His Word he will find that he can
move upon the all-loving and all-enfolding substance
of God, and bring into visibility every ideal he holds
in thought. It was in this way, step by step, that
Jesus mounted to the heights and proved the suprem-
acy of the Christ in Him over the limited concept
of mortal thought. When this is realized, work be-
comes a joyous quality of one's being. Jesus proved
that the truly spiritual life is the only joyous life.
He became clothed with dignity and glory because
of his victory ; yet that victory left him as free as a
little child. Although the world is not wholly awake
to its desire, it is this desire of joy and great blessing
that it is seeking. Man may seek satisfaction in the
pursuit of personal things, unmindful of the law that
says he shall lose that which he seeks for selfish gain.

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But through the losing he soon finds that the fall of
the personal but marks the ascent of the spiritual. He
realizes that man's extremity is God's opportunity.

"You must know that you are entitled to every
good and perfect gift of God, and you must prepare
to receive those gifts through the knowledge of God
as y©ur Divine Nature. If you separate yourself from
God in thought, you will also separate yourself from
him in manifestation. In order to enter fully into the
joy of life, you must seek life and joy, for the full-
ness and joy that that life gives to all humanity.

"The laws for the establishment of heaven here
on earth, which Jesus taught and which you have
seen applied in a very small measure, are exact and
scientific. Man, being the son and true ^ likeness of
God, contains within himself the true spirit of God,
his Father. He can discern and use the laws of his
creative parent and bring them into full operation in
his world of affairs, if he only will" Then she said
they would be pleased to answer any questions he
might like to ask.

Ray said he did not have any questions to ask,
for he had been too deeply stirred to want to ask
questions. He just wanted to think. He said he had
some things he wanted to say and he hoped they
would not take offense, for offense was not intended
in any way. He continued, "We came here, as we
supposed, to find the remains of a people long since
dead and gone. Instead, we find a people living a
far more wonderful and active life than can be com-
prehended. If this thing that we have seen could
be heralded abroad, you would have the whole world
bowing at your feet." The three ladies said they did
not wish the world to bow at their feet, but they
longed to see all mankind bowing at God's feet. They

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went on to say that mankind already had too many
idols. The ideal was the thing really needed.

Here the visitors, with the exception of the one
who had called at the door of the tent, arose, saying
they must be on their way. With hearty handshakes
and Godspeed and invitations to visit them at any
time, they disappeared as suddenly as they had
come, leaving Ray and his party staring at the place
where they had stood. After a moment he turned to
the man who had remained, and asked his name.
He was told that it was Bagget Irand.

Then Ray said to him, "Do you mean to say that
you are able to come and go at will, without any
visible means of conveyance, as we have just seen,
defying every known law of gravity or physics?"

Bagget Irand answered, "We do not defy any
law, neither do we harm a single law of man or God.
We co-operate with, and work according to, all laws,
both of Nature and God. The means of locomotion
which we use, although invisible to you, are perfectly
visible to us. The trouble is you do not see them;
consequently you do not believe. We see, believe, and
know, and we are able to utilize them. When you
open your understanding to know and see and use
them, you will soon find that the law which we use
is definite and far more capable of being put to
greater uses for mankind than the limited laws which
you see and use. Some day you will find that you
have only touched the surface of man's possibilities.
We are always pleased to assist you in any way we

can."

Chander Sen said that this friend had come to
invite us to return to our outfitting point by way of
his village, as the trail was shorter and the distance
could be made with one day less travel at this time

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of the year. This invitation was readily accepted^
and Bagget Irand said he would return with us. It
developed later that he was a descendant of the once
prosperous people that had inhabited the Gobi
region.

XI

WE HAD finished the work mapped out for
the combined expedition, and were prepared
for an early morning start for our base, where
the company would separate and all except a party
of eleven would return to their respective homes.
Four of the party, myself included, had decided to
accept the invitation of our friends to return to the
village of the Temple of the Tau Cross, our former
winter quarters.

As we stood watching the sunset, on the eve of
our departure, one of the party said that he had
begun to wonder how old civilization and religion
really were and whether the two had really come
hand-in-hand down the long ages of time. Jast
replied, "That depends upon what you mean by reli-
gion. If by the use of the word, 'religion* you mean
creed, dogma or sect, or perhaps superstition, it is
very young and does not antedate twenty thousand
years. But if by the word you mean a reverence for
the true philosophy of life, a true reverence for life
itself, thus a true reverence for the sublime purity of
God, of the great Creative Cause, then you may
trace this back beyond all history, all mythology, all
allegory, to the time of man's first advent upon earth,
before kings, emperors, or man-made rule held sway.
In the heart of the first man there burned or shone
forth the greatest reverence for the source of all life
and the beauty of that life ; the beauty and rever-
ence of that pure soul shines undimmed through the
long ages and so it will shine on undimmed through
all eternity.

"When man first took up life, he knew full well

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the source. He had the deepest reverence for that
source and that reverence you now know as the
Christ. But as we come on down the dim corridors of
time, we find them divided into the innumerable
sects, creeds, and dogmas until those corridors are
divided into such a network that they present a veil
of disbelief and superstition. Who, may I ask, divided
them— did God or man? Who is responsible for the
great vortex of sin and inharmony this division has
caused? Will you pause for a moment and think
deeply, then ask yourselves, is it God or man that ^is
responsible? Then think, does God sit somewhere in
the sky looking down on this great web, altering a
condition here or a condition there, interfering here
or smoothing out a life there, praising one or con-
demning another, holding up the hands of one while
he tramples the other? No, if there be a true giver
of life, he must be Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Om-
niscient, far above, around, and in all, pouring out
his life to all, through all and above all, else he is
not a true giver of all life. Thus you may differen-
tiate this idea into the innumerable varieties of form,
but when you reach the final one, you will find that
you reach tht one at the beginning also ; and the two
become a cycle with no beginning and no end. Were
this not so, there could be no basis, no hypothesis, no
truth."

Here some one asked, "Do you attempt to over-
come death?59 The answer was, "Oh, no, we rise
up over death by letting life express to its absolute
fullness. Thus, we do not know even what death is.
To us there is nothing but more abundant life. The
great error of the majority is, they attempt to hide
their religion behind some veil or secret instead of

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throwing It open to the broad expanse of God's pure
sunlight.55

Some one of the party asked whether Jesus abode
with them, meaning Jast's people. He replied, "No,
Jesus does not live with us. He is only drawn to us
by the thoughts we have in common, the same as he
is drawn to all by the thoughts they have in com-
mon. Jesus abides only to be of service, as all great
souls do."

He went on to say, "It was while sojourning in
Northern Arabia that Jesus had access to the library
that had been collected from India, Persia, and the
Trans-Himalayan region. Here Jesus first contacted
the secret teachings of the Brotherhood. These teach-
ings only served to drive home more firmly the con*
viction already forming, that the true mystery of life
was God expressed through the Christ in the individ-
ual. He saw that in order to express this fully, he
must withdraw from all forms of worship, and wor-
ship God expressing through the individual, and God
alone. He saw that in order to demonstrate this fully
he would be obliged to withdraw from those who
had taught him, even though by withdrawing he
should incur their displeasure. This did not deter
him for a moment, so steadfast was he in his devo-
tion to his cause and the great service he saw he
could render to the world by that devotion.

"He saw that if man ever arose to the lofty power
of that mighty Indwelling Presence; if a mighty
Son of God, one in whom the Divine Wisdom abode
in fullest measure ; one rich in the outpouring rich-
ness of all of God's treasures, the fountain of the out-
pouring waters of life, the Lord, or law of compas-
sion and wisdom; was actually to take flesh upon
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Ions: then with pure motive he must live the life and
he would bring forth that life, to which ^manlfest
Presence the name of the Christ has been given.

aHe stood forth and boldly proclaimed that the
Christ that abode in him, abode in all; that the
celestial voice that proclaimed him the Beloved -Son
proclaimed all sons of God5 joint heirs and brothers
all This epoch is marked at his baptism when the
Spirit was seen descending from heaven like a^dove
upon him, and it abode with him. He also said all
are God's, manifest in the flesh.

uHe boldly taught that ignorance is the cause of
all sin. He saw that, in order to practice forgiveness,
or the science of forgiving, man must be enlight-
ened to the fact that man has the power to forgive
all sin? discord and inharmony; that it is not God
who forgives sin, for God has nothing to do with the
sin, sickness, and inharmony of man ; that man, him-
self, brought these into being and man is the only
one who can erase or forgive them. He saw that man
must learn that ignorance is disregard and lack of
understanding both of Divine Mind as the Creative
Principle, and of his relation to that Principle. He
saw that man may have all intellectual knowledge
and be versed in worldly affairs, yet if he does not
recognize the Christ as the living, vitalizing essence
of God within him, he is grossly ignorant of the most
important factor governing his life. He quickly saw
the inconsistency of asking a perfectly just and lov-
ing Father to heal a disease or sin- He taught that
disease is the effect of sin and that forgiveness is an
important factor in healing ; that sickness is not pun-
ishment sent from God, as many believe it to be, but
is the result of man's misunderstanding of his real
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The purity of Ms teachings has caused them to out-
Eve those of his teachers.

"When Peter said that he forgave seven times,
Jesus* answer was that he forgave seventy times
seven, then went on forgiving until the act was uni-
versal. In order to forgive hate, he centered his
attention on love. This was not only when it touched
his life, but when he saw it manifest in the world
about him. This Truth was the inherent ( light that
he saw in all, which would lead them out of dark-
ness when applied with understanding. He knew that
every overcomer was covenanted with his Lord to
be continually forgiving sin, in meeting every in-
harmony with Truth ; and this was his way of being
about his Father's business. He saw and understood
that in no other way could the earth be transformed,
and peace and harmony prevail among men, and
he said, clf you forgive men their trespasses, your
heavenly Father will also forgive you/

"In order to appreciate the full value of this
statement, you may ask, 'What is the Father?' The
Father is Life, Love, Power, and Dominion, and all
of these attributes belong to the child by rightful
inheritance. This is what Paul meant when he said
we are joint heirs with Christ to the God Kingdom.
This does not mean that one has more than another.
This does not mean that the eldest son gets the lar-
ger portion and the other half is diyided by measure
to the remaining children. To be a joint heir, with
Christ, to the Kingdom means to be an equal par-
ticipant in all the blessings of the God Kingdom.

"Sometimes others accuse us of making ourselves
equal with Jesus. That is because they do not under-
stand what is meant by joint heirship. I am quite
certain there is not one among us that would say

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he was on the same plane of enlightenment as the
great Master, with his. great white purity. This joint
heirship means to have the possibility of the same
power, the same strength, the same degree of under-
standing. And yet there is not one among us that
does not realize the full truth of the promise of Jesus
to all of God's children, to every true disciple, that
they may be full participants in all the qualities of
the Godhead as fully as he is. We fully recognize
his meaning when he said, 'Be ye perfect even as
your Father in heaven is perfect.' We know full well
that that great soul never for a moment asked of his
disciples a mental or moral impossibility. When he
saw and asked perfection of man, he knew that he
asked only that which man can live up to. A great
many have taken false comfort in the belief that they
never can be as perfect as the Master is perfect.
They argue that he was Divine and that because of
his divinity he did marvelous works which no other
member of humanity could possibly do, and that
therefore it is absolutely useless to try. They say
they are here with nothing better or more skillful
or scientific with which to carve out life's destiny
than mere human will power. The great Master
made it clear that, while it did take some^ human
will power to start, the mere human will is not a
great factor in the case, the great factor being divine
understanding. How many times did he say, "You
shall know the Truth and the Truth shall make you
free.'

uLet us reduce this to the simple physics of the
world about us. The moment men become fully ac-
quainted with the truth of anything in the physical
world about them, that moment they become free of
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moment men became acquainted with the fact that
the world was round and that it revolved around the
sun? they became free from the antiquated idea of
a flat earth and the rising and setting sun. The
moment men become free from the belief that they
are mere human beingss subject to human laws of
life and death and the limitations which human
beings have imposed, that moment they will see that
they are free from all human limitations and may
become Sons of God if they will The moment they
realize they are Divine, they are free from all limi-
tations and possessed of the strength of divinity ; and
man knows that this divinity is the place where being
comes most directly in contact with God. Man is
beginning to see and know that this divinity is not
something to be injected into each from without. He
is beginning to know that it is the very life of each
and every man.

"We know that the ideals we see in the lives of
others take root in our lives, and in compliance with
the Divine Law bring forth after their kind. As long
as we believe in the power of sin and see the effect
of sin as a reality, the punishment of that sin will
be vital in our own lives. But as we give to ourselves
and others truly righteous thoughts for all inhar-
monious ones, we are making ready the harvest of a
great spiritual feast which is certain to follow the
seedtime. Thus forgiveness has a two-fold mission.
It frees both the erring and the loving one, for back
of the application of forgiveness is a deep and radi-
ant love, a love founded on principle ; a love that
desires to give for the joy of giving with no thought
of reward, save that of the Father's approval in the
words, 'This is My beloved Son in whom I am well
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• 'These words are just as true for us as they are
true of Jesus. Your sins, sickness, or discord are no
more a part of God, or your true self, than fungi are
a part of the plants to which they attach themselves.
They are the false excrescences which have gathered
upon your bodies as the result of wrong thinking.
.The thought of the disease, and the disease, are
merely the cause and the effect. Erase, forgive the
cause, and the effect disappears. Erase the false be-
lief, and sickness vanishes.

"This was the only method of cure that Jesus
ever resorted to. He erased the false image in the
consciousness of the one to whom he ministered.
He first raised the vibrations of his own body by
connecting his own thoughts with those of Divine
Mind, and holding his own thoughts steadfastly in
accord with those of the perfection of the Divine
Mind for man ; then the vibrations of his body be-
came equal to the vibrations in Divine Mind. Hav-
ing thus raised the vibrations of his own body by
his steadfast thought of the Divine Perfection, .he
was able to raise the vibrations of the body of the
applicant with the withered arm to the point where
he could erase the image of the withered arm from
his own consciousness. Then Jesus could say to him,
"Stretch forth your hand/ He stretched 'it' forth and
it became whole. Thus Jesus raised the 'vibrations of
Ms own body by seeing the Divine Perfection for all,
and this, enabled him to raise the vibrations of .the
one he healed until the image of imperfection was
entirely erased; then perfection was instantaneous
and the forgiveness was complete.

"You will soon find that, by fixing your thoughts
and attention steadfastly on God and His divine
perfection, you can raise the vibrations of your

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so that they will blend so harmoniously with- those
of the divine perfection, that you are absolutely one
with the divine perfection and thus one with God.
You are then able so to influence the vibrations of
the bodies of others with whom you come in contact,
that they see the perfection that you see. Thus you
may fulfill the divine mission and your part is com-
plete. Or you may see imperfection and thus lower
the vibrations until imperfection is the result, but
if you do this you can not escape reaping the harvest
of the seed you have sown.

"God works through all to carry out His perfect
plans, and the perfect, loving thoughts continually
going forth from the hearts of all is God's 'own
message to His children. It is these thoughts that
keep the vibrations of our bodies in direct touch
with the divine and perfect vibrations ; and this seed
is the Word of God that finds lodgment in every
receptive heart, whether man be consciously aware
of his divine nature or not. We are approaching
more fully to our divine inheritance when we can
keep our thoughts so fully upon our divine perfection
and the divine perfection of all, as held in the Mind
of God, that the vibrations of our body are in direct
harmonious accord, and one with the divine vibra-
tions sent out from the Mind of God. But in order
to bring forth the abundant harvest of spiritual
understanding, our thoughts must continuously vi-
brate with, and lay hold of, the perfect harmonious
thoughts from Divine Mind, or Mind of God, to
man, His beloved son. We soon find we have the
power to enslave or to free ourselves, as well asr to
forgive every sin of the whole human family through
our attitude of thought, word, or deed, and through
the vibrations thus released, to the whole world.

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Once having chosen to shape our thoughts along
definite lines, we soon find that we are sustained by
Omnipotence itself ; and find as we go through the
discipline necessary to assure ourselves of mastery,
that it is a glorious privilege — this power which we
have to free ourselves and our fellow-men from
bondage through the process of divine thinking.

"All of Jesus' healings were on the basis of re-
moving the mental cause. So we find that it is neces-
sary to reduce the idealism of Jesus to practical
demonstration, and by so doing we find we are only
doing that which he enjoined us to do. Many sins
vanish at the first few rays of light shed into the
dark concept, while others more firmly rooted in
consciousness require patience and perseverance to
overcome. The forgiving love of Christ must prevail
if we do not obstruct but give it full sway. True
forgiveness purifies and blesses all, and begins in
the heart of the individual This is at first a thought
reformation, and thus a resurrection. Realizing that
God is the only Mind, and this Mind is pure and
holy, will do much to keep one holding steadfastly
and worshippingly the Truth that the Mind of
Christ is having its perfect way in you, establishes
you in these harmonious constructive thought-
currents. You become aware that you are always in
the ever-flowing stream of the loving thoughts which
God is pouring out to His children.

"You will soon know that you are fast approach-
ing a period in which you will be living in a world
of thinkers. You will know that thought is the most
potent agency in the universe. You will soon recog-
nize that thought is the mediator between Divine
Mind and every bodily ailment or discord in the
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Divine Mind, the Kingdom within, when discord or
inharmony arises, you are Immediately united with
Divine Ideas and you will find that Divine Love is
ever ready to give its healing balm of pure love to
those who seek.

"Jesus lives today to wipe out of human con-
sciousness the power and reality of sin and its effects.
Fresh from the heart of Love, he came understand-
ing the relation between God and man ; and in his
fearless, free recognition of Spirit as the only power,
he proclaimed the supremacy of Divine Law which,
when understood and applied to every act of living,
will transform suffering men into radiant beings and
usher in the only real kingdom of perfect citizenship,
the Kingdom of Heaven upon earth.55 Here Jast
ceased talking.

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XII

THE sun had disappeared below the horizon,
and the beautiful afterglow, which foretold a
peaceful night, was flaming across the entire
expanse of sky. It was the first evening free from
wind or storm that we had experienced in ten days,
and all were quietly drinking in the magnificent dis-
"play of color. A quiet sunset on the Gobi can enrap-
ture one into a reverie of forgetfuhiess of all things.
The' colors do not glow and shine ; they seem to dart
here and there in great beams,- as though invisible
hands were operating colored searchlights. At times
it seemed as if these invisible hands were attempting
to show the full range of the spectrum and the many
variations of color to be obtained in the combina-
tions. A wide band of white light would appear;
then branching off' at an oblique angle would appear
a wide band of violet. From this violet a band of
indigo would shoot out, and along the -side of the
indigo a band of blue would appear, and so on until
the whole atmosphere seemed charged with wide
bands of color. Then they would combine and blend
again to the band of white, which seemed quite sta-
tionary. Again, they flashed out in fan formation,,
with beams of every color shooting in all directions.
This gradually subsided into a solid golden color
which caused the undulating sands to appear like a
sea of heaving molten gold. This display continued
for about ten minutes ; then it faded into a haze of
mottled blue, yellow, green, and grey, which seemed
to drop from the heavens like a robe -of night, and
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surround us that a number of the party expressed
startled surprise at its suddenness.

The leader of the expedition turned to Bagget
Irand and asked if he would give us his version of
the people who had inhabited the region and estab-
lished the cities like the one that lay in ruins below
us. He began by saying, "We have written records
that have been carefully kept from generation to
generation for over seventy thousand years, and these
records place the date of the founding of the city,
the ruins of which lie below this camp, more than,
two hundred and thirty thousand years in the past.
The first settlers came from the west as colonists
many years prior to the founding of this city. These
colonists settled in the south and southwest ; and as
the colonies gradually developed, some of the people
moved north and west until they inhabited the whole
land. As fertile fields and orchards were established,
the colonists laid the foundations for cities. At first
these were not large, but as years went by, it was
found convenient to gather in these centers for
closer fellowship in art and science.

"Here temples were built ; not as places of wor-
ship, for the people worshipped every moment, by
the life they lived. Living was always dedicated to
the Great Cause of life; and while they lived co-
operating with the Great Cause, life never failed
them. During this time it was quite common to find
men and women thousands of years old. In fact,
they did not know death. They passed from one
accomplishment to a higher attainment of life and
its reality. They accepted life's true source, and it
released its boundless treasures to them in an unend-
ing stream of abundance. But I have digressed ; let as
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written records of any attainment in knowledge of
the arts, science, and history could be preserved for
those who wished to avail themselves of them. The
temples were not used as places of worship, but as
places where the most profound scientific themes
were discussed. The acts and thought of worship in
those days were carried out in the everyday life of
the individual instead of being set aside for a par-
ticular group of people or at specified times.

"They found it more convenient to have broad
smooth thoroughfares as means of communication;
so they developed what you call paving. They found
it convenient to build comfortable homes, and there-
fore developed the method of hewing stone, and of
making brick and the mortar necessary to hold them
in place, to fashion their homes and the temples.
These things you have already discovered. They
found that gold was a most serviceable metal, as it
did not tarnish. They found means for collecting
it from the sands, then from the rocks, and at last a
way to manufacture it, so that it became very com-
mon. The people found the way to produce other
metals as they were needed and these became plen-
tiful. Then, instead of these communities living by
agriculture alone, they began to supply those that
tilled the soil with manufactured articles as conveni-
ences for a wider range of operations. The centers
grew and developed until they became cities of one
to two hundred thousand people.

"Still they had no temporal heads or rulers ; all
governing was entrusted to advisory bodies that were
selected by the people themselves. Delegations were
sent to, and received from, other communities. Yet
the people promulgated no laws or rules for the con-
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own identity and lived by a universal law governing
that identity* There was no need for man-made
laws ; there was need only for wise counsel.

"Then an individual here and an individual there
began to wander away* At first they were the more
dominating souls and they would push on, while
those that were inclined to plod would hold back;
and unconsciously there came a separation, as the
love faculty had not been fully developed by all. The
separation grew wider and wider until a very domi-
nating personality set himself up as king and tem-
poral ruler. Since he ruled wisely, the people — with
the exception of a few who felt that they could see
the future of this separation — acceded to his rule
without taking a thought to the future. These few
withdrew into communities of their own ; and from
that time on they lived a more or less secluded life,
always attempting to show their fellows the folly of
separation. They became the first order of the priest-
hood; the king established the first order of tem-
poral rulers; and from then on their devious ways
may only be followed by deep study and research.
There are a few that have preserved the simple
teachings and have lived to follow them. But in the
main, life has become very complex to the majority.
in fact, so complex has It become that they refuse
to believe that life is a simple form of living a well-
balanced life co-operating directly with the Principle
of all life. They fail to see that their way of living
is the complex and hard way, and that the simple
life co-operating with the Principle of all life is the
more abundant life. In this way they must go on
until they know a better way."

Here the speaker paused, standing silent for a
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picture was stationary at first, as has already been
described; then It became animated, the forms be-
gan to move, and the scenes changed momentarily,
or at his direction, as he explained each scene. He
seemed to be able to hold or reproduce the scene at
will, as questions were asked and answered and ex-
planations given.

The scenes were those which were supposed to
have been enacted in the ruined city below where
we were camped. They did not contrast to any
marked degree with scenes of a populous Oriental
city of today, save that the streets were broad and
well kept. The people were well clothed in raiment
of good quality, their faces were bright and cheery,
and there were no soldiers, paupers, or beggars in
evidence. The architecture attracted our attention
as the buildings were well and substantially built,
and of very pleasing appearance. Although there
seemed to be no attempt at display, one temple stood
out magnificently beautiful. We were told this temple
was built entirely by volunteer hands, and was one
of the oldest and most beautiful in the land. On the
whole, if these pictures were representative, the
people must have been contented and happy. We
were told that soldiers did not make their appear-
ance until after the second king of the first dynasty
had reigned for nearly two hundred years. That king
in order to keep up his retinue began taxing the
people, and soldiers were appointed to collect the
taxes. In about fifty years, poverty began to show in
isolated places. It seems that about this time a por-
tion of the people who were dissatisfied with the
kingdom and with those who had assumed the rule,
withdrew. Bagget Irand and his people claim the
lineal heritage of this race.

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As the night was well advanced, Bagget suggested
that we adjourn and retire, since it would be much
pleasanter to make an early morning start- About
three hours of the full noonday heat was uncomfort-
able for travel, and the time of winter storms was
fast approaching.

CHAPTER XIII

WE WERE up early the next morning, and at
break of day were on our way to Bagget
Irand's home village, which we reached on
the evening of the twelfth day. We were welcomed
by the party which had visited us the last afternoon
of our stay on the desert, and were invited to stop
for a few days' rest. We were shown to quarters that
were a real luxury after those we had experienced
on the desert. After we had made ourselves present-
able, we stepped into the next room and found a
number of friends. They greeted us heartily and we
were told the village was ours and that every door
was flung wide to receive us.

The Governor of the village, through an inter-
preter, welcomed us, telling us we were to dine at
his house, and were to start immediately. We filed
out of the room, led by the Governor with a guard
of two soldiers, one on each side, as was the custom
of the country. Next came the leader with our hos-
tess, and our Chief with the beautiful lady. Then
came Ernil and his mother. I walked with them,
the rest of the party following.

We had proceeded but a short distance when a
poorly dressed child stepped from the crowd which
had assembled and asked in the native tongue if
she might speak to Emil's mother. The Governor
brushed her aside unceremoniously, saying that we
could not be bothered with such as she. Emil's
mother grasped our arms and the three of us stepped
out of the ranks to hear what the girl had to say.
As we did this, our hostess hesitated and as she
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EmiTs mother spoke to the Governor, saying she
would like to have the rest go on and get seating
arrangements completed and that by that time we
surely would be there.

Meanwhile, she was holding the girl's hands In
hers. As the company moved on, she knelt down and,
putting her arms around the little girl, said, "Dear
one, wFat can I do for you?55 She found that the
child's brother had fallen that afternoon and they
thought his back was broken. The child begged the
lady to go with her to see if she could not help him
as he was in great pain. Emil's mother arose, ex-
plained the situation to us and told us to go on, that
she would go with the child, then come in later.
The leader said that if it was permissible, he would
like to go along. Emil's mother invited us all to go ;
so we turned aside and followed her and the girl as
they walked hand-in-hand, the girl fairly leaping
with joy. Our hostess told us that the girl was certain
her brother would be healed by the great lady, As
we neared the house, the girl bounded ahead to tell
her family we were coming.

When we came up to the door, we saw that the
house was but a mud hut of the lowest order. Emil's
mother must have interpreted our thoughts, for she
said, "Although it is a hovel, warm hearts beat with-
in." At that moment the door was thrown open, a
gruff masculine voice spoke, and we stepped inside.
If the hut looked wretched from without, it was
doubly so from within. It was scarcely large enough
for us to crowd into, and the ceiling was so low that
we could not stand erect. A dim witch light burned
and cast a weird light upon the hard faces of the
father and mother as they sat amidst their squalor.

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vile-smelling rags lay a lad not more than five years
old, Ms face drawn and ashen pale. The girl knelt
beside him, 'holding his face in both of her hands,
one pressed against each cheek. She was telling him
that he was going to be perfectly well again, as the
beautiful lady was already there. She "removed her
hands, moved aside to give him a clearer view, and
for the first time she saw the rest of the party. In-
stantly her expression changed and a great fear
seemed to pervade her whole form. She dropped her
face in her folded arms and her form shook with a
convulsive sob as she cried out, uOh, I thought you
were coming alone.59 Emil's mother dropped on her
knees beside her3 put both arms around her and held
her close for a moment. She became silent, and
Emil's mother said she would send us away, if the
girl wished to have us go. The girl said she was only
surprised and frightened; that we need not mind
her, as she was only thinking of her brother.

Then Emil's mother said, "You love your brother
dearly, do you not?95 The girl, who could not have
been more than nine years old said, "Yes, but I
love everyone." The conversation was interpreted
to us by. Emil, as none of our party spoke the lan-
guage. Emil's mother said, "If you love your brother
so much, you can help to heal him," and she told
the girl to take the position she had been in and to
place her hands on each side of his face. Then Emil's
mother moved 'so that she could place her hand on
his forehead. Almost instantly the moans ceased, the
boy's face lighted up, his little form relaxed, a per-
fect calm settled over the whole scene, and the child
slept quietly and naturally.

EmlFs mother and the girl sat as they were for
a few moments; then with her left hand the lady

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the girl's the boy's iacef

"How beautiful he is, how strong and fine."
Then Emil's mother removed her hand ever so gent-
ly, as 1 to be standing near her,
she extended her left hand I reached out my hand
" in order to her to her feet. As her hand touched
such a thrill went through my whole body that
it left me perfectly helpless. She sprang lightly to
her feet and said, "For a moment I forgot myself.
I not have taken your hand as 1 did, for
momentarily I seemed to be overwhelmed^ so great
was the power that was flowing through me." I
recovered my composure almost instantly. The others
did not notice as they were all deeply engrossed in
what was going on around them.

The girl had suddenly thrown herself at Emil's
mother's feet and clasping each in one of her
was frantically kissing the coverings. Emil's
reached down and with one hand turned the fervent
tear-stained face upward, then knelt and clasped
the child to her and kissed her eyes and lips. The
child put both arms around the mother's neck and
both were motionless for a moment; then that
strange light began to pervade the room and it grew
brighter and brighter until every object seemed to
be suffused with the light and nothing cast a shadow.
The room seemed to be expanding. The father and
the mother of the two children had sat on the dirt
floor in stony-faced silence thus far. They arose, and
the expression on their faces changed to blank dis-
may, then to fright, and the man bolted through the
door, nearly 'upsetting the leader of the expedition in
his haste to get away.

• The mother of the household threw herself pros-
trate at the side of Emil's mother and sobs shook:

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her frame. Emii's mother placed her hand on the
woman's forehead, speaking in a low voice to her.
Presently the sobs ceased, she drew herself to a half-
sitting, half-kneeling position, and saw the trans-
formation that had taken place in the room. The
expression on her face changed to one of terror ; she
rose hastily to her feet and started to run from the
room. Emil reached out his hand, and took one of
her hands while the beautiful lady took the other.
They held her hands thus for a moment and the
frightened expression changed to a smile.

We looked around, and in place of the hovel we
had entered, we were in a moderately comfortably
furnished room with seats, table, and a clean bed.
Emil walked over and picked up the boy, still sound
asleep, from the heap of musty straw and rags,
placed him tenderly on the clean bed and drew- the
covers over him. As he did so he stooped and kissed
the child's forehead as tenderly as any woman could
have done.

EmiFs mother and the girl arose and walked to
where the mother of the household stood. We all
gathered around them. The mother sank to her
knees, and grasping the feet of Emil's mother, began
kissing them and entreating her not to leave. Emil
stepped forward, and stooping down, took the
woman's hands and drew her to her feet; all the
time speaking quietly to her in her own language.
As she stood erect, the old soiled garments she had
been wearing were changed to new ones. She stood
in mystified silence for a moment, then threw her-
self into the outstretched arms of EmiPs mother.
They stood in this attitude for a moment, when Emil
reached out and placing his hands upon their arms
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Then the girl rushed forward with outstretched
hands crying, "See, see, my things are new." She
turned to Emil's mother who stooped and picked her
up. The child put her arms around her neck with her
face close to her shoulder. The leader of the expe-
dition was standing just back of Emil's mother, and
the child reached out her hands over the mother's
shoulder toward him, lifted her face, and gave him
a happy smile. The leader stepped forward and held
out his hands. The child clasped them, saying that
she loved us all but not as much as she did this dear
lady, meaning Emil's mother.

Emil said he would go and find the father. He
returned in a few moments, bringing the frightened
and half-sullen father with him. Still, we could see
that underneath the sullenness there was a deep
appreciation. We prepared to leave and as we left,
the mother of the household asked if we would not
come again and was told that we would see her
again the next day.

We hurried away to the Governor's house, fear-
ful lest we had kept the party waiting. Although
the time had seemed hours, we could not have been
away more than thirty minutes. I am certain it
all happened in much less time than it has taken me
to write about it. We arrived at the house just as the
rest of the party were taking their seats at the table.
The leader of the expedition asked if he might sit
by our Chief and it was so arranged. It was easily
seen that he was very much agitated, and the Chief
said afterwards that the man was so moved by what
he had seen that he could scarcely keep quiet. The
seating arrangements were: the Governor at the
head of the table, at his right Emil's mother, then
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of the expedition.' On the Governor's 'left sat our

then Emil's son and his sister* I
arrangements because of what happened later.

we all were seated, the meal
very nicely until It was about half concluded. The
Governor addressed Bagget Irand, him if he

would not continue a talk he had started a time

before which had been interrupted by the arrival of
a from a larger village. arose

they had been talking of the similarity of
the lives of Buddha and Jesus. With our permission
he would continue the talk, but it would be neces-
sary to in a language that the host understood,
as it was not customary to have an interpreter
the speaker did not speak the language of the people.
Jast volunteered to act as interpreter, but when the
Governor understood the situation he insisted that
Irand should speak in English and Jast would
interpret to him, as the greater majority spoke and
understood English.

Then Bagget Irand went on to say: "We can
compare in our own thoughts what the power of man
would be if all the attributes of true Spirit domi-
nated his every action, deed, and thought; or as
Jesus said, 'When the Holy Spirit has come upon
you/ In this he referred to the time when the God
Power should fully determine the lives of all His
children. This means God manifest in the flesh. In
reality ? do we not see this spiritual unfoldment for
all people coming through the lives and teachings
of the seers and prophets in a greater or lesser de-
gree, in proportion as their spiritual unfoldment
approaches the perfect development of God mani-
festing through all his children?

"It is quite evident that those who have followed

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steadfastly the true ideals of life which they have
perceived as directly from God — and thus

connecting God with man — have made the greatest
attainments toward nobility of character purity of
sou!, and moral grandeur of life. Should those who
seek to follow them by Incorporating their Ideals In
individuality be able to accomplish as they have
accomplished, the world must finally accept that the
lessons they gave out, and their lives, presage the
undeveloped possibilities of all God's children,

"Still none of these has claimed that they have
reached the ultimate perfection which God has
chosen for His children ; for Jesus said, cHe that be-
lieves In me, the works that I do shall he do also,
yet I go unto the Father/ Both Jesus and Buddha
said, 'You shall be perfect even as your Father in
heaven Is perfect."

"These sons of God are not mythical persons, but
their lives and work have spoken definitely In the
lives and hearts of men all down through the his-
torical ages. There have been myth and tradition
woven about their lives. The effective test is for one
who is interested in their lives and characters per-
sonally to accept and apply their teaching In his
everyday life. The fact that the ideals expressed by
these great men are those held as the ideals that
govern all truly great people is a further proof of
their truth. If one attempts to refute the lives of
these great men, one may as well ask why great
religions exist. It is most certain that they are the
foundation, and bear the footprints of an irresistible
instinctive urge, or Instinct, which has presaged the
great depth and true basis of the betterment of man-
kind ; and they outlive and outshine any other pos-

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siblc attempt to relieve the human family from limi-
tation and bondage.

aThe records of these men's lives are preserved
for us; and their lives become a legitimate source
of inquiry and research if we will but open our
hearts, pursue this inquiry with an open mind, and
make their lives, teaching and ideals our very own.
In no other way can we enter in and become one
with their lives. This has been the inspired message
of every true seer since the world's history began.
Two, at least, of these spiritually enlightened men,
Jesus and Buddha, brought to fruition the great
possibilities they taught. They have said, in almost
the same words, *I am the way, the truth, and the
light of life for all men.5 In the divinity of their
attitude they assumed they could truly say, 6l am
the light of the world. He who follows me, who
walks and lives as I have lived, shall not walk in
darkness but shall have Eternal Life and shall be
abundantly free from all limitations.' Both, in nearly
the same words, said, 'To this end was I born and
for this cause came I into the world, that I should
bear witness unto the Truth. Every one that is of
this Truth, hears my voice.' These words must have
had a direct bearing upon the true unfoldment of
the Christ life in every child of God.

"Do not all the religions of the world reveal a
higher power in man that is struggling to be free
from the limitations of sense? The scriptures of the
different races are outward expressions of this intelli-
gence. The Book of Job in your Bible antedates all
your history. It was written in this country and its
mystical meaning has been preserved through all the
changes that have taken place, although it has been
nearly smothered by the addition of folk lore.

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rhough the people were nearly all consumed, the
nystical word of Job will never be consumed, for
ic that dwells In the secret place of the Most High
Iwells in the shadow of the Almighty arid has the
inderstanding of the Almighty One. Another thing
ve must see is that all scriptures came from religion
md not religion from the scriptures. The scriptures
ire a product of religion, not the cause of' it. The
listory of religion came out of experiences, while the
jospels came out of all religions.

"You will soon find that unity of purpose and
effort will be the most potent means to attain any
lesired end. Instead of numerous people thinking in
ill directions, and pulling in as many, they will think
is ones Then man will know what it means to give
i long pull and a strong pull and a pull all together.
Then you will see that when the unity of will is set
n motion all things are possible. When man casts the
;elfish satanic thoughts from his consciousness, the
Battle of Gog and Magog will cease ; and this will
lot be accomplished by any outside deity.

"When Jesus said, cMy words are spirit and they
ire life/ he touched that inner word that created
ill things ; and he knew that his word was filled with
i life essence and the moving power that would
produce the thing he desired. If these words would
ing through the souls of all men and nations, they
vould know that they have access to the fountain of
Sternal Life which flows from God.

"Some may express the Christ by seeing the
Christ enthroned just back of the heart, the seat of
ove. From this throne see the Christ directing every
ictivity of your body in perfect accord with God's
mmutable law, and know that you are co-operating
Christ in the ideals received direct from the

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.Divine Mind. Then see the Christ seated on
throne^ expanding and including every atom, cell,
Sbre5 muscle, and organ of your whole body. In fact,
He has expanded until your whole body is the pure
Christ, the only begotten Son of God; the pure
•temple where God is at home and loves to dwell,
From this throne you can call upon every center of
your whole body.' You can say to those centers that
you are positive, loving, powerful, wise, fearless, free
spirit. You are pure with the purity of Spirit. No
mortal thought or desire or impurity can come near
you. You are immersed in the pure Christ. The
Spirit of life in the Christ makes you the pure temple
of God. Here you may pause and say, "Father, in
this as well as in all things, reveal the Christ, Your
perfect Son to me.3 Then bless the Christ.

"When you have realized the Christ, you may
hold out your hand, and if it is gold you want, the
gold will be there.59 Here he held out his hands and
there was a circular disc of gold somewhat larger
than an English sovereign in each hand. He passed
them to those sitting at his right and left and they
in turn passed them on until the discs had made the
rounds of the whole table. (We preserved them and
had them examined by experts, who pronounced
them pure gold.)

"If you wish to assist others, see the Christ en-
throned in them as he is in you, and speak to the
Christ in them as though you were talking directly
'o them.

"If you want to get a clearer view of any subject
than you, have at present, let the Christ speak men-
tally to the abstract soul of that subject or thing.
Then ask the intelligence within the thing to tell you
tbout itself.

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"God's children are just as necessary to Him In
the carrying out of His perfect plan as any plant,
flower, or tree is ; and It is necessary for them to
co-operate in the perfect way which He sees. It was
the withdrawal of man from this perfect plan of
co-operation that threw the world out of balance and
caused great waves to sweep over and destroy the
greater portion of His children. It is the perfect
thought of Love co-operating with Poise and Power
in the hearts of God's children that holds the earth
in balance. When they dissipated that force in
thoughts of sin and lust, it swung so far out of bal-
ance that the great waves rushed over and nearly
annihilated man and the work he had accomplished.
At that time man had accomplished far more than
he has today. But God cannot control man's thoughts
of love and balance, or hate and unbalance; they
are for man to control. When the thought force that
threw the earth out of balance was dissipated by the
great cataclysm it had brought on, then God in His
mighty power could restore the earth to its proper
equilibrium or balance ; but as long as man's thought
held sway, God was powerless to act." Here Bagget
Irand ceased speaking and took his seat.

We had noticed that our host, the Governor, had
betrayed signs of uneasiness and considerable ex-
citement ; and when Bagget Irand took his seat, our
host's excitement burst forth In an exclamation
which carried the meaning of "Dog, dog of a Chris-
tian, you have defamed the name of our fair Buddha
and you shall suffer!" At this he pulled a cord that
hung from the celling near him. Instantly three
doors flew open at the opposite end of the room
from where he was sitting and In rushed thirty sol-
diers with drawn swords. He had risen from his seat

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at the table, and the two guards who had accom-
panied him and were standing just back of his chair
during the meal, stepped forward to his side. Raising
his hand, he gave an order. Ten of the soldiers came
forward and arranged themselves along the wall
back of where Bagget was sitting ; two stepped for-
ward and took their stand just back of and on each
side of his chair. The commander walked forward
and stood at attention a short distance from where
the Governor and his two guards stood. Not a word
had been spoken by any of the company, and scarce-
ly a move had been made. We sat completely over-
come by the suddenness of the change.

Then a deep silence seemed to fall, and a strong
light blazed forth In the room at the head of the
table just in front of where the Governor stood.
Every eye was upon his face as he stood with up-
raised hand as though about to give another order ,
but his face was ashen pale and a look of horror had
corne over it. A dim form seemed to be standing on
the table before him. All heard the word, "Stop,"
pronounced clearly and very forcefully and the word
itself stood out in flaming letters between the dim
form and the Governor. The Governor seemed to
understand, for he stood as though transfixed and
as rigid as a statue. By this time the dim form had
taken definite ^shape, and we recognized It as that of
Jesus as we had seen him before. But the thing that
amazed us was that another dim form was standing
beside him, and it was this form that was holding the
attention of the Governor and all the soldiers. They
seemed to recognize and to fear the dim form that
stood by the side of Jesus far more than they did
Jesus. As we looked around they were standing per-
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it raised its right hand as Jesus had done, and at
this every sword fell from the soldiers' hands, clat-
tering to the floor. The room re-echoed with the
sound, so deep was the stillness. The light seemed
to glow with a far greater intensity; indeed, so in-
tense did the light become that we could scarcely see.

The commander was the first to recover. He
stretched forth his hands, exclaiming, "Buddha, our
Buddha, the Sublime One." Then the Governor ex-
claimed, "It is indeed the Sublime One,5* and threw
himself prostrate on the floor. The two guards
stepped forward and assisted him to his feet, then
stood silent and immovable as statues.

A shout went up from the soldiers, who had ar-
ranged themselves at the far end of the room. They
rushed pell-mell along each side of the table and
crowded together at the head, shouting, uThe Su-
blime One has come to destroy the dogs of Christians
and their leader." At this Buddha stepped back upon
the table until he could look them all in the face and
raised his hand with the words, "It is not once that
I say 'Stop!' not twice that I say, 'Stop!' but three
times that I say, 'Stop!' " Each time when he pro-
nounced the word it appeared in flaming letters as
it had when Jesus had pronounced it ; and the words
did not disappear — they remained.

The crowd of soldiers again stood and stared as
though transfixed, some with their hands in the air,
some with one foot from the floor, in the attitude in
which they happened to be at the instant Buddha
had raised his hand. He again walked to where Jesus
stood, and, placing his left hand under Jesus' raised
arm, said, "In this as in all things I support the
upraised hand of my dear brother here." Then he
placed his right hand upon Jesus' shoulder and they

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stood In this attitude for a moment; then both
stepped 'lightly from the table, while Governor,,
commander, guards, and soldiers fell back, staring
at them with blank, ashen faces. The Governor sank
into his chair that had been moved back until it was
against the wall of the room, and every one of the
company gave vent to a sigh of relief. I think scarcely
one of us had. drawn a full breath during the few
minutes it took to enact this scene.

Then Buddha locked his arm In that of Jesus
and the two walked directly in front of the Gover-
nor, In words that were thrown from him with such
force that they seemed to rebound from the walls,
Buddha said, "Dare you for one moment call these,
our dear brothers, Christian dogs? You, who but a
short time since, ruthlessly cast aside a little child
who was pleading for help for a loved one. This dear,
great soul here turned aside and heeded the call."
Here he dropped Jesus' arm, turned, and with hand
extended toward Emil's mother, stepped toward her.
As he continued, he turned half-way around so that
he could look from the Governor to Emil's mother.
It was plainly seen that he was deeply stirred. He
fairly flung the words from him as, looking at the
Governor, he , continued, "You, who should have
been the first to respond to the call of that dear child,
shirked your duty; and then you call the one that
did respond, a Christian dog. Go, and s£e the re-
stored child, whose body but a moment before was
torn and writhing in anguish. See the comfortable
home that has been reared from the hovel that your
acts are partially responsible for thrusting upon these
dear ones. See the miserable heap of filth and rags
that this dear soul," turning to Emil, "raised that
child's body from. See how tenderly he raised him

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placed In a ciean^ couch. Then sec

after he had raised the little body, the
and disappeared. you,
you are3 were sitting at ease in the Is to

be worn only by those that are pure. You dare to
call these that have in no way you or an-

other, Christian dogs; you call yourself the

follower of Buddha, the Priest of the

here. Shame! Shame! Shame!"

It seemed that every word would hit the Gover-
nor^ the chair, and the draperies and
rebound. At any rate, they were sent with force
that the Governor trembleds and the flut-
tered as though they were blown by a wind.
There was no question of an interpreter; the Gov-
ernor did not need one. He understood perfectly,
although the words were In the purest
English.

Buddha turned and walked to the two who
had received the gold pieces, and If he

have them. They handed the discs to him, and with
these In his open hand, he walked back to the Gov-
ernor and addressed directly to him, saying,
"Put forth your hands." The Governor did so, but
they were trembling so greatly that he could scarcely
hold them out. Buddha dropped a disc in hand,
and almost instantly It disappeared. said,
"Sec, even pure gold will fly from your hands59 ; and
the two discs landed almost simultaneously ' on the
table before the two men that had received
them.

Buddha reached out both hands, placed them 00
the Governor's outstretched hands, and in a mild,
calm voice said, "Brother, you need not fear. I do
not judge you, you are only judging • yourself ." He

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held his hands thus and stood quietly until the Gov-
ernor became calm. Then he removed his hands
and said, "You are quick to fly with your swords,
to redress what you judge to be a wrong. But remem-
ber, when you are judging and condemning other
men you are judging and condemning yourself.55

He returned to Jesus' side as he said, "We who
know, stand together for the common good and
brotherly love of all mankind." He again linked his
arm with Jesus' and said, "Well, Brother, I think
I took this affairs out of your hands entirely. It is all
in your hands now." Jesus replied, "You have done
nobly, and I cannot thank you enough." They turned
and bowed, then arm in arm walked through the
door and disappeared.

The room at once broke into a hubbub of voices.
The Governor, commander, soldiers, and guards all
crowded around to shake our hands. Everybody was
trying to make himself understood at the same time.
The Governor spoke to Emil, and he raised his hand
for silence. As soon as he could be heard, he said the
Governor would like us again to be seated at the
table.

When all had resumed their seats and quiet had
been restored, we saw that the commander had
drawn the soldiers back into formation at each side
of the table and back of the Governor's chair which
had been drawn near the table. The Governor arose,
and, with Emil acting as interpreter, said, "I allowed
my zeal to get the better of me, for which I am
heartily ashamed and doubly sorry. I do not think it
is necessary for me to say this after what has hap-
pened. I believe you can see by my attitude that I
have changed, and I wish to ask Brother Bagget to
arise and accept my most humble apology. Now

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will the whole company arise ?" After they had risen,
he said, "I ask you all to kindly accept my most
humble apology. I extend to you all a most hearty
welcome ; and if you so desire, I hope you will stay
among us always. If you wish a military escort at any
time, which I judge you do not, I shall — and I know
the commander here will also — deem it a high
honor to be of service to you. I can not say more.
I bid you all goodnight. Before you go, I wish to
say that everything I have is at your command.
I salute you, and the soldiers salute you also; and
they will escort you to your quarters. Again I bid
you goodnight and salaam to you in the name of the
Great Buddha, the Celestial One."

The commander, making profuse apologies and
saying that he was certain we were in league with
the Celestial One, with five of his soldiers escorted
us to our quarters. As they left they gave us a salute,
which is executed by forming in a half circle around
the commanding officer and presenting their swords
so that their points just touch the point of their com-
mander's sword. Then they turned quickly, swept
off their hats, and salaamed very low, touching one
knee to the ground. This salute is given only on great
state occasions. We accepted the salute as best we
knew how, and they departed. We went into the
house, immediately took leave of our friends and
host, and prepared to go to our tent. There were so
many of us that the rest-house had not accommo-
dated all; so our camp had been set up in the en-
closure at the rear of the house.

As we reached our camp, the leader sat down
on a camp cot and said, "Although I am dead tired,
there is absolutely no use in my going to bed before
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notice that I intend to sit here all night unless I am
somewhat enlightened. I can tell you this thing has
gone much farther than skin-deep with me tonight.
You fellows sit around and say nothing and appear
as wise as owls." We told him he knew as much as
we, for we had never before witnessed anything like
what had taken place.

Someone suggested that it had been staged for
our special benefit. The leader fairly jumped at him.
"Staged ! Why man, the crowd that could stage any-
thing like that would be worth a million a week of
anyone's money. And the Governor — if he was act-
ing, you can choke me, for that old fellow was thor-
oughly frightened. I am going to admit that I, for
a few moments, was just about as frightened as^he
was. Away back somewhere there is a dim suggestion
that that old fellow had a red-hot reception staged
for all of us. That outburst was not just for Bagget
Irand. When those soldiers came rushing forward,
there was too much of a triumphant note in their
voices. If I am not mistaken they were all in on a
deeper play than we were aware of. That same some-
thing suggests that for a moment they thought
Buddha had come to help them. When they saw the
whole scheme had gone against them, their very
bodies drooped, and when I think of it, I remember
that they dropped their swords. Say, did not Buddha
have power? Just see how he threw those words at
the old Governor. He seemed much more powerful
than Jesus did ; but then it was his side that needed
bolstering up, for our side under the circumstances
had all the best of that event.

"But didn't the old Governor get a boost? I'll bet
by this time he feels like lifting himself over a fence
by his own boot straps. When Buddha clasped his

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hanciss!t actually looked to me as though the fellow
jumped right out of his old self. We are going to hear
a lot more of him before another sun, if I am not mis-
taken, and I am going, to predict that it is good, for
that old one is a power in this land. If he got the
wonderful uplift that I did out of it I would not
mind being in his boots after all."

We talked of the things we had seen arid heard,
and before we realized how the time was passing,
dawn began to break. The leader arose, stretched
Ms arms above his head, and said,- "Who needs any
sleep? I don't believe I do, after listening to you
talk.5* We lay down, fully dressed, for an hour's rest
before breakfast.

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CHAPTER XIV

WHEN we were summoned to breakfast that
morning, the leader was the first one up. He
hurried through his morning toilet like an
eager schoolboy. After he had finished, he urged
everybody to more haste. We finally went in to
breakfast and found Emil and Jast. The leader went
over and sat between them and asked questions
throughout the meal The moment we finished eat-
ing he arose from the table and wanted to rush off
again to see the house that had grown in fifteen
minutes, as he expressed it. He put his hands on
Jast's shoulders and said that if he had two like Emil
and his mother what fun he would have going
around and growing houses for poor people. Then
he said, "But would I not make the landlords in New
York look sick? I pay rent to those fellows/' Then
Brail said, "Suppose they would not let you grow
houses for them?" "Well/5 he said, "I would do it
anyway, and after I had grown them and they would
not use them, I would pick them up bodily and put
them in and chain them." All of us laughed heartily
over these things.

We had always taken the leader for a quiet, re-
served man. He told us afterwards that the things
he had seen set him on his feet, so that he could
not help asking questions. He also said this had been
by far the most interesting expedition of his whole
life, although he was familiar with the world's most
remote places. He definitely decided to assist us to
organize a second expedition to carry on the excava-
tion work under the guidance of our friends. But
this was prevented by his sudden passing.

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We could scarcely restrain him from going di-
rectly to the new house. We finally compromised
with hims and Jast and one of the others walked
with him to where he could see it They returned
from this trip in about thirty minutes, and he was
jubilant. He had seen the little house and it was real
He said that it brought back ever so vividly a boy-
hood vision that he had. Then he told of seeing
himself going around with fairies, building houses for
poor people and making them happy.

As our party was so large, it was thought best
not to go in a body to see the little house. It was
arranged that we were to go in groups of five or six.
The personnel of the first group was to be Emil, the
leader, one or two of the ladies and myself. We
started out, and Emil's mother and our hostess joined
us. We walked on until we came in sight of the
house. The little girl came running out to meet us
and threw herself in Emil's mother's arms, saying
that her brother was strong and fine. As we reached
the house, the mother of the child came out, dropped
to her knees in front of Emil's mother and began
telling how she adored her. EmiFs mother put out
her hands and assisted her to her feet; telling hear
that she must not kneel to her ; that what she had
done for her she would do for anyone ; that she was
not to praise her, but the Great One, for the blessing
she had received. The little boy opened the door and
the mother motioned us to go in. We followed the
ladies in with our hostess interpreting for us. There
was no question that the house was there, it con-
tained four rooms and was very comfortable. It was
surrounded on three sides by the most miserable
hovels. We were told that the occupants of the hovels
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was of the evil one and might destroy them if they
stayed.

We heard more from the Governor also. At about
eleven that morning he sent the commander and a
detail of soldiers to invite us to lunch with him at
two that afternoon. We accepted, and at the ap-
pointed hour there was a guard waiting to escort us
to the Governor's house. The reader will understand
there were no fine equipages in that country ; so we
used the only mode of locomotion we had — walking.

When we arrived at the Governor's house we
found that a number of Llamas, including the High
Priest, from the nearby monastery had preceded us.
We learned that this monastery housed from fifteen
to eighteen hundred Llamas and was of considerable
importance. The Governor was one of the higher
body of priesthood of the monastery.

We at first expected a lively discussion, but soon
learned . that the luncheon was only for the purpose
of getting acquainted with the members of our party.
Our friends were very well acquainted with the High
Priest, as they had met a great many times and had
worked together. This, it seems, the Governor did
not know until that morning, as the High Priest had
been away from the monastery for about three years
and had returned only the evening before our arrival.

During the course of the lunch, we found that
these Llamas were well educated, had a broad out-
look on life, had traveled a great deal, and two of
them had spent a year in England and America.
They had been told by the Governor of what had
occurred the evening before, and in all a very close
friendly feeding was evidenced before the luncheon
was concluded. As for the Governor, we found him
a very congenial fellow and the only mention made

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of the previous evening was to the effect that a great
enlightenment had come to him. He plainly said that
until the last evening he had harbored a great hatred
for all foreigners. We were obliged to" "carry on all
conversation through interpreters, which is not very
satisfactory when one wishes to get at the deep
thoughts of the other.

Before we left, we were extended a cordial invi-
tation to visit the monastery and spend the next day
there as their guests. At Emil's suggestion we ac-
cepted and the next day spent with them was very
pleasant and instructive. We found the head Llama
a very remarkable man. The friendship that began
that day between him and our Chief afterwards
ripened into a close and life-long brotherly under-
standing ; and he was of untold service to us in the
later research work which has been carried on in the
adjoining country.

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CHAPTER X V

EMIL TOLD us that there would be a meeting
that evening somewhat like the one we had
attended at his home village the year before,
and Invited us all to attend. We accepted with keen
delight.

Just before the appointed time for the meeting,
Emil, his mother, and I went to the child's house
for the mother and sister, as they had asked to go
with us. On the way from the house to the meeting
place, we passed a number of dilapidated rnud huts.
The little girl stopped before the door of one of these,
saying that a blind woman lived there and asked
Emil if she might go in and bring her to the meeting
if she wished to come. This he gave her permission
to do. The girl opened the door and stepped into the
hut, while we stood waiting outside. In a few mo-
ments she reappeared in the doorway and said the
woman was afraid, and motioned for Emil to come
to her. He went to the door and they conversed for
a few moments; then both entered the place.

EmiFs mother said, "That child will yet be a
power for good among these people, for she has the
ability and determination to carry out whatever she
undertakes. We have decided to let her handle this
in her own way, except that we direct and assist
her, guided by what we perceive as the thing best
suiteH to give her more confidence in herself. Let us
see thr method she takes to induce this woman to
be present at the meeting. The fear that these dear
ones hold toward us is beyond belief. Many are
moving away from the vicinity of the little one's
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to assist them in obtaining homes like it. This is the
reason we are obliged to be so careful of their feel-
ings. While we desire to lift them all from their
surroundings, as we did those dear ones, they flee
from us at the first sign of our approach."

I asked how she was able to help the child and
her parents as she had.

She answered, "That was through the attitude of
the child, and through her we could help them all
She is the balance wheel in that household, and
through her we will reach this dear soul and many
more here/5 indicating the huts that were about.
"It is these that we love to bring close to our hearts.
That little home was not brought forth in vain."

Here Emil and the girl appeared, saying that the
woman wished the girl to wait for her, and they
would come on in a short time. We went on, leaving
the girl with the blind woman.

When we arrived at the meeting place, nearly
everyone had assembled, and we found that the
High Priest of the monastery was to be the head
spokesman of the evening. We were told that Emil
had met this Llama about eighteen months before
and a warm friendship had been formed at that
time. This meeting had been arranged and we were
there at the Llama's special request. This had been
the occasion for their visit to us the last day on the
desert. We were also told that the Governor was
next in authority under this man. A number of the
surmises of our leader were confirmed, but our
friends showed no fear whatever.

Emil said that both of these men were going to
be their close friends from that time on, and that it
was seldom they were able to reach those as high in
authority as these two, but they were content to let

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matters move on slowly. We were told that the pre-
ceding evening was the third time that Jesus and
Buddha had appeared visibly to help them, and they
• seemed pleased that we had been there to ^witness
the scene. They did not seem to look upon it as an
added triumph, but as an opportunity to enable them
to co-operate and work with these people.

At this time the girl entered, leading the blind
woman. She found a seat for her charge, a little to
the rear and at one side of the room. After the
woman was seated, the girl stood facing her, hold-
ing both of her hands, and in a moment she stooped
forward as though she were speaking to the woman
in a low voice. Then she straightened up, and letting
go of the woman's hands, placed her little hands
over the woman's eyes and held them there for two
or three moments. This movement seemed to attract
the attention of everyone in the room, from the High
Priest down. All arose and stood looking at the child
and the woman, while the High Priest walked rapid-
ly over and placed his hand upon the child's head.
As he did this the child's frame shook visibly, but
she did not change her position. The three remained
thus for a few moments ; then the child removed her
hands and cried out joyously, "Why, you are not
blind at all, you can see." She pressed her lips to
the woman's forehead, then turned and walked over
to our Chief.

She seemed somewhat bewildered and said, "I
spoke in your language. How did I do that?" Then
she said, "Why does not the woman see she is not
blind any more? She can see."

We looked again at the woman; she had risen
and, clasping the robe of the High Priest in both
her hands, she said in the native tongue,*"I can see

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you.53 Then she looked around the room with a half-
dazed air5 saying, "I can see you all.5* She let go of
the Priest's robe and burying her face in her hands*
sank back into the seat she had been occuping, sob-
bing, "I can see, I can see, but you are all so clean
and I am so dirty. Let me go away."

Then Emil's mother stepped forward. Standing
directly back of where the woman was sitting, she
placed both her hands on the woman's shoulders.
The Priest raised his hands, but not a word was
spoken. Almost instantly, the womanss garments
changed to clean new ones. Emil's mother removed
her hands from the woman's shoulders. The woman
arose and in a dazed, perplexed way looked around.
The Priest asked what she was looking for, and she
replied that she was looking for her old clothing.
Then the Priest said> "Do not look for your old
clothes. See, you are clad in clean new garments."
She stood for another moment as though wrapped
in perplexed thought ; then her face lighted up with
a smile, she bowed very low and resumed her seat.

We were told that this woman had been blind
for more than twenty-five years, and that the blind-
ness had been caused when the eyeballs were pierced
by fine shot from a gun in the hands of one of a band
of robbers.

The excitement had been so great, that our party
had crowded around. The leader, meanwhile, had
worked his way to the little girl, and they were
conversing in low tones. He told us afterwards, that
the child spoke English very well. Our hostess had
interpreted when the conversation was carried on in
the native tongue.

Someone suggested that we should be seated at
the table. As we began taking our places, the woman

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arose and told EmiTs mother, who had stood quietly
at her side5 that she would like to go. The child
stepped forward* saying she would go with her and
see that she arrived home safely. Here the High
Priest asked the woman where she lived, and, upon
being told, said she must not go back to that filthy
place. The girl said she was expecting to have the
woman stay at her house, and arm in arm they left
the room.

When we were all seated, the dishes were placed
on the table as though by unseen hands. At this, we
saw the Priest start and look around in wonderment.
But when the edibles began to arrive in the same
way, he turned to Emifs mother, who was seated at
his right hand and asked if this was a regular occur-
ence with them, saying that he had never been
privileged to witness this before. He turned to Emil,
who was interpreting for us3 as though he would like
some explanation. Then Emil explained they were
able to use the same power that was used to heal the
blind woman, to bring forth all that they needed. It
was quite plain that he was still puzzled, but he said
no more until the meal was well under way.

He arose and, with Jast acting as interpreter,
said, "I believe I can see more deeply than I imag-
ined human beings could be privileged to see. Al-
though my whole life has been spent in the Order of
the Priesthood, in which as I supposed, I was serv-
ing my fellow-men, I observe now that I was but
serving self far more than I was serving my brother.
How this brotherhood has been extended tonight —
and my vision has followed that extension! I am
just now allowed to see what a narrow life we are
living; that we have lived despising everyone but
our own people. This vision allows me to see that

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you are of the sublime as well as we, and what a
celestial joy that vision allows me to behold/1

Here he paused with his hands half upraised,
while a look of surprise and pleasure flooded his
countenance. He stood in this position for a moment,
then he said, uThis is nonsense. I can and will speak
in the language you speak. Why can I not do this?
I see what your thoughts were when you told me
that there was no limit to man's ability to express.
I find that I can speak directly to you so that you
may understand.91

He paused for a moment as though to pick up
the thread of thought, then spoke without the aid
of an interpreter. We were told afterwards, that this
was the first time he had spoken in English. He
continued, "How beautiful it is to be able to speak
directly to you in your own language. With the
broader vision this has given me, I am consumed
with wonder as to why men look upon any of their
brothers as enemies. It comes so clearly that we all
must be of the same family, the same source, the
same cause. Would that not determine that there
was room for all? If one brother chooses to see dif-
ferently than we do, why should we say that he
must perish? I see we can not interfere; for if we
interfere, we but retard our own development and
isolate ourselves. If we do this our house will fall
and crumble about our own heads. Now I see, in-
stead of a limited race, a universal, eternal, limitless
. All — All coming from the One and returning to the
One.

"I see that your Jesus and our Buddha lived by
the same light. Their lives, as well as all others who
live in and by that same light, must merge into the
One. I am beginning to see where it all converges.

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The crystal clear light is shedding its radiance over
me. I believe that man elevates himself to a regal
position, but often when he has gained that position
he can no more see his brother as regal He wishes
to be regal himself, and his brother to be the serf.

"Why did that child place her hands on the eyes
of that dear one whose eyes were closed? I see now
that it was because that child saw more deeply than
I, who should have had more knowledge. It is what
you call a mighty love. It is the same which caused
Jesus and Buddha to stand together; at which I
did wonder, but I wonder no longer. Now I see that
it does no harm to include you all ; for as we include
you, we have the good that you have, and that can
but benefit us. I can see that the power which will
always protect you will protect me. The armor that
protects me will in the same way protect you. If it
protects you and me, it must protect all. The divid-
ing line has disappeared. What a celestial truth!
I see your thought when you say the world is God's
world, and the near and far places are His. If we
see the near and far places together, they will be the
same to us. We live in a place surrounded by our
own world, not seeing the fact that outside our little
world the whole wide world surrounds us ; and that
world will help us if we will let it. Then to think that
God surrounds one and all !

"I now see the Holy Brother's thought when he
said the doors are to be thrown wide to those who
are ready to receive. It is said that man shall not
only give ear, but he shall become that which he
claims to be, and sinking self he shall be immersed
in the Brotherhood of Man. It is deeds, not fine
words, that endure. I can see that the way of prog-
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by those of ourselves. Each is directly claiming the
graces of the Most High ; each attempting to build
up his own by dismantling and tearing down all
others. Instead of using energy to tear down, that
energy should go to consolidate the whole. The Most
High not only made one nation of one life, but of
one life all the nations of the earth. The time is now
come when we must choose between creeds and the
Brotherhood of Man. Creeds are but the conjurings
of man. The faith that moves mountains still slum-
bers in the seed of the plan. The height and gran-
deur is still there for man to attain. The law of en-
lightenment has preceded that of miracle. This law
of enlightenment is the higher law of Love, and Love
is the Universal Brotherhood.

"I now see that all that is needed is for each to
return to the fountain of his own religion, to remove
all false interpretations and cast out all selfishness.
In each will be found the pure gold of the alchemist,
the Wisdom of the Most High ; your God and my
God, not many gods of many people, just one God.
It is the same God who spoke to Moses from out the
burning bush ; the same God of whom Jesus spoke
when he said that through prayer he could summon
legions to sustain him in his hour of mortal struggle
in doing the work the Father had given him to do ;
the same God to whom Peter prayed when he was
released from prison. I now see the mighty power
that can be summoned to the aid of those who will
co-operate in the Brotherhood of a consecrated life.*'

Here he raised a glass, held it for a moment in
the palm of his hand. He became very still, and the
glass crumbled to dust. Then he continued, "The
armies before Jericho knew of this power when they
blew their trumpets and the walls of the city fell

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Paul and Silas knew of it when they released them-
selves from prison/'

Again he stood for a moment in perfect silence,
The building rocked and swayed, great tongues of
lightning flashed, and two great masses of rock be-
came detached from the mountainside about a mile
away and came rumbling down into the valley be-
low. The villagers came running from their houses
in terror, and we could scarcely restrain ourselves
from doing the same, so violently did the building
rock and sway.

Then he lifted his hand, all became quiet, and
he continued : "Of what avail are armies or navies,
when man knows that God has this power and that
His true sons may use it? You can sweep an army
away as a child blows the down from a thistle. As
for great battleships, they may be dissolved like this
glass." Here he lifted the plate upon which he had
deposited the powder that now represented the glass.
He breathed upon it lightly; it burst into flames and
disappeared entirely.

He again resumed, "These legions come not to
do your work, or my work, or to use man as their
instrument ; man may call upon them to encourage,
sustain, and comfort him, in his work as master of
every condition of life. With this power man may
still the waves, control the winds, quench the fire,
or direct the multitude. One may use them only
as he has mastered them. He may use them for the
good of the whole human race, or he may use them
to drive home the meaning of man co-operating with
God. One who is able in his divinity to call upon
these legions, knows beyond question that he can use
this combined power only in true service to human-
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defend him."

Here the speaker paused for a moment, stretched
forth his hands, and in a measured, reverent voice,
said, "Father, it is our great pleasure to have these,
our dear friends, with us tonight. It is with a true
and humble heart that we say Thy will'' be done/
We bless them, and in blessing them we : bless the
whole world." __ ;'

He sat down as calmly :as though nothing' out of
the ordinary had taken place, and all our friends
were calm ; but the members of our party were on
tiptoe with excitement. Then the invisible ' choir
broke forth with "All know the power that's in a
name, and man may proclaim himself the King and
then with humble mien, that man may rule himself
supreme."

During this remarkable demonstration of power
we had been unconscious of our tense, nervous con-
dition, but as the choir finished, we became conscious
of this, and we had seemed to need the music to help
us relax. When the last strains of music had died
away, we arose from the table and gathered around
our friends and the Priest.

This gave the leader and our Chief opportunity
to ask questions ; and the Priest, seeing their interest
invited them to spend the night at the monaster]
with him. They bade us goodnight and left the room
together.

We were scheduled to leave at noon next day.
It was arranged that only Jast and Chander Sen
should accompany us to our outfitting point, where
Emil would join us and the three would return with
us to the village of our winter quarters. After these
arrangements were completed, we returned to camp
but did not retire until nearly daybreak, so interested
were we in talking of what we had witnessed.

CHAPTER XVI

AT TWELVE o'clock, with all final arrange-
ments complete, the expedition moved out of
the village, amid the cheers and good wishes
of the greater number of the villagers, who had
gathered to bid us goodby.

Our next stopping place, where we were obliged
to cross a wide stream, was reached about six that
evening. It was thought best to camp in order to
prepare for the crossing, as this would consume the
greater part of the next day. Since there was no
bridge or boat, the crossing was accomplished by
sliding across on a large cable made of plaited
leather thongs that had been stretched across the
river. The individual members of the party experi-
enced no difficulty in negotiating the cable. The
chief difficulty was in getting the horses and mules
across. This was finally accomplished by making a
strong sling from leather straps and arranging it so
that an attachment would fit over and slide along
the leather cable. This sling was first securely fas-
tened around the animal's body, then secured over
the cable, and the animal was pushed over the bluff,
where it hung suspended above the roaring torrent
until it was pulled to the other bank. To this sling
were attached two ropes of sufficient length to reach
across the river, one serving to pull the animal
across, while the other served to pull the sling back
again for another animal. In this way all crossed
safely.

We experienced no further difficulty, and aside
from the crossing, we found the trail much better
than the one we had followed going out. We arrived

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safely at our outfitting point, where the expedition
was disbanded; and arrangements were completed
for those who were to return home to go on to the
seaport by the regular caravan route.

The next morning Emil joined us, and after bid-
ding our associates goodby we started out on our
return trip to the village of our former winter quar-
ters* We again stopped two days to rest at the bandit
camp, where the two men remained, thus reducing
our party to seven. These two men told their com-
rades of the remarkable trip they had made and
the wonders they had seen. Our party was shown
every courtesy, though of course our three friends
came in for the greater honors. The leader of the
band assured them that the bandits would hold the
location of the cities absolutely sacred out of their
respect for the consideration that had been shown
them. We were told there was very little danger of
this band's ever attempting to go so far away ; the
desert bandits never invaded the mountains nor did
the mountain bandits invade the desert, for they
were continuously at war with each other. So far
as we know they have faithfully kept their promise.

The morning we left this camp, the leader of the
band came and gave our Chief a small silver coin
about the size and weight of an English shilling,
with a curiously wrought inscription upon it, saying
that if any of the bandit bands in that country mo-
lested us, we would gain our instant release by show-
ing this. He told us that it had been in the possession
of his family for many generations, and that he
cherished it very highly, but he wished our Chief to
have it as a token of his esteem. After examining
it carefully, Emil said it was a very faithful repro-
duction of a coin that had been in use in the North-

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em Gobi many thousands of years ago. The date
showed that this - particular coin had been made
more than -seven hundred years before. He then told
us that these coins were, worn as a kind of charm by
some, of -the. natives of the region; and the older the
coins were, the more efficacious they were supposed
to be. No doubt this particular one had been prized
very highly by the leader and the whole band.

From this village we -continued our journey and
arrived at bur winter quarters in due time without
further incident. We were welcomed heartily by
the party which visited us in the desert and which
we had left at the village where we met the High
Priest.

We were again invited to share the home of our
former hostess, which invitation we gladly accepted.
This time there were but four of us, as seven of our
associates had returned to India and Mongolia to
carry on further research work. This arrangement
had been suggested and agreed to in order to give us
more time for the translation of the records. All was
quiet in the little village and we gave every moment
of our time to the arrangement and form of the sym-
bols and characters which made up the alphabet,
placing them in the order that enabled us to use
them, thus giving us an insight into the meaning of
the words. In this we were assisted by Chander Sen.
While he was not with us all the time, he or our
hostess was always at hand to help us over the diffi-
cult places. This continued until the last days of
December, when we noticed that a number of people
were again congregating for the yearly gathering.
They were nearly all people we had met at the
gathering the year before. We found that this year
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room of the five upper rooms that were arranged
along the ledge as already • described.

We went up to this room, early New Year's Eve,
in order to meet and talk with those who had gath-
ered. We found that they were from numerous
places and they told us of things that had happened
in the outside world, with which we were beginning
to feel we had lost all contact. Yet we had been
happy in our work, the time had passed rapidly and
we were very content.

While we were talking, one of the guests came
in and said that the moon was very beautiful. A
number of those in the room, including all of our
party, walked out upon the ledge. It was indeed a
beautiful sight from that elevation. The moon had
just risen, and seemed to be floating through a great
bank of delicate colors which were reflected on the
vast expanse of snow that covered mountain and
valley- and the colors were continuously changing.
Someone said, "Oh, the carillon will ring tonight."
In a few moments the bells did begin. At first it was
as though a bell located a long way off had been
struck three times; then smaller and smaller ones
sounded, coming nearer until they seemed but tiny
bells located directly at our feet. So real was the
impression that we looked down expecting to see the
bells. This melody continued until it seemed as
though thousands of bells were being struck in per-
fect harmony. The bank of color would rise until it
appeared to be even with the ledge where we were
standing, and it would seem as though we could step
out upon it, so completely did it shut out the earth
below. As the color raised in undulating swells, the
sound of the bells would increase until the melody
filled every niche.

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It appeared as though we were standing on the
stage of a great amphitheatre with thousands of
dim forms and faces of those listening to the bells.
Then a full, strong tenor voice began to sing
''America/* and in an instant thousands of voices
took up the words while the bells carried the melody.
Thus the song went booming on until the end, when
voices back of us said, "America, we greet you."
Then others said, "We greet the whole world/9

We turned, and there stood Jesus, the High Priest
and Emil. We had become so enraptured by the
phenomenon that was taking place about us that we
had become wholly unconscious that there were
others near us. All stepped aside to let the three
enter the room. As Jesus turned, we could see that
remarkable light that always shone out when he was
present, and as he stepped through the door the
whole room became a blaze of white light. All went
in and were seated at the tables.

Jesus was seated at the first table and the Priest
at our table, with Emil and our Chief on either side.
This time there were but two long tables down the
length of the room. There were no coverings; but
as we were seated, the tables were covered with
white linen and the service came on almost as quick-
ly. The food seemed to come with the plates, with
the exception of the bread. A loaf appeared on the
table before Jesus. He picked it up and began break-
ing it. placing the pieces on a plate. When the plate
was filled, a dim childish form lifted it and stood
silent until seven plates had been filled and seven
forms stood holding them. As Jesus broke the bread
and filled the plates, the load did not diminish,

As the last plate was filled, Jesus arose and with
outstretched hands said, "This bread which I pre-

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sent to you, represents God's pure Life. Partake of
that pure Life which is always of God." Then as the
bread v as handed around, he went on to say, "When
1 said "I am lifted up' and that by being so lifted up
I would draw all men to me, I knew that in the light
of that experience some day all would see eye to eye
and know full well when they could be lifted up as
I am lifted. I saw heaven right here on earth among
men. This is the Truth that I perceived, and the
Truth will make all free. Then they will find that
there is but one fold and one shepherd ; and if one
strays, it is safe to leave all the ninety and nine, to
seek the one that he may return. God may be all in
all to all His children; and all are His — they are
far nearer and dearer to Him than the sparrows or
the lilies of the field. If He rejoices in the lilies'
growth and notes the sparrow's fall, how much more
does He note the growth of His dear children.
Neither does He judge them more than He does the
lilies or the sparrow, but holds them dear to His
great cause and not one can be left out when His
perfection is established.

"I could see that if this ideal could be graven in
letters of purest gold on the walls of the temples of
the world's great thought, it would lift men's
thoughts above the murk and mire by setting their
feet on a rock, a sure foundation ; where the winds
and tides could lash and roar, but while men stood
steadfast and true, they would be secure. Because of
this security, peace, and calm, they would aim to the
heights where they see their true dominion. They
may soar above, but they will not find heaven above.
Thev will find it right among men, and it is not
reached by merely plodding on and on, in toil and
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finding the great Jewel. It is much more quickly
reached by throwing off all materiality and the laws
that thereby bind men to the eternal wheel Then
step forth, pick up the Jewel, incorporate it, let the
light shine forth, and you have gained by one direct
step that which you may put off through all eternity*
if you, will. You will find that the soul which insists
upon immediate and complete spiritual illumination
and emancipation, here and now; and knows that
his relation to God is the relation of parent and
child ; quickly sees that this not only makes clear the
divine possibilities, but that he has them to use and
they will work for him as he wills. To that one, the
New Testament story will not be fiction nor a vague
dream that may happen after death, but an ideal
that is lifted up before the world, of a perfect reali-
zation of a life of love and service. That ideal is the
divine accomplishment of all, here and now.

"Then will they know the vision I saw when I
said, 'Many shall seek to enter in and shall not, for
strait is the gate and narrow Is the way that leads
to eternal life.' For without the true appreciation of
the Christ Ideal, and of the divine and perfect plan
of the co-operation of man and God right here on
this earth, the realization of this ideal is impossible
and it becomes only a dream, a myth — nothing.

"The door giving access to this omnipotent and
transforming alchemy of the Spirit in man is open
to all at all times, and the key to its opening is in
the thoughts of all. When two ideals and methods
of salvation, or of securing the saving grace of God's
love, are different, it is man's thoughts and not God
that made them so. Those who close the door to
the immediate blessings of God for all His children,
isolate themselves from the immediate blessings that

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God bestows upon the Christ Child, and from the
spiritual illumination of the transcendent alchemy
of Spirit and the all-potent power which are theirs
to use as the Christ would and should use them.
When men recognize this, the leper will be made
whole instantly, the withered arm will be restored,
and all diseases of body and mind will vanish at their
touch. Through the concentration of the spoken
word, they will multiply the loaves and fishes ; and-
as they break the bread or pour the oil for the mul-
titude, it will never diminish but there will always
be an abundance left. They will calm the raging sea
or tempest by their command, and gravitation will
be overruled by levi&tion, for their command is the
command of God. Then will they know my thoughts
when I gave forth my opening message to the world
as 1 left the temple that day, when I said, 'the time
is fulfilled and the Kingdom of God is at hand/ and,
'have faith in God and nothing is impossible to you/
AH who believe they can do the work that I do, and
will come forth and do them, may do even greater
works than I have done. They will know that it is a
process of living the life, believing and knowing;
then absolutely nothing is impossible to them.

"They will know that the Holy Spirit, the whole
of the Divine Spirit in them, says today just as it
did long ago, that if they hear its voice and harden
not their hearts, they will find they are the light of
the world, and they that follow that light shall not
walk in darkness. They will know that they are the
door by which all enter into the light of life, and
those who will go in and out by that door will find
eternal peace and great joy and will discover that
now is the accepted time.

"They will find that the Christ but opens the

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door to their own souls, and the spirit that dwells
therein is the all-potent alchemy as limitless as the
universe of God is limitless. The alchemy will dis-
solve and transmute all manner of sickness; will
erase clean the mortal life of guilt and the effects of
sin ; will illuminate the soul with the perfect light of
Wisdom; will emancipate from and dissolve the
darkened conditions of human life into the perfect
light of life. Thus they will see they are not only
children of nature but children of God as well. They
will bring forth the absolute perfection of the indi-
vidual and thus will perfect the race. They will
bring forth the ideal and the divinely inspired proph-
ecy concerning the final destiny of man here on
earth, the identity of Father and Son, which is the
second birth, the perfect mastery of man over every
condition and circumstance.15

Here Jesus paused and the lights became brighter
and brighter. Then pictures began to appear. The
scenes were glorious bursts of splendor. The pictures
would come on, a transforming hand would reach
out and touch them, and they would develop into
a great whole and become beautiful.

There came on a great war scene. We saw men
struggling and fighting against each other. The can-
nons were belching forth flames and smoke. Shells
burst overhead and among the great throng; and
men were falling on every hand. We could hear the
roar and din of battle. Indeed, it was so real that it
seemed certain a battle was in progres^ but as the
transforming hand reached out and over it, all
became calm in an instant. As those who had been
fighting so furiously but a moment before, looked up,
the hand traced in flaming letters that seemed to
spread over the whole scene: "Peace, Peace, the

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Blessed Peace of God surrounds you. You can only
hurt and destroy the mortal. But one of God's own
you can not destroy and you are all His own chil-
dren. You can neither hurt nor destroy each other."

Then for a moment it seemed that men were
again determined that the struggle should proceed ;
this determination showed on many faces, especially
those of the leaders. But it appeared that the more
determined they became to go on, the less cause there
seemed to be for a display of force. It also seemed
that the more they attempted to discharge the wea-
pons of destruction, the less effect they had ; for try
as they would, not a weapon could be used.

Then the hand went on to trace, "Behind every
cloud of storm or war, if men will only look, they
will find God. They will find that God did not create
the clouds of storm or war, that man created them ;
and if they will look beyond and see, they will al-
ways find God's hand upraised in peace. War is not
sent or ordained by God ; when men war with each
other they are entirely outside of God's province or
power. They are entirely immersed in a man-made
realm where God cannot interfere in any way, and
they will be obliged to go on in this way until they
see the fallacy of such strife. If one is sufficiently
strong in his realization of God-power, knows his
ability to co-operate with that power, and does co-
operate, he can stop a war instantly, just as you saw
it stopped in this picture.**

Then Jesus continued, "I chose the way of the
cross. It was not my Father's choice for me but my
choice, that all might see they can so perfect the life
and body that although it be destroyed it can be
rebuilt and become more triumphant/*

The lights grew even brighter, until every vestige

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of limitation had disappeared; not a wall sur-
rounded us, not a roof overhead, not a floor beneath.
We all stood together in boundless space. The twelve
disciples came and arranged themselves near the
Great Master, but did not surround him, for his
presence stood out far more prominently than any
other, with a never-to-be-forgotten brilliance and
purity. The invisible choir boomed out, "His King-
dom is here, for, of, and among men. Now hence-
forth and forever, one man, one God." The trans-
forming hand again appeared and traced the words,
"His Kingdom is here now, among men, henceforth,
forever, one man, one God." Then directly over
Jesus5 head were traced the words, "ALL FOR
ONE, ONE FOR ALL."

Buddha then appeared, standing at Jesus5 right.
The Priest and Emil walked to them and knelt be-
fore them, Emil at Buddha's right and the Priest
at Jesus* left. Jesus clasped Buddha's partly upraised
hand. They raised their free hands until these were
over and just above the heads of the two who were
kneeling, and said, "Peace ! Peace ! Peace ! A glori-
ous peace rests over all. We receive you, our dear
brothers, into the great council of God's beneficent
Love; and that Love and Fellowship includes the
whole world." Then all those assembled bowed their
heads and made way as the four passed through
the assembly. As they passed, the disciples and a
number of those assembled followed, and all passed
on until they disappeared from our vision.

When they had begun moving through the as-
sembly, the invisible choir had chanted, "We make
way for these mighty brothers of Love; for that
Love, the mighty Love of God, redeems and unites
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Brotherhood of Man and God.n As they passed from
view, the great bell boomed out twelve strokes. Then
for a moment* the beMs pealed a merry 'refrain and
thousands of voices Joined In: "We bring the glad
New Year and a brighter day for all the world."

Our second year with these -great souls had
closed.

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: In addition to Volumes One,

Two and Three9 we have published Volumes Four
and Five in which is continued the accounts of Mr.
Spalding*s experiences.

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