The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ. Levi
the beast, the man, began to vibrate very slow.
30 The ethers all became more dense, and all the creatures of these planes were clothed with coarser garbs, the garbs of flesh, which men can see; and thus this coarser manifest, which men call physical, appeared.
31 And this is what is called the fall of man; but man fell not alone for protoplast, and earth, and plant and beast were all included in the fall.
32 The angels and the cherubim fell not; their wills were ever strong, and so they held the ethers of their planes in harmony with God.
33 Now, when the ethers reached the rate of atmosphere, and all the creatures of these planes must get their food from atmosphere, the conflict came; and then that which the finite man has called, survival of the best, became a law,
34 The stronger ate the bodies of the weaker manifests; and here is where the carnal law of evolution had its rise.
35 And now man, in his utter shamelessness, strikes down and eats the beasts, the beast consumes the plant, the plant thrives on the earth, the earth absorbs the protoplast.
36 In yonder kingdom of the soul this carnal evolution is not known, and the great work of master minds is to restore the heritage of man, to bring him back to his estate that he has lost, when he again will live upon the ethers of his native plane.
37 The thoughts of God change not; the manifests of life on every plane unfold into perfection of their kind; and as the thoughts of God can never die, there is no death to any being of the seven ethers of the seven Spirits of the Triune God.
38 And so an earth is never plant; a beast, or bird, or creeping thing is never man, and man is not, and cannot be, a beast, or bird, or creeping thing.
39 The time will come when all these seven manifests will be absorbed, and man, and beast, and plant, and earth and protoplast will be redeemed.
40 Barata was amazed; the wisdom of the Jewish sage was revelation unto him.
41 Now, Vidyapati, wisest of the Indian sages, chief of temple Kapavistu, heard Barata speak to Jesus of the origin of man, and heard the answer of the Hebrew prophet, and he said,
42 You priests of Kapavistu, hear me speak: We stand today upon a crest of time. Six times ago a master soul was born who gave a glory light to man, and now a master sage stands here in temple Kapavistu.
43 This Hebrew prophet is the rising star of wisdom, deified. He brings to us a knowledge of the secret things of God; and all the world will hear his words, will heed his words, and glorify his name.
44 You priests of temple Kapavistu, stay! be still and listen when he speaks; he is the Living Oracle of God.
45 And all the priests gave thanks, and praised the Buddha of enlightenment.
CHAPTER 33
Jesus teaches the common people at a spring. Tells them how to attain unto happiness. Relates the parable of the rocky field and the hidden treasure.
In silent meditation Jesus sat beside a flowing spring. It was a holy day, and many people of the servant caste were near the place.
2 And Jesus saw the hard drawn lines of toil on every brow, in every hand. There was no look of joy in any face. Not one of all the group could think of anything but toil.
3 And Jesus spoke to one and said, Why are you all so sad? Have you no happiness in life?
4 The man replied, We scarcely know the meaning of that word. We toil to live, and hope for nothing else but toil, and bless the day when we can cease our toil and lay us down to rest in Buddha’s city of the dead.
5 And Jesus’ heart was stirred with pity and with love for these poor toilers, and he said,
6 Toil should not make a person sad; men should be happiest when they toil. When hope and love are back of toil, then all of life is filled with joy and peace, and this is heaven. Do you not know that such a heaven is for you?
7 The man replied, Of heaven we have heard; but then it is so far away, and we must live so many lives before we reach that place!
8 And Jesus said, My brother, man, your thoughts are wrong; your heaven is not far away; and it is not a place of metes and bounds, is not a country to be reached; it is a state of mind.
9 God never made a heaven for man; he never made a hell; we are creators and we make our own.
10 Now, cease to seek for heaven in the sky; just open up the windows of your hearts, and, like a flood of light, a heaven will come and bring a boundless joy; then toil will be no cruel task.
11 The people were amazed, and gathered close to hear this strange young master speak,
12 Imploring him to tell them more about the Father-God; about the heaven that men can make on earth; about the boundless joy.
13 And Jesus spoke a parable; he said, A certain man possessed a field; the soil was hard and poor.
14 By constant toil he scarcely could provide enough of food to keep his family from want.
15 One day a miner who could see beneath the soil, in passing on his way, saw this poor man and his unfruitful field.
16 He called the weary toiler and he said, My brother, know you not that just below the surface of your barren field rich treasures lie concealed?
17 You plow and sow and reap in scanty way, and day by day you tread upon a mine of gold and precious stones.
18 This wealth lies not upon the surface of the ground; but if you will but dig away the rocky soil, and delve down deep into the earth, you need no longer till the soil for naught.
19 The man believed. The miner surely knows; he said, and I will find the treasures hidden in my field.
20 And then he dug away the rocky soil, and deep down in the earth he found a mine of gold.
21 And Jesus said, The sons of men are toiling hard on desert plains, and burning sands and rocky soils; are doing what their fathers did, not dreaming they can do aught else.
22 Behold, a master comes, and tells them of a hidden wealth; that underneath the rocky soil of carnal things are treasures that no man can count;
23 That in the heart the richest gems abound; that he who wills may open up the door and find them all.
24 And then the people said, Make known to us the way that we may find the wealth that lies within the heart.
25 And Jesus opened up the way; the toilers saw another side of life, and toil became a joy.
CHAPTER 34
The Jubilee in Kapavistu. Jesus teaches in the plaza and the people are astonished. He relates the parable of the unkept vineyard and the vine dresser. The priests are angered by his words.
It was a gala day in sacred Kapavistu; a throng of Buddhist worshippers had met to celebrate a Jubilee.
2 And priests and masters from all parts of India were there; they taught; but they embellished little truth with many words.
3 And Jesus went into an ancient plaza and he taught; he spoke of Father-Mother-God; he told about the brotherhood of life.
4 The priests and all the people were astounded at his words and said, Is this not Buddha come again in flesh? No other one could speak with such simplicity and power.
5 And Jesus spoke a parable; he said, There was a vineyard all unkept; the vines were high, the growth of leaves and branches great.
6 The leaves were broad and shut the sunlight from the vines; the grapes were sour, and few, and small.
7 The pruner came; with his sharp knife he cut off every branch, and not a leaf remained; just root and stalk, and nothing more.
8 The busy neighbors came with one accord and were amazed, and said to him who pruned, You foolish man! the vineyard is despoiled.
9 Such desolation! There is no beauty left, and when the harvest time shall come the gatherers will find no fruit.
10 The pruner said, Content