THE MESSIAH

 

 

CONSIDER the signs of the times:

War is rampant, strife is raging,
and the fires of passion are devastating the earth.

 

Nation is opposed to nation, creed to creed and system to system:
Science has discovered its own weakness,
Philosophy has confounded philosophy,
and a confusion of mental tongues has become universal.

 

Yet, in the height of all this confusion,
in the midst of the fierce clash of prejudice and passion,
One has descended whose name is Love,
whose mission is Peace, and whose end is Unity.

 

Walking in the midst is He, but men know Him not because of their infirmities;

Yet, at His touch the blind receive their sight,
the deaf hear and the lame walk.

 

Silent and holy is He working in isolated hearts:
Here and there a disciple is called, and he hears and follows;
and the disciple knows his Master and the Master His disciple.

 

The Chosen Few have not been deaf to the command, "Follow Me"
and they have followed with sure and certain steps.

They have gazed upon the face of the Serene One;
they have sat at the feet of the Perfect One;

They have accepted the instruction of the Holy One, and peace abides with them.

 

They walk amongst men and are not discerned;
they have relinquished all strife in their inmost hearts,
hating none, condemning none; they have entered the Gate of Forgiveness;

 

Goodwill is the breath of their nostrils,
and boundless charity is the master of their thoughts.
They have ceased from vain longings;
they have chased away all fluctuating desires;
they have passed through the Gate of Sacrifice,
and they have clothed themselves with the Garment of Humility.

 

They tread the Path of Good, and their gait is steadfast.
Fear and doubt they have dispersed;

They walk upon the turbulent waters of sorrow
and they sink not and are comforted.

 

They are no longer confounded by false philosophy;
they have passed through the Sea and the Desert
and have entered the Promised Land. And these are they
who have been born again for the salvation of the world;

 

In the time of darkness, they have accepted the Light; in the time of evil,
they have chosen the Good;

In the day of self-interest, they have silenced the many voices of self
and have followed the One Voice whose music harmonizes all.

 

Therefore, they rejoice; not blind to the evil because the Omniscient One
has shown them the end of evil;

Yea, in themselves they have already accomplished that end,
for they have become One with Him whom they follow.

 

All that belongs to the world they have given to the world
and they have not murmured.
The clouds of confusion do not darken them
 and the fires of passion do not scorch them; therefore let gladness reign!

 

For with the great darkness of these times, there has also come great Light;

Though the rivers of sorrow are swollen high,
the banks are perfumed with the flowers of blessedness;

 

Though strife is raging, peace has entered into the midst;
though confusion has covered the earth, unity has been revealed;

and though many continue to dream the dreams of illusion,
the vision of the Great Reality has gladdened the ken of the wakeful.

Awake, ye sleepers! Arouse yourselves, ye dreamers!
When will ye open your eyes, and see?

The Perfect One has appeared! The stainless majesty of the Holy One is revealed;

His sleepless watchers have hailed Him and He has borne away their weariness.

 

Come, then, ye sorrowing and be glad! Come, ye weary, and find peace!
Come, ye toilers, and be at rest! For the longing of the ages is fulfilled,
and He whom we call Master has appeared: He is the Sacred Heart of Love within.

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE ALL-ONE

 

 

TO do good and to remain unknown, let this be called Humility;

To bless one’s persecutors, let this be called Love;

To rejoice at the good fortune of one’s enemies, let this be called Perfection:

Thus, is the All-One manifested and thus is the Truth made known.

 

The knowers of the All-One are perfect; they are without sin,
dwelling in Truth and robed with holiness.

Behold! The All-One is revealed, He is made known to His worshippers;

The garment of evil has fallen away from them
and they have put on the perfect garment of Good;

The old bottles of error are broken
and the new bottles of Truth are filled with the Wine of Life.

 

The believers in the All-One drink and are satisfied
and the doers of His word enter into the joy of immortality.

And who are they that believe in the All-One? Who are the doers of His Word?

The believer and doer are known by these sure signs:

 

He is freed from ignorance and is not enslaved by likes and dislikes;

He is freed from hatred, and does not condemn;

He is freed from partiality and does not engage in strife;

He is freed from self-seeking, and does not defend himself.

 

He never lets go of patience; he does not doff the robe of Purity;

He goes not out from the dwelling-place of Love.
The knower of the All-One is perfect in knowledge.  

He is blameless in thought, word and deed.

 

The All-One is sought by practice; He is perceived by knowledge
 and He is realized by the perfection of practice
and the contemplation of knowledge.

 

To rise above good and evil, hatred and love, prejudice and error,
desire and pain, self-love and sorrow, passion and remorse, life and death,
is to enter the unending peace of the All-One.

 

To realize the immortality of the All-One is to become the All-One.

The All-One is that Perfect Good which is beyond both good and evil;

He is that Perfect Love which neutralizes love and hate;

He is that Perfect Life which is not broken by life and death.

 

He that would know Him let him become His disciple.

Let him remove the ever-changing opposites within
until he comes to that which changes not;

So shall he find the Eternal Rock, even the blessed All-One, the Master of peace.

 

He that searches without, he shall not find; he that is proud of his knowledge,
he shall not find; he that fortifies himself against others, he shall not find.

 

Realize, O disciple! Thine inward error, thine inward ignorance,
thine inward delusion are rooted in self;

And, having realized, leave error and cling to Truth;
fly from ignorance to the knowledge that is pure.

And fortify thyself against the enemies within thyself.

 

By this way is the All-One approached, by none other is He accessible;

He that is willing to be naked to self, let him come and be clothed with Truth;

He that is willing to die to error, let him come and be reborn as a child of Truth;

He that is willing to become empty, let him come
and be filled with the knowledge of the All-One.

 

The Good that is supreme, the Humility that is sublime
and the love that transcends all sorrow,

To this attainment shall he surely come who seeks the All-One by the Path of Peace.

 

 

 

 

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