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155:6.1 And so, while they paused in the [[shade]] of the hillside, [[Jesus]] continued to teach them regarding the [[religion]] of the [[spirit]], in substance saying:

155:6.1 And so, while they paused in the [[shade]] of the hillside, [[Jesus]] continued to teach them regarding the [[religion]] of the [[spirit]], in substance saying:

155:6.2 You have come out from among those of your fellows who [[choose]] to remain [[satisfied]] with a religion of [[mind]], who crave [[security]] and prefer [[conformity]]. You have elected to [[exchange]] your [[feelings]] of [[authoritative]] [[certainty]] for the [[assurances]] of the spirit of [[adventurous]] and [[progressive]] [[faith]]. You have [[dared]] to [[protest]] against the grueling [[bondage]] of [[institutional]] [[religion]] and to reject the [[authority]] of the [[traditions]] of [[record]] which are now regarded as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_literalism word of God]. [[Our Father]] did indeed [[speak]] through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah Elijah], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_(prophet) Amos], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea Hosea], but he did not cease to minister [[words]] of [[truth]] to the world when these [[prophets]] of old made an end of their utterances. [[Universal Father|My Father]] is no respecter of [[races]] or [[generations]] in that the [[word]] of [[truth]] is vouchsafed one age and withheld from another. Commit not the [[folly]] of calling that [[divine]] which is wholly [[human]], and fail not to [[discern]] the [[words]] of [[truth]] which come not through the [[traditional]] [[oracles]] of supposed [[inspiration]].

155:6.2 You have come out from among those of your fellows who [[choose]] to remain [[satisfied]] with a religion of [[mind]], who crave [[security]] and prefer [[conformity]]. You have elected to [[exchange]] your [[feelings]] of [[authoritative]] [[certainty]] for the [[assurances]] of the spirit of [[adventurous]] and [[progressive]] [[faith]]. You have [[dared]] to [[protest]] against the grueling [[bondage]] of [[institutional]] [[religion]] and to reject the [[authority]] of the [[traditions]] of [[record]] which are now regarded as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_literalism word of God]. [[Our Father]] did indeed [[speak]] through [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah Elijah], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_(prophet) Amos], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea Hosea], but he did not cease to minister [[words]] of [[truth]] to the world when these [[prophets]] of old made an end of their utterances. [[Universal Father|My Father]] is no respecter of [[races]] or [[generations]] in that the [[word]] of [[truth]] is vouchsafed one age and withheld from another. Commit not the [[folly]] of calling that [[divine]] which is wholly [[human]], and fail not to [[discern]] the [[words]] of [[truth]] which come not through the [[traditional]] [[oracles]] of supposed [[inspiration]].

155:6.3 I have called upon you to be born again, to be [[born]] of the [[spirit]]. I have called you out of the [[darkness]] of [[authority]] and the [[lethargy]] of [[tradition]] into the [[transcendent]] [[light]] of the [[realization]] of the possibility of making for yourselves the greatest [[discovery]] possible for the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul] to make—the [[supernal]] [[experience]] of finding [[God]] for yourself, in yourself, and of yourself, and of doing all this as a [[fact]] in your own [[personal]] [[experience]]. And so may you pass from [[death]] to life, from the [[authority]] of [[tradition]] to the [[experience]] of knowing [[God]]; thus will you pass from [[darkness]] to [[light]], from a [[racial]] [[faith]] [[inherited]] to a [[personal]] [[faith]] achieved by [[actual]] [[experience]]; and thereby will you [[progress]] from a [[theology]] of [[mind]] handed down by your [[ancestors]] to a true [[religion]] of [[spirit]] which shall be built up in your [[souls]] as an [[eternal]] [[endowment]].

155:6.3 I have called upon you to be born again, to be [[born]] of the [[spirit]]. I have called you out of the [[darkness]] of [[authority]] and the [[lethargy]] of [[tradition]] into the [[transcendent]] [[light]] of the [[realization]] of the possibility of making for yourselves the greatest [[discovery]] possible for the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul] to make—the [[supernal]] [[experience]] of finding [[God]] for yourself, in yourself, and of yourself, and of doing all this as a [[fact]] in your own [[personal]] [[experience]]. And so may you pass from [[death]] to life, from the [[authority]] of [[tradition]] to the [[experience]] of knowing [[God]]; thus will you pass from [[darkness]] to [[light]], from a [[racial]] [[faith]] [[inherited]] to a [[personal]] [[faith]] achieved by [[actual]] [[experience]]; and thereby will you [[progress]] from a [[theology]] of [[mind]] handed down by your [[ancestors]] to a true [[religion]] of [[spirit]] which shall be built up in your [[souls]] as an [[eternal]] [[endowment]].

155:6.9 The [[religions]] of [[authority]] can only divide men and set them in [[conscientious]] array against each other; the religion of the [[spirit]] will [[progressively]] draw men together and cause them to become [[understanding]]ly [[sympathetic]] with one another. The religions of [[authority]] require of men [[uniformity]] in [[belief]], but this is impossible of [[realization]] in the present [[state]] of the world. The religion of the [[spirit]] requires only [[unity]] of [[experience]]—[[uniformity]] of [[destiny]]—making full allowance for [[diversity]] of [[belief]]. The religion of the spirit requires only [[uniformity]] of [[insight]], not uniformity of [[viewpoint]] and outlook. The religion of the [[spirit]] does not demand [[uniformity]] of [[intellectual]] views, only [[unity]] of [[spirit]] [[feeling]]. The religions of [[authority]] crystallize into lifeless [[creeds]]; the religion of the [[spirit]] grows into the increasing [[joy]] and [[liberty]] of ennobling [[deeds]] of loving [[service]] and [[merciful]] ministration.

155:6.9 The [[religions]] of [[authority]] can only divide men and set them in [[conscientious]] array against each other; the religion of the [[spirit]] will [[progressively]] draw men together and cause them to become [[understanding]]ly [[sympathetic]] with one another. The religions of [[authority]] require of men [[uniformity]] in [[belief]], but this is impossible of [[realization]] in the present [[state]] of the world. The religion of the [[spirit]] requires only [[unity]] of [[experience]]—[[uniformity]] of [[destiny]]—making full allowance for [[diversity]] of [[belief]]. The religion of the spirit requires only [[uniformity]] of [[insight]], not uniformity of [[viewpoint]] and outlook. The religion of the [[spirit]] does not demand [[uniformity]] of [[intellectual]] views, only [[unity]] of [[spirit]] [[feeling]]. The religions of [[authority]] crystallize into lifeless [[creeds]]; the religion of the [[spirit]] grows into the increasing [[joy]] and [[liberty]] of ennobling [[deeds]] of loving [[service]] and [[merciful]] ministration.

155:6.10 But watch, lest any of you look with [[disdain]] upon the [[children]] of [[Abraham]] because they have fallen on these [[evil]] days of [[traditional]] barrenness. Our [[forefathers]] gave themselves up to the [[persistent]] and [[passionate]] search for [[God]], and they found him as no other whole [[race]] of men have ever known him since the times of [[Adam]], who knew much of this as he was himself a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Son of God]. [[Universal Father|My Father]] has not failed to mark the long and untiring [[struggle]] of [[Israel]], ever since the days of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses], to find God and to know [[God]]. For weary [[generations]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] have not ceased to toil, sweat, groan, travail, and [[endure]] the [[sufferings]] and [[experience]] the [[sorrows]] of a misunderstood and despised people, all in order that they might come a little nearer the [[discovery]] of the [[truth]] about [[God]]. And, notwithstanding all the failures and falterings of [[Israel]], our [[fathers]] progressively, from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] to the times of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_%28prophet%29 Amos] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea Hosea], did [[reveal]] increasingly to the [[whole]] world an ever clearer and more [[truthful]] picture of the [[eternal]] [[God]]. And so was the way [[prepared]] for the still greater [[revelation]] of [[the Father]] which you have been called to [[share]].

155:6.10 But watch, lest any of you look with [[disdain]] upon the [[children]] of [[Abraham]] because they have fallen on these [[evil]] days of [[traditional]] barrenness. Our [[forefathers]] gave themselves up to the [[persistent]] and [[passionate]] search for [[God]], and they found him as no other whole [[race]] of men have ever known him since the times of [[Adam]], who knew much of this as he was himself a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Son of God]. [[Universal Father|My Father]] has not failed to mark the long and untiring [[struggle]] of [[Israel]], ever since the days of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses], to find God and to know [[God]]. For weary [[generations]] the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] have not ceased to toil, sweat, groan, travail, and [[endure]] the [[sufferings]] and [[experience]] the [[sorrows]] of a misunderstood and despised people, all in order that they might come a little nearer the [[discovery]] of the [[truth]] about [[God]]. And, notwithstanding all the failures and falterings of [[Israel]], our [[fathers]] progressively, from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] to the times of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_%28prophet%29 Amos] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea Hosea], did [[reveal]] increasingly to the [[whole]] world an ever clearer and more [[truthful]] picture of the [[eternal]] [[God]]. And so was the way [[prepared]] for the still greater [[revelation]] of [[the Father]] which you have been called to [[share]].

155:6.11 Never [[forget]] there is only one [[adventure]] which is more satisfying and thrilling than the attempt to [[discover]] the will of the living [[God]], and that is the [[supreme]] [[experience]] of [[honestly]] trying to [[Doing the will of God|do that divine will]]. And fail not to [[remember]] that the will of God can be done in any earthly occupation. Some callings are not [[holy]] and others [[secular]]. All things are [[sacred]] in the lives of those who are [[spirit]] [[led]]; that is, subordinated to [[truth]], ennobled by [[love]], dominated by [[mercy]], and restrained by [[fairness]]—[[justice]]. The [[spirit]] which [[Universal Father|my Father]] and I shall send into the world is not only the [[Spirit of Truth]] but also the spirit of [[idealistic]] [[beauty]].

155:6.11 Never [[forget]] there is only one [[adventure]] which is more satisfying and thrilling than the attempt to [[discover]] the will of the living [[God]], and that is the [[supreme]] [[experience]] of [[honestly]] trying to [[Doing the will of God|do that divine will]]. And fail not to [[remember]] that the will of God can be done in any earthly occupation. Some callings are not [[holy]] and others [[secular]]. All things are [[sacred]] in the lives of those who are [[spirit]] [[led]]; that is, subordinated to [[truth]], ennobled by [[love]], dominated by [[mercy]], and restrained by [[fairness]]—[[justice]]. The [[spirit]] which [[Universal Father|my Father]] and I shall send into the world is not only the [[Spirit of Truth]] but also the spirit of [[idealistic]] [[beauty]].

155:6.12 You must cease to seek for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_literalism word of God] only on the pages of the olden [[records]] of theologic [[authority]]. Those who are [[born]] of the spirit of God shall henceforth [[discern]] the [[word]] of [[God]] regardless of whence it appears to take [[origin]]. [[Divine]] [[truth]] must not be discounted because the [[channel]] of its [[bestowal]] is apparently [[human]]. Many of your brethren have [[minds]] which [[accept]] the [[theory]] of [[God]] while they spiritually fail to [[realize]] the [[presence]] of God. And that is just the [[reason]] why I have so often taught you that [[the kingdom]] of heaven can best be [[realized]] by acquiring the [[spiritual]] [[attitude]] of a [[sincere]] child. It is not the [[mental]] immaturity of the child that I commend to you but rather the spiritual [[simplicity]] of such an easy-believing and fully-[[trusting]] little one. It is not so important that you should know about the [[fact]] of [[God]] as that you should increasingly [[grow]] in the [[ability]] to [[feel]] the [[presence]] of God

155:6.12 You must cease to seek for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_literalism word of God] only on the pages of the olden [[records]] of theologic [[authority]]. Those who are [[born]] of the spirit of God shall henceforth [[discern]] the [[word]] of [[God]] regardless of whence it appears to take [[origin]]. [[Divine]] [[truth]] must not be discounted because the [[channel]] of its [[bestowal]] is apparently [[human]]. Many of your brethren have [[minds]] which [[accept]] the [[theory]] of [[God]] while they spiritually fail to [[realize]] the [[presence]] of God. And that is just the [[reason]] why I have so often taught you that [[the kingdom]] of heaven can best be [[realized]] by acquiring the [[spiritual]] [[attitude]] of a [[sincere]] child. It is not the [[mental]] immaturity of the child that I commend to you but rather the spiritual [[simplicity]] of such an easy-believing and fully-[[trusting]] little one. It is not so important that you should know about the [[fact]] of [[God]] as that you should increasingly [[grow]] in the [[ability]] to [[feel]] the [[presence]] of God

155:6.13 When you once begin to find [[God]] in your [[soul]], presently you will begin to [[discover]] him in other men's [[souls]] and [[eventually]] in all the [[creatures]] and creations of a [[Universe of Universes|mighty universe]]. But what [[chance]] does [[the Father]] have to [[appear]] as a [[God]] of [[supreme]] [[loyalties]] and [[divine]] [[ideals]] in the [[souls]] of men who give little or no time to the thoughtful [[contemplation]] of such eternal [[realities]]? While the [[mind]] is not the seat of the [[spiritual]] [[nature]], it is indeed the gateway thereto.

155:6.13 When you once begin to find [[God]] in your [[soul]], presently you will begin to [[discover]] him in other men's [[souls]] and [[eventually]] in all the [[creatures]] and creations of a [[Universe of Universes|mighty universe]]. But what [[chance]] does [[the Father]] have to [[appear]] as a [[God]] of [[supreme]] [[loyalties]] and [[divine]] [[ideals]] in the [[souls]] of men who give little or no time to the thoughtful [[contemplation]] of such eternal [[realities]]? While the [[mind]] is not the seat of the [[spiritual]] [[nature]], it is indeed the gateway thereto.

155:6.18 You are my [[apostles]], and to you [[religion]] shall not become a theologic [[shelter]] to which you may flee in [[fear]] of facing the rugged [[realities]] of [[spiritual]] [[progress]] and [[idealistic]] [[adventure]]; but rather shall your [[religion]] become the [[fact]] of real [[experience]] which [[testifies]] that [[God]] has found you, idealized, ennobled, and spiritualized you, and that you have enlisted in the [[eternal]] [[adventure]] of finding the God who has thus found and sonshipped you.

155:6.18 You are my [[apostles]], and to you [[religion]] shall not become a theologic [[shelter]] to which you may flee in [[fear]] of facing the rugged [[realities]] of [[spiritual]] [[progress]] and [[idealistic]] [[adventure]]; but rather shall your [[religion]] become the [[fact]] of real [[experience]] which [[testifies]] that [[God]] has found you, idealized, ennobled, and spiritualized you, and that you have enlisted in the [[eternal]] [[adventure]] of finding the God who has thus found and sonshipped you.

155:6.19 And when [[Jesus]] had finished speaking, he beckoned to [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and, pointing to the west toward [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia Phoenicia], said: " Let us be on our way. "

155:6.19 And when [[Jesus]] had finished speaking, he beckoned to [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and, pointing to the west toward [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia Phoenicia], said: " Let us be on our way. "

<center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_155 Go to Paper 155]</center>

<center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_155 Go to Paper 155]</center>