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==PAPER 133: THE RETURN FROM ROME==

==PAPER 133: THE RETURN FROM ROME==

133:0.1 When preparing to leave [[Rome]], [[Jesus]] said [[good-bye]] to none of his [[friends]]. The [[scribe]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus] appeared in [[Rome]] without announcement and disappeared in like [[manner]]. It was a full year before those who knew and [[loved]] him gave up [[hope]] of seeing him again. Before the end of the second year small [[groups]] of those who had known him found themselves drawn [[together]] by their common interest in his [[teachings]] and through [[mutual]] [[memory]] of their good times with him. And these small groups of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism Stoics], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism Cynics], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_cults mystery cultists] continued to hold these irregular and informal meetings right up to the time of the [[appearance]] in [[Rome]] of the first preachers of the [[Christian]] [[religion]].

133:0.1 When preparing to leave [[Rome]], [[Jesus]] said [[good-bye]] to none of his [[friends]]. The [[scribe]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus] appeared in [[Rome]] without announcement and disappeared in like [[manner]]. It was a full year before those who knew and [[loved]] him gave up [[hope]] of seeing him again. Before the end of the second year small [[groups]] of those who had known him found themselves drawn [[together]] by their common interest in his [[teachings]] and through [[mutual]] [[memory]] of their good times with him. And these small groups of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism Stoics], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism Cynics], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_cults mystery cultists] continued to hold these irregular and informal meetings right up to the time of the [[appearance]] in [[Rome]] of the first preachers of the [[Christian]] [[religion]].

133:0.2 Gonod and Ganid had purchased so many things in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria] and [[Rome]] that they sent all their belongings on ahead by pack train to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taranto Tarentum], while the three travelers walked [[leisure]]ly across [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Italy Italy] over the great [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appian_Way Appian Way]. On this [[journey]] they encountered all sorts of [[human being]]s. Many [[noble]] Roman [[citizens]] and [[Greek]] colonists lived along this road, but already the progeny of great numbers of inferior [[slaves]] were beginning to make their [[appearance]].

133:0.2 Gonod and Ganid had purchased so many things in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria] and [[Rome]] that they sent all their belongings on ahead by pack train to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taranto Tarentum], while the three travelers walked [[leisure]]ly across [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Italy Italy] over the great [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appian_Way Appian Way]. On this [[journey]] they encountered all sorts of [[human being]]s. Many [[noble]] Roman [[citizens]] and [[Greek]] colonists lived along this road, but already the progeny of great numbers of inferior [[slaves]] were beginning to make their [[appearance]].

133:0.3 One day while resting at lunch, about halfway to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taranto Tarentum], Ganid asked [[Jesus]] a direct question as to what he thought of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_caste_system India]'s [[caste]] system. Said Jesus: " Though [[human being]]s differ in many ways, the one from another, before [[God]] and in the spiritual world all [[mortals]] stand on an [[equal]] footing. There are only two [[groups]] of [[mortals]] in the eyes of God: those who [[desire]] to do his will and those who do not. As the [[universe]] looks upon an [[inhabited world]], it likewise [[discerns]] two great [[classes]]: those who [[know]] [[God]] and those who do not. Those who cannot know God are reckoned among the [[animals]] of any given realm. [[Mankind]] can appropriately be divided into many [[classes]] in accordance with differing qualifications, as they may be viewed [[physically]], [[mentally]], [[socially]], vocationally, or [[morally]], but as these different classes of [[mortals]] appear before the [[judgment]] bar of God, they stand on an [[equal]] footing; [[God]] is truly no respecter of [[persons]]. Although you cannot [[escape]] the [[recognition]] of differential [[human]] [[abilities]] and [[endowments]] in matters [[intellectual]], [[social]], and [[moral]], you should make no such distinctions in the [[spiritual]] [[brotherhood]] of men when assembled for [[worship]] in the [[presence]] of [[God]]. "

133:0.3 One day while resting at lunch, about halfway to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taranto Tarentum], Ganid asked [[Jesus]] a direct question as to what he thought of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_caste_system India]'s [[caste]] system. Said Jesus: " Though [[human being]]s differ in many ways, the one from another, before [[God]] and in the spiritual world all [[mortals]] stand on an [[equal]] footing. There are only two [[groups]] of [[mortals]] in the eyes of God: those who [[desire]] to do his will and those who do not. As the [[universe]] looks upon an [[inhabited world]], it likewise [[discerns]] two great [[classes]]: those who [[know]] [[God]] and those who do not. Those who cannot know God are reckoned among the [[animals]] of any given realm. [[Mankind]] can appropriately be divided into many [[classes]] in accordance with differing qualifications, as they may be viewed [[physically]], [[mentally]], [[socially]], vocationally, or [[morally]], but as these different classes of [[mortals]] appear before the [[judgment]] bar of God, they stand on an [[equal]] footing; [[God]] is truly no respecter of [[persons]]. Although you cannot [[escape]] the [[recognition]] of differential [[human]] [[abilities]] and [[endowments]] in matters [[intellectual]], [[social]], and [[moral]], you should make no such distinctions in the [[spiritual]] [[brotherhood]] of men when assembled for [[worship]] in the [[presence]] of [[God]]. "

==133:1. MERCY AND JUSTICE==

==133:1. MERCY AND JUSTICE==

133:1.1 A very interesting incident occurred one afternoon by the roadside as they neared [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taranto Tarentum]. They [[observed]] a rough and bullying [[youth]] brutally attacking a smaller lad. [[Jesus]] hastened to the [[assistance]] of the assaulted [[youth]], and when he had rescued him, he tightly held on to the offender until the smaller lad had made his [[escape]]. The moment Jesus released the little bully, Ganid pounced upon the boy and began soundly to thrash him, and to Ganid's astonishment [[Jesus]] promptly interfered. After he had restrained Ganid and [[permitted]] the [[frightened]] boy to [[escape]], the [[young man]], as soon as he got his [[breath]], excitedly exclaimed: " I cannot [[understand]] you, Teacher. If [[mercy]] requires that you rescue the smaller lad, does not [[justice]] demand the punishment of the larger and offending youth? " In answering, [[Jesus]] said:

133:1.1 A very interesting incident occurred one afternoon by the roadside as they neared [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taranto Tarentum]. They [[observed]] a rough and bullying [[youth]] brutally attacking a smaller lad. [[Jesus]] hastened to the [[assistance]] of the assaulted [[youth]], and when he had rescued him, he tightly held on to the offender until the smaller lad had made his [[escape]]. The moment Jesus released the little bully, Ganid pounced upon the boy and began soundly to thrash him, and to Ganid's astonishment [[Jesus]] promptly interfered. After he had restrained Ganid and [[permitted]] the [[frightened]] boy to [[escape]], the [[young man]], as soon as he got his [[breath]], excitedly exclaimed: " I cannot [[understand]] you, Teacher. If [[mercy]] requires that you rescue the smaller lad, does not [[justice]] demand the punishment of the larger and offending youth? " In answering, [[Jesus]] said:

133:1.2 " Ganid, it is true, you do not [[understand]]. [[Mercy]] [[ministry]] is always the [[work]] of the [[individual]], but [[justice]] [[punishment]] is the [[function]] of the [[social]], governmental, or [[universe]] [[administrative]] [[groups]]. As an [[individual]] I am beholden to show [[mercy]]; I must go to the rescue of the [[assaulted]] lad, and in all [[consistency]] I may employ sufficient force to restrain the aggressor. And that is just what I did. I achieved the [[deliverance]] of the assaulted lad; that was the end of [[mercy]] [[ministry]]. Then I forcibly detained the aggressor a sufficient length of time to enable the weaker party to the [[dispute]] to make his [[escape]], after which I withdrew from the affair. I did not [[proceed]] to sit in [[judgment]] on the aggressor, thus to pass upon his [[motive]]—to [[adjudicate]] all that entered into his [[attack]] upon his fellow—and then undertake to [[execute]] the [[punishment]] which my mind might dictate as just recompense for his wrongdoing. Ganid, [[mercy]] may be lavish, but [[justice]] is [[precise]]. Cannot you [[discern]] that no [[two]] [[persons]] are likely to [[agree]] as to the punishment which would satisfy the demands of [[justice]]? One would impose forty lashes, another twenty, while still another would advise [[solitary confinement]] as a just [[punishment]]. Can you not see that on this world such [[responsibilities]] had better rest upon the [[group]] or be [[administered]] by chosen [[representatives]] of the group? In the [[universe]], [[judgment]] is vested in those who fully know the antecedents of all wrongdoing as well as its [[motivation]]. In civilized [[society]] and in an [[organized]] [[universe]] the administration of [[justice]] [[presupposes]] the passing of just sentence consequent upon [[fair]] [[judgment]], and such [[prerogatives]] are vested in the [[juridical]] groups of the worlds and in the all-knowing [[administrators]] of the higher universes of all [[creation]]. "

133:1.2 " Ganid, it is true, you do not [[understand]]. [[Mercy]] [[ministry]] is always the [[work]] of the [[individual]], but [[justice]] [[punishment]] is the [[function]] of the [[social]], governmental, or [[universe]] [[administrative]] [[groups]]. As an [[individual]] I am beholden to show [[mercy]]; I must go to the rescue of the [[Attack|assaulted]] lad, and in all [[consistency]] I may employ sufficient force to restrain the aggressor. And that is just what I did. I achieved the [[deliverance]] of the assaulted lad; that was the end of [[mercy]] [[ministry]]. Then I forcibly detained the aggressor a sufficient length of time to enable the weaker party to the [[dispute]] to make his [[escape]], after which I withdrew from the affair. I did not [[proceed]] to sit in [[judgment]] on the aggressor, thus to pass upon his [[motive]]—to [[adjudicate]] all that entered into his [[attack]] upon his fellow—and then undertake to [[execute]] the [[punishment]] which my mind might dictate as just recompense for his wrongdoing. Ganid, [[mercy]] may be lavish, but [[justice]] is [[precise]]. Cannot you [[discern]] that no [[two]] [[persons]] are likely to [[agree]] as to the punishment which would satisfy the demands of [[justice]]? One would impose forty lashes, another twenty, while still another would advise [[solitary confinement]] as a just [[punishment]]. Can you not see that on this world such [[responsibilities]] had better rest upon the [[group]] or be [[administered]] by chosen [[representatives]] of the group? In the [[universe]], [[judgment]] is vested in those who fully know the antecedents of all wrongdoing as well as its [[motivation]]. In civilized [[society]] and in an [[organized]] [[universe]] the administration of [[justice]] [[presupposes]] the passing of just sentence consequent upon [[fair]] [[judgment]], and such [[prerogatives]] are vested in the [[juridical]] groups of the worlds and in the all-knowing [[administrators]] of the higher universes of all [[creation]]. "

133:1.3 For days they talked about this [[problem]] of [[manifesting]] [[mercy]] and [[administering]] [[justice]]. And Ganid, at least to some extent, [[understood]] why [[Jesus]] would not [[engage]] in [[personal]] [[combat]]. But Ganid asked one last question, to which he never received a fully [[satisfactory]] answer; and that question was: " But, Teacher, if a stronger and ill-tempered [[creature]] should [[attack]] you and threaten to destroy you, what would you do? Would you make no [[effort]] to defend yourself? " Although [[Jesus]] could not fully and satisfactorily answer the lad's question, inasmuch as he was not willing to disclose to him that he ([[Jesus]]) was living on [[earth]] as the exemplification of the [[Paradise Father]]'s [[love]] to an onlooking [[universe]], he did say this much:

133:1.3 For days they talked about this [[problem]] of [[manifesting]] [[mercy]] and [[administering]] [[justice]]. And Ganid, at least to some extent, [[understood]] why [[Jesus]] would not [[engage]] in [[personal]] [[combat]]. But Ganid asked one last question, to which he never received a fully [[satisfactory]] answer; and that question was: " But, Teacher, if a stronger and ill-tempered [[creature]] should [[attack]] you and threaten to destroy you, what would you do? Would you make no [[effort]] to defend yourself? " Although [[Jesus]] could not fully and satisfactorily answer the lad's question, inasmuch as he was not willing to disclose to him that he ([[Jesus]]) was living on [[earth]] as the exemplification of the [[Paradise Father]]'s [[love]] to an onlooking [[universe]], he did say this much:

133:1.4 " Ganid, I can well [[understand]] how some of these [[problems]] perplex you, and I will endeavor to answer your question. First, in all [[attacks]] which might be made upon my [[person]], I would determine whether or not the aggressor was a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE son of God]—my [[brother]] in the [[flesh]]—and if I thought such a [[creature]] did not possess [[moral]] [[judgment]] and [[spiritual]] [[reason]], I would unhesitatingly defend myself to the full [[capacity]] of my [[powers]] of [[resistance]], regardless of consequences to the attacker. But I would not thus assault a fellow man of sonship status, even in [[self]]-[[defense]]. That is, I would not [[punish]] him in advance and without [[judgment]] for his assault upon me. I would by every possible artifice seek to prevent and dissuade him from making such an [[attack]] and to mitigate it in case of my failure to abort it. Ganid, I have [[absolute]] [[confidence]] in my heavenly Father's overcare; I am [[consecrated]] to [[Doing the will of God|doing the will of my Father in heaven]]. I do not believe that real harm can befall me; I do not believe that my lifework can really be jeopardized by anything my enemies might wish to visit upon me, and surely we have no [[violence]] to fear from our [[friends]]. I am absolutely [[assured]] that the entire [[universe]] is friendly to me—this all-powerful [[truth]] I insist on believing with a wholehearted [[trust]] in spite of all [[appearances]] to the contrary. "

133:1.4 " Ganid, I can well [[understand]] how some of these [[problems]] perplex you, and I will endeavor to answer your question. First, in all [[attacks]] which might be made upon my [[person]], I would determine whether or not the aggressor was a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE son of God]—my [[brother]] in the [[flesh]]—and if I thought such a [[creature]] did not possess [[moral]] [[judgment]] and [[spiritual]] [[reason]], I would unhesitatingly defend myself to the full [[capacity]] of my [[powers]] of [[resistance]], regardless of consequences to the attacker. But I would not thus assault a fellow man of sonship status, even in [[self]]-[[defense]]. That is, I would not [[punish]] him in advance and without [[judgment]] for his assault upon me. I would by every possible artifice seek to prevent and dissuade him from making such an [[attack]] and to mitigate it in case of my failure to abort it. Ganid, I have [[absolute]] [[confidence]] in my heavenly Father's overcare; I am [[consecrated]] to [[Doing the will of God|doing the will of my Father in heaven]]. I do not believe that real harm can befall me; I do not believe that my lifework can really be jeopardized by anything my enemies might wish to visit upon me, and surely we have no [[violence]] to fear from our [[friends]]. I am absolutely [[assured]] that the entire [[universe]] is friendly to me—this all-powerful [[truth]] I insist on believing with a wholehearted [[trust]] in spite of all [[appearances]] to the contrary. "

133:1.5 But Ganid was not fully [[satisfied]]. Many times they talked over these matters, and [[Jesus]] told him some of his boyhood [[experiences]] and also about Jacob the stone mason's son. On learning how Jacob appointed himself to defend [[Jesus]], Ganid said: " Oh, I begin to see! In the first place very seldom would any [[normal]] [[human being]] want to [[attack]] such a kindly person as you, and even if any one should be so unthinking as to do such a thing, there is pretty sure to be near at hand some other [[mortal]] who will fly to your [[assistance]], even as you always go to the rescue of any person you [[observe]] to be in distress. In my [[heart]], Teacher, I [[agree]] with you, but in my head I still think that if I had been Jacob, I would have enjoyed punishing those rude fellows who presumed to attack you just because they [[thought]] you would not defend yourself. I presume you are fairly safe in your [[journey]] through life since you spend much of your time helping others and ministering to your fellows in distress—well, most likely there'll always be someone on hand to defend you. " And [[Jesus]] replied: " That test has not yet come, Ganid, and when it does, we will have to abide by [[the Father]]'s will. " And that was about all the lad could get his teacher to say on this [[difficult]] subject of [[self]]-[[defense]] and [[nonresistance]]. On another occasion he did draw from [[Jesus]] the opinion that [[organized]] [[society]] had every right to employ [[force]] in the [[execution]] of its just [[mandates]].

133:1.5 But Ganid was not fully [[satisfied]]. Many times they talked over these matters, and [[Jesus]] told him some of his boyhood [[experiences]] and also about Jacob the stone mason's son. On learning how Jacob appointed himself to defend [[Jesus]], Ganid said: " Oh, I begin to see! In the first place very seldom would any [[normal]] [[human being]] want to [[attack]] such a kindly person as you, and even if any one should be so unthinking as to do such a thing, there is pretty sure to be near at hand some other [[mortal]] who will fly to your [[assistance]], even as you always go to the rescue of any person you [[observe]] to be in distress. In my [[heart]], Teacher, I [[agree]] with you, but in my head I still think that if I had been Jacob, I would have enjoyed punishing those rude fellows who presumed to attack you just because they [[thought]] you would not defend yourself. I presume you are fairly safe in your [[journey]] through life since you spend much of your time helping others and ministering to your fellows in distress—well, most likely there'll always be someone on hand to defend you. " And [[Jesus]] replied: " That test has not yet come, Ganid, and when it does, we will have to abide by [[the Father]]'s will. " And that was about all the lad could get his teacher to say on this [[difficult]] subject of [[self]]-[[defense]] and [[nonresistance]]. On another occasion he did draw from [[Jesus]] the opinion that [[organized]] [[society]] had every right to employ [[force]] in the [[execution]] of its just [[mandates]].

==133:2. EMBARKING AT TARENTUM==

==133:2. EMBARKING AT TARENTUM==

133:2.1 While tarrying at the ship landing, waiting for the boat to unload cargo, the travelers [[observed]] a man mistreating his [[wife]]. As was his [[custom]], [[Jesus]] intervened in behalf of the [[person]] subjected to [[attack]]. He stepped up behind the irate [[husband]] and, tapping him gently on the shoulder, said: " My [[friend]], may I speak with you in [[private]] for a moment? " The angry man was nonplused by such an approach and, after a [[moment]] of [[embarrassing]] hesitation, stammered out—" er—why—yes, what do you want with me? " When [[Jesus]] had led him to one side, he said: " My [[friend]], I [[perceive]] that something terrible must have happened to you; I very much [[desire]] that you tell me what could happen to such a strong man to lead him to [[attack]] his [[wife]], the [[mother]] of his children, and that right out here before all eyes. I am sure you must [[feel]] that you have some good [[reason]] for this [[assault]]. What did the [[woman]] do to deserve such treatment from her [[husband]]? As I look upon you, I [[think]] I [[discern]] in your face the [[love]] of [[justice]] if not the [[desire]] to show [[mercy]]. I venture to say that, if you found me out by the wayside, attacked by robbers, you would unhesitatingly rush to my rescue. I dare say you have done many such [[brave]] things in the [[course]] of your life. Now, my [[friend]], tell me what is the matter? Did the [[woman]] do something wrong, or did you foolishly lose your head and thoughtlessly [[assault]] her? " It was not so much what he said that [[touched]] this man's heart as the kindly look and the [[sympathetic]] smile which [[Jesus]] bestowed upon him at the conclusion of his remarks. Said the man: " I [[perceive]] you are a [[priest]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism Cynics], and I am thankful you restrained me. My [[wife]] has done no great wrong; she is a [[good]] [[woman]], but she irritates me by the [[manner]] in which she picks on me in [[public]], and I lose my temper. I am sorry for my lack of [[self]]-[[control]], and I promise to try to live up to my former [[pledge]] to one of your brothers who taught me the better way many years ago. I [[promise]] you. "

133:2.1 While tarrying at the ship landing, waiting for the boat to unload cargo, the travelers [[observed]] a man mistreating his [[wife]]. As was his [[custom]], [[Jesus]] intervened in behalf of the [[person]] subjected to [[attack]]. He stepped up behind the irate [[husband]] and, tapping him gently on the shoulder, said: " My [[friend]], may I speak with you in [[private]] for a moment? " The angry man was nonplused by such an approach and, after a [[moment]] of [[embarrassing]] hesitation, stammered out—" er—why—yes, what do you want with me? " When [[Jesus]] had led him to one side, he said: " My [[friend]], I [[perceive]] that something terrible must have happened to you; I very much [[desire]] that you tell me what could happen to such a strong man to lead him to [[attack]] his [[wife]], the [[mother]] of his children, and that right out here before all eyes. I am sure you must [[feel]] that you have some good [[reason]] for this [[assault]]. What did the [[woman]] do to deserve such treatment from her [[husband]]? As I look upon you, I [[think]] I [[discern]] in your face the [[love]] of [[justice]] if not the [[desire]] to show [[mercy]]. I venture to say that, if you found me out by the wayside, attacked by robbers, you would unhesitatingly rush to my rescue. I dare say you have done many such [[brave]] things in the [[course]] of your life. Now, my [[friend]], tell me what is the matter? Did the [[woman]] do something wrong, or did you foolishly lose your head and thoughtlessly [[assault]] her? " It was not so much what he said that [[touched]] this man's heart as the kindly look and the [[sympathetic]] smile which [[Jesus]] bestowed upon him at the conclusion of his remarks. Said the man: " I [[perceive]] you are a [[priest]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism Cynics], and I am thankful you restrained me. My [[wife]] has done no great wrong; she is a [[good]] [[woman]], but she irritates me by the [[manner]] in which she picks on me in [[public]], and I lose my temper. I am sorry for my lack of [[self]]-[[control]], and I promise to try to live up to my former [[pledge]] to one of your brothers who taught me the better way many years ago. I [[promise]] you. "

133:2.2 And then, in bidding him [[farewell]], Jesus said: " My brother, always [[remember]] that man has no rightful [[authority]] over [[woman]] unless the woman has willingly and [[voluntarily]] given him such [[authority]]. Your [[wife]] has [[engaged]] to go through life with you, to help you fight its battles, and to [[assume]] the far greater share of the burden of bearing and rearing your [[children]]; and in return for this special [[service]] it is only fair that she [[receive]] from you that special protection which man can give to [[woman]] as the [[partner]] who must carry, bear, and [[nurture]] the [[children]]. The loving care and [[consideration]] which a man is willing to [[bestow]] upon his [[wife]] and their children are the [[measure]] of that man's [[attainment]] of the higher levels of [[creative]] and [[spiritual]] [[self]]-[[consciousness]]. Do you not know that [[men]] and [[women]] are [[partners]] with [[God]] in that they [[co-operate]] to create [[beings]] who grow up to [[possess]] themselves of the [[potential]] of [[immortal]] [[souls]]? [[The Father]] in heaven treats the [[Mother Spirit|Spirit Mother]] of the [[children]] of the [[universe]] as one [[equal]] to himself. It is Godlike to [[share]] your life and all that relates thereto on [[equal]] terms with the [[mother]] [[partner]] who so fully [[shares]] with you that [[divine]] [[experience]] of reproducing yourselves in the lives of your [[children]]. If you can only [[love]] your [[children]] as God loves you, you will love and cherish your [[wife]] as [[the Father]] in [[heaven]] [[honors]] and exalts the [[Infinite Spirit]], the [[mother]] of all the spirit children of a [[Master Universe|vast universe]]. "

133:2.2 And then, in bidding him [[farewell]], Jesus said: " My brother, always [[remember]] that man has no rightful [[authority]] over [[woman]] unless the woman has willingly and [[voluntarily]] given him such [[authority]]. Your [[wife]] has [[engaged]] to go through life with you, to help you fight its battles, and to [[assume]] the far greater share of the burden of bearing and rearing your [[children]]; and in return for this special [[service]] it is only fair that she [[receive]] from you that special protection which man can give to [[woman]] as the [[partner]] who must carry, bear, and [[nurture]] the [[children]]. The loving care and [[consideration]] which a man is willing to [[bestow]] upon his [[wife]] and their children are the [[measure]] of that man's [[attainment]] of the higher levels of [[creative]] and [[spiritual]] [[self]]-[[consciousness]]. Do you not know that [[men]] and [[women]] are [[partners]] with [[God]] in that they [[co-operate]] to create [[beings]] who grow up to [[possess]] themselves of the [[potential]] of [[immortal]] [[souls]]? [[The Father]] in heaven treats the [[Mother Spirit|Spirit Mother]] of the [[children]] of the [[universe]] as one [[equal]] to himself. It is Godlike to [[share]] your life and all that relates thereto on [[equal]] terms with the [[mother]] [[partner]] who so fully [[shares]] with you that [[divine]] [[experience]] of reproducing yourselves in the lives of your [[children]]. If you can only [[love]] your [[children]] as God loves you, you will love and cherish your [[wife]] as [[the Father]] in [[heaven]] [[honors]] and exalts the [[Infinite Spirit]], the [[mother]] of all the spirit children of a [[Master Universe|vast universe]]. "

133:2.3 As they went on board the boat, they looked back upon the scene of the teary-eyed couple standing in [[silent]] [[embrace]]. Having heard the latter half of [[Jesus]]' message to the man, Gonod was all day occupied with [[meditation]]s thereon, and he resolved to reorganize his [[home]] when he returned to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India India].

133:2.3 As they went on board the boat, they looked back upon the scene of the teary-eyed couple standing in [[silent]] [[embrace]]. Having heard the latter half of [[Jesus]]' message to the man, Gonod was all day occupied with [[meditation]]s thereon, and he resolved to reorganize his [[home]] when he returned to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India India].

133:2.4 The [[journey]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicopolis Nicopolis] was pleasant but slow as the [[wind]] was not favorable. The [[three]] spent many hours recounting their [[experiences]] in [[Rome]] and reminiscing about all that had happened to them since they first met in [[Jerusalem]]. Ganid was becoming imbued with the [[spirit]] of [[personal]] [[ministry]]. He began work on the steward of the ship, but on the second day, when he got into deep [[religious]] [[water]], he called on Joshua to help him out.

133:2.4 The [[journey]] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicopolis Nicopolis] was pleasant but slow as the [[wind]] was not favorable. The [[three]] spent many hours recounting their [[experiences]] in [[Rome]] and reminiscing about all that had happened to them since they first met in [[Jerusalem]]. Ganid was becoming imbued with the [[spirit]] of [[personal]] [[ministry]]. He began work on the steward of the ship, but on the second day, when he got into deep [[religious]] [[water]], he called on Joshua to help him out.

133:2.5 They spent several days at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicopolis Nicopolis], the city which [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus Augustus] had founded some fifty years before as the " [[city]] of [[victory]] " in commemoration of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Actium battle of Actium], this site being the land whereon he camped with his army before the battle. They lodged in the [[home]] of one Jeramy, a [[Greek]] [[proselyte]] of the [[Jewish]] [[faith]], whom they had met on shipboard. The [[Paul, the Apostle|Apostle Paul]] spent all winter with the son of Jeramy in the same house in the [[course]] of his third missionary [[journey]]. From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicopolis Nicopolis] they sailed on the same boat for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth Corinth], the capital of the Roman province of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaia Achaia].

133:2.5 They spent several days at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicopolis Nicopolis], the city which [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus Augustus] had founded some fifty years before as the " [[city]] of [[victory]] " in commemoration of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Actium battle of Actium], this site being the land whereon he camped with his army before the battle. They lodged in the [[home]] of one Jeramy, a [[Greek]] [[proselyte]] of the [[Jewish]] [[faith]], whom they had met on shipboard. The [[Paul, the Apostle|Apostle Paul]] spent all winter with the son of Jeramy in the same house in the [[course]] of his third missionary [[journey]]. From [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicopolis Nicopolis] they sailed on the same boat for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth Corinth], the capital of the Roman province of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaia Achaia].

==133:3. AT CORINTH==     

==133:3. AT CORINTH==     

133:3.1 By the time they reached [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth Corinth], Ganid was becoming very much interested in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism Jewish religion], and so it was not strange that, one day as they passed the [[synagogue]] and saw the people going in, he requested [[Jesus]] to take him to the service. That day they heard a learned [[rabbi]] [[discourse]] on the " [[Destiny]] of [[Israel]], " and after the service they met one Crispus, the chief ruler of this [[synagogue]]. Many times they went back to the [[synagogue]] services, but chiefly to meet Crispus. Ganid grew to be very fond of Crispus, his [[wife]], and their [[family]] of five children. He much enjoyed [[observing]] how a Jew conducted his [[family]] life.

133:3.1 By the time they reached [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth Corinth], Ganid was becoming very much interested in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism Jewish religion], and so it was not strange that, one day as they passed the [[synagogue]] and saw the people going in, he requested [[Jesus]] to take him to the service. That day they heard a learned [[rabbi]] [[discourse]] on the " [[Destiny]] of [[Israel]], " and after the service they met one Crispus, the chief ruler of this [[synagogue]]. Many times they went back to the [[synagogue]] services, but chiefly to meet Crispus. Ganid grew to be very fond of Crispus, his [[wife]], and their [[family]] of five children. He much enjoyed [[observing]] how a Jew conducted his [[family]] life.

133:3.2 While Ganid [[studied]] [[family]] life, [[Jesus]] was teaching Crispus the better ways of religious living. Jesus held more than twenty sessions with this forward-looking Jew; and it is not surprising, years afterward, when [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] was preaching in this very [[synagogue]], and when the [[Jews]] had rejected his [[message]] and had voted to forbid his further preaching in the [[synagogue]], and when he then went to the [[gentiles]], that Crispus with his entire [[family]] [[embraced]] the new religion, and that he became one of the chief supports of the [[Christian]] church which [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] subsequently organized at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth Corinth].

133:3.2 While Ganid [[studied]] [[family]] life, [[Jesus]] was teaching Crispus the better ways of religious living. Jesus held more than twenty sessions with this forward-looking Jew; and it is not surprising, years afterward, when [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] was preaching in this very [[synagogue]], and when the [[Jews]] had rejected his [[message]] and had voted to forbid his further preaching in the [[synagogue]], and when he then went to the [[gentiles]], that Crispus with his entire [[family]] [[embraced]] the new religion, and that he became one of the chief supports of the [[Christian]] church which [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] subsequently organized at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth Corinth].

133:3.3 During the eighteen months [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] preached in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth Corinth], being later joined by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas Silas] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Timothy Timothy], he met many others who had been taught by the " Jewish [[tutor]] of the son of an Indian merchant. "

133:3.3 During the eighteen months [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] preached in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth Corinth], being later joined by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas Silas] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Timothy Timothy], he met many others who had been taught by the " Jewish [[tutor]] of the son of an Indian merchant. "

133:3.4 At [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth Corinth] they met people of every [[race]] hailing from [[three]] [[continents]]. Next to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria] and [[Rome]], it was the most [[cosmopolitan]] city of the [[Mediterranean]] empire. There was much to [[attract]] one's [[attention]] in this city, and Ganid never grew weary of visiting the [[citadel]] which stood almost two thousand feet above the [[sea]]. He also spent a great deal of his spare time about the [[synagogue]] and in the home of Crispus. He was at first shocked, and later on [[charmed]], by the [[status]] of woman in the Jewish [[home]]; it was a [[revelation]] to this young Indian.

133:3.4 At [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth Corinth] they met people of every [[race]] hailing from [[three]] [[continents]]. Next to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria] and [[Rome]], it was the most [[cosmopolitan]] city of the [[Mediterranean]] empire. There was much to [[attract]] one's [[attention]] in this city, and Ganid never grew weary of visiting the [[citadel]] which stood almost two thousand feet above the [[sea]]. He also spent a great deal of his spare time about the [[synagogue]] and in the home of Crispus. He was at first shocked, and later on [[charmed]], by the [[status]] of woman in the Jewish [[home]]; it was a [[revelation]] to this young Indian.

133:3.5 [[Jesus]] and Ganid were often guests in another [[Jewish]] [[home]], that of Justus, a [[devout]] merchant, who lived alongside the [[synagogue]]. And many times, subsequently, when the [[Paul, the Apostle|Apostle Paul]] [[sojourned]] in this [[home]], did he listen to the recounting of these [[visits]] with the Indian lad and his Jewish [[tutor]], while both Paul and Justus wondered whatever became of such a wise and [[brilliant]] [[Hebrew]] [[teacher]].

133:3.5 [[Jesus]] and Ganid were often guests in another [[Jewish]] [[home]], that of Justus, a [[devout]] merchant, who lived alongside the [[synagogue]]. And many times, subsequently, when the [[Paul, the Apostle|Apostle Paul]] [[sojourned]] in this [[home]], did he listen to the recounting of these [[visits]] with the Indian lad and his Jewish [[tutor]], while both Paul and Justus wondered whatever became of such a wise and [[brilliant]] [[Hebrew]] [[teacher]].

133:3.6 When in [[Rome]], Ganid [[observed]] that Jesus refused to accompany them to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_baths public baths]. Several times afterward the [[young man]] sought to induce [[Jesus]] further to express himself in regard to the [[relations]] of the [[Gender|sexes]]. Though he would answer the lad's questions, he never seemed disposed to [[discuss]] these subjects at great length. One evening as they strolled about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth Corinth] out near where the wall of the [[citadel]] ran down to the [[sea]], they were accosted by two [[Prostitution|public women]]. Ganid had imbibed the [[idea]], and rightly, that [[Jesus]] was a man of high [[ideals]], and that he abhorred everything which partook of uncleanness or savored of [[evil]]; accordingly he spoke sharply to these [[women]] and rudely motioned them away. When [[Jesus]] saw this, he said to Ganid: " You mean well, but you should not presume thus to speak to the [[children]] of [[God]], even though they [[chance]] to be his erring [[children]]. Who are we that we should sit in [[judgment]] on these [[women]]? Do you happen to know all of the [[circumstances]] which led them to resort to such [[methods]] of obtaining a livelihood? Stop here with me while we talk about these matters. " The [[courtesans]] were astonished at what he said even more than was Ganid.

133:3.6 When in [[Rome]], Ganid [[observed]] that Jesus refused to accompany them to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_baths public baths]. Several times afterward the [[young man]] sought to induce [[Jesus]] further to express himself in regard to the [[relations]] of the [[Gender|sexes]]. Though he would answer the lad's questions, he never seemed disposed to [[discuss]] these subjects at great length. One evening as they strolled about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth Corinth] out near where the wall of the [[citadel]] ran down to the [[sea]], they were accosted by two [[Prostitution|public women]]. Ganid had imbibed the [[idea]], and rightly, that [[Jesus]] was a man of high [[ideals]], and that he abhorred everything which partook of uncleanness or savored of [[evil]]; accordingly he spoke sharply to these [[women]] and rudely motioned them away. When [[Jesus]] saw this, he said to Ganid: " You mean well, but you should not presume thus to speak to the [[children]] of [[God]], even though they [[chance]] to be his erring [[children]]. Who are we that we should sit in [[judgment]] on these [[women]]? Do you happen to know all of the [[circumstances]] which led them to resort to such [[methods]] of obtaining a livelihood? Stop here with me while we talk about these matters. " The [[courtesans]] were astonished at what he said even more than was Ganid.

133:3.7 As they stood there in the moonlight, [[Jesus]] went on to say: " There lives within every [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE human mind] a [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]], the gift of [[the Father]] in heaven. This good [[spirit]] ever strives to [[lead]] us to [[God]], to help us to find God and to know God; but also within [[mortals]] there are many natural [[physical]] [[tendencies]] which the [[Creator]] put there to serve the well-being of the [[individual]] and the [[race]]. Now, oftentimes, [[men]] and [[women]] become [[confused]] in their [[efforts]] to [[understand]] themselves and to grapple with the manifold [[difficulties]] of making a living in a world so largely [[dominated]] by [[selfishness]] and [[sin]]. I [[perceive]], Ganid, that neither of these women is willfully [[wicked]]. I can tell by their faces that they have [[experienced]] much [[sorrow]]; they have [[suffered]] much at the hands of an apparently cruel fate; they have not [[intentionally]] chosen this sort of life; they have, in discouragement bordering on [[despair]], [[surrendered]] to the [[pressure]] of the hour and [[accepted]] this distasteful means of obtaining a livelihood as the best way out of a situation that to them appeared hopeless. Ganid, some people are really [[wicked]] at [[heart]]; they deliberately [[choose]] to do mean things, but, tell me, as you look into these now tear-stained faces, do you see anything bad or [[wicked]]? " And as [[Jesus]] paused for his reply, Ganid's [[voice]] choked up as he stammered out his answer: " No, Teacher, I do not. And I apologize for my rudeness to them—I crave their [[forgiveness]]. " Then said [[Jesus]]: " And I bespeak for them that they have forgiven you as I speak for my Father in heaven that he has forgiven them. Now all of you come with me to a [[friend]]'s house where we will seek refreshment and [[plan]] for the new and better life ahead. " Up to this time the amazed women had not uttered a [[word]]; they looked at each other and [[silently]] followed as the men led the way.

133:3.7 As they stood there in the moonlight, [[Jesus]] went on to say: " There lives within every [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE human mind] a [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]], the gift of [[the Father]] in heaven. This good [[spirit]] ever strives to [[lead]] us to [[God]], to help us to find God and to know God; but also within [[mortals]] there are many natural [[physical]] [[tendencies]] which the [[Creator]] put there to serve the well-being of the [[individual]] and the [[race]]. Now, oftentimes, [[men]] and [[women]] become [[confused]] in their [[efforts]] to [[understand]] themselves and to grapple with the manifold [[difficulties]] of making a living in a world so largely [[dominated]] by [[selfishness]] and [[sin]]. I [[perceive]], Ganid, that neither of these women is willfully [[wicked]]. I can tell by their faces that they have [[experienced]] much [[sorrow]]; they have [[suffered]] much at the hands of an apparently cruel fate; they have not [[intentionally]] chosen this sort of life; they have, in discouragement bordering on [[despair]], [[surrendered]] to the [[pressure]] of the hour and [[accepted]] this distasteful means of obtaining a livelihood as the best way out of a situation that to them appeared hopeless. Ganid, some people are really [[wicked]] at [[heart]]; they deliberately [[choose]] to do mean things, but, tell me, as you look into these now tear-stained faces, do you see anything bad or [[wicked]]? " And as [[Jesus]] paused for his reply, Ganid's [[voice]] choked up as he stammered out his answer: " No, Teacher, I do not. And I apologize for my rudeness to them—I crave their [[forgiveness]]. " Then said [[Jesus]]: " And I bespeak for them that they have forgiven you as I speak for my Father in heaven that he has forgiven them. Now all of you come with me to a [[friend]]'s house where we will seek refreshment and [[plan]] for the new and better life ahead. " Up to this time the amazed women had not uttered a [[word]]; they looked at each other and [[silently]] followed as the men led the way.

133:3.8 Imagine the [[surprise]] of Justus' [[wife]] when, at this late hour, [[Jesus]] appeared with Ganid and these two strangers, saying: " You will [[forgive]] us for coming at this hour, but Ganid and I [[desire]] a bite to eat, and we would [[share]] it with these our new-found [[friends]], who are also in need of nourishment; and besides all this, we come to you with the [[thought]] that you will be interested in [[counsel]]ing with us as to the best way to help these [[women]] get a new start in life. They can tell you their [[story]], but I surmise they have had much trouble, and their very [[presence]] here in your house testifies how [[earnestly]] they crave to know [[good]] people, and how willingly they will [[embrace]] the [[opportunity]] to show all the world—and even the [[angels]] of heaven—what [[brave]] and [[noble]] women they can become. "

133:3.8 Imagine the [[surprise]] of Justus' [[wife]] when, at this late hour, [[Jesus]] appeared with Ganid and these two strangers, saying: " You will [[forgive]] us for coming at this hour, but Ganid and I [[desire]] a bite to eat, and we would [[share]] it with these our new-found [[friends]], who are also in need of nourishment; and besides all this, we come to you with the [[thought]] that you will be interested in [[counsel]]ing with us as to the best way to help these [[women]] get a new start in life. They can tell you their [[story]], but I surmise they have had much trouble, and their very [[presence]] here in your house testifies how [[earnestly]] they crave to know [[good]] people, and how willingly they will [[embrace]] the [[opportunity]] to show all the world—and even the [[angels]] of heaven—what [[brave]] and [[noble]] women they can become. "

133:3.9 When Martha, Justus' [[wife]], had spread the food on the table, [[Jesus]], taking unexpected leave of them, said: " As it is getting late, and since the [[young man]]'s [[father]] will be awaiting us, we [[pray]] to be excused while we leave you here [[together]]—[[three]] [[women]]—the beloved [[children]] of the [[Most High]]. And I will [[pray]] for your [[spiritual]] [[guidance]] while you make [[plans]] for a new and better life on [[earth]] and eternal life in the great beyond. "

133:3.9 When Martha, Justus' [[wife]], had spread the food on the table, [[Jesus]], taking unexpected leave of them, said: " As it is getting late, and since the [[young man]]'s [[father]] will be awaiting us, we [[pray]] to be excused while we leave you here [[together]]—[[three]] [[women]]—the beloved [[children]] of the [[Most High]]. And I will [[pray]] for your [[spiritual]] [[guidance]] while you make [[plans]] for a new and better life on [[earth]] and eternal life in the great beyond. "

133:3.10 Thus did Jesus and Ganid take leave of the [[women]]. So far the two [[courtesans]] had said nothing; likewise was Ganid speechless. And for a few moments so was Martha, but presently she rose to the occasion and did [[everything]] for these strangers that [[Jesus]] had [[hoped]] for. The [[elder]] of these two women died a short time thereafter, with bright [[hopes]] of [[eternal]] [[survival]], and the younger woman worked at Justus' place of [[business]] and later became a lifelong member of the first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth#Biblical_Corinth Christian church in Corinth].

133:3.10 Thus did Jesus and Ganid take leave of the [[women]]. So far the two [[courtesans]] had said nothing; likewise was Ganid speechless. And for a few moments so was Martha, but presently she rose to the occasion and did [[everything]] for these strangers that [[Jesus]] had [[hoped]] for. The [[elder]] of these two women died a short time thereafter, with bright [[hopes]] of [[eternal]] [[survival]], and the younger woman worked at Justus' place of [[business]] and later became a lifelong member of the first [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth#Biblical_Corinth Christian church in Corinth].

133:3.11 Several times in the [[home]] of Crispus, Jesus and Ganid met one Gaius, who subsequently became a loyal [[support]]er of [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]]. During these two months in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth] they held [[intimate]] [[conversations]] with scores of [[worth]]-while [[individuals]], and as a result of all these apparently casual [[contacts]] more than half of the [[individuals]] so affected became members of the subsequent [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Christianity Christian community].

133:3.11 Several times in the [[home]] of Crispus, Jesus and Ganid met one Gaius, who subsequently became a loyal [[support]]er of [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]]. During these two months in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth] they held [[intimate]] [[conversations]] with scores of [[worth]]-while [[individuals]], and as a result of all these apparently casual [[contacts]] more than half of the [[individuals]] so affected became members of the subsequent [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Christianity Christian community].

133:3.12 When [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] first went to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth], he had not [[intended]] to make a prolonged [[visit]]. But he did not know how well the [[Jewish]] [[tutor]] had [[prepared]] the way for his labors. And further, he [[discovered]] that great interest had already been aroused by Aquila and Priscilla, Aquila being one of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism Cynics] with whom [[Jesus]] had come in contact when in [[Rome]]. This couple were [[Jewish]] [[refugees]] from [[Rome]], and they quickly [[embraced]] [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]]'s teachings. He lived with them and worked with them, for they were also tentmakers. It was because of these circumstances that [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] prolonged his stay in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth].

133:3.12 When [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] first went to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth], he had not [[intended]] to make a prolonged [[visit]]. But he did not know how well the [[Jewish]] [[tutor]] had [[prepared]] the way for his labors. And further, he [[discovered]] that great interest had already been aroused by Aquila and Priscilla, Aquila being one of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism Cynics] with whom [[Jesus]] had come in contact when in [[Rome]]. This couple were [[Jewish]] [[refugees]] from [[Rome]], and they quickly [[embraced]] [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]]'s teachings. He lived with them and worked with them, for they were also tentmakers. It was because of these circumstances that [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] prolonged his stay in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth].

==133:4. PERSONAL WORK IN CORINTH==

==133:4. PERSONAL WORK IN CORINTH==

133:4.1 [[Jesus]] and Ganid had many more interesting [[experiences]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth]. They had close converse with a great [[number]] of [[persons]] who greatly profited by the instruction [[received]] from [[Jesus]].

133:4.1 [[Jesus]] and Ganid had many more interesting [[experiences]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth]. They had close converse with a great [[number]] of [[persons]] who greatly profited by the instruction [[received]] from [[Jesus]].

133:4.2 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gristmill miller] he taught about grinding up the grains of [[truth]] in the mill of living [[experience]] so as to render the [[difficult]] things of [[divine]] life readily receivable by even the weak and feeble among one's fellow [[mortals]]. Said Jesus: " Give the milk of [[truth]] to those who are babes in [[spiritual]] [[perception]]. In your living and loving [[ministry]] serve [[spiritual]] [[food]] in [[attractive]] form and suited to the [[capacity]] of [[receptivity]] of each of your [[Inquiry|inquire]]rs. "

133:4.2 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gristmill miller] he taught about grinding up the grains of [[truth]] in the mill of living [[experience]] so as to render the [[difficult]] things of [[divine]] life readily receivable by even the weak and feeble among one's fellow [[mortals]]. Said Jesus: " Give the milk of [[truth]] to those who are babes in [[spiritual]] [[perception]]. In your living and loving [[ministry]] serve [[spiritual]] [[food]] in [[attractive]] form and suited to the [[capacity]] of [[receptivity]] of each of your [[Inquiry|inquire]]rs. "

133:4.3 To the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_centurion Roman centurion] he said: " Render unto [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar Caesar] the things which are Caesar's and unto [[God]] the things which are God's. The [[sincere]] [[service]] of [[God]] and the [[loyal]] [[service]] of Caesar do not [[conflict]] unless Caesar should presume to arrogate to himself that [[homage]] which alone can be claimed by [[Deity]]. [[Loyalty]] to God, if you should come to [[know]] him, would render you all the more [[loyal]] and [[faithful]] in your [[devotion]] to a [[worthy]] [[emperor]]. "

133:4.3 To the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_centurion Roman centurion] he said: " Render unto [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar Caesar] the things which are Caesar's and unto [[God]] the things which are God's. The [[sincere]] [[service]] of [[God]] and the [[loyal]] [[service]] of Caesar do not [[conflict]] unless Caesar should presume to arrogate to himself that [[homage]] which alone can be claimed by [[Deity]]. [[Loyalty]] to God, if you should come to [[know]] him, would render you all the more [[loyal]] and [[faithful]] in your [[devotion]] to a [[worthy]] [[emperor]]. "

133:4.4 To the [[earnest]] [[leader]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism Mithraic] [[cult]] he said: " You do well to seek for a [[religion]] of eternal [[salvation]], but you err to go in [[quest]] of such a [[glorious]] [[truth]] among man-made [[mysteries]] and [[human]] [[philosophies]]. Know you not that the [[mystery]] of [[eternal]] [[salvation]] dwells within your own [[soul]]? Do you not know that the [[God]] of heaven has sent [[Thought Adjuster|his spirit]] to live within you, and that this [[spirit]] will [[lead]] all [[truth]]-loving and God-serving [[mortals]] out of this life and through the [[portals]] of [[death]] up to the [[eternal]] heights of [[light]] where [[God]] waits to [[receive]] his [[children]]? And never [[forget]]: You who [[know]] [[God]] are the sons of God if you truly yearn to be like him. "

133:4.4 To the [[earnest]] [[leader]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism Mithraic] [[cult]] he said: " You do well to seek for a [[religion]] of eternal [[salvation]], but you err to go in [[quest]] of such a [[glorious]] [[truth]] among man-made [[mysteries]] and [[human]] [[philosophies]]. Know you not that the [[mystery]] of [[eternal]] [[salvation]] dwells within your own [[soul]]? Do you not know that the [[God]] of heaven has sent [[Thought Adjuster|his spirit]] to live within you, and that this [[spirit]] will [[lead]] all [[truth]]-loving and God-serving [[mortals]] out of this life and through the [[portals]] of [[death]] up to the [[eternal]] heights of [[light]] where [[God]] waits to [[receive]] his [[children]]? And never [[forget]]: You who [[know]] [[God]] are the sons of God if you truly yearn to be like him. "

133:4.5 To the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicureanism Epicurean] teacher he said: " You do well to [[choose]] the best and [[esteem]] the [[good]], but are you [[wise]] when you fail to [[discern]] the greater things of [[mortal]] life which are [[embodied]] in the spirit realms derived from the [[realization]] of the [[presence]] of [[God]] in the human [[heart]]? The great thing in all [[human]] [[experience]] is the [[realization]] of knowing the [[God]] whose [[Thought Adjuster|spirit]] lives within you and seeks to [[lead]] you [[forth]] on that long and almost endless [[journey]] of [[attaining]] the [[personal]] [[presence]] of our [[Universal Father|common Father]], the God of all [[creation]], the Lord of [[universes]]. "

133:4.5 To the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicureanism Epicurean] teacher he said: " You do well to [[choose]] the best and [[esteem]] the [[good]], but are you [[wise]] when you fail to [[discern]] the greater things of [[mortal]] life which are [[embodied]] in the spirit realms derived from the [[realization]] of the [[presence]] of [[God]] in the human [[heart]]? The great thing in all [[human]] [[experience]] is the [[realization]] of knowing the [[God]] whose [[Thought Adjuster|spirit]] lives within you and seeks to [[lead]] you [[forth]] on that long and almost endless [[journey]] of [[attaining]] the [[personal]] [[presence]] of our [[Universal Father|common Father]], the God of all [[creation]], the Lord of [[universes]]. "

133:4.6 To the [[Greek]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_contractor contractor] and builder he said: " My [[friend]], as you build the [[material]] [[structures]] of men, grow a [[spiritual]] [[character]] in the similitude of the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] within your [[soul]]. Do not let your achievement as a temporal builder outrun your [[attainment]] as a spiritual son of the kingdom of heaven. While you build the [[mansions]] of [[time]] for another, neglect not to secure your title to the [[Mansion Worlds|mansions]] of eternity for yourself. Ever remember, there is a [[city]] whose [[foundations]] are [[righteousness]] and [[truth]], and whose builder and maker is [[God]]. "

133:4.6 To the [[Greek]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_contractor contractor] and builder he said: " My [[friend]], as you build the [[material]] [[structures]] of men, grow a [[spiritual]] [[character]] in the similitude of the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] within your [[soul]]. Do not let your achievement as a temporal builder outrun your [[attainment]] as a spiritual son of the kingdom of heaven. While you build the [[mansions]] of [[time]] for another, neglect not to secure your title to the [[Mansion Worlds|mansions]] of eternity for yourself. Ever remember, there is a [[city]] whose [[foundations]] are [[righteousness]] and [[truth]], and whose builder and maker is [[God]]. "

133:4.7 To the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Magistrate Roman judge] he said: " As you judge men, remember that you yourself will also some day come to [[judgment]] before the bar of [[the Gods|the Rulers]] of a [[universe]]. Judge justly, even [[mercifully]], even as you shall some day thus crave [[merciful]] [[consideration]] at the hands of the [[Supreme]] Arbiter. [[Judge]] as you would be judged under similar circumstances, thus being [[guided]] by the spirit of the [[law]] as well as by its [[letter]]. And even as you accord [[justice]] [[dominated]] by [[fairness]] in the [[light]] of the need of those who are brought before you, so shall you have the right to [[expect]] [[justice]] tempered by [[mercy]] when you sometime stand before the [[Judge]] of all the [[earth]]. "

133:4.7 To the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Magistrate Roman judge] he said: " As you judge men, remember that you yourself will also some day come to [[judgment]] before the bar of [[the Gods|the Rulers]] of a [[universe]]. Judge justly, even [[mercifully]], even as you shall some day thus crave [[merciful]] [[consideration]] at the hands of the [[Supreme]] Arbiter. [[Judge]] as you would be judged under similar circumstances, thus being [[guided]] by the spirit of the [[law]] as well as by its [[letter]]. And even as you accord [[justice]] [[dominated]] by [[fairness]] in the [[light]] of the need of those who are brought before you, so shall you have the right to [[expect]] [[justice]] tempered by [[mercy]] when you sometime stand before the [[Judge]] of all the [[earth]]. "

133:4.8 To the mistress of the [[Greek]] inn he said: " Minister your [[hospitality]] as one who [[entertains]] the children of the [[Most High]]. Elevate the drudgery of your daily toil to the high levels of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_Art fine art] through the increasing [[realization]] that you minister to [[God]] in the persons whom he indwells by his spirit which has [[descended]] to live within the [[hearts]] of men, thereby seeking to [[transform]] their [[minds]] and lead their [[souls]] to the [[knowledge]] of the [[Paradise Father]] of all these bestowed gifts of the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]]. "

133:4.8 To the mistress of the [[Greek]] inn he said: " Minister your [[hospitality]] as one who [[entertains]] the children of the [[Most High]]. Elevate the drudgery of your daily toil to the high levels of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_Art fine art] through the increasing [[realization]] that you minister to [[God]] in the persons whom he indwells by his spirit which has [[descended]] to live within the [[hearts]] of men, thereby seeking to [[transform]] their [[minds]] and lead their [[souls]] to the [[knowledge]] of the [[Paradise Father]] of all these bestowed gifts of the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]]. "

133:4.9 [[Jesus]] had many visits with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese Chinese] merchant. In saying [[good-bye]], he admonished him: " [[Worship]] only [[God]], who is your true spirit [[ancestor]]. Remember that [[the Father]]'s spirit ever lives within you and always points your [[soul]]-direction heavenward. If you follow the [[unconscious]] leadings of this [[immortal]] spirit, you are certain to continue on in the uplifted way of finding [[God]]. And when you do attain [[the Father]] in heaven, it will be because by seeking him you have become more and more like him. And so [[farewell]], Chang, but only for a [[season]], for we shall meet again in the worlds of [[light]] where [[the Father]] of [[spirit]] [[souls]] has provided many delightful stopping-places for those who are [[Paradise]]-bound. "

133:4.9 [[Jesus]] had many visits with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese Chinese] merchant. In saying [[good-bye]], he admonished him: " [[Worship]] only [[God]], who is your true spirit [[ancestor]]. Remember that [[the Father]]'s spirit ever lives within you and always points your [[soul]]-direction heavenward. If you follow the [[unconscious]] leadings of this [[immortal]] spirit, you are certain to continue on in the uplifted way of finding [[God]]. And when you do attain [[the Father]] in heaven, it will be because by seeking him you have become more and more like him. And so [[farewell]], Chang, but only for a [[season]], for we shall meet again in the worlds of [[light]] where [[the Father]] of [[spirit]] [[souls]] has provided many delightful stopping-places for those who are [[Paradise]]-bound. "

133:4.10 To the [[traveler]] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Britain Britain] he said: " My [[brother]], I [[perceive]] you are seeking for [[truth]], and I suggest that [[Thought Adjuster|the spirit]] of [[the Father]] of all truth may [[chance]] to dwell within you. Did you ever [[sincerely]] endeavor to talk with the [[spirit]] of your own [[soul]]? Such a thing is indeed [[difficult]] and seldom yields [[consciousness]] of success; but every [[honest]] attempt of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind] to [[communicate]] with its [[indwelling spirit]] meets with certain success, notwithstanding that the [[majority]] of all such [[magnificent]] human [[experiences]] must long remain as [[superconscious]] registrations in the [[souls]] of such God-knowing [[mortals]]. "

133:4.10 To the [[traveler]] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Britain Britain] he said: " My [[brother]], I [[perceive]] you are seeking for [[truth]], and I suggest that [[Thought Adjuster|the spirit]] of [[the Father]] of all truth may [[chance]] to dwell within you. Did you ever [[sincerely]] endeavor to talk with the [[spirit]] of your own [[soul]]? Such a thing is indeed [[difficult]] and seldom yields [[consciousness]] of success; but every [[honest]] attempt of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind] to [[communicate]] with its [[indwelling spirit]] meets with certain success, notwithstanding that the [[majority]] of all such [[magnificent]] human [[experiences]] must long remain as [[superconscious]] registrations in the [[souls]] of such God-knowing [[mortals]]. "

133:4.11 To the runaway lad Jesus said: " Remember, there are two things you cannot run away from—[[God]] and your[[self]]. Wherever you may go, you take with you yourself and the spirit of the [[heavenly Father]] which lives within your [[heart]]. My son, stop trying to [[deceive]] yourself; settle down to the [[courageous]] [[practice]] of facing the [[facts]] of life; lay firm hold on the [[assurances]] of sonship with [[God]] and the certainty of [[eternal]] life, as I have instructed you. From this day on [[purpose]] to be a real man, a man [[determined]] to face life [[bravely]] and [[intelligently]]. "

133:4.11 To the runaway lad Jesus said: " Remember, there are two things you cannot run away from—[[God]] and your[[self]]. Wherever you may go, you take with you yourself and the spirit of the [[heavenly Father]] which lives within your [[heart]]. My son, stop trying to [[deceive]] yourself; settle down to the [[courageous]] [[practice]] of facing the [[facts]] of life; lay firm hold on the [[assurances]] of sonship with [[God]] and the certainty of [[eternal]] life, as I have instructed you. From this day on [[purpose]] to be a real man, a man [[determined]] to face life [[bravely]] and [[intelligently]]. "

133:4.12 To the [[condemn]]ed [[criminal]] he said at the last hour: " My [[brother]], you have fallen on [[evil]] times. You lost your way; you became entangled in the meshes of [[crime]]. From talking to you, I well know you did not [[plan]] to do the thing which is about to cost you your [[temporal]] life. But you did do this [[evil]], and your fellows have adjudged you [[guilty]]; they have [[determined]] that you shall die. You or I may not deny the [[state]] this right of [[self]]-[[defense]] in the [[manner]] of its own [[choosing]]. There seems to be no way of humanly escaping the [[penalty]] of your wrongdoing. Your fellows must [[judge]] you by what you did, but there is a Judge to whom you may [[appeal]] for [[forgiveness]], and who will judge you by your real [[motives]] and better [[intentions]]. You need not fear to meet the [[judgment]] of God if your [[repentance]] is genuine and your [[faith]] [[sincere]]. The [[fact]] that your [[error]] carries with it the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment death penalty] imposed by man does not [[prejudice]] the [[chance]] of your [[soul]] to obtain [[justice]] and enjoy [[mercy]] before the heavenly [[courts]]. "

133:4.12 To the [[condemn]]ed [[criminal]] he said at the last hour: " My [[brother]], you have fallen on [[evil]] times. You lost your way; you became entangled in the meshes of [[crime]]. From talking to you, I well know you did not [[plan]] to do the thing which is about to cost you your [[temporal]] life. But you did do this [[evil]], and your fellows have adjudged you [[guilty]]; they have [[determined]] that you shall die. You or I may not deny the [[state]] this right of [[self]]-[[defense]] in the [[manner]] of its own [[choosing]]. There seems to be no way of humanly escaping the [[penalty]] of your wrongdoing. Your fellows must [[judge]] you by what you did, but there is a Judge to whom you may [[appeal]] for [[forgiveness]], and who will judge you by your real [[motives]] and better [[intentions]]. You need not fear to meet the [[judgment]] of God if your [[repentance]] is genuine and your [[faith]] [[sincere]]. The [[fact]] that your [[error]] carries with it the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment death penalty] imposed by man does not [[prejudice]] the [[chance]] of your [[soul]] to obtain [[justice]] and enjoy [[mercy]] before the heavenly [[courts]]. "

133:4.13 [[Jesus]] enjoyed many [[intimate]] talks with a large number of [[hungry]] [[souls]], too many to find a place in this [[record]]. The three travelers enjoyed their [[sojourn]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth]. Excepting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Athens Athens], which was more renowned as an [[educational]] [[center]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth] was the most important [[city]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greece] during these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman times], and their two months' stay in this thriving [[commercial]] [[center]] afforded [[opportunity]] for all three of them to gain much valuable [[experience]]. Their [[sojourn]] in this city was one of the most interesting of all their stops on the way back from [[Rome]].

133:4.13 [[Jesus]] enjoyed many [[intimate]] talks with a large number of [[hungry]] [[souls]], too many to find a place in this [[record]]. The three travelers enjoyed their [[sojourn]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth]. Excepting [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Athens Athens], which was more renowned as an [[educational]] [[center]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth] was the most important [[city]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greece] during these [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman times], and their two months' stay in this thriving [[commercial]] [[center]] afforded [[opportunity]] for all three of them to gain much valuable [[experience]]. Their [[sojourn]] in this city was one of the most interesting of all their stops on the way back from [[Rome]].

133:4.14 Gonod had many interests in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth], but finally his [[business]] was finished, and they [[prepared]] to sail for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Athens Athens]. They traveled on a small boat which could be carried overland on a land track from one of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth]'s [[harbor]]s to the other, a distance of ten miles.

133:4.14 Gonod had many interests in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth], but finally his [[business]] was finished, and they [[prepared]] to sail for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Athens Athens]. They traveled on a small boat which could be carried overland on a land track from one of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth]'s [[harbor]]s to the other, a distance of ten miles.

==133:5. AT ATHENS—DISCOURSE ON SCIENCE==

==133:5. AT ATHENS—DISCOURSE ON SCIENCE==

133:5.1 They shortly arrived at the olden center of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greek] [[science]] and [[learning]], and Ganid was thrilled with the [[thought]] of being in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Athens Athens], of being in Greece, the [[cultural]] center of the onetime [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandrian_Empire#Conquest_of_the_Persian_Empire Alexandrian empire], which had extended its borders even to his own land of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India India]. There was little [[business]] to [[transact]]; so Gonod spent most of his time with [[Jesus]] and Ganid, visiting the many points of interest and [[listening]] to the interesting [[discussions]] of the lad and his [[versatile]] [[teacher]].

133:5.1 They shortly arrived at the olden center of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greek] [[science]] and [[learning]], and Ganid was thrilled with the [[thought]] of being in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Athens Athens], of being in Greece, the [[cultural]] center of the onetime [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandrian_Empire#Conquest_of_the_Persian_Empire Alexandrian empire], which had extended its borders even to his own land of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India India]. There was little [[business]] to [[transact]]; so Gonod spent most of his time with [[Jesus]] and Ganid, visiting the many points of interest and [[listening]] to the interesting [[discussions]] of the lad and his [[versatile]] [[teacher]].

133:5.2 A great [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_Academy university] still thrived in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Athens Athens], and the trio made frequent [[visits]] to its halls of [[learning]]. [[Jesus]] and Ganid had thoroughly [[discussed]] the teachings of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato Plato] when they attended the [[lecture]]s in the [[museum]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria]. They all enjoyed the art of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_Art Greece], examples of which were still to be found here and there about the [[city]].

133:5.2 A great [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_Academy university] still thrived in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Athens Athens], and the trio made frequent [[visits]] to its halls of [[learning]]. [[Jesus]] and Ganid had thoroughly [[discussed]] the teachings of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato Plato] when they attended the [[lecture]]s in the [[museum]] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria]. They all enjoyed the art of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_Art Greece], examples of which were still to be found here and there about the [[city]].

133:5.3 Both the [[father]] and the son greatly enjoyed the [[discussion]] on [[science]] which Jesus had at their inn one evening with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_Philosophy Greek philosopher]. After this pedant had talked for almost three hours, and when he had finished his [[discourse]], Jesus, in terms of [[modern]] [[thought]], said:

133:5.3 Both the [[father]] and the son greatly enjoyed the [[discussion]] on [[science]] which Jesus had at their inn one evening with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_Philosophy Greek philosopher]. After this pedant had talked for almost three hours, and when he had finished his [[discourse]], Jesus, in terms of [[modern]] [[thought]], said:

133:5.4 [[Scientists]] may some day [[measure]] the [[energy]], or [[force]] [[manifestations]], of [[gravitation]], [[light]], and [[electricity]], but these same scientists can never (scientifically) tell you what these [[universe]] [[phenomena]] are. Science deals with [[physical]]-[[energy]] [[activities]]; [[religion]] deals with [[eternal]] [[values]]. True [[philosophy]] grows out of the [[wisdom]] which does its best to correlate these [[quantitative]] and [[qualitative]] [[observations]]. There always exists the [[danger]] that the purely physical [[scientist]] may become afflicted with [[mathematical]] [[pride]] and [[statistical]] [[egotism]], not to mention [[spiritual]] [[blindness]].

133:5.4 [[Scientists]] may some day [[measure]] the [[energy]], or [[force]] [[manifestations]], of [[gravitation]], [[light]], and [[electricity]], but these same scientists can never (scientifically) tell you what these [[universe]] [[phenomena]] are. Science deals with [[physical]]-[[energy]] [[activities]]; [[religion]] deals with [[eternal]] [[values]]. True [[philosophy]] grows out of the [[wisdom]] which does its best to correlate these [[quantitative]] and [[qualitative]] [[observations]]. There always exists the [[danger]] that the purely physical [[scientist]] may become afflicted with [[mathematical]] [[pride]] and [[statistical]] [[egotism]], not to mention [[spiritual]] [[blindness]].

133:5.9 [[Matter]] and [[spirit]] and the state intervening between them are three interrelated and interassociated levels of the true [[unity]] of the real [[universe]]. Regardless of how divergent the [[universe]] [[phenomena]] of [[fact]] and [[value]] may appear to be, they are, after all, [[unified]] in the [[Supreme]].

133:5.9 [[Matter]] and [[spirit]] and the state intervening between them are three interrelated and interassociated levels of the true [[unity]] of the real [[universe]]. Regardless of how divergent the [[universe]] [[phenomena]] of [[fact]] and [[value]] may appear to be, they are, after all, [[unified]] in the [[Supreme]].

133:5.10 [[Reality]] of [[material]] [[existence]] attaches to unrecognized [[energy]] as well as to visible [[matter]]. When the [[energies]] of the [[universe]] are so slowed down that they acquire the requisite [[degree]] of [[motion]], then, under favorable conditions, these same energies become [[mass]]. And forget not, the [[mind]] which can alone [[perceive]] the [[presence]] of apparent [[realities]] is itself also real. And the [[fundamental]] [[cause]] of this [[universe]] of [[energy]]-[[mass]], [[mind]], and [[spirit]], is [[eternal]]—it exists and consists in the [[nature]] and [[reactions]] of the [[Universal Father]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY his absolute co-ordinates].

133:5.10 [[Reality]] of [[material]] [[existence]] attaches to unrecognized [[energy]] as well as to visible [[matter]]. When the [[energies]] of the [[universe]] are so slowed down that they acquire the requisite [[degree]] of [[motion]], then, under favorable conditions, these same energies become [[mass]]. And forget not, the [[mind]] which can alone [[perceive]] the [[presence]] of apparent [[realities]] is itself also real. And the [[fundamental]] [[cause]] of this [[universe]] of [[energy]]-[[mass]], [[mind]], and [[spirit]], is [[eternal]]—it exists and consists in the [[nature]] and [[reactions]] of the [[Universal Father]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY his absolute co-ordinates].

133:5.11 They were all more than astounded at the [[words]] of [[Jesus]], and when the Greek took leave of them, he said: " At last my eyes have beheld a [[Jew]] who thinks something besides [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism racial superiority] and talks something besides [[religion]]. " And they retired for the night.

133:5.11 They were all more than astounded at the [[words]] of [[Jesus]], and when the Greek took leave of them, he said: " At last my eyes have beheld a [[Jew]] who thinks something besides [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism racial superiority] and talks something besides [[religion]]. " And they retired for the night.

133:5.12 The [[sojourn]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Athens Athens] was pleasant and profitable, but it was not particularly fruitful in its [[human]] [[contacts]]. Too many of the Athenians of that day were either [[intellectually]] proud of their [[reputation]] of another day or mentally stupid and [[ignorant]], being the [[offspring]] of the inferior [[slaves]] of those earlier periods when there was [[glory]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greece] and [[wisdom]] in the [[minds]] of its people. Even then, there were still many keen minds to be found among the [[citizens]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Athens Athens].

133:5.12 The [[sojourn]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Athens Athens] was pleasant and profitable, but it was not particularly fruitful in its [[human]] [[contacts]]. Too many of the Athenians of that day were either [[intellectually]] proud of their [[reputation]] of another day or mentally stupid and [[ignorant]], being the [[offspring]] of the inferior [[slaves]] of those earlier periods when there was [[glory]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greece] and [[wisdom]] in the [[minds]] of its people. Even then, there were still many keen minds to be found among the [[citizens]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Athens Athens].

==133:6. AT EPHESUS—DISCOURSE ON THE SOUL==

==133:6. AT EPHESUS—DISCOURSE ON THE SOUL==

133:6.1 On leaving Athens, the travelers went by way of Troas to Ephesus, the capital of the Roman province of Asia. They made many trips out to the famous temple of Artemis of the Ephesians, about two miles from the city. Artemis was the most famous goddess of all Asia Minor and a perpetuation of the still earlier mother goddess of ancient Anatolian times. The crude idol exhibited in the enormous temple dedicated to her worship was reputed to have fallen from heaven. Not all of Ganid's early training to respect images as symbols of divinity had been eradicated, and he thought it best to purchase a little silver shrine in honor of this fertility goddess of Asia Minor. That night they talked at great length about the worship of things made with human hands.

133:6.1 On leaving [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Athens Athens], the travelers went by way of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troad Troas] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephesus Ephesus], the [[capital]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_%28Roman_province%29 Roman province of Asia]. They made many trips out to the famous [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Artemis temple of Artemis] of the Ephesians, about two miles from the [[city]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis Artemis] was the most famous [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goddess goddess] of all [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Minor Asia Minor] and a perpetuation of the still earlier [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_goddess mother goddess] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Anatolia ancient Anatolian] times. The crude [[idol]] exhibited in the enormous [[temple]] [[dedicated]] to her [[worship]] was reputed to have fallen from [[heaven]]. Not all of Ganid's early [[training]] to respect images as [[symbols]] of [[divinity]] had been eradicated, and he [[thought]] it best to purchase a little silver [[shrine]] in [[honor]] of this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility_goddess fertility goddess] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Minor Asia Minor]. That night they talked at great length about the [[worship]] of [[things]] made with human hands.

133:6.2 On the third day of their stay they walked down by the river to observe the dredging of the harbor's mouth. At noon they talked with a young Phoenician who was homesick and much discouraged; but most of all he was envious of a certain young man who had received promotion over his head. Jesus spoke comforting words to him and quoted the olden Hebrew proverb: " A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men. "

133:6.2 On the third day of their stay they walked down by the [[river]] to observe the dredging of the [[harbor]]'s mouth. At noon they talked with a young [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia Phoenician] who was homesick and much discouraged; but most of all he was envious of a certain young man who had received promotion over his head. [[Jesus]] spoke comforting [[words]] to him and quoted the olden [[Hebrew]] proverb: " A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.18]

133:6.3 Of all the large cities they visited on this tour of the Mediterranean, they here accomplished the least of value to the subsequent work of the Christian missionaries. Christianity secured its start in Ephesus largely through the efforts of Paul, who resided here more than two years, making tents for a living and conducting lectures on religion and philosophy each night in the main audience chamber of the school of Tyrannus.

133:6.3 Of all the large [[cities]] they visited on this tour of the [[Mediterranean]], they here accomplished the least of [[value]] to the subsequent [[work]] of the [[Christian]] [[mission]]aries. Christianity secured its start in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephesus Ephesus] largely through the [[efforts]] of [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]], who resided here more than two years, making tents for a living and conducting [[lecture]]s on [[religion]] and [[philosophy]] each night in the main [[audience]] chamber of the [https://www.israeljerusalem.com/school-of-tyrannus.htm school of Tyrannus].

133:6.4 There was a progressive thinker connected with this local school of philosophy, and Jesus had several profitable sessions with him. In the course of these talks Jesus had repeatedly used the word " soul. " This learned Greek finally asked him what he meant by " soul, " and he replied:

133:6.4 There was a [[progressive]] [[thinker]] connected with this local [[school]] of [[philosophy]], and [[Jesus]] had several profitable sessions with him. In the [[course]] of these talks [[Jesus]] had repeatedly used the word " [[soul]]. " This learned [[Greek]] finally asked him what he meant by " [[soul]], " and he replied:

133:6.5 " The soul is the self-reflective, truth-discerning, and spirit-perceiving part of man which forever elevates the human being above the level of the animal world. Self-consciousness, in and of itself, is not the soul. Moral self-consciousness is true human self-realization and constitutes the foundation of the human soul, and the soul is that part of man which represents the potential survival value of human experience. Moral choice and spiritual attainment, the ability to know God and the urge to be like him, are the characteristics of the soul. The soul of man cannot exist apart from moral thinking and spiritual activity. A stagnant soul is a dying soul. But the soul of man is distinct from the divine spirit which dwells within the mind. The divine spirit arrives simultaneously with the first moral activity of the human mind, and that is the occasion of the birth of the soul.

133:6.5 " The [[soul]] is the [[self]]-[[reflective]], [[truth]]-[[discerning]], and [[spirit]]-[[perceiving]] part of man which forever elevates the [[human being]] above the level of the [[animal]] world. [[Self-consciousness]], in and of itself, is not the [[soul]]. [[Moral]] [[self-consciousness]] is true [[human]] [[self-realization]] and constitutes the [[foundation]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul], and the [[soul]] is that part of man which [[represents]] the [[potential]] [[survival]] [[value]] of human [[experience]]. [[Moral]] [[choice]] and [[spiritual]] [[attainment]], the [[ability]] to know God and the urge to be like him, are the characteristics of the [[soul]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL soul of man] cannot exist apart from [[moral]] [[thinking]] and spiritual [[activity]]. A stagnant [[soul]] is a dying soul. But the soul of man is distinct from the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] which dwells within the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mind]. The [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] arrives ''simultaneously'' with the first [[moral]] [[activity]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind], and that is the occasion of the [[birth]] of the [[soul]].

133:6.6 " The saving or losing of a soul has to do with whether or not the moral consciousness attains survival status through eternal alliance with its associated immortal spirit endowment. Salvation is the spiritualization of the self-realization of the moral consciousness, which thereby becomes possessed of survival value. All forms of soul conflict consist in the lack of harmony between the moral, or spiritual, self-consciousness and the purely intellectual self-consciousness.

133:6.6 " The saving or losing of a [[soul]] has to do with whether or not the [[moral]] [[consciousness]] attains [[survival]] [[status]] through [[eternal]] [[alliance]] with its [[associated]] [[immortal]] [[spirit]] [[endowment]]. [[Salvation]] is the spiritualization of the [[self-realization]] of the [[moral]] [[consciousness]], which thereby becomes possessed of [[survival]] [[value]]. All forms of soul [[conflict]] consist in the lack of [[harmony]] between the [[moral]], or [[spiritual]], [[self-consciousness]] and the [[purely]] [[intellectual]] [[self-consciousness]].

133:6.7 " The human soul, when matured, ennobled, and spiritualized, approaches the heavenly status in that it comes near to being an entity intervening between the material and the spiritual, the material self and the divine spirit. The evolving soul of a human being is difficult of description and more difficult of demonstration because it is not discoverable by the methods of either material investigation or spiritual proving. Material science cannot demonstrate the existence of a soul, neither can pure spirit-testing. Notwithstanding the failure of both material science and spiritual standards to discover the existence of the human soul, every morally conscious mortal knows of the existence of his soul as a real and actual personal experience. "

133:6.7 " The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul], when [[matured]], ennobled, and spiritualized, approaches the heavenly [[status]] in that it comes near to being an [[entity]] [[intervening]] between the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]], the [[material]] [[self]] and the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving soul] of a [[human being]] is [[difficult]] of description and more difficult of [[demonstration]] because it is not discoverable by the [[methods]] of either [[material]] [[investigation]] or spiritual [[Proof|proving]]. Material [[science]] cannot [[demonstrate]] the [[existence]] of a [[soul]], neither can [[pure]] spirit-testing. Notwithstanding the failure of both material [[science]] and spiritual [[standards]] to [[discover]] the [[existence]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul], every [[morally]] [[conscious]] [[mortal]] knows of the [[existence]] of his [[soul]] as a real and [[actual]] [[personal]] [[experience]]. "

==133:7. THE SOJOURN AT CYPRUS—DISCOURSE ON MIND==

==133:7. THE SOJOURN AT CYPRUS—DISCOURSE ON MIND==

133:7.1 Shortly the travelers set sail for Cyprus, stopping at Rhodes. They enjoyed the long water voyage and arrived at their island destination much rested in body and refreshed in spirit.

133:7.1 Shortly the travelers set sail for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus Cyprus], stopping at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes Rhodes]. They enjoyed the long [[water]] voyage and arrived at their island destination much rested in [[body]] and refreshed in [[spirit]].

133:7.2 It was their plan to enjoy a period of real rest and play on this visit to Cyprus as their tour of the Mediterranean was drawing to a close. They landed at Paphos and at once began the assembly of supplies for their sojourn of several weeks in the near-by mountains. On the third day after their arrival they started for the hills with their well-loaded pack animals.

133:7.2 It was their [[plan]] to [[enjoy]] a period of real [[rest]] and [[play]] on this [[visit]] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus Cyprus] as their tour of the [[Mediterranean]] was drawing to a close. They landed at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paphos Paphos] and at once began the assembly of supplies for their [[sojourn]] of several weeks in the near-by [[mountains]]. On the third day after their arrival they started for the hills with their well-loaded [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pack_animal pack animals].

133:7.3 For two weeks the trio greatly enjoyed themselves, and then, without warning, young Ganid was suddenly taken grievously ill. For two weeks he suffered from a raging fever, oftentimes becoming delirious; both Jesus and Gonod were kept busy attending the sick boy. Jesus skillfully and tenderly cared for the lad, and the father was amazed by both the gentleness and adeptness manifested in all his ministry to the afflicted youth. They were far from human habitations, and the boy was too ill to be moved; so they prepared as best they could to nurse him back to health right there in the mountains.

133:7.3 For two weeks the trio greatly [[enjoyed]] themselves, and then, without [[warning]], young Ganid was suddenly taken grievously ill. For two weeks he [[suffered]] from a raging fever, oftentimes becoming delirious; both [[Jesus]] and Gonod were kept busy attending the sick boy. [[Jesus]] [[skill]]fully and tenderly cared for the lad, and the [[father]] was amazed by both the gentleness and adeptness [[manifested]] in all his [[ministry]] to the afflicted [[youth]]. They were far from [[human]] habitations, and the boy was too ill to be moved; so they [[prepared]] as best they could to nurse him back to [[health]] right there in the [[mountains]].

133:7.4 During Ganid's convalescence of three weeks Jesus told him many interesting things about nature and her various moods. And what fun they had as they wandered over the mountains, the boy asking questions, Jesus answering them, and the father marveling at the whole performance.

133:7.4 During Ganid's convalescence of three weeks [[Jesus]] told him many interesting things about [[nature]] and her various [[moods]]. And what fun they had as they wandered over the [[mountains]], the boy asking questions, [[Jesus]] answering them, and the [[father]] marveling at the whole [[performance]].

133:7.5 The last week of their sojourn in the mountains Jesus and Ganid had a long talk on the functions of the human mind. After several hours of discussion the lad asked this question: " But, Teacher, what do you mean when you say that man experiences a higher form of self-consciousness than do the higher animals? " And as restated in modern phraseology, Jesus answered:

133:7.5 The last week of their [[sojourn]] in the [[mountains]] [[Jesus]] and Ganid had a long talk on the [[functions]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind]. After several hours of [[discussion]] the lad asked this question: " But, Teacher, what do you mean when you say that [[man]] [[experiences]] a higher form of [[self-consciousness]] than do the higher [[animals]]? " And as restated in modern phraseology, Jesus answered:

133:7.6 My son, I have already told you much about the mind of man and the divine spirit that lives therein, but now let me emphasize that self-consciousness is a reality. When any animal becomes self-conscious, it becomes a primitive man. Such an attainment results from a co-ordination of function between impersonal energy and spirit-conceiving mind, and it is this phenomenon which warrants the bestowal of an absolute focal point for the human personality, the spirit of the Father in heaven.

133:7.6 My son, I have already told you much about the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mind of man] and the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] that lives therein, but now let me emphasize that [[self-consciousness]] is a [[reality]]. When any [[animal]] becomes [[self-conscious]], it becomes a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive man]. Such an [[attainment]] results from a [[co-ordination]] of [[function]] between [[impersonal]] [[energy]] and [[spirit]]-conceiving [[mind]], and it is this [[phenomenon]] which warrants the [[bestowal]] of an [[absolute]] [[focal point]] for the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:1._PERSONALITY_AND_REALITY human personality], the spirit of [[the Father]] in heaven.

133:7.7 Ideas are not simply a record of sensations; ideas are sensations plus the reflective interpretations of the personal self; and the self is more than the sum of one's sensations. There begins to be something of an approach to unity in an evolving selfhood, and that unity is derived from the indwelling presence of a part of absolute unity which spiritually activates such a self-conscious animal-origin mind.

133:7.7 [[Ideas]] are not simply a [[record]] of sensations; [[ideas]] are sensations plus the [[reflective]] [[interpretations]] of the [[personal]] [[self]]; and the [[self]] is more than the sum of one's sensations. There begins to be something of an approach to [[unity]] in an evolving [[selfhood]], and that [[unity]] is derived from the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling presence]] of a [[part]] of [[absolute]] [[unity]] which spiritually [[Initiative|activates]] such a [[self-conscious]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 animal-origin mind].

133:7.8 No mere animal could possess a time self-consciousness. Animals possess a physiological co-ordination of associated sensation-recognition and memory thereof, but none experience a meaningful recognition of sensation or exhibit a purposeful association of these combined physical experiences such as is manifested in the conclusions of intelligent and reflective human interpretations. And this fact of self-conscious existence, associated with the reality of his subsequent spiritual experience, constitutes man a potential son of the universe and foreshadows his eventual attainment of the Supreme Unity of the universe.

133:7.8 No mere [[animal]] could [[possess]] a [[time]] [[self-consciousness]]. Animals possess a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physiology physiological] [[co-ordination]] of associated sensation-[[recognition]] and [[memory]] thereof, but none [[experience]] a [[meaningful]] [[recognition]] of sensation or exhibit a [[purposeful]] [[association]] of these combined [[physical]] [[experiences]] such as is [[manifested]] in the conclusions of [[intelligent]] and [[reflective]] [[human]] [[interpretations]]. And this [[fact]] of [[self-conscious]] [[existence]], associated with the [[reality]] of his subsequent [[spiritual]] [[experience]], [[constitutes]] man a [[potential]] son of the [[universe]] and [[foreshadows]] his [[eventual]] [[attainment]] of the [[Supremacy|Supreme Unity]] of the [[universe]].

133:7.9 Neither is the human self merely the sum of the successive states of consciousness. Without the effective functioning of a consciousness sorter and associater there would not exist sufficient unity to warrant the designation of a selfhood. Such an ununified mind could hardly attain conscious levels of human status. If the associations of consciousness were just an accident, the minds of all men would then exhibit the uncontrolled and random associations of certain phases of mental madness.

133:7.9 Neither is the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:2._THE_SELF human self] merely the [[sum]] of the [[successive]] states of [[consciousness]]. Without the [[effective]] [[functioning]] of a [[consciousness]] sorter and associater there would not exist sufficient [[unity]] to warrant the designation of a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:5._SURVIVAL_OF_THE_HUMAN_SELF selfhood]. Such an ununified [[mind]] could hardly [[attain]] conscious levels of [[human]] [[status]]. If the associations of [[consciousness]] were just an [[accident]], the [[minds]] of all men would then exhibit the uncontrolled and [[random]] [[associations]] of certain [[phases]] of mental madness.

133:7.10 A human mind, built up solely out of the consciousness of physical sensations, could never attain spiritual levels; this kind of material mind would be utterly lacking in a sense of moral values and would be without a guiding sense of spiritual dominance which is so essential to achieving harmonious personality unity in time, and which is inseparable from personality survival in eternity.

133:7.10 A [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind], built up solely out of the [[consciousness]] of [[physical]] sensations, could never [[attain]] [[spiritual]] levels; this kind of material [[mind]] would be utterly lacking in a sense of [[moral]] [[values]] and would be without a [[guiding]] sense of [[spiritual]] [[dominance]] which is so [[essential]] to achieving [[harmonious]] [[personality]] [[unity]] in [[time]], and which is inseparable from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112 personality survival] in [[eternity]].

133:7.11 The human mind early begins to manifest qualities which are supermaterial; the truly reflective human intellect is not altogether bound by the limits of time. That individuals so differ in their life performances indicates, not only the varying endowments of heredity and the different influences of the environment, but also the degree of unification with the indwelling spirit of the Father which has been achieved by the self, the measure of the identification of the one with the other.

133:7.11 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind] early begins to [[manifest]] [[qualities]] which are supermaterial; the truly [[reflective]] human [[intellect]] is not altogether bound by the [[limits]] of [[time]]. That [[individuals]] so differ in their life [[performances]] indicates, not only the varying [[endowments]] of [[heredity]] and the different [[influences]] of the [[environment]], but also the [[degree]] of unification with the [[indwelling spirit]] of [[the Father]] which has been achieved by the [[self]], the [[measure]] of the identification of the one with the other.

133:7.12 The human mind does not well stand the conflict of double allegiance. It is a severe strain on the soul to undergo the experience of an effort to serve both good and evil. The supremely happy and efficiently unified mind is the one wholly dedicated to the doing of the will of the Father in heaven. Unresolved conflicts destroy unity and may terminate in mind disruption. But the survival character of a soul is not fostered by attempting to secure peace of mind at any price, by the surrender of noble aspirations, and by the compromise of spiritual ideals; rather is such peace attained by the stalwart assertion of the triumph of that which is true, and this victory is achieved in the overcoming of evil with the potent force of good.

133:7.12 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE human mind] does not well stand the [[conflict]] of double [[allegiance]]. It is a severe strain on the [[soul]] to undergo the [[experience]] of an [[effort]] to serve both [[good]] and [[evil]]. The supremely [[happy]] and efficiently [[unified]] [[mind]] is the one wholly [[dedicated]] to the [[Doing the will of God|doing of the will of the Father]] in heaven. Unresolved [[conflicts]] destroy [[unity]] and may terminate in [[mind]] disruption. But the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:5._SURVIVAL_OF_THE_HUMAN_SELF survival character]] of a [[soul]] is not fostered by attempting to [[secure]] [[peace]] of [[mind]] at any price, by the [[surrender]] of [[noble]] [[aspirations]], and by the [[compromise]] of [[spiritual]] [[ideals]]; rather is such [[peace]] attained by the stalwart [[assertion]] of the triumph of that which is [[true]], and this [[victory]] is achieved in the overcoming of [[evil]] with the [[potent]] [[force]] of [[good]].

133:7.13 The next day they departed for Salamis, where they embarked for Antioch on the Syrian coast.

133:7.13 The next day they departed for Salamis, where they embarked for Antioch on the Syrian coast.

==133:8. AT ANTIOCH==

==133:8. AT ANTIOCH==

133:8.1 Antioch was the capital of the Roman province of Syria, and here the imperial governor had his residence. Antioch had half a million inhabitants; it was the third city of the empire in size and the first in wickedness and flagrant immorality. Gonod had considerable business to transact; so Jesus and Ganid were much by themselves. They visited everything about this polyglot city except the grove of Daphne. Gonod and Ganid visited this notorious shrine of shame, but Jesus declined to accompany them. Such scenes were not so shocking to Indians, but they were repellent to an idealistic Hebrew.

133:8.1 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch Antioch] was the [[capital]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria_%28Roman_province%29 Roman province of Syria], and here the imperial governor had his residence. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch Antioch] had half a million [[inhabitants]]; it was the third [[city]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_empire empire] in size and the first in [[wickedness]] and flagrant immorality. Gonod had considerable [[business]] to [[transact]]; so [[Jesus]] and Ganid were much by themselves. They visited everything about this polyglot [[city]] except the grove of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne Daphne]. Gonod and Ganid visited this notorious [[shrine]] of shame, but [[Jesus]] declined to accompany them. Such scenes were not so shocking to Indians, but they were repellent to an [[idealistic]] [[Hebrew]].

133:8.2 Jesus became sober and reflective as he drew nearer Palestine and the end of their journey. He visited with few people in Antioch; he seldom went about in the city. After much questioning as to why his teacher manifested so little interest in Antioch, Ganid finally induced Jesus to say: " This city is not far from Palestine; maybe I shall come back here sometime. "

133:8.2 [[Jesus]] became [[sober]] and [[reflective]] as he drew nearer [[Palestine]] and the end of their [[journey]]. He visited with few people in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch Antioch]; he seldom went about in the [[city]]. After much questioning as to why his [[teacher]] [[manifested]] so little interest in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch Antioch], Ganid finally induced [[Jesus]] to say: " This city is not far from [[Palestine]]; maybe I shall come back here sometime. "

133:8.3 Ganid had a very interesting experience in Antioch. This young man had proved himself an apt pupil and already had begun to make practical use of some of Jesus' teachings. There was a certain Indian connected with his father's business in Antioch who had become so unpleasant and disgruntled that his dismissal had been considered. When Ganid heard this, he betook himself to his father's place of business and held a long conference with his fellow countryman. This man felt he had been put at the wrong job. Ganid told him about the Father in heaven and in many ways expanded his views of religion. But of all that Ganid said, the quotation of a Hebrew proverb did the most good, and that word of wisdom was: " Whatsoever your hand finds to do, do that with all your might. "

133:8.3 Ganid had a very interesting [[experience]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch Antioch]. This [[young man]] had proved himself an apt [[pupil]] and already had begun to make [[practical]] use of some of [[Jesus]]' teachings. There was a certain Indian connected with his father's [[business]] in Antioch who had become so unpleasant and disgruntled that his dismissal had been [[considered]]. When Ganid heard this, he betook himself to his [[father]]'s place of [[business]] and held a long [[conference]] with his fellow countryman. This man felt he had been put at the wrong job. Ganid told him about [[the Father]] in heaven and in many ways expanded his views of [[religion]]. But of all that Ganid said, the quotation of a [[Hebrew]] [[proverb]] did the most [[good]], and that [[word]] of [[wisdom]] was: " Whatsoever your hand finds to do, do that with all your might. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ecclesiastes#Chapter._9]

133:8.4 After preparing their luggage for the camel caravan, they passed on down to Sidon and thence over to Damascus, and after three days they made ready for the long trek across the desert sands.

133:8.4 After [[preparing]] their luggage for the camel [[caravan]], they passed on down to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidon Sidon] and thence over to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus], and after three days they made ready for the long trek across the [[desert]] sands.

==133:9. IN MESOPOTAMIA==

==133:9. IN MESOPOTAMIA==

133:9.1 The caravan trip across the desert was not a new experience for these much-traveled men. After Ganid had watched his teacher help with the loading of their twenty camels and observed him volunteer to drive their own animal, he exclaimed, " Teacher, is there anything that you cannot do? " Jesus only smiled, saying, " The teacher surely is not without honor in the eyes of a diligent pupil. " And so they set forth for the ancient city of Ur.

133:9.1 The [[caravan]] trip across the [[desert]] was not a new [[experience]] for these much-traveled men. After Ganid had watched his [[teacher]] help with the loading of their twenty camels and [[observed]] him [[volunteer]] to drive their own animal, he exclaimed, " Teacher, is there anything that you cannot do? " [[Jesus]] only smiled, saying, " The teacher surely is not without [[honor]] in the eyes of a [[diligent]] [[pupil]]. " And so they set forth for the ancient [[city]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur Ur].

133:9.2 Jesus was much interested in the early history of Ur, the birthplace of Abraham, and he was equally fascinated with the ruins and traditions of Susa, so much so that Gonod and Ganid extended their stay in these parts three weeks in order to afford Jesus more time to conduct his investigations and also to provide the better opportunity to persuade him to go back to India with them.

133:9.2 [[Jesus]] was much interested in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur#Early_history early history of Ur], the birthplace of [[Abraham]], and he was equally [[fascinate]]d with the ruins and [[traditions]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susa Susa], so much so that Gonod and Ganid extended their stay in these parts three weeks in order to afford [[Jesus]] more time to conduct his [[investigations]] and also to provide the better [[opportunity]] to [[persuade]] him to go back to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India India] with them.

133:9.3 It was at Ur that Ganid had a long talk with Jesus regarding the difference between knowledge, wisdom, and truth. And he was greatly charmed with the saying of the Hebrew wise man: " Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. With all your quest for knowledge, get understanding. Exalt wisdom and she will promote you. She will bring you to honor if you will but embrace her. "

133:9.3 It was at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur Ur] that Ganid had a long talk with [[Jesus]] regarding the [[difference]] between [[knowledge]], [[wisdom]], and [[truth]]. And he was greatly charmed with the saying of the [[Hebrew]] wise man: " [[Wisdom]] is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. With all your [[quest]] for [[knowledge]], get [[understanding]]. Exalt [[wisdom]] and she will promote you. She will bring you to [[honor]] if you will but [[embrace]] her. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.4]

133:9.4 At last the day came for the separation. They were all brave, especially the lad, but it was a trying ordeal. They were tearful of eye but courageous of heart. In bidding his teacher farewell, Ganid said: " Farewell, Teacher, but not forever. When I come again to Damascus, I will look for you. I love you, for I think the Father in heaven must be something like you; at least I know you are much like what you have told me about him. I will remember your teaching, but most of all, I will never forget you. " Said the father, " Farewell to a great teacher, one who has made us better and helped us to know God. " And Jesus replied, " Peace be upon you, and may the blessing of the Father in heaven ever abide with you. " And Jesus stood on the shore and watched as the small boat carried them out to their anchored ship. Thus the Master left his friends from India at Charax, never to see them again in this world; nor were they, in this world, ever to know that the man who later appeared as Jesus of Nazareth was this same friend they had just taken leave of—Joshua their teacher.

133:9.4 At last the day came for the [[separation]]. They were all [[brave]], especially the lad, but it was a trying [[ordeal]]. They were tearful of eye but [[courageous]] of [[heart]]. In bidding his [[teacher]] [[farewell]], Ganid said: " [[Farewell]], Teacher, but not forever. When I come again to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus], I will look for you. I [[love]] you, for I think [[the Father]] in [[heaven]] must be something like you; at least I know you are much like what you have told me about him. I will [[remember]] your teaching, but most of all, I will never forget you. " Said the [[father]], " [[Farewell]] to a great [[teacher]], one who has made us better and helped us to [[know]] [[God]]. " And [[Jesus]] replied, " [[Peace]] be upon you, and may the [[blessing]] of [[the Father]] in [[heaven]] ever abide with you. " And [[Jesus]] stood on the shore and watched as the small boat carried them out to their anchored ship. Thus [[the Master]] left his [[friends]] from India at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charax_Spasinou Charax], never to see them again in this world; nor were they, in this world, ever to know that the man who later [[appeared]] as [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] was this same friend they had just taken leave of—Joshua their [[teacher]].

133:9.5 In India, Ganid grew up to become an influential man, a worthy successor of his eminent father, and he spread abroad many of the noble truths which he had learned from Jesus, his beloved teacher. Later on in life, when Ganid heard of the strange teacher in Palestine who terminated his career on a cross, though he recognized the similarity between the gospel of this Son of Man and the teachings of his Jewish tutor, it never occurred to him that these two were actually the same person.

133:9.5 In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India], Ganid grew up to become an [[influential]] man, a [[worthy]] successor of his eminent [[father]], and he spread abroad many of the [[noble]] [[truths]] which he had learned from [[Jesus]], his beloved [[teacher]]. Later on in life, when Ganid heard of the strange teacher in [[Palestine]] who terminated his [[career]] on a cross, though he [[recognized]] the similarity between the [[gospel]] of this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] and the teachings of his [[Jewish]] [[tutor]], it never occurred to him that these two were actually the same person.

133:9.6 Thus ended that chapter in the life of the Son of Man which might be termed: The mission of Joshua the teacher.

133:9.6 Thus ended that chapter in the life of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] which might be termed: The [[mission]] of Joshua the [[teacher]].

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