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==Chapter 3==

==Chapter 3==

===[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_133_-_The_Return_From_Rome#PAPER_133:_THE_RETURN_FROM_ROME THE RETURN FROM ROME]===

===[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_133_-_The_Return_From_Rome#PAPER_133:_THE_RETURN_FROM_ROME THE RETURN FROM ROME]===

   

   

One day while resting at lunch, about halfway to Tarentum, <u>Ganid asked Jesus a direct question as to what he thought of India's '''caste''' system.</u>  

One day while resting at lunch, about halfway to Tarentum, <u>Ganid asked Jesus a direct question as to what he thought of India's '''caste''' system.</u>  

As they neared Tarentum, they saw a rough and bullying youth brutally attacking a smaller lad. Jesus went to the assistance of the assaulted youth, and when he had rescued him, he tightly held on to the offender until the smaller lad made his escape. The moment Jesus released the little bully, Ganid jumped on the boy and began to beat 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:

As they neared Tarentum, they saw a rough and bullying youth brutally attacking a smaller lad. Jesus went to the assistance of the assaulted youth, and when he had rescued him, he tightly held on to the offender until the smaller lad made his escape. The moment Jesus released the little bully, Ganid jumped on the boy and began to beat 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 bullying youth'''?"

*<u>"I cannot understand you, Teacher. If mercy requires that you rescue the smaller lad, does not '''justice''' demand the '''punishment''' of the larger and bullying youth?"</u>

   

   

Jesus said:

Jesus said:

For days they talked about this problem of manifesting mercy and administering justice. But Ganid asked one last question, to which he never received a fully satisfactory answer:

For days they talked about this problem of manifesting mercy and administering justice. But Ganid asked one last question, to which he never received a fully satisfactory answer:

   

   

*"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?"

*<u>"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'''?"</u>

   

   

Jesus:

Jesus:

When Jesus had led him to one side, he said:

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?"  

*"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. <u>What did the woman do to deserve such treatment from her '''husband'''?</u> 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 that Jesus bestowed upon him at the conclusion of his remarks.  

It was not so much what he said that touched this man's heart as the kindly look and the sympathetic smile that Jesus bestowed upon him at the conclusion of his remarks.  

*"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. 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 that 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 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 vast universe."

*"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. 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 that 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 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 vast universe."

====At Corinth====

====At Corinth====

One evening as they walked about Corinth near where the wall of the citadel ran down to the sea, two public women '''propositioned''' them. Ganid spoke sharply to these women and rudely motioned them away.  

One evening as they walked about Corinth near where the wall of the citadel ran down to the sea, two public women propositioned them. Ganid spoke sharply to these women and rudely motioned them away.  

Jesus said to Ganid:

Jesus said to Ganid:

*"You mean well, but you should not presume to speak this way 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 that led them to resort to such methods of making a living'''? Let’s talk about this."

*"You mean well, but you should not presume to speak this way 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? <u>Do you happen to know all of the circumstances that led them to resort to such '''methods''' of making a living?</u> Let’s talk about this."

As they stood there in the moonlight, Jesus went on to say:

As they stood there in the moonlight, Jesus went on to say:

====At Athens -- Discourse On Science====

====At Athens -- Discourse On Science====

    

    

Both the father and the son greatly enjoyed the discussion on '''science''' that Jesus had at their inn one evening with a Greek philosopher. After this pedant had talked for almost three hours, and when he had finished his discourse, Jesus said:

<u>Both the father and the son greatly enjoyed the discussion on '''science''' that Jesus had at their inn one evening with a Greek philosopher.</u> After this pedant had talked for almost three hours, and when he had finished his discourse, Jesus said:

*“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 that 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.

*“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 that 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.

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

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

*"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 that 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 that 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.

*<u>"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.</u> 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 that 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 that 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.

*"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. 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."

*"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. 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."

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:

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:

   

   

*"'''But, Teacher, what do you mean when you say that man experiences a higher form of self-consciousness than do the higher animals'''?"

*"But, Teacher, what do you mean when you say that man experiences a higher form of self-consciousness than do the higher animals?"

   

   

Jesus answered:

Jesus answered:

*“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 that warrants the bestowal of an absolute focal point for the human personality, the spirit of the Father in heaven. 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 that spiritually activates such a self-conscious animal-origin mind.

*<u>“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.</u> 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 that warrants the bestowal of an absolute focal point for the human personality, the spirit of the Father in heaven. 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 that spiritually activates such a self-conscious animal-origin mind.

*“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.

*“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.

Jesus only smiled, saying:

Jesus only smiled, saying:

   

   

*"'''The teacher surely is not without honor in the eyes of a diligent pupil'''."

*"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. 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:

And so they set forth for the ancient city of Ur. 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."  

*<u>"'''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."</u>

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:  

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: