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==PAPER 132: THE SOJOURN AT ROME==

==PAPER 132: THE SOJOURN AT ROME==

132:0.1 Since Gonod carried greetings from the princes of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_princely_states India] to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius Tiberius], the Roman ruler, on the third day after their arrival in [[Rome]] the two Indians and [[Jesus]] [[appeared]] before him. The morose [[emperor]] was unusually [[Joy|cheerful]] on this day and chatted long with the trio. And when they had gone from his [[presence]], the emperor, referring to [[Jesus]], remarked to the aide standing on his right, " If I had that fellow's kingly bearing and [[gracious]] [[manner]], I would be a real emperor, eh? "

132:0.1 Since Gonod carried greetings from the princes of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_princely_states India] to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius Tiberius], the Roman ruler, on the third day after their arrival in [[Rome]] the two Indians and [[Jesus]] [[appeared]] before him. The morose [[emperor]] was unusually [[Joy|cheerful]] on this day and chatted long with the trio. And when they had gone from his [[presence]], the emperor, referring to [[Jesus]], remarked to the aide standing on his right, " If I had that fellow's kingly bearing and [[gracious]] [[manner]], I would be a real emperor, eh? "

132:0.2 While at [[Rome]], Ganid had regular hours for [[study]] and for visiting places of interest about the [[city]]. His [[father]] had much [[business]] to [[transact]], and desiring that his son grow up to become a [[worthy]] successor in the [[management]] of his vast [[commercial]] interests, he thought the time had come to introduce the boy to the [[business]] world. There were many [[citizens]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India India] in [[Rome]], and often one of Gonod's own employees would accompany him as [[interpreter]] so that [[Jesus]] would have whole days to himself; this gave him time in which to become thoroughly acquainted with this city of two million inhabitants. He was frequently to be found in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_forum forum], the center of [[political]], [[legal]], and [[business]] life. He often went up to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitolium Capitolium] and pondered the [[bondage]] of [[ignorance]] in which these Romans were held as he beheld this [[magnificent]] [[temple]] [[dedicated]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter Jupiter], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno Juno], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerva Minerva]. He also spent much time on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatine_hill Palatine hill], where were located the emperor's residence, the [[temple]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo Apollo], and the [[Greek]] and [[Latin]] [[libraries]].

132:0.2 While at [[Rome]], Ganid had regular hours for [[study]] and for visiting places of interest about the [[city]]. His [[father]] had much [[business]] to [[transact]], and desiring that his son grow up to become a [[worthy]] successor in the [[management]] of his vast [[commercial]] interests, he thought the time had come to introduce the boy to the [[business]] world. There were many [[citizens]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India India] in [[Rome]], and often one of Gonod's own employees would accompany him as [[interpreter]] so that [[Jesus]] would have whole days to himself; this gave him time in which to become thoroughly acquainted with this city of two million inhabitants. He was frequently to be found in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_forum forum], the center of [[political]], [[legal]], and [[business]] life. He often went up to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitolium Capitolium] and pondered the [[bondage]] of [[ignorance]] in which these Romans were held as he beheld this [[magnificent]] [[temple]] [[dedicated]] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter Jupiter], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno Juno], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerva Minerva]. He also spent much time on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatine_hill Palatine hill], where were located the emperor's residence, the [[temple]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo Apollo], and the [[Greek]] and [[Latin]] [[libraries]].

132:0.3 At this time the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman Empire] included all of southern Europe, Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, and northwest Africa; and its [[inhabitants]] [[embraced]] the [[citizens]] of every country of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Hemisphere Eastern Hemisphere]. His [[desire]] to [[study]] and mingle with this [[cosmopolitan]] [[aggregation]] of [[Urantia]] mortals was the chief reason why [[Jesus]] consented to make this [[journey]].

132:0.3 At this time the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman Empire] included all of southern Europe, Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, and northwest Africa; and its [[inhabitants]] [[embraced]] the [[citizens]] of every country of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Hemisphere Eastern Hemisphere]. His [[desire]] to [[study]] and mingle with this [[cosmopolitan]] [[aggregation]] of [[Urantia]] mortals was the chief reason why [[Jesus]] consented to make this [[journey]].

132:0.4 [[Jesus]] learned much about men while in [[Rome]], but the most valuable of all the manifold [[experiences]] of his six months' [[sojourn]] in that [[city]] was his contact with, and [[influence]] upon, the religious [[leaders]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire the empire]'s capital. Before the end of the first week in [[Rome]] [[Jesus]] had sought out, and had made the acquaintance of, the [[worth]]-while [[leaders]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism Cynics], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism Stoics], and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_cults mystery cults], in particular the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism Mithraic group]. Whether or not it was apparent to [[Jesus]] that the [[Jews]] were going to reject his [[mission]], he most certainly foresaw that his [[messengers]] were presently coming to [[Rome]] to [[proclaim]] the kingdom of heaven; and he therefore set about, in the most amazing [[manner]], to [[prepare]] the way for the better and more certain [[reception]] of their message. He selected five of the leading [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism Stoics], eleven of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism Cynics], and sixteen of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_cults mystery-cult] leaders and spent much of his spare time for almost six months in [[intimate]] [[association]] with these religious [[teachers]]. And this was his [[method]] of instruction: Never once did he [[attack]] their [[errors]] or even mention the flaws in their teachings. In each case he would select the [[truth]] in what they taught and then [[proceed]] so to embellish and [[illuminate]] this [[truth]] in their minds that in a very short time this enhancement of the [[truth]] effectively crowded out the associated [[error]]; and thus were these [[Jesus]]-taught [[men]] and [[women]] [[prepared]] for the subsequent [[recognition]] of additional and similar [[truths]] in the teachings of the early [[Christian]] missionaries. It was this early [[acceptance]] of the teachings of the [[gospel]] preachers which gave that powerful [[impetus]] to the rapid spread of [[Christianity]] in [[Rome]] and from there throughout the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_empire empire].

132:0.4 [[Jesus]] learned much about men while in [[Rome]], but the most valuable of all the manifold [[experiences]] of his six months' [[sojourn]] in that [[city]] was his contact with, and [[influence]] upon, the religious [[leaders]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire the empire]'s capital. Before the end of the first week in [[Rome]] [[Jesus]] had sought out, and had made the acquaintance of, the [[worth]]-while [[leaders]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism Cynics], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism Stoics], and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_cults mystery cults], in particular the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism Mithraic group]. Whether or not it was apparent to [[Jesus]] that the [[Jews]] were going to reject his [[mission]], he most certainly foresaw that his [[messengers]] were presently coming to [[Rome]] to [[proclaim]] the kingdom of heaven; and he therefore set about, in the most amazing [[manner]], to [[prepare]] the way for the better and more certain [[reception]] of their message. He selected five of the leading [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism Stoics], eleven of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism Cynics], and sixteen of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_cults mystery-cult] leaders and spent much of his spare time for almost six months in [[intimate]] [[association]] with these religious [[teachers]]. And this was his [[method]] of instruction: Never once did he [[attack]] their [[errors]] or even mention the flaws in their teachings. In each case he would select the [[truth]] in what they taught and then [[proceed]] so to embellish and [[illuminate]] this [[truth]] in their minds that in a very short time this enhancement of the [[truth]] effectively crowded out the associated [[error]]; and thus were these [[Jesus]]-taught [[men]] and [[women]] [[prepared]] for the subsequent [[recognition]] of additional and similar [[truths]] in the teachings of the early [[Christian]] missionaries. It was this early [[acceptance]] of the teachings of the [[gospel]] preachers which gave that powerful [[impetus]] to the rapid spread of [[Christianity]] in [[Rome]] and from there throughout the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_empire empire].

132:0.5 The significance of this remarkable [[doing]] can the better be [[understood]] when we [[record]] the [[fact]] that, out of this group of thirty-two [[Jesus]]-taught religious [[leaders]] in [[Rome]], only two were unfruitful; the thirty became pivotal [[individuals]] in the [[establishment]] of [[Christianity]] in [[Rome]], and certain of them also aided in turning the chief [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism Mithraic temple] into the first Christian church of that [[city]]. We who view [[human]] [[activities]] from behind the scenes and in the [[light]] of nineteen centuries of time [[recognize]] just [[three]] [[factors]] of [[paramount]] [[value]] in the early setting of the stage for the rapid [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_history_of_Christianity#Spread_of_Christianity spread of Christianity] throughout [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe], and they are:

132:0.5 The significance of this remarkable [[doing]] can the better be [[understood]] when we [[record]] the [[fact]] that, out of this group of thirty-two [[Jesus]]-taught religious [[leaders]] in [[Rome]], only two were unfruitful; the thirty became pivotal [[individuals]] in the [[establishment]] of [[Christianity]] in [[Rome]], and certain of them also aided in turning the chief [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism Mithraic temple] into the first Christian church of that [[city]]. We who view [[human]] [[activities]] from behind the scenes and in the [[light]] of nineteen centuries of time [[recognize]] just [[three]] [[factors]] of [[paramount]] [[value]] in the early setting of the stage for the rapid [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_history_of_Christianity#Spread_of_Christianity spread of Christianity] throughout [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe], and they are:

*1. The [[choosing]] and holding of [[Peter, the Apostle|Simon Peter]] as an [[apostle]].

*1. The [[choosing]] and holding of [[Peter, the Apostle|Simon Peter]] as an [[apostle]].

*2. The talk in [[Jerusalem]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen Stephen], whose [[death]] led to the winning of [[Paul, the Apostle|Saul of Tarsus]].

*2. The talk in [[Jerusalem]] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen Stephen], whose [[death]] led to the winning of [[Paul, the Apostle|Saul of Tarsus]].

*3. The preliminary [[preparation]] of these thirty Romans for the subsequent [[leadership]] of the new [[religion]] in [[Rome]] and throughout the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire empire].

*3. The preliminary [[preparation]] of these thirty Romans for the subsequent [[leadership]] of the new [[religion]] in [[Rome]] and throughout the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire empire].

132:0.6 Through all their [[experiences]], neither [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen Stephen] nor the thirty chosen ones ever [[realized]] that they had once talked with the man whose [[name]] became the subject of their [[religious]] [[teaching]]. [[Jesus]]' work in behalf of the original thirty-two was entirely [[personal]]. In his labors for these [[individuals]] the [[scribe]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus] never met more than three of them at one time, seldom more than two, while most often he taught them singly. And he could do this great [[work]] of religious [[training]] because these [[men]] and [[women]] were not [[tradition]] bound; they were not [[victims]] of a settled preconception as to all [[future]] [[religious]] [[developments]].

132:0.6 Through all their [[experiences]], neither [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen Stephen] nor the thirty chosen ones ever [[realized]] that they had once talked with the man whose [[name]] became the subject of their [[religious]] [[teaching]]. [[Jesus]]' work in behalf of the original thirty-two was entirely [[personal]]. In his labors for these [[individuals]] the [[scribe]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus] never met more than three of them at one time, seldom more than two, while most often he taught them singly. And he could do this great [[work]] of religious [[training]] because these [[men]] and [[women]] were not [[tradition]] bound; they were not [[victims]] of a settled preconception as to all [[future]] [[religious]] [[developments]].

132:0.7 Many were the times in the years so soon to follow that [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]], and the other Christian [[teachers]] in [[Rome]] heard about this [[scribe]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus] who had preceded them, and who had so obviously (and as they supposed unwittingly) [[prepared]] the way for their coming with the new [[gospel]]. Though [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] never really surmised the [[identity]] of this [[scribe]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus], he did, a short time before his [[death]], because of the similarity of [[personal]] descriptions, reach the conclusion that the " tentmaker of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch Antioch] " was also the " scribe of Damascus. " On one occasion, while preaching in [[Rome]], [[Peter, the Apostle|Simon Peter]], on listening to a description of the Damascus scribe, surmised that this [[individual]] might have been [[Jesus]] but quickly dismissed the [[idea]], knowing full well (so he thought) that [[the Master]] had never been in [[Rome]].

132:0.7 Many were the times in the years so soon to follow that [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]], and the other Christian [[teachers]] in [[Rome]] heard about this [[scribe]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus] who had preceded them, and who had so obviously (and as they supposed unwittingly) [[prepared]] the way for their coming with the new [[gospel]]. Though [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] never really surmised the [[identity]] of this [[scribe]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus], he did, a short time before his [[death]], because of the similarity of [[personal]] descriptions, reach the conclusion that the " tentmaker of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch Antioch] " was also the " scribe of Damascus. " On one occasion, while preaching in [[Rome]], [[Peter, the Apostle|Simon Peter]], on listening to a description of the Damascus scribe, surmised that this [[individual]] might have been [[Jesus]] but quickly dismissed the [[idea]], knowing full well (so he thought) that [[the Master]] had never been in [[Rome]].

==132:1. TRUE VALUES==

==132:1. TRUE VALUES==

132:1.1 It was with Angamon, the [[leader]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism Stoics], that [[Jesus]] had an all-night [[Dialogue|talk]] early during his [[sojourn]] in [[Rome]]. This man subsequently became a great [[friend]] of [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] and proved to be one of the strong [[support]]ers of the [[Christian]] church at [[Rome]]. In substance, and restated in [[modern]] phraseology, [[Jesus]] taught Angamon:

132:1.1 It was with Angamon, the [[leader]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism Stoics], that [[Jesus]] had an all-night [[Dialogue|talk]] early during his [[sojourn]] in [[Rome]]. This man subsequently became a great [[friend]] of [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] and proved to be one of the strong [[support]]ers of the [[Christian]] church at [[Rome]]. In substance, and restated in [[modern]] phraseology, [[Jesus]] taught Angamon:

132:1.2 The [[standard]] of true [[values]] must be looked for in the [[spiritual]] world and on [[divine]] levels of [[eternal]] [[reality]]. To an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal] all lower and [[material]] [[standards]] must be recognized as transient, partial, and inferior. The [[scientist]], as such, is limited to the [[discovery]] of the [[relatedness]] of [[material]] [[facts]]. Technically, he has no right to assert that he is either [[materialist]] or [[idealist]], for in so doing he has assumed to forsake the attitude of a true scientist since any and all such assertions of [[attitude]] are the very [[essence]] of [[philosophy]].

132:1.2 The [[standard]] of true [[values]] must be looked for in the [[spiritual]] world and on [[divine]] levels of [[eternal]] [[reality]]. To an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal] all lower and [[material]] [[standards]] must be recognized as transient, partial, and inferior. The [[scientist]], as such, is limited to the [[discovery]] of the [[relatedness]] of [[material]] [[facts]]. Technically, he has no right to assert that he is either [[materialist]] or [[idealist]], for in so doing he has assumed to forsake the attitude of a true scientist since any and all such assertions of [[attitude]] are the very [[essence]] of [[philosophy]].

132:1.3 Unless the [[moral]] [[insight]] and the [[spiritual]] [[attainment]] of [[mankind]] are [[proportionately]] augmented, the unlimited advancement of a purely [[materialistic]] [[culture]] may [[eventually]] become a menace to [[civilization]]. A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductionism purely materialistic] science harbors within itself the [[potential]] [[seed]] of the destruction of all scientific striving, for this very [[attitude]] presages the ultimate [[collapse]] of a [[civilization]] which has abandoned its sense of [[moral]] [[values]] and has repudiated its [[spiritual]] goal of [[attainment]].

132:1.3 Unless the [[moral]] [[insight]] and the [[spiritual]] [[attainment]] of [[mankind]] are [[proportionately]] augmented, the unlimited advancement of a purely [[materialistic]] [[culture]] may [[eventually]] become a menace to [[civilization]]. A [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductionism purely materialistic] science harbors within itself the [[potential]] [[seed]] of the destruction of all scientific striving, for this very [[attitude]] presages the ultimate [[collapse]] of a [[civilization]] which has abandoned its sense of [[moral]] [[values]] and has repudiated its [[spiritual]] goal of [[attainment]].

132:1.4 The [[materialistic]] [[scientist]] and the [[extreme]] [[idealist]] are destined always to be at loggerheads. This is not true of those scientists and idealists who are in [[possession]] of a common [[standard]] of high [[moral]] [[values]] and spiritual test levels. In every age scientists and religionists must [[recognize]] that they are on [[trial]] before the bar of human need. They must eschew all [[warfare]] between themselves while they strive valiantly to [[justify]] their continued [[survival]] by enhanced [[devotion]] to the [[service]] of [[human]] [[progress]]. If the so-called [[science]] or [[religion]] of any age is false, then must it either purify its [[activities]] or pass away before the [[emergence]] of a [[material]] [[science]] or spiritual [[religion]] of a truer and more [[worthy]] order.

132:1.4 The [[materialistic]] [[scientist]] and the [[extreme]] [[idealist]] are destined always to be at loggerheads. This is not true of those scientists and idealists who are in [[possession]] of a common [[standard]] of high [[moral]] [[values]] and spiritual test levels. In every age scientists and religionists must [[recognize]] that they are on [[trial]] before the bar of human need. They must eschew all [[warfare]] between themselves while they strive valiantly to [[justify]] their continued [[survival]] by enhanced [[devotion]] to the [[service]] of [[human]] [[progress]]. If the so-called [[science]] or [[religion]] of any age is false, then must it either purify its [[activities]] or pass away before the [[emergence]] of a [[material]] [[science]] or spiritual [[religion]] of a truer and more [[worthy]] order.

==132:2. GOOD AND EVIL==

==132:2. GOOD AND EVIL==

132:2.1 Mardus was the acknowledged [[leader]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism Cynics] of [[Rome]], and he became a great [[friend]] of the [[scribe]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus]. Day after day he [[conversed]] with [[Jesus]], and night upon night he [[listened]] to his [[supernal]] [[teaching]]. Among the more important [[discussions]] with Mardus was the one [[designed]] to answer this [[sincere]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism Cynic]'s question about [[good]] and [[evil]]. In substance, and in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth-century] phraseology, [[Jesus]] said:

132:2.1 Mardus was the acknowledged [[leader]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism Cynics] of [[Rome]], and he became a great [[friend]] of the [[scribe]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus]. Day after day he [[conversed]] with [[Jesus]], and night upon night he [[listened]] to his [[supernal]] [[teaching]]. Among the more important [[discussions]] with Mardus was the one [[designed]] to answer this [[sincere]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism Cynic]'s question about [[good]] and [[evil]]. In substance, and in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth-century] phraseology, [[Jesus]] said:

132:2.2 My [[brother]], [[good]] and [[evil]] are merely [[words]] symbolizing [[relative]] [[levels]] of human [[comprehension]] of the [[observable]] [[universe]]. If you are [[ethically]] [[lazy]] and socially indifferent, you can take as your [[standard]] of [[good]] the [[Status Quo|current social usages]]. If you are [[spiritually]] indolent and [[morally]] unprogressive, you may take as your [[standards]] of [[good]] the religious [[practices]] and [[traditions]] of your contemporaries. But the [[soul]] that [[survives]] time and [[emerges]] into [[eternity]] must make a living and [[personal]] [[choice]] between [[good]] and [[evil]] as they are determined by the true [[values]] of the spiritual [[standards]] [[established]] by the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] which [[the Father]] in heaven has sent to dwell within the [[heart]] of [[man]]. This [[indwelling spirit]] is the [[standard]] of [[personality survival]].

132:2.2 My [[brother]], [[good]] and [[evil]] are merely [[words]] symbolizing [[relative]] [[levels]] of human [[comprehension]] of the [[observable]] [[universe]]. If you are [[ethically]] [[lazy]] and socially indifferent, you can take as your [[standard]] of [[good]] the [[Status Quo|current social usages]]. If you are [[spiritually]] indolent and [[morally]] unprogressive, you may take as your [[standards]] of [[good]] the religious [[practices]] and [[traditions]] of your contemporaries. But the [[soul]] that [[survives]] time and [[emerges]] into [[eternity]] must make a living and [[personal]] [[choice]] between [[good]] and [[evil]] as they are determined by the true [[values]] of the spiritual [[standards]] [[established]] by the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] which [[the Father]] in heaven has sent to dwell within the [[heart]] of [[man]]. This [[indwelling spirit]] is the [[standard]] of [[personality survival]].

==132:3. TRUTH AND FAITH==

==132:3. TRUTH AND FAITH==

132:3.1 Nabon was a [[Greek]] [[Jew]] and foremost among the [[leaders]] of the chief [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_cults mystery cult] in [[Rome]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism Mithraic]. While this high priest of Mithraism held many [[conferences]] with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus] [[scribe]], he was most permanently [[influenced]] by their [[discussion]] of [[truth]] and [[faith]] one evening. Nabon had thought to make a [[convert]] of [[Jesus]] and had even suggested that he return to [[Palestine]] as a Mithraic teacher. He little realized that Jesus was [[preparing]] him to become one of the early converts to the [[gospel]] of the kingdom. Restated in modern phraseology, the substance of Jesus' teaching was:

132:3.1 Nabon was a [[Greek]] [[Jew]] and foremost among the [[leaders]] of the chief [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_cults mystery cult] in [[Rome]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism Mithraic]. While this high priest of Mithraism held many [[conferences]] with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus] [[scribe]], he was most permanently [[influenced]] by their [[discussion]] of [[truth]] and [[faith]] one evening. Nabon had thought to make a [[convert]] of [[Jesus]] and had even suggested that he return to [[Palestine]] as a Mithraic teacher. He little realized that Jesus was [[preparing]] him to become one of the early converts to the [[gospel]] of the kingdom. Restated in modern phraseology, the substance of Jesus' teaching was:

132:3.2 [[Truth]] cannot be [[defined]] with [[words]], only by living. [[Truth]] is always more than [[knowledge]]. Knowledge pertains to [[things]] [[observed]], but [[truth]] [[transcends]] such purely [[material]] levels in that it consorts with [[wisdom]] and [[embraces]] such imponderables as human [[experience]], even spiritual and living [[realities]]. [[Knowledge]] originates in [[science]]; [[wisdom]], in true philosophy; [[truth]], in the religious experience of spiritual living. [[Knowledge]] deals with [[facts]]; [[wisdom]], with [[relationships]]; [[truth]], with [[reality]] [[values]].

132:3.2 [[Truth]] cannot be [[defined]] with [[words]], only by living. [[Truth]] is always more than [[knowledge]]. Knowledge pertains to [[things]] [[observed]], but [[truth]] [[transcends]] such purely [[material]] levels in that it consorts with [[wisdom]] and [[embraces]] such imponderables as human [[experience]], even spiritual and living [[realities]]. [[Knowledge]] originates in [[science]]; [[wisdom]], in true philosophy; [[truth]], in the religious experience of spiritual living. [[Knowledge]] deals with [[facts]]; [[wisdom]], with [[relationships]]; [[truth]], with [[reality]] [[values]].

132:4.2 Always the burden of his [[message]] was: the [[fact]] of the heavenly Father's [[love]] and the [[truth]] of his [[mercy]], coupled with the good news that man is a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD faith-son] of this same [[God]] of [[love]]. Jesus' usual [[technique]] of [[social]] [[contact]] was to draw people out and into talking with him by asking them questions. The interview would usually begin by his asking them questions and end by their asking him questions. He was equally adept in teaching by either asking or answering questions. ''As a rule, to those he taught the most, he said the least.'' Those who derived most [[benefit]] from his [[personal]] [[ministry]] were overburdened, [[anxious]], and dejected [[mortals]] who gained much relief because of the [[opportunity]] to unburden their [[souls]] to a [[sympathetic]] and understanding [[listener]], and he was all that and more. And when these maladjusted [[human beings]] had told [[Jesus]] about their [[trouble]]s, always was he able to offer [[practical]] and immediately helpful suggestions looking toward the correction of their real difficulties, albeit he did not neglect to speak [[words]] of present [[comfort]] and immediate consolation. And invariably would he tell these distressed [[mortals]] about the [[love]] of God and impart the [[information]], by various and sundry [[methods]], that they were the [[children]] of this loving [[Father in heaven]].

132:4.2 Always the burden of his [[message]] was: the [[fact]] of the heavenly Father's [[love]] and the [[truth]] of his [[mercy]], coupled with the good news that man is a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD faith-son] of this same [[God]] of [[love]]. Jesus' usual [[technique]] of [[social]] [[contact]] was to draw people out and into talking with him by asking them questions. The interview would usually begin by his asking them questions and end by their asking him questions. He was equally adept in teaching by either asking or answering questions. ''As a rule, to those he taught the most, he said the least.'' Those who derived most [[benefit]] from his [[personal]] [[ministry]] were overburdened, [[anxious]], and dejected [[mortals]] who gained much relief because of the [[opportunity]] to unburden their [[souls]] to a [[sympathetic]] and understanding [[listener]], and he was all that and more. And when these maladjusted [[human beings]] had told [[Jesus]] about their [[trouble]]s, always was he able to offer [[practical]] and immediately helpful suggestions looking toward the correction of their real difficulties, albeit he did not neglect to speak [[words]] of present [[comfort]] and immediate consolation. And invariably would he tell these distressed [[mortals]] about the [[love]] of God and impart the [[information]], by various and sundry [[methods]], that they were the [[children]] of this loving [[Father in heaven]].

132:4.3 In this [[manner]], during the [[sojourn]] in [[Rome]], Jesus personally came into [[affectionate]] and uplifting [[contact]] with upward of five hundred [[mortals]] of the realm. He thus gained a [[knowledge]] of the [[different]] [[races]] of [[mankind]] which he could never have acquired in [[Jerusalem]] and hardly even in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria]. He always regarded this six months as one of the richest and most informative of any like period of his [[earth]] life.

132:4.3 In this [[manner]], during the [[sojourn]] in [[Rome]], Jesus personally came into [[affectionate]] and uplifting [[contact]] with upward of five hundred [[mortals]] of the realm. He thus gained a [[knowledge]] of the [[different]] [[races]] of [[mankind]] which he could never have acquired in [[Jerusalem]] and hardly even in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria]. He always regarded this six months as one of the richest and most informative of any like period of his [[earth]] life.

132:4.4 As might have been [[expected]], such a [[versatile]] and aggressive man could not thus [[function]] for six months in the world's metropolis without being approached by numerous [[persons]] who desired to secure his [[services]] in connection with some [[business]] or, more often, for some project of [[teaching]], social reform, or religious [[movement]]. More than a dozen such proffers were made, and he utilized each one as an [[opportunity]] for imparting some [[thought]] of [[spiritual]] ennoblement by well-chosen [[words]] or by some obliging [[service]]. Jesus was very fond of doing things—even little things—for all sorts of people.

132:4.4 As might have been [[expected]], such a [[versatile]] and aggressive man could not thus [[function]] for six months in the world's metropolis without being approached by numerous [[persons]] who desired to secure his [[services]] in connection with some [[business]] or, more often, for some project of [[teaching]], social reform, or religious [[movement]]. More than a dozen such proffers were made, and he utilized each one as an [[opportunity]] for imparting some [[thought]] of [[spiritual]] ennoblement by well-chosen [[words]] or by some obliging [[service]]. Jesus was very fond of doing things—even little things—for all sorts of people.

132:4.5 He talked with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_senate Roman senator] on [[politics]] and [[statesmanship]], and this one contact with [[Jesus]] made such an impression on this legislator that he spent the rest of his life vainly trying to induce his [[colleagues]] to [[change]] the [[course]] of the ruling [[policy]] from the [[idea]] of the government supporting and feeding the people to that of the people [[supporting]] the [[government]]. [[Jesus]] spent one evening with a [[wealthy]] slaveholder, talked about man as a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE son of God], and the next day this man, Claudius, gave [[freedom]] to one hundred and seventeen [[slaves]]. He [[visited]] at dinner with a [[Greek]] [[physician]], telling him that his patients had [[minds]] and [[souls]] as well as [[bodies]], and thus led this able doctor to attempt a more far-reaching [[ministry]] to his fellow men. He talked with all sorts of people in every walk of life. The only place in [[Rome]] he did not visit was the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_baths public baths]. He refused to accompany his [[friends]] to the baths because of the [[sex]] [[promiscuity]] which there prevailed.

132:4.5 He talked with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_senate Roman senator] on [[politics]] and [[statesmanship]], and this one contact with [[Jesus]] made such an impression on this legislator that he spent the rest of his life vainly trying to induce his [[colleagues]] to [[change]] the [[course]] of the ruling [[policy]] from the [[idea]] of the government supporting and feeding the people to that of the people [[supporting]] the [[government]]. [[Jesus]] spent one evening with a [[wealthy]] slaveholder, talked about man as a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE son of God], and the next day this man, Claudius, gave [[freedom]] to one hundred and seventeen [[slaves]]. He [[visited]] at dinner with a [[Greek]] [[physician]], telling him that his patients had [[minds]] and [[souls]] as well as [[bodies]], and thus led this able doctor to attempt a more far-reaching [[ministry]] to his fellow men. He talked with all sorts of people in every walk of life. The only place in [[Rome]] he did not visit was the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_baths public baths]. He refused to accompany his [[friends]] to the baths because of the [[sex]] [[promiscuity]] which there prevailed.

132:4.6 To a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_soldier Roman soldier], as they walked along the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiber Tiber], he said: " Be [[brave]] of [[heart]] as well as of hand. Dare to do [[justice]] and be big enough to show [[mercy]]. Compel your lower [[nature]] to [[obey]] your higher nature as you obey your superiors. [[Revere]] [[goodness]] and exalt [[truth]]. [[Choose]] the [[beautiful]] in place of the ugly. [[Love]] your fellows and reach out for [[God]] with a whole heart, for God is y[[our Father]] in heaven. "

132:4.6 To a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_soldier Roman soldier], as they walked along the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiber Tiber], he said: " Be [[brave]] of [[heart]] as well as of hand. Dare to do [[justice]] and be big enough to show [[mercy]]. Compel your lower [[nature]] to [[obey]] your higher nature as you obey your superiors. [[Revere]] [[goodness]] and exalt [[truth]]. [[Choose]] the [[beautiful]] in place of the ugly. [[Love]] your fellows and reach out for [[God]] with a whole heart, for God is y[[our Father]] in heaven. "

132:4.7 To the speaker at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_forum the forum] he said: " Your [[eloquence]] is pleasing, your [[logic]] is admirable, your [[voice]] is pleasant, but your teaching is hardly true. If you could only enjoy the [[inspiring]] [[satisfaction]] of [[knowing]] [[God]] as your spiritual [[Father]], then you might employ your [[Rhetoric|powers of speech]] to [[liberate]] your fellows from the [[bondage]] of [[darkness]] and from the [[slavery]] of [[ignorance]]. " This was the Marcus who heard [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] preach in [[Rome]] and became his successor. When they [[crucified]] Simon Peter, it was this man who defied the Roman persecutors and boldly continued to preach the new gospel.

132:4.7 To the speaker at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_forum the forum] he said: " Your [[eloquence]] is pleasing, your [[logic]] is admirable, your [[voice]] is pleasant, but your teaching is hardly true. If you could only enjoy the [[inspiring]] [[satisfaction]] of [[knowing]] [[God]] as your spiritual [[Father]], then you might employ your [[Rhetoric|powers of speech]] to [[liberate]] your fellows from the [[bondage]] of [[darkness]] and from the [[slavery]] of [[ignorance]]. " This was the Marcus who heard [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] preach in [[Rome]] and became his successor. When they [[crucified]] Simon Peter, it was this man who defied the Roman persecutors and boldly continued to preach the new gospel.

132:4.8 Meeting a [[poor]] man who had been falsely [[accused]], [[Jesus]] went with him before the [[magistrate]] and, having been granted special permission to appear in his behalf, made that superb [[Speech|address]] in the course of which he said: " [[Justice]] makes a nation great, and the greater a [[nation]] the more solicitous will it be to see that injustice shall not befall even its most [[humble]] [[citizen]]. Woe upon any nation when only those who [[possess]] [[money]] and [[influence]] can secure ready [[justice]] before its [[courts]]! It is the [[sacred]] [[duty]] of a magistrate to acquit the [[innocent]] as well as to [[punish]] the [[guilty]]. Upon the impartiality, [[fairness]], and [[integrity]] of its [[courts]] the [[endurance]] of a nation depends. Civil government is founded on [[justice]], even as true [[religion]] is founded on [[mercy]]. " The judge reopened the case, and when the [[evidence]] had been sifted, he discharged the prisoner. Of all [[Jesus]]' activities during these days of [[personal]] [[ministry]], this came the nearest to being a [[public]] [[appearance]].

132:4.8 Meeting a [[poor]] man who had been falsely [[accused]], [[Jesus]] went with him before the [[magistrate]] and, having been granted special permission to appear in his behalf, made that superb [[Speech|address]] in the course of which he said: " [[Justice]] makes a nation great, and the greater a [[nation]] the more solicitous will it be to see that injustice shall not befall even its most [[humble]] [[citizen]]. Woe upon any nation when only those who [[possess]] [[money]] and [[influence]] can secure ready [[justice]] before its [[courts]]! It is the [[sacred]] [[duty]] of a magistrate to acquit the [[innocent]] as well as to [[punish]] the [[guilty]]. Upon the impartiality, [[fairness]], and [[integrity]] of its [[courts]] the [[endurance]] of a nation depends. Civil government is founded on [[justice]], even as true [[religion]] is founded on [[mercy]]. " The judge reopened the case, and when the [[evidence]] had been sifted, he discharged the prisoner. Of all [[Jesus]]' activities during these days of [[personal]] [[ministry]], this came the nearest to being a [[public]] [[appearance]].

==132:5. COUNSELING THE RICH MAN==

==132:5. COUNSELING THE RICH MAN==

132:5.1 A certain [[Wealth|rich man]], a Roman [[citizen]] and a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism Stoic], became greatly interested in [[Jesus]]' teaching, having been introduced by Angamon. After many [[intimate]] [[conferences]] this wealthy citizen asked [[Jesus]] what he would do with [[wealth]] if he had it, and Jesus answered him: " I would [[bestow]] [[material]] [[wealth]] for the enhancement of material life, even as I would minister [[knowledge]], [[wisdom]], and [[spiritual]] [[service]] for the enrichment of the [[intellectual]] life, the ennoblement of the [[social]] life, and the advancement of the [[spiritual]] life. I would administer material [[wealth]] as a [[wise]] and effective trustee of the [[resources]] of one [[generation]] for the benefit and ennoblement of the next and succeeding generations. "

132:5.1 A certain [[Wealth|rich man]], a Roman [[citizen]] and a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism Stoic], became greatly interested in [[Jesus]]' teaching, having been introduced by Angamon. After many [[intimate]] [[conferences]] this wealthy citizen asked [[Jesus]] what he would do with [[wealth]] if he had it, and Jesus answered him: " I would [[bestow]] [[material]] [[wealth]] for the enhancement of material life, even as I would minister [[knowledge]], [[wisdom]], and [[spiritual]] [[service]] for the enrichment of the [[intellectual]] life, the ennoblement of the [[social]] life, and the advancement of the [[spiritual]] life. I would administer material [[wealth]] as a [[wise]] and effective trustee of the [[resources]] of one [[generation]] for the benefit and ennoblement of the next and succeeding generations. "

132:5.2 But the rich man was not fully [[satisfied]] with [[Jesus]]' answer. He made [[bold]] to ask again: " But what do you [[think]] a man in my position should do with his [[wealth]]? Should I keep it, or should I give it away? " And when [[Jesus]] [[perceived]] that he really [[desired]] to know more of the [[truth]] about his [[loyalty]] to [[God]] and his [[duty]] to men, he further answered: " My good [[friend]], I [[discern]] that you are a [[sincere]] [[seeker]] after [[wisdom]] and an [[honest]] lover of [[truth]]; therefore am I minded to lay before you my view of the solution of your [[problems]] having to do with the [[responsibilities]] of [[wealth]]. I do this because you have asked for my [[counsel]], and in giving you this advice, I am not concerned with the [[wealth]] of any other rich man; I am offering advice only to you and for your [[personal]] [[guidance]]. If you honestly [[desire]] to regard your [[wealth]] as a [[trust]], if you really wish to become a [[wise]] and [[efficient]] [[steward]] of your accumulated [[wealth]], then would I [[counsel]] you to make the following [[analysis]] of the sources of your riches: Ask yourself, and do your best to find the [[honest]] answer, whence came this [[wealth]]? And as a help in the [[study]] of the sources of your great fortune, I would suggest that you bear in [[mind]] the following ten different [[methods]] of amassing material [[wealth]]:

132:5.2 But the rich man was not fully [[satisfied]] with [[Jesus]]' answer. He made [[bold]] to ask again: " But what do you [[think]] a man in my position should do with his [[wealth]]? Should I keep it, or should I give it away? " And when [[Jesus]] [[perceived]] that he really [[desired]] to know more of the [[truth]] about his [[loyalty]] to [[God]] and his [[duty]] to men, he further answered: " My good [[friend]], I [[discern]] that you are a [[sincere]] [[seeker]] after [[wisdom]] and an [[honest]] lover of [[truth]]; therefore am I minded to lay before you my view of the solution of your [[problems]] having to do with the [[responsibilities]] of [[wealth]]. I do this because you have asked for my [[counsel]], and in giving you this advice, I am not concerned with the [[wealth]] of any other rich man; I am offering advice only to you and for your [[personal]] [[guidance]]. If you honestly [[desire]] to regard your [[wealth]] as a [[trust]], if you really wish to become a [[wise]] and [[efficient]] [[steward]] of your accumulated [[wealth]], then would I [[counsel]] you to make the following [[analysis]] of the sources of your riches: Ask yourself, and do your best to find the [[honest]] answer, whence came this [[wealth]]? And as a help in the [[study]] of the sources of your great fortune, I would suggest that you bear in [[mind]] the following ten different [[methods]] of amassing material [[wealth]]:

==132:7. TRIPS ABOUT ROME==

==132:7. TRIPS ABOUT ROME==

132:7.1 [[Jesus]], Gonod, and Ganid made five trips away from [[Rome]] to points of interest in the [[surrounding]] territory. On their [[visit]] to the [http://www.italianlakes.com/maps/maps_home.htm northern Italian lakes] [[Jesus]] had the long talk with Ganid concerning the impossibility of teaching a man about [[God]] if the man does not [[desire]] to know God. They had casually met a thoughtless [[pagan]] while on their [[journey]] up to [http://www.italianlakes.com/maps/maps_home.htm the lakes], and Ganid was [[surprised]] that Jesus did not follow out his usual [[practice]] of enlisting the man in [[conversation]] which would naturally lead up to the [[discussion]] of [[spiritual]] questions. When Ganid asked his teacher why he evinced so little interest in this [[pagan]], Jesus answered:

132:7.1 [[Jesus]], Gonod, and Ganid made five trips away from [[Rome]] to points of interest in the [[surrounding]] territory. On their [[visit]] to the [https://www.italianlakes.com/maps/maps_home.htm northern Italian lakes] [[Jesus]] had the long talk with Ganid concerning the impossibility of teaching a man about [[God]] if the man does not [[desire]] to know God. They had casually met a thoughtless [[pagan]] while on their [[journey]] up to [https://www.italianlakes.com/maps/maps_home.htm the lakes], and Ganid was [[surprised]] that Jesus did not follow out his usual [[practice]] of enlisting the man in [[conversation]] which would naturally lead up to the [[discussion]] of [[spiritual]] questions. When Ganid asked his teacher why he evinced so little interest in this [[pagan]], Jesus answered:

132:7.2 " Ganid, the man was not [[hungry]] for [[truth]]. He was not dissatisfied with himself. He was not ready to ask for help, and the eyes of his [[mind]] were not open to [[receive]] [[light]] for the [[soul]]. That man was not ripe for the [[harvest]] of [[salvation]]; he must be allowed more time for the trials and [[difficulties]] of life to [[prepare]] him for the [[reception]] of [[wisdom]] and higher [[learning]]. Or, if we could have him live with us, we might by our lives show him [[the Father]] in heaven, and thus would he become so [[attracted]] by our lives as sons of God that he would be constrained to [[inquire]] about [[our Father]]. You cannot [[reveal]] God to those who do not [[seek]] for him; you cannot lead unwilling [[souls]] into the [[joys]] of [[salvation]]. Man must become [[hungry]] for [[truth]] as a result of the [[experiences]] of living, or he must [[desire]] to [[know]] [[God]] as the result of [[contact]] with the lives of those who are acquainted with the [[divine]] [[Father]] before another [[human being]] can act as the means of [[leading]] such a fellow [[mortal]] to [[the Father]] in heaven. If we know [[God]], our real [[business]] on earth is so to live as to [[permit]] [[the Father]] to [[reveal]] himself in our lives, and thus will all God-seeking persons see [[the Father]] and ask for our help in finding out more about the God who in this [[manner]] finds [[expression]] in our lives. "

132:7.2 " Ganid, the man was not [[hungry]] for [[truth]]. He was not dissatisfied with himself. He was not ready to ask for help, and the eyes of his [[mind]] were not open to [[receive]] [[light]] for the [[soul]]. That man was not ripe for the [[harvest]] of [[salvation]]; he must be allowed more time for the trials and [[difficulties]] of life to [[prepare]] him for the [[reception]] of [[wisdom]] and higher [[learning]]. Or, if we could have him live with us, we might by our lives show him [[the Father]] in heaven, and thus would he become so [[attracted]] by our lives as sons of God that he would be constrained to [[inquire]] about [[our Father]]. You cannot [[reveal]] God to those who do not [[seek]] for him; you cannot lead unwilling [[souls]] into the [[joys]] of [[salvation]]. Man must become [[hungry]] for [[truth]] as a result of the [[experiences]] of living, or he must [[desire]] to [[know]] [[God]] as the result of [[contact]] with the lives of those who are acquainted with the [[divine]] [[Father]] before another [[human being]] can act as the means of [[leading]] such a fellow [[mortal]] to [[the Father]] in heaven. If we know [[God]], our real [[business]] on earth is so to live as to [[permit]] [[the Father]] to [[reveal]] himself in our lives, and thus will all God-seeking persons see [[the Father]] and ask for our help in finding out more about the God who in this [[manner]] finds [[expression]] in our lives. "

132:7.3 It was on the visit to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland Switzerland], up in the mountains, that [[Jesus]] had an all-day talk with both father and son about [[Buddhism]]. Many times Ganid had asked [[Jesus]] direct questions about [[Buddha]], but he had always received more or less evasive replies. Now, in the [[presence]] of the son, the [[father]] asked Jesus a direct question about Buddha, and he received a direct reply. Said Gonod: " I would really like to know what you [[think]] of Buddha. " And Jesus answered:

132:7.3 It was on the visit to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland Switzerland], up in the mountains, that [[Jesus]] had an all-day talk with both father and son about [[Buddhism]]. Many times Ganid had asked [[Jesus]] direct questions about [[Buddha]], but he had always received more or less evasive replies. Now, in the [[presence]] of the son, the [[father]] asked Jesus a direct question about Buddha, and he received a direct reply. Said Gonod: " I would really like to know what you [[think]] of Buddha. " And Jesus answered:

132:7.4 " Your [[Buddha]] was much better than your Buddhism. Buddha was a great man, even a [[prophet]] to his people, but he was an [[orphan]] prophet; by that I mean that he early lost [[sight]] of his [[spiritual]] [[Father]], [[the Father]] in heaven. His [[experience]] was [[tragic]]. He tried to live and teach as a [[messenger]] of [[God]], but without God. Buddha guided his ship of [[salvation]] right up to the safe [[harbor]], right up to the entrance to the [[haven]] of mortal [[salvation]], and there, because of faulty charts of [[navigation]], the good ship ran aground. There it has rested these many [[generations]], motionless and almost hopelessly stranded. And thereon have many of your people remained all these years. They live within hailing distance of the safe waters of [[rest]], but they refuse to enter because the [[noble]] craft of the [[good]] [[Buddha]] met the misfortune of grounding just outside the [[harbor]]. And the Buddhist peoples never will enter this [[harbor]] unless they abandon the philosophic craft of their [[prophet]] and seize upon his [[noble]] [[spirit]]. Had your people remained true to the spirit of [[Buddha]], you would have long since entered your haven of spirit tranquillity, [[soul]] [[rest]], and [[assurance]] of [[salvation]].

132:7.4 " Your [[Buddha]] was much better than your Buddhism. Buddha was a great man, even a [[prophet]] to his people, but he was an [[orphan]] prophet; by that I mean that he early lost [[sight]] of his [[spiritual]] [[Father]], [[the Father]] in heaven. His [[experience]] was [[tragic]]. He tried to live and teach as a [[messenger]] of [[God]], but without God. Buddha guided his ship of [[salvation]] right up to the safe [[harbor]], right up to the entrance to the [[haven]] of mortal [[salvation]], and there, because of faulty charts of [[navigation]], the good ship ran aground. There it has rested these many [[generations]], motionless and almost hopelessly stranded. And thereon have many of your people remained all these years. They live within hailing distance of the safe waters of [[rest]], but they refuse to enter because the [[noble]] craft of the [[good]] [[Buddha]] met the misfortune of grounding just outside the [[harbor]]. And the Buddhist peoples never will enter this [[harbor]] unless they abandon the philosophic craft of their [[prophet]] and seize upon his [[noble]] [[spirit]]. Had your people remained true to the spirit of [[Buddha]], you would have long since entered your haven of spirit tranquillity, [[soul]] [[rest]], and [[assurance]] of [[salvation]].

132:7.5 " You see, Gonod, [[Buddha]] knew [[God]] in [[spirit]] but failed clearly to [[discover]] him in [[mind]]; the [[Jews]] discovered God in [[mind]] but largely failed to know him in spirit. Today, the Buddhists flounder about in a [[philosophy]] without [[God]], while my people are piteously enslaved to the [[fear]] of a [[God]] without a saving [[philosophy]] of life and [[liberty]]. You have a [[philosophy]] without a [[God]]; the [[Jews]] have a God but are largely without a [[philosophy]] of living as related thereto. Buddha, failing to [[envision]] God as a spirit and as a [[Father]], failed to provide in his teaching the [[moral]] [[energy]] and the spiritual driving [[power]] which a [[religion]] must [[possess]] if it is to change a [[race]] and exalt a [[nation]]. "

132:7.5 " You see, Gonod, [[Buddha]] knew [[God]] in [[spirit]] but failed clearly to [[discover]] him in [[mind]]; the [[Jews]] discovered God in [[mind]] but largely failed to know him in spirit. Today, the Buddhists flounder about in a [[philosophy]] without [[God]], while my people are piteously enslaved to the [[fear]] of a [[God]] without a saving [[philosophy]] of life and [[liberty]]. You have a [[philosophy]] without a [[God]]; the [[Jews]] have a God but are largely without a [[philosophy]] of living as related thereto. Buddha, failing to [[envision]] God as a spirit and as a [[Father]], failed to provide in his teaching the [[moral]] [[energy]] and the spiritual driving [[power]] which a [[religion]] must [[possess]] if it is to change a [[race]] and exalt a [[nation]]. "

132:7.6 Then exclaimed Ganid: " [[Teacher]], let's you and I make a new religion, one good enough for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India India] and big enough for [[Rome]], and maybe we can trade it to the [[Jews]] for [[Yahweh]]. " And Jesus replied: " Ganid, religions are not made. The religions of men grow up over long periods of [[time]], while the [[revelations]] of [[God]] flash upon [[earth]] in the lives of the men who [[reveal]] [[God]] to their fellows. " But they did not [[comprehend]] the [[meaning]] of these [[prophetic]] [[words]].

132:7.6 Then exclaimed Ganid: " [[Teacher]], let's you and I make a new religion, one good enough for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India India] and big enough for [[Rome]], and maybe we can trade it to the [[Jews]] for [[Yahweh]]. " And Jesus replied: " Ganid, religions are not made. The religions of men grow up over long periods of [[time]], while the [[revelations]] of [[God]] flash upon [[earth]] in the lives of the men who [[reveal]] [[God]] to their fellows. " But they did not [[comprehend]] the [[meaning]] of these [[prophetic]] [[words]].

132:7.7 That night after they had retired, Ganid could not [[sleep]]. He talked a long time with his [[father]] and finally said, " You know, father, I sometimes think Joshua is a [[prophet]]. " And his father only sleepily replied, " My son, there are others—"

132:7.7 That night after they had retired, Ganid could not [[sleep]]. He talked a long time with his [[father]] and finally said, " You know, father, I sometimes think Joshua is a [[prophet]]. " And his father only sleepily replied, " My son, there are others—"