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    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling

    The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the

    Christ

    Transcribed from The Book of Gods Remembrance (Akashic Records)

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    This book was originally published in 19! in "os Angeles, California# $n the title page of the 199% edition,

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    Birth and 3arl !ife of 6ar, 6other of Jesus

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    Palestine. Birth of Mary, Joachim's feast. Mary is blessed by the priests.

    A priests prophecy. Mary abides in the temple. Is betrothed to Joseph.A7G7.T7. Caesar rei'ned and #erod Antipas &as ruler of Jerusalem$

    2) Three pro"inces comprised the land of 5alestine8 Judea, .amaria and Galilee$

    1) Joachim &as a master of the Je&ish la&, a man of &ealth9 he li"ed in

    /a:areth of Galilee9 and Anna, of the tribe of Judah, &as his &ife$

    *) To them &as born a child, a 'oodl female child, and the &ere 'lad9 and

    6ar &as the name the 'a"e the child$

    ;) Joachim made a feast in honor of the child9 but he in"ited not the rich, the

    honored and the 'reat9 he called the poor, the halt, the lame, the blind, and to

    each one he 'a"e a 'ift of raiment, food or other needful thin'$

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    =) /o&, &hen the child &as three ears old her parents took her to Jerusalem,

    and in the temple she recei"ed the blessin's of the priests$

    ) The hi'h priest &as a prophet and a seer, and &hen he sa& the child he said,

    ) Behold, this child &ill be the mother of an honored prophet and a master of

    the la&9 she shall abide &ithin this hol temple of the !ord$

    0) And 6ar did abide &ithin the temple of the !ord9 and #illel, chief of the.anhedrin, tau'ht her all the precepts of the Je&s, and she deli'hted in the la&

    of God$

    ) >hen 6ar reached the a'e of &omanhood she &as betrothed to Joseph, son

    of Jacob, and a carpenter of /a:areth$

    2) And Joseph &as an upri'ht man, and a de"oted 3ssene$

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling /.3CT-4/ --

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    Birth and -nfanc of John, the #arbin'er, and of Jesus

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    Zacharias and Elizabeth. Prophetic messaes of !abriel to Zacharias,

    Elizabeth and Mary. Birth of John. Prophecy of Zacharias.

    /3AR #ebron in the hills of Judah, ?acharias and 3li:abeth abode$

    2) The &ere de"out and @ust, and e"er da the read the !a&, the 5rophets

    and the 5salms &hich told of one to come, stron' to redeem9 and the &ere

    &aitin' for the kin'$

    1) /o&, ?acharias &as a priest, and in his turn he led the temple ser"ice in

    Jerusalem$

    *) -t came to pass as ?acharias stood before the !ord and burned the incense in

    the #ol 5lace, that Gabriel came and stood before his face$

    ;) And ?acharias &as afraid9 he thou'ht that some 'reat e"il &as about to come

    upon the Je&s$

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    of #ol Breath9 thrice blessed in the name of Christ9 for ou are &orth, and

    &ill bear a son &ho shall be called -mmanuel$

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    stron' deli"erer to come$

    0) And &hen the child of promise came, a man in sno&+&hite robe appeared to

    them, and the fell back in fear$ The man stood forth and said,

    ) ear not behold - brin' ou @oful ne&s$ At midni'ht in a ca"e in Bethlehem

    &as born the prophet and the kin' that ou ha"e lon' been &aitin' for$

    2) And then the shepherds all &ere 'lad9 the felt that all the hills &ere filled&ith messen'ers of li'ht, &ho said,

    1) All 'lor be to God on hi'h9 peace, peace on earth, 'ood &ill to men$

    *) And then the shepherds came &ith haste to Bethlehem and to the ca"e, that

    the mi'ht see and honor him &hom men had called -mmanuel$

    ;) /o&, &hen the mornin' came, a shepherdess &hose home &as near,

    prepared a room for 6ar, Joseph and the child9 and here the tarried man

    das$

    hat &ill ou call the childE

    the mother said,

    #is name is Jesus, as the man of God declared$

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    &onsecration of Jes"s. Mary offers sacrifices. imeon and Anna prophesy.

    Anna is reb"(ed for )orshippin the child. #he family ret"rns to Bethlehem.

    /4>, 6ar took her son, &hen he &as fort das of a'e, up to the temple in

    Jerusalem, and he &as consecrated b the priest$

    2) And then she offered purifin' sacrifices for herself, accordin' to the custom

    of the Je&s9 a lamb and t&o oun' turtle do"es$

    1) A pious Je& named .imeon &as in the temple ser"in' God$

    *) rom earl outh he had been lookin' for -mmanuel to come, and he had

    praed to God that he mi'ht not depart until his ees had seen 6essiah in the

    flesh$

    ;) And &hen he sa& the infant Jesus he re@oiced and said,

    - no& am read to depart in peace, for - ha"e seen the kin'$

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    one, a master, clothed in &hite, appeared and said,

    ) Good &oman, sta9 take heed to &hat ou do9 ou ma not &orship man9

    this is idolatr$

    2) This child is man, the son of man, and &orth of all praise$ ou shall adore

    and &orship God9 him onl shall ou ser"e$

    1) The &oman rose and bo&ed her head in thankfulness and &orshipped God$*) And 6ar took the infant Jesus and returned to Bethlehem$

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    #hree maian priests honor Jes"s. *erod is alarmed. &alls a co"ncil of the Je)s.

    Is told that prophets had foretold the comin of a (in. *erod resol%es to (ill the

    child.

    Mary and Joseph ta(e Jes"s and flee into Eypt.

    B34/% the ri"er 3uphrates the ma'ians li"ed9 and the &ere &ise, could read

    the lan'ua'e of the stars, and the di"ined that one, a master soul, &as born9

    the sa& his star abo"e Jerusalem$

    2) And there &ere three amon' the ma'ian priests &ho lon'ed to see the masterof the comin' a'e9 and the took costl 'ifts and hastened to the >est in search

    of him, the ne&born kin', that the mi'ht honor him$

    1) And one took 'old, the smbol of nobilit9 another mrrh, the smbol of

    dominion and of po&er9 'um+thus the other took, the smbol of the &isdom of

    the sa'e$

    *) /o& &hen the ma'ians reached Jerusalem the people &ere ama:ed, and

    &ondered &ho the &ere and &h the came$

    ;) And &hen the asked,

    >here is the child that has been born a kin'E

    the "er throne of #erod seemed to shake$

    hile et beond the 3uphrates &e sa& his star arise, and &e ha"e come to

    honor him$

    ) And #erod blanched &ith fear$ #e thou'ht,

    perhaps, the priests &ere plottin' to restore the kin'dom of the Je&s,

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling 2and so he said &ithin himself,- &ill kno& more about this child that has been born a kin'$

    ) And so he told the ma'ian priests to tarr in the cit for a &hile and he &ould

    tell them all about the kin'$

    0) #e called in council all the Je&ish masters of the la& and asked,

    >hat ha"e the Je&ish prophets said concernin' such a oneE

    ) The Je&ish masters ans&ered him and said,

    The prophets lon' a'o foretold that one &ould come to rule the tribes of -srael9

    that this 6essiah &ould be born in Bethlehem$

    2) The said,

    The prophet 6icah &rote,

    4 Bethlehem Judea, a little place amon' the Judean hills, et out of ou &ill onecome forth to rule m people, -srael9 ea, one &ho li"ed in olden times, in "er

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    ancient das$

    1) Then #erod called the ma'ian priests a'ain and told them &hat the masters

    of the Je&ish la& had said9 and then he sent them on the &a to Bethlehem$

    *) #e said,

    Go search, and if ou find the child that has been born a kin', return and tell me

    all, that - ma 'o and honor him$;) The ma'ians &ent their &a and found the child &ith 6ar in the

    shepherdDs home$

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    2) But ?acharias did not kno&, and he replied,

    - am a minister of God, a ser"ant in the #ol 5lace9 ho& could - kno& &here

    the ha"e taken himE

    1) And &hen the 'uards returned and told the kin' &hat ?acharias said, he

    &as enra'ed and said,

    *) 6 'uards, 'o back and tell that &il priest that he is in m hands9 that if hedoes not tell the truth, does not re"eal the hidin' place of John, his son, then he

    shall die$

    ;) The 'uards &ent back and told the priest @ust &hat the kin' had said$

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    promised sons,

    ) >ho are ordained to la in solid rock a sure foundation stone on &hich the

    temple of the perfect man shall rest H a temple that shall ne"er be destroed$

    2) >e measure time b ccle a'es, and the 'ate to e"er a'e &e deem a

    milestone in the @ourne of the (human) race$

    1) An a'e has passed9 the 'ate unto another a'e flies open at the touch of time$This is the preparation a'e of soul, the kin'dom of -mmanuel, of God in man9

    *) And these, our sons, &ill be the first to tell the ne&s, and preach the 'ospel

    of 'ood &ill to men, and peace on earth$

    ;) A mi'ht &ork is theirs9 for carnal men &ant not the li'ht, the lo"e the

    dark, and &hen the li'ht shines in the dark the comprehend it not$

    e call these sons Re"ealers of the !i'ht9 but the must ha"e the li'ht before

    the can re"eal the li'ht$

    =) And ou must teach our sons, and set their souls on fire &ith lo"e and hol

    :eal, and make them conscious of their missions to the sons of men$

    ) Teach them that God and man &ere one9 but that throu'h carnal thou'hts

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling 1and &ords and deeds, man tore himself a&a from God9 debased himself$

    ) Teach that the #ol Breath &ould make them one a'ain, restorin' harmon

    and peace9

    20) That nau'ht can make them one but !o"e9 that God so lo"ed the &orld that

    he has clothed his son in flesh that man ma comprehend$

    2) The onl .a"ior of the &orld is lo"e, and Jesus, son of 6ar, comes to

    manifest that lo"e to men$

    22) /o&, lo"e cannot manifest until its &a has been prepared, and nau'ht can

    rend the rocks and brin' do&n loft hills and fill the "alles up, and thus

    prepare the &a, but purit$

    21) But purit in life, men do not comprehend9 and so, it too, must come in flesh$

    2*) And ou, 3li:abeth, are blest because our son is purit made flesh, and he

    shall pa"e the &a for lo"e$

    2;) This a'e &ill comprehend but little of the &orks of 5urit and !o"e9 but

    not a &ord is lost, for in the Book of GodDs Remembrance a re'istr

    is made of e"er thou'ht, and &ord, and deed9

    2

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    2) /o man li"es unto himself9 for e"er li"in' thin' is bound b cords to e"er

    other li"in' thin'$

    1) Blest are the pure in heart9 for the &ill lo"e and not demand lo"e in return$

    *) The &ill not do to other men &hat the &ould not ha"e other men do unto

    them$

    ;) There are t&o selfs9 the hi'her and the lo&er self$

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    alome's lessons. #he man and the )oman. Philosophy of h"man moods.

    #he tri"ne !od. #he eptonate. #he !od #ao.

    .A!463 tau'ht the lesson of the da$ .he said,

    All times are not alike$ Toda the &ords of man ma ha"e the 'reatest po&er9

    tomorro& &oman teaches best$

    2) -n all the &as of life the man and &oman should &alk hand in hand9 the one&ithout the other is but half9 each has a &ork to do$

    1) But all thin's teach9 each has a time and a season for its o&n$ The sun, the

    moon ha"e lessons of their o&n for men9 but each one teaches at the appointed

    time$

    *) The lessons of the sun fall do&n on human hearts like &ithered lea"es upon a

    stream, if 'i"en in the season of the moon9 and so &ith lessons of the moon and

    all the stars$

    ;) Toda one &alks in 'loom, do&nhearted and oppressed9 tomorro& that same

    one is filled &ith @o$

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    and earth$

    21) /o passion has our Tao Great, and et he causes sun and moon and all the

    stars to rise and set$

    2*) /o name has Tao Great, and et he makes all thin's to 'ro&9 he brin's in

    season both the seed time and the har"est time$

    2;) And Tao Great &as 4ne9 the 4ne became the T&o9 the T&o became theThree, the Three e"ol"ed the .e"en, &hich filled the uni"erse &ith manifests$

    2

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    initiate9 all secret thin's belon' to 3'pt land9 and this is &h the masters come$

    1) -n ?oan Abram tau'ht his science of the stars, and in that sacred temple

    o"er there he learned the &isdom of the &ise$

    *) And &hen his lessons all &ere learned, he took his kindred and his flocks and

    herds and @ourneed back to Canaan, and in the plains of 6amre pitched his

    tent, and there he li"ed, and there he died$;) And records of his life and &orks and of his sons, and of the tribes of -srael,

    are &ell preser"ed in Je&ish sacred books$

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    &as @ustice, lo"e and ri'hteousness$

    ;) - quote for ou a fe& of man of the helpful &ords &hich Buddha spoke8

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    1.6 They prayed, but not a word was said8 but in that holy 7ilene e&ery heart was

    blest#

    1/6 And then =lihu spoke# ary and =li?abeth,

    4ur words are said8 you need not tarry longer here8 the all has o(e8 the way is

    lear, you (ay return unto your nati&e land#

    106 A (ighty work is gi&en you to do8 you shall diret the (inds that will diret theworld#

    16 @our sons are set apart to lead (en up to righteous thoughts, and words, and

    deeds8

    1%6 To (ake (en know the sinfulness of sin8 to lead the( fro( the adoration of the

    lower self, and all illusi&e things, and (ake the( onsious of the self that li&es with

    Christ in God#

    126 $n preparation for their work your sons (ust walk in (any thorny paths#

    1!6 iere trials and te(ptations they will (eet, like other (en8 their loads will not be

    light, and they will weary be, and faint#

    196 And they will know the pangs of hunger and of thirst8 and without ause they will

    be (oked, i(prisoned, sourged#.6 To (any ountries they will go, and at the feet of (any (asters they will sit, for

    they (ust learn like other (en#

    .16 ut we ha&e said enough# The blessings of the Three and of the 7e&en, who stand

    before the throne, will surely rest upon you e&er(ore#

    ..6 Thus losed the lessons of =lihu and 7alo(e# Three years they taught their pupils

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling 1!in the sared gro&e, and if their lessons all were written in a book, lo, it would be a

    (ighty book8 of what they said we ha&e the su(#

    ./6 3ow, >ary, Joseph and =li?abeth with Jesus and his harbinger, set forth upon

    their ho(eward way# They went not by Jerusale(, for Arhelaus reigned#

    .06 They Bourneyed by the itter 7ea, and when they reahed =ngedi hills they rested

    in the ho(e of Joshua, a near of kin8 and here =li?abeth and John abode#

    .6 ut Joseph, >ary and their son went by the Jordan way, and after ertain days

    they reahed their ho(e in 3a?areth#

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling 19.3CT-4/ -I

    %A!3T#

    Childhood and 3arl 3ducation of John, the #arbin'er

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    Elizabeth in Enedi. #eaches her son. John becomes the p"pil of Matheno,

    )ho re%eals to him the meanin of sin and the la) of fori%eness.

    3!-?AB3T# &as blest9 she spent her time &ith John, and 'a"e to him the

    lessons that 3lihu and .alome had 'i"en her$

    2) And John deli'hted in the &ildness of his home and in the lessons that he

    learned$

    1) /o& in the hills &ere man ca"es$ The ca"e of %a"id &as a+near in &hich the

    #ermit of 3n'edi li"ed$

    *) This hermit &as 6atheno, priest of 3'pt, master from the temple of .akara$

    ;) >hen John &as se"en ears of a'e 6atheno took him to the &ilderness and inthe ca"e of %a"id the abode$

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    hat is for'i"enessE John inquired$

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling .) 6atheno said,

    -t is the pain' up of debts$ A man &ho &ron's another man can ne"er be

    for'i"en until he ri'hts the &ron'$

    20) The Iedas sas that none can ri'ht the &ron' but him &ho does the &ron'$

    2) John said,

    -f this be true &here is the po&er to for'i"e eFcept the po&er that rests in man

    himselfE Can man for'i"e himselfE

    22) 6atheno said,

    The door is &ide a@ar9 ou see the &a of manDs return to ri'ht, and the

    for'i"eness of his sins$

    C#A5T3R *Matheno's lessons. #he doctrine of "ni%ersal la).

    #he po)er of man to choose and to attain.

    #he benefits of antaonisms. Ancient sacred boo(s.

    #he place of John and Jes"s in the )orld's history.

    6AT#3/4 and his pupil, John, &ere talkin' of the sacred books of olden times,

    and of the 'olden precepts the contained, and John eFclaimed,

    2) These 'olden precepts are sublime9 &hat need ha"e &e of other sacred booksE

    1) 6atheno said,

    The .pirits of the #ol 4ne cause e"er thin' to come and 'o in proper time$

    *) The sun has his o&n time to set, the moon to rise, to &aF and &ane, the stars

    to come and 'o, the rain to fall, the &inds to blo&9;) The seed times and the har"est times to come9 man to be born and man to die$

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    ith e"er da he finds ne& duties and ne& cares$

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling .1;) 6an is not carried o"er dan'erous pits, nor helped to o"ercome his foes$ #e

    is himself his arm, and his s&ord and shield9 and he is captain of his hosts$

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    )here he remains eihteen years.

    >#3/ John &as t&el"e ears old his mother died, and nei'hbors laid her bod

    in a tomb amon' her kindred in the #ebron burin' 'round, and near to

    ?achariasD tomb$

    2) And John &as deepl 'rie"ed9 he &ept$ 6atheno said,

    -t is not &ell to &eep because of death$1) %eath is no enem of man9 it is a friend &ho, &hen the &ork of life is done,

    @ust cuts the cord that binds the human boat to earth, that it ma sail on

    smoother seas$

    *) /o lan'ua'e can describe a motherDs &orth, and ours &as tried and true$ But

    she &as not called hence until her tasks &ere done$

    ;) The calls of death are al&as for the best, for &e are sol"in' problems there as

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling ..&ell as here9 and one is sure to find himself &here he can sol"e his problems

    best$

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    ha"e ne"er done9 but ou must 'o before and sho& the &a$

    2*) ou are to teach that men must &ash9 so ou must lead the &a, our bod

    must be &ashed, smbolic of the cleansin' of the soul$

    2;) John said,

    >h need - &aitE 6a - not 'o at once and &ashE

    2

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    ) - touched the &aters at m feet, and the &ere chan'ed to trees, and flo&ers,

    and sin'in' birds, and e"er thin' &as praisin' God$

    ) And someone spoke, - did not see the one &ho spoke, - heard the "oice, &hich

    said,

    #here is no death$

    0) Grandmother Anna lo"ed the child9 she laid her hand on JesusD head andsaid,

    - sa& ou stand beside the sea9 - sa& ou touch the sand and &a"es9 - sa& them

    turn to li"in' thin's and then - kne& the meanin' of the dream$

    ) The sea of life rolls hi'h9 the storms are 'reat$ The multitude of men are idle,

    listless, &aitin', like dead sand upon the beach$

    2) our &and is truth$ >ith this ou touch the multitudes, and e"er man

    becomes a messen'er of hol li'ht and life$

    1) ou touch the &a"es upon the sea of life9 their turmoils cease9 the "er &inds

    become a son' of praise$

    *) There is no death, because the &and of truth can chan'e the driest bones to

    li"in' thin's, and brin' the lo"eliest flo&ers from sta'nant ponds, and turn themost discordant notes to harmon and praise$

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling .;) Joachim said,

    6 son, toda ou pass the se"enth milestone of our &a of life, for ou are

    se"en ears of a'e, and &e &ill 'i"e to ou, as a remembrance of this da,

    &hate"er ou desire9 choose that &hich &ill afford ou most deli'ht$

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    >hich is the 'reatest of the Ten CommandsE

    1) And Jesus said,

    - do not see a 'reatest of the Ten Commands$ - see a 'olden cord that runs

    throu'h all the Ten Commands that binds them fast and makes them one$

    *) This cord is lo"e, and it belon's to e"er &ord of all the Ten Commands$

    ;) -f one is full of lo"e he can do nothin' else than &orship God9 for God is lo"e$

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    1) #is tender heart &as shocked at this displa of cruelt9 he asked the ser"in'

    priests,

    >hat is the purpose of this slau'hter of the beasts and birdsE >h do ou burn

    their flesh before the !ordE

    *) The priest replied,

    This is our sacrifice for sin$ God has commanded us to do these thin's, and said

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling .2that in these sacrifices all our sins are blotted out$

    ;) And Jesus said,

    >ill ou be kind enou'h to tell &hen God proclaimed that sins are blotted out

    b sacrifice of an kindE

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    22) The child remained &ith #illel in the temple for a ear, and then returned

    unto his home in /a:areth9 and there he &rou'ht &ith Joseph as a carpenter$

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling .!C#A5T3R

    Jes"s at the ae of t)el%e in the temple. -isp"tes )ith the doctors of the la).

    0eads from a boo( of prophecy. By re1"est of *illel he interprets the prophecies.

    AGA-/ the 'reat feast in Jerusalem &as on, and Joseph, 6ar and their son

    &ere there$ The child &as t&el"e ears old$

    2) And there &ere Je&s and proseltes from man countries in Jerusalem$

    1) And Jesus sat amon' the priests and doctors in the temple hall$

    *) And Jesus opened up a book of prophec and read8

    ;) >oe, &oe to Ariel, the to&n &here %a"id d&elt - &ill dismantle Ariel, and

    she shall 'roan and &eep8

    hen Jesus had thus read he put aside the book and said,

    ou masters of the la&, &ill ou make plain for us the prophetDs &ordsE

    20) /o&, #illel sat amon' the masters of the la&, and he stood forth and said,

    5erhaps our oun' rabboni &ho has read the &ord &ill be interpreter$

    2) And Jesus said,

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    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling .9The Ariel of the prophet is our o&n Jerusalem$

    22) B selfishness and cruelt this people has become a stench unto the 3lohim$

    21) The prophet sa& these das from far, and of these times he &rote$

    2*) 4ur doctors, la&ers, priests and scribes oppress the poor, &hile the

    themsel"es in luFur li"e$2;) The sacrifices and the offerin's of -srael are but abomination unto God$

    The onl sacrifice that God requires is self$

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    es, he is in the temple no& disputin' &ith the doctors of the la&$

    =) And the &ent in, and found him as the 'uards had said$

    ) And 6ar said,

    >h Jesus, &h do ou treat our parents thusE !o, &e ha"e sou'ht t&o das

    for ou$ >e feared that some 'reat harm had o"ertaken ou$

    ) And Jesus said,%o ou not kno& that - must be about m atherDs &orkE

    0) But he &ent round and pressed the hand of e"er doctor of the la& and said,

    - trust that &e ma meet a'ain$

    ) And then he &ent forth &ith his parents on their &a to /a:areth9 and &hen

    the reached their home he &rou'ht &ith Joseph as a carpenter$

    2) 4ne da as he &as brin'in' forth the tools for &ork he said,

    1) These tools remind me of the ones &e handle in the &orkshop of the mind

    &here thin's are made of thou'ht and &here &e build up character$

    *) >e use the square to measure all our lines, to strai'hten out the crooked

    places of the &a, and make the corners of our conduct square$

    ;) >e use the compass to dra& circles round our passions and desires to keepthem in the bounds of ri'hteousness$

    e use the aFe to cut a&a the knott, useless and un'ainl parts and make

    the character smmetrical$

    =) >e use the hammer to dri"e home the truth, and pound it in until it is a part

    of e"er part$

    ) >e use the plane to smooth the rou'h, une"en surfaces of @oint, and block,

    and board that 'o to build the temple for the truth$

    ) The chisel, line, the plummet and the sa& all ha"e their uses in the &orkshop

    of the mind$

    20) And then this ladder &ith its trinit of steps, faith, hope and lo"e9 on it &e

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling /1climb up to the dome of purit in life$

    2) And on the t&el"e+step ladder &e ascend until &e reach the pinnacle of that

    &hich life is spent to build H the Temple of 5erfected 6an$

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling /.

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    !ife and >orks of Jesus in -ndia

    C#A5T3R 2

    0a%anna sees Jes"s in the temple and is capti%ated. *illel tells him abo"t the boy.

    0a%anna finds Jes"s in /azareth and i%es a feast in his honor.

    0a%anna becomes patron of Jes"s,

    and ta(es him to India to st"dy the Brahmic reliion.

    A R4A! prince of -ndia, Ra"anna of 4rissa in the south, &as at the Je&ish

    feast$

    2) Ra"anna &as a man of &ealth9 and he &as @ust, and &ith a band of Brahmicpriests, sou'ht &isdom in the >est$

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    1) >hen Jesus stood amon' the Je&ish priests and read and spoke, Ra"anna

    heard and &as ama:ed$

    *) And &hen he asked &ho Jesus &as, from &hence he came and &hat he &as,

    chief #illel said,

    ;) >e call this child the %a .tar from on hi'h, for he has come to brin' to men

    a li'ht, the li'ht of life9 to li'hten up the &a of men and to redeem his people,-srael$

    a9

    he sou'ht to learn the secret of the &isdom of the son9 but it &as all to 'reat for

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling /0him$

    ;) And then he asked that he mi'ht be the patron of the child9 mi'ht take him

    to the 3ast &here he could learn the &isdom of the Brahms$

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    6 Je&ish master, &hat is truthE

    1) And Jesus said,

    Truth is the onl thin' that chan'es not$

    *) -n all the &orld there are t&o thin's9 the one is truth9 the other falsehood is9

    and truth is that &hich is, and falsehood that &hich seems to be$

    ;) /o& truth is au'ht, and has no cause, and et it is the cause of e"erthin'$hate"er has been made &ill be unmade9 that &hich be'ins must end$

    ) All thin's that can be seen b human ees are manifests of au'ht, are nau'ht,

    and so must pass a&a$

    ) The thin's &e see are but refleFes @ust appearin', &hile the ethers "ibrate so

    and so, and &hen conditions chan'e the disappear$

    0) The #ol Breath is truth9 is that &hich &as, and is, and e"ermore shall be9 it

    cannot chan'e nor pass a&a$

    ) !amaas said,

    ou ans&er &ell9 no&, &hat is manE

    2) And Jesus said,6an is the truth and falsehood stran'el miFed$

    1) 6an is the Breath made flesh9 so truth and falsehood are con@oined in him9

    and the stri"e, and nau'ht 'oes do&n and man as truth abides$

    *) A'ain !amaas asked,

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling />hat do ou sa of po&erE

    ;) And Jesus said,

    -t is a manifest9 is the result of force9 it is but nau'ht9 it is illusion, nothin' more$

    orce chan'es not, but po&er chan'es as the ethers chan'e$

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    2, Jesus &ith his friend !amaas &ent throu'h all the re'ions of 4rissa, andthe "alle of the Gan'es, seekin' &isdom from the sudras and the "isas and the

    masters$

    2) Benares of the Gan'es &as a cit rich in culture and in learnin'9 here the t&o

    rabbonis tarried man das$

    1) And Jesus sou'ht to learn the #indu art of healin', and became the pupil of

    7draka, 'reatest of the #indu healers$

    *) 7draka tau'ht the uses of the &aters, plants and earths9 of heat and cold9

    sunshine and shade9 of li'ht and dark$

    ;) #e said,

    The la&s of nature are the la&s of health, and he &ho li"es accordin' to these

    la&s is ne"er sick$

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    ) #e &as a ello& man, and his it &as to till the soil, and keep the flocks and

    herds$

    2) And from the feet of 5arabrahm the fourth man came9 and he &as black9

    and he &as called the sudras, one of lo& estate$

    1) The sudras is the ser"ant of the race of men9 he has no ri'hts that others

    need respect9 he ma not hear the Iedas read, and it means death to him to look

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling /!into the face of priest, or kin', and nau'ht but death can free him from his state

    of ser"itude$

    *) And Jesus said,

    Then 5arabrahm is not a God of @ustice and of ri'ht9 for &ith his o&n stron'

    hand he has eFalted one and brou'ht another lo&$

    ;) And Jesus said no more to them, but lookin' up to hea"en he said,

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    hear his &ords, he spoke a parable to them9 he said8

    2) A nobleman possessed a 'reat estate9 he had four sons, and he &ould ha"e

    them all 'ro& stron' b standin' forth and makin' use of all the talents the

    possess$

    1) And so he 'a"e to each a share of his 'reat &ealth, and bade them 'o their

    &a$*) The eldest son &as full of self9 he &as ambitious, shre&d and quick of thou'ht$

    ;) #e said &ithin himself, - am the oldest son, and these, m brothers, must be

    ser"ants at m feet$

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    The #ol 4ne has said that all his children shall be free9 and e"er soul is child

    of God$

    2*) The sudras shall be free as priest9 the farmer shall &alk hand in hand &ith

    kin'9 for all the &orld &ill o&n the brotherhood of man$

    2;) 4 men, arise be conscious of our po&ers, for he &ho &ills need not remain

    a sla"e$2

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    To &hom shall &e brin' 'iftsE >here shall &e offer sacrificeE

    =) And Jesus said,

    4ur ather+God asks not for needless &aste of plant, of 'rain, of do"e, of lamb$

    ) That &hich ou burn on an shrine ou thro& a&a$ /o blessin's can attend

    the one &ho takes the food from hun'r mouths to be destroed b fire$

    ) >hen ou &ould offer sacrifice unto our God, @ust take our 'ift of 'rain, ormeat and la it on the table of the poor$

    20) rom it an incense &ill arise to hea"en, &hich &ill return to ou &ith

    blessedness$

    2) Tear do&n our idols9 the can hear ou not9 turn all our sacrificial altars

    into fuel for the flames$

    22) 6ake human hearts our altars, and burn our sacrifices &ith the fire of

    lo"e$

    21) And all the people &ere entranced, and &ould ha"e &orshiped Jesus as a

    God9 but Jesus said,

    2*) - am our brother man @ust come to sho& the &a to God9 ou shall not

    &orship man9 praise God, the #ol 4ne$

    C#A5T3R 2=

    Jes"s attends a feast in Behar. Preaches a re%ol"tionary sermon on h"man

    e1"ality.

    0elates the parable of the bro(en blades.

    T#3 fame of Jesus as a teacher spread throu'h all the land, and people came

    from near and far to hear his &ords of truth$

    2) At Behar, on the sacred ri"er of the Brahms, he tau'ht for man das$

    1) And Ach, a &ealth man of Behar, made a feast in honor of his 'uest, and he

    in"ited e"er one to come$

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling 0.*) And man came9 amon' them thie"es, eFtortioners, and courtesans$ And

    Jesus sat &ith them and tau'ht9 but the &ho follo&ed him &ere much

    a''rie"ed because he sat &ith thie"es and courtesans$

    ;) And the upbraided him9 the said,

    Rabboni, master of the &ise, this da &ill be an e"il da for ou$

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    *) es, the are sinners, and confess their 'uilt, &hile ou are 'uilt, but are

    shre&d enou'h to ha"e polished coat to co"er up our 'uilt$

    ;) .uppose ou men &ho scorn these courtesans, these drunkards and these

    thie"es, &ho kno& that ou are pure in heart and life, that ou are better far

    than the, stand forth that men ma kno& @ust &ho ou are$

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    and scribes &ere there$

    1) And Jesus said to them,

    >ith much deli'ht - speak to ou concernin' life H the brotherhood of life$

    *) The uni"ersal God is one, et he is more than one9 all thin's are God9 all

    thin's are one$

    ;) B the s&eet breaths of God all life is bound in one9 so if ou touch a fiber of ali"in' thin' ou send a thrill from the center to the outer bounds of life$

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    2;) Just 'i"e our life in sacrificial ser"ice to the all of life, and God is pleased$

    2hen Jesus had thus said he stood aside9 the people &ere ama:ed, but stro"e

    amon' themsel"es$

    2=) .ome said,

    #e is inspired b #ol Brahm9

    and others said,#e is insane9

    and others said,

    #e is obsessed9 he speaks as de"ils speak$

    2) But Jesus tarried not$ Amon' the 'uests &as one, a tiller of the soil, a

    'enerous soul, a seeker after truth, &ho lo"ed the &ords that Jesus spoke, and

    Jesus &ent &ith him, and in his home abode$

    C#A5T3R 2

    A$ainin, a priest from +ahore, comes to Benares to see Jes"s,

    and abides in the temple. Jes"s ref"ses an in%itation to %isit the temple.

    A$ainin %isits him at niht in the farmer's home, and accepts his philosophy.A64/G BenaresD temple priests &as one, a 'uest, A@ainin, from !ahore$

    2) B merchantmen A@ainin heard about the Je&ish bo, about his &ords of

    &isdom, and he 'irt himself and @ourneed from !ahore that he mi'ht see the

    bo, and hear him speak$

    1) The Brahmic priests did not accept the truth that Jesus brou'ht, and the

    &ere an'ered much b &hat he said at the 7draka feast$

    *) But the had ne"er seen the bo, and the desired much to hear him speak,

    and the in"ited him to be a temple 'uest$

    ;) But Jesus said to them,

    The li'ht is most abundant, and it shines for all9 if ou &ould see the li'ht come

    to the li'ht$

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    est, dre& near$

    2) And one, approachin' Jesus, said,

    >e come to ou @ust from our nati"e land and brin' un&elcome ne&s$

    1) our father is no more on earth9 our mother 'rie"es9 and none can comfort

    her$ .he &onders &hether ou are still ali"e or not9 she lon's to see ou once

    a'ain$

    *) And Jesus bo&ed his head in silent thou'ht9 and then he &rote$ 4f &hat he

    &rote this is the sum8

    ;) 6 mother, noblest of &omankind9 A man @ust from m nati"e land hasbrou'ht me &ord that father is no more in flesh, and that ou 'rie"e, and are

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    disconsolate$

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    =) And so the sent a call abroad, and priests from e"er pro"ince came$ Benares

    &as on fire &ith Brahmic :eal$

    ) !amaas from the temple Ja'annath, &ho kne& the inner life of Jesus &ell,

    &as in their midst, and heard the rantin's of the priests,

    ) And he stood forth and said,

    6 brother priests, take heed, be careful &hat ou do9 this is a record+makin'da$

    0) The &orld is lookin' on9 the "er life of Brahmic thou'ht is no& on trial$

    ) -f &e are reason+blind9 if pre@udice be kin' toda9 if &e resort to beastl

    force, and de our hands in blood that ma, in si'ht of Brahm, be innocent and

    pure,

    2) #is "en'eance ma fall do&n on us9 the "er rock on &hich &e stand ma

    burst beneath our feet9 and our belo"ed priesthood, and our la&s and shrines

    &ill 'o into deca$

    1) But the &ould let him speak no more$ The &rathful priests rushed up and

    beat him, spit upon him, called him traitor, thre& him, bleedin', to the street$

    *) And then confusion rei'ned9 the priests became a mob9 the si'ht of human

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling 09blood led on to fiendish acts and called for more$

    ;) The rulers, fearin' &ar, sou'ht Jesus, and the found him calml teachin' in

    the market place$

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    moulds of time9 and then a protoplast$

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    think, and e"er creature is possessed of &ill, and, in its measure, has the po&er

    to choose,

    2) And in their nati"e planes all creatures are supplied &ith nourishment from

    the ethers of their planes$

    2) And so it &as &ith e"er li"in' thin' until the &ill became a slu''ish &ill,

    and then the ethers of the protoplast, the earth, the plant, the beast, the man,be'an to "ibrate "er slo&$

    10) The ethers all became more dense, and all the creatures of these planes &ere

    clothed &ith coarser 'arbs, the 'arbs of flesh, &hich men can see9 and thus this

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling 1coarser manifest, &hich men call phsical, appeared$

    1) And this is &hat is called the fall of man9 but man fell not alone, for

    protoplast, and earth, and plant and beast &ere all included in the fall$

    12) The an'els and the cherubim fell not9 their &ills &ere e"er stron', and so

    the held the ethers of their planes in harmon &ith God$

    11) /o&, &hen the ethers reached the rate of atmosphere, and all the creaturesof these planes must 'et their food from atmosphere, the conflict came9 and then

    that &hich the finite man has called sur"i"al of the best, became a la&,

    1*) The stron'er ate the bodies of the &eaker manifests9 and here is &here the

    carnal la& of e"olution had its rise$

    1;) And no& man, in his utter shamelessness, strikes do&n and eats the beasts,

    the beast consumes the plant, the plant thri"es on the earth, the earth absorbs

    the protoplast$

    1e stand toda upon a crest of

    time$ .iF times a'o a master soul &as born &ho 'a"e a 'lor li'ht to man, and

    no& a master sa'e stands here in temple api"astu$

    *1) This #ebre& prophet is the risin' star of &isdom, deified$ #e brin's to us a

    kno&led'e of the secret thin's of God9 and all the &orld &ill hear his &ords, &ill

    heed his &ords, and 'lorif his name$

    **) ou priests of temple api"astu, sta be still and listen &hen he speaks9 he

    is the !i"in' 4racle of God$

    *; And all the priests 'a"e thanks, and praised the Buddha of enli'htenment$

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    C#A5T3R 11

    Jes"s teaches the common people at a sprin. #ells them ho) to attain "nto

    happiness.

    0elates the parable of the roc(y field and the hidden treas"re.

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling .-/ silent meditation Jesus sat beside a flo&in' sprin'$ -t &as a hol da, and

    man people of the ser"ant caste &ere near the place$

    2) And Jesus sa& the hard dra&n lines of toil on e"er bro&, in e"er hand$

    There &as no look of @o in an face$ /ot one of all the 'roup could think of

    anthin' but toil$

    1) And Jesus spoke to one and said,

    >h are ou all so sadE #a"e ou no happiness in lifeE

    *) The man replied,

    >e scarcel kno& the meanin' of that &ord$ >e toil to li"e, and hope for

    nothin' else but toil, and bless the da &hen &e can cease our toil and la usdo&n to rest in BuddhaDs cit of the dead$

    ;) And JesusD heart &as stirred &ith pit and &ith lo"e for these poor toilers,

    and he said,

    hen hope and lo"e are back of toil, then all of life is filled &ith @o and peace,

    and this is hea"en$ %o ou not kno& that such a hea"en is for ouE

    =) The man replied,

    4f hea"en &e ha"e heard9 but then it is so far a&a, and &e must li"e so man

    li"es before &e can reach that place

    ) And Jesus said,

    6 brother, man, our thou'hts are &ron'9 our hea"en is not far a&a9 and it

    is not a place of metes and bounds, is not a countr to be reached9 it is a state of

    mind$

    ) God ne"er made a hea"en for man9 he ne"er made a hell9 &e are creators and

    &e make our o&n$

    0) /o&, cease to seek for hea"en in the sk9 @ust open up the &indo&s of our

    hearts, and, like a flood of li'ht, a hea"en &ill come and brin' a boundless @o9

    then toil &ill be no cruel task$

    ) The people &ere ama:ed, and 'athered close to hear this stran'e oun'

    master speak,

    2) -mplorin' him to tell them more about the ather+God9 about the hea"enthat men can make on earth9 about the boundless @o$

    1) And Jesus spoke a parable9 he said, A certain man possessed a field9 the soil

    &as hard and poor$

    *) B constant toil he scarcel could pro"ide enou'h of food to keep his famil

    from &ant$

    ;) 4ne da a miner &ho could see beneath the soil, in passin' on his &a, sa&

    this poor man and his unfruitful field$

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    the rock soil, and del"e do&n deep into the earth, ou need no lon'er till the soil

    for nau'ht$

    ) The man belie"ed$ The miner surel kno&s9 he said, and - &ill find the

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling /treasures hidden in m field$20) And then he du' a&a the rock soil, and deep do&n in the earth he found a

    mine of 'old$

    2) And Jesus said, The sons of men are toilin' hard on desert plains, and

    burnin' sands and rock soils9 are doin' &hat there fathers did, not dreamin'

    the can do au'ht else$

    22) Behold, a master comes, and tells them of a hidden &ealth9 that "nderneath

    the roc(y soil of carnal thins are treas"res that no man can co"nt

    21) That in the heart the richest 'ems abound9 that he &ho &ills ma open the

    door and find them all$

    2*) And then the people said,

    6ake kno&n to us the &a that &e ma find the &ealth that las &ithin theheart$

    2;) And Jesus opened up the &a9 the toilers sa& another side of life, and toil

    became a @o$

    C#A5T3R 1*

    #he J"bilee in 7api%ast". Jes"s teaches in the plaza and the people are astonished.

    *e relates the parable of the "n(ept %ineyard and the %ine dresser. #he priests are

    anered by his )ords.

    -T &as a 'ala da in sacred api"astu9 a thron' of Buddhist &orshippers had

    met to celebrate a Jubilee$

    2) And priests and masters from all parts of -ndia &ere there9 the tau'ht9 but

    the embellished little truth &ith man &ords$

    1) And Jesus &ent into an ancient pla:a and tau'ht9 he spoke of ather+6other+God9 he told about the brotherhood of life$

    *) The priests and all the people &ere astounded at his &ords and said,

    -s this not Buddha come a'ain in fleshE /o other one could speak &ith such

    simplicit and po&er$

    ;) And Jesus spoke a parable9 he said,

    There &as a "ineard all unkept9 the "ines &ere hi'h, the 'ro&th of lea"es and

    branches 'reat$

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    &ere surprised$

    2) The naked stalks had put forth branch and leaf, and hea" clusters of

    delicious 'rapes &ei'hed e"er branch to earth$

    1) The 'atherers re@oiced as, da b da, the carried the rich fruita'e to the

    press$

    *) Behold the "ineard of the !ord the earth is spread &ith human "ines$;) The 'or'eous forms and rites of men are branches, and their &ords are

    lea"es9 and these ha"e 'ro&n so 'reat that sunli'ht can no lon'er reach the

    heart9 there is no fruit$

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    0) All people are alike the ser"ants of our ather+God, are kin's and priests$

    ) >ill not the comin' a'e demand complete destruction of the priestl caste, as

    &ell as e"er other caste, and inequalit amon' the sons of menE

    2) And Iidapati said,

    The comin' a'e is not the a'e of spirit life and men &ill pride themsel"es in

    &earin' priestl robes, and chantin' pious chants to ad"ertise themsel"es assaints$

    1) The simple rites that ou &ill introduce &ill be eFtolled b those &ho follo&

    ou, until the sacred ser"ice of the a'e &ill far outshine in 'or'eousness the

    priestl ser"ice of the Brahmic a'e$

    *) This is a problem men must sol"e$

    ;) The perfect a'e &ill come &hen e"er man &ill be a priest and men &ill not

    arra themsel"es in special 'arb to ad"ertise their piet$

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling %.3CT-4/ I--?A-/

    !ife and >orks of Jesus in Tibet and >estern -ndia

    C#A5T3R 1ord, and

    the &ere healed$

    22) Amon' the !adaks Jesus tarried man das9 he tau'ht them ho& to heal9

    ho& sins are blotted out, and ho& to make on earth a hea"en of @o$

    21) The people lo"ed him for his &ords and &orks, and &hen he must depart

    the 'rie"ed as children 'rie"e &hen mother 'oes a&a$

    2*) And on the mornin' &hen he started on his &a the multitudes &ere there to

    press his hand

    2;) To them he spoke a parable9 he said,

    A certain kin' so lo"ed the people of his land that he sent forth his onl son &ith

    precious 'ifts for all$

    2

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    1e are not rich b &hat &e 'et and hold9 the onl thin's &e keep are those &e

    'i"e a&a$

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling 9

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    ) -f ou &ould li"e the perfect life, 'i"e forth our life in ser"ice for our kind,

    and for the forms of life that men esteem the lo&er forms of life$

    20) But Jesus could not tarr lon'er in !ahore9 he bade the priests and other

    friends fare&ell9 and then he took his camel and he &ent his &a to&ard the

    .ind$

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling %.3CT-4/ I---

    C#3T#

    !ife and >orks of Jesus in 5ersia

    C#A5T3R 1

    Jes"s crosses Persia. #eaches and heals in many places. #hree maian priests

    meet him as he nears Persepolis. 7aspar and t)o other Persian masters meet him

    in Persepolis. #he se%en masters sit in silence se%en days.

    47R+A/%+T>3/T ears of a'e &as Jesus &hen he entered 5ersia on hishome&ard &a$

    2) -n man a hamlet, to&n and nei'hborhood he paused a &hile and tau'ht and

    healed$

    1) The priests and rulin' classes did not &elcome him, because he censured them

    for cruelt to those of lo& estate$

    *) The common people follo&ed him in thron's$

    ;) At times the chiefs made bold to tr to hinder him, forbiddin' him to teach or

    heal the sick$ But he re'arded not their an'r threats9 he tau'ht, and healed the

    sick$

    ho, four+and+t&ent ears before, had seen the star of promise rise abo"e

    Jerusalem, and &ho had @ourneed to the >est to find the ne&+born kin'9

    ) And &ere the first to honor Jesus as the master of the a'e, and 'a"e him 'ifts

    of 'old, 'um+thus and mrrh$

    ) These ma'i kne&, b &as that masters al&as kno&, &hen Jesus neared

    5ersepolis9 and then the 'irt themsel"es, and &ent to meet him on the &a$

    0) And &hen the met, a li'ht much bri'hter than the li'ht of da surrounded

    them, and men &ho sa& the four stand in the &a declared the &ere

    transfi'ured9 seemin' more like 'ods than men$) /o&, #or and !un &ere a'ed men, and Jesus placed them on his beast to

    ride into 5ersepolis9 &hilst he and 6er led on the &a$

    2) And &hen the reached the ma'iDs home the all re@oiced$ And Jesus told the

    thrillin' stor of his life, and #or and !un and 6er spoke not9 the onl looked

    to hea"en, and in their hearts praised God$

    1) Three &ise men from the /orth &ere in 5ersepolis9 and the &ere aspar,

    ?ara and 6el:one9 and aspar &as the &isest master of the 6a'ian land$ These

    three &ere at the home of #or and !un and 6er &hen Jesus came$

    *) or se"en das these se"en men spoke not9 the sat in silence in the council

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling %1hall in close communion &ith the .ilent Brotherhood$

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    ;) The sou'ht for li'ht, for re"elation and for po&er$ The la&s and precepts of

    the comin' a'e required all the &isdom of the masters of the &orld$

    C#A5T3R 1

    Jes"s attends a feast in Persepolis.

    pea(s to the people, re%ie)in the maian philosophy.E5plains the oriin of e%il. pends the niht in prayer.

    A 3A.T in honor of the ma'ian God &as bein' held, and man men &ere

    'athered in 5ersepolis$

    2) And on the 'reat da of the feast the rulin' ma'ian master said, >ithin these

    sacred &alls is libert9 &hoe"er &ills to speak ma speak$

    1) And Jesus, standin' in the midst of all the people, said,

    6 brothers, sisters, children of our ather+God8

    *) 6ost blest are ou amon' the sons of men toda, because ou ha"e such @ust

    conceptions of the #ol 4ne and man$

    ;) our purit in &orship and in life is pleasin' unto God9 and to our master,

    ?arathustra, praise is due$ell sa ou all, There is one God from &hose 'reat bein' there came forth

    the se"en .pirits that created hea"en and earth9 and manifest unto the sons of

    men are these 'reat .pirits in the sun, and moon, and stars$

    =) But in our sacred books &e read that t&o amon' these se"en are of superior

    stren'th9 that one of these created all the 'ood9 the other one created all that e"il

    is$

    ) - pra ou, honored masters, tell me ho& that e"il can be born of that &hich is

    all 'oodE

    ) A ma'us rose and said,

    -f ou &ill ans&er me, our problem &ill be sol"ed$

    0) >e all do reco'ni:e the fact that e"il is$ >hate"er is, must ha"e a cause, -f

    God, the 4ne, made not this e"il, then, &here is the God &ho didE

    ) And Jesus said,

    >hate"er God, the 4ne, has made is 'ood, and like the 'reat first Cause, the

    se"en .pirits all are 'ood, and e"erthin' that comes from their creati"e hands is

    'ood$

    2) /o&, all created thin's ha"e colors, tones and forms their o&n9 but certain

    tones, thou'h 'ood and pure themsel"es, &hen miFed, produce inharmonies,

    discordant tones$

    1) And certain thin's, thou'h 'ood and pure, &hen miFed, produce discordant

    thin's, ea, poisonous thin's, that men call e"il thin's$*) .o e"il is the inharmonious blendin' of the colors, tones, or forms of 'ood$

    ;) /o&, man is not all+&ise, and et has &ill his o&n$ #e has the po&er, and he

    uses it, to miF GodDs 'ood thin's in a multitude of &as, and e"er da he makes

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling %.discordant sounds, and e"il thin's$

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    ) Then Jesus stood aside, and not a ma'us ans&ered him$

    20) And he departed from the thron' and &ent into a secret place to pra$

    C#A5T3R *0

    Jes"s teaches the maians. E5plains the ilence and ho) to enter it.

    7aspar e5tols the )isdom of Jes"s. Jes"s teaches in the ro%es of &yr"s./4>, in the earl mornin' Jesus came a'ain to teach and heal$ A li'ht not

    comprehended sho&n about, as thou'h some mi'ht spirit o"ershado&ed him$

    2) A ma'us noted this and asked him pri"atel to tell from &hence his &isdom

    came, and &hat the meanin' of the li'ht$

    1) And Jesus said,

    There is a .ilence &here the soul ma meet its God, and there the

    fount of &isdom is, and all &ho enter are immersed in li'ht, and

    filled &ith &isdom, lo"e and po&er$

    *) The ma'us said,

    Tell me about this .ilence and this li'ht, that - ma 'o and there abide$;)And Jesus said,

    The .ilence is not circumscribed9 is not a place closed in &ith &all, or

    rock steeps, nor 'uarded b the s&ord of man$

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    h does he bless this sprin' toda, and then tomorro& take his blessin's

    all a&aE

    =) A deit of po&er could fill these &aters full of healin' "irtue e"er da$

    ) #ear me, ou sick, disconsolate8 The "irtue of this fount is not a special 'ift ofGod$

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    ) aith is the healin' po&er of e"er drop of all the &aters of this sprin'$

    0) #e &ho belie"es &ith all his heart that he &ill be made &hole b &ashin' in

    this fount &ill be made &hole &hen he has &ashed9 and he ma &ash at an

    time$

    ) !et e"er one &ho has this faith in God and in himself plun'e in these &aters

    no& and &ash$2) And man of the people plun'ed into the crstal fount9 and the &ere

    healed$

    1) And then there &as a rush, for all the people &ere inspired &ith faith, and

    each one stro"e to be amon' the first to &ash, lest all the "irtue be absorbed$

    *) And Jesus sa& a little child, &eak, faint and helpless, sittin' all alone beond

    the sur'in' cro&d9 and there &as none to help her to the fount$

    ;) And Jesus said,

    6 little one, &h do ou sit and &aitE >h not arise and hasten to the fount

    and &ash, and be made &ellE

    orks of Jesus in Assria

    C#A5T3R *2

    Jes"s bids the maians fare)ell. !oes to Assyria. #eaches the people in 6r of

    &haldea.

    Meets Ashbina, )ith )hom he %isits many to)ns and cities, teachin and healinthe sic(.

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    -/ 5ersia JesusD &ork &as done and he resumed his @ourne to&ards his nati"e

    land$

    2) The 5ersian sa'e &ent &ith him to the 3uphrates9 then &ith a pled'e that

    the &ould meet a'ain in 3'pt land the masters said,

    are&ell$

    1) And aspar &ent his &a unto his home beside the Caspian .ea9 and Jesussoon &as in Chaldea, cradle land of -srael$

    *) -n 7r, &here Abraham &as born, he tarried for a time9 and &hen he told the

    people &ho he &as, and &h he came, the came from near and far to speak to

    him$

    ;) #e said to them,

    >e all are kin$ T&o thousand ears and more a'o, our ather Abraham li"ed

    here in 7r, and then he &orshipped God the 4ne, and tau'ht the people in these

    sacred 'ro"es$

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    walked a(ong her fallen palaes#

    .6 They trod the streets where $srael one was held in base apti&ity#

    /6 They saw where Judahs sons and daughters hung their harps upon the willows,

    and refused to sing#

    06 They saw where Daniel and the

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    !ife and >orks of Jesus in Greece

    C#A5T3R **

    Jes"s %isits !reece and is )elcomed by the Athenians. Meets Apollo.

    Addresses the !recian masters in the Amphitheatre. #he address.

    T#3 Greek philosoph &as full of pun'ent truth, and Jesus lon'ed to stud &iththe masters in the schools of Greece$

    2) And so he left his home in /a:areth and crossed the Carmel hills, and at the

    port took ship, and soon &as in the Grecian capital$

    1) /o&, the Athenians had heard of him as teacher and philosopher, and the

    &ere 'lad to ha"e him come to them that the mi'ht hear his &ords of truth$

    *) Amon' the masters of the Greeks &as one, Apollo, &ho &as called, %efender

    of the 4racle, and reco'ni:ed in man lands as Grecian sa'e$

    ;) Apollo opened up for Jesus all the doors of Grecian lore, and in the

    Areopa'us he heard the &isest masters speak$

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    21) This #ol Breath knocks at the door of e"er soul, but cannot enter in until

    the &ill of man thro&s &ide the door$

    2*) There is no po&er in intellect to turn the ke9 philosoph and science both

    ha"e toiled to 'et a 'limpse behind the "eil9 but the ha"e failed$

    2;) The secret sprin' that thro&s a@ar the door of soul is touched b nothin' else

    than purit in life, b praer and hol thou'ht$2hen Jesus had thus said he stepped aside$ The Grecian masters &ere

    astonished at the &isdom of his &ords9 the ans&ered not$

    C#A5T3R *;

    Jes"s teaches the !ree( masters. !oes )ith Apollo to -elphi and hears

    the 9racle spea(. It testifies for him. *e abides )ith Apollo,

    and is reconized as the li%in 9racle of !od.

    E5plains to Apollo the phenomenon of oracl"lar speech.4R man das the Grecian masters listened to the clear incisi"e &ords that

    Jesus spoke, and &hile the could not full comprehend the thin's he said, the

    &ere deli'hted and accepted his philosoph$

    2) 4ne da as Jesus and Apollo &alked beside the sea, a %elphic courier came in

    haste and said,

    Apollo, master, come9 the 4racle &ould speak to ou$

    1) Apollo said to Jesus,

    .ir, if ou &ould see the %elphic 4racle, and hear it speak, ou ma accompan

    me$

    And Jesus did accompan him$

    *) The masters &ent in haste9 and &hen the came to %elphi, 'reat eFcitement

    rei'ned$

    ;) And &hen Apollo stood before the 4racle it spoke and said8

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    4racle spoke forth for fort das$

    ;) 4ne da Apollo said to Jesus as the sat alone,

    This sacred %elphic 4racle has spoken man a helpful &ord for Greece$

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    126 The (ost effiient prayer that (en an offer to a god of any kind is helpfulness to

    those in need of help8 for what you do for other (en the

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    hea"en and said,

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    hat - ha"e said, that -

    ha"e said9 - &ill be true to them, to God, and to mself$

    20) And then the tempter left, and Jesus &as a'ain alone9 but in a little time a

    &hite+robed priest appeared and said,

    2) >ell done The !o'os has pre"ailed$ This is the trial chamber of hpocris$

    And then he led the &a, and Jesus stood before the @ud'ment seat$22) And all the brothers stood9 the hierophant came forth and laid his hand on

    JesusD head, and placed &ithin his hands a scroll, on &hich &as &ritten @ust one

    &ord, .-/C3R-T9 and not a &ord &as said$

    21) The 'uide a'ain appeared, and led the &a, and in a spacious room replete

    &ith e"erthin' a student cra"es &as Jesus bade to rest and &ait$

    C#A5T3R *

    Jes"s passes the second brotherhood test, and recei%es the second deree,

    J6#I&E.

    T#3 !o'os did not care to rest9 he said,

    >h &ait in this luFurious roomE - need not rest9 m atherDs &ork upon mepresses hard$

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    2) - &ould 'o on and learn m lessons all$ -f there are trials, let them come, for

    e"er "ictor o"er self 'i"es added stren'th$

    1) And then the 'uide led on, and in a chamber, dark as ni'ht, &as Jesus placed

    and left alone9 and das &ere spent in this deep solitude$

    *) And Jesus slept, and in the dead of ni'ht a secret door &as opened, and, in

    priestDs attire, t&o men came in9 each carried in his hand a little flickerin' lamp$;) Approachin' Jesus, one spoke out and said,

    oun' man, our hearts are 'rie"ed because of &hat ou suffer in these fearful

    dens, and &e ha"e come as friends to brin' ou li'ht, and sho& the &a to

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling 22libert$

    e once, like ou, &ere in these dens confined, and thou'ht that throu'h

    these &eird, uncann &as &e could attain to blessedness and po&er9

    =) But in a luckful moment &e &ere undecei"ed, and, makin' use of all our

    stren'th, &e broke our chains, and then &e learned that all this ser"ice is

    corruption in dis'uise$ These priests are criminals @ust hid a&a$) The boast in sacrificial rites9 the offer to their 'ods, and burn them &hile

    ali"e poor birds, and beasts9 ea, children, &omen, men$

    ) And no& the keep ou here, and, at a certain time, ma offer ou in sacrifice$

    0) >e pra ou, brother, break our chains9 come, 'o &ith us9 accept of

    freedom &hile ou ma$

    ) And Jesus said,

    our little tapers sho& the li'ht ou brin'$ 5ra, &ho are ouE The &ords of

    man are &orth no more than is the man himself$

    2) These temple &alls are stron' and hi'h9 ho& 'ained ou entrance to this

    placeE

    1) The men replied,

    Beneath these &alls are man hidden &as, and &e &ho ha"e been priests, spent

    months and ears &ithin these dens, kno& all of them$

    *) Then ou are traitors,

    Jesus said$

    A traitor is a fiend9 he &ho betras another man is ne"er man to trust$

    ;) -f one has onl reached the plane of treacher, he is a lo"er of deceit, and &ill

    betra a friend to ser"e his selfish self$

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    2*) And not a &ord &as said, but in his hands the master placed a scroll on

    &hich the &ord su''esti"e, J7.T-C3, &as inscribed$

    2;) And Jesus &as the master of the phantom forms of pre@udice and of

    treacher$

    $

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling 2!C#A5T3R ;0

    Jes"s passes the third brotherhood test, and recei%es the third deree, :AI#*.

    T#3 !o'os &aited se"en das, and then &as taken to the #all of ame, a

    chamber rich in furnishin's, and li'hted up &ith 'old and sil"er lamps$

    2) The colors of its ceilin's, decorations, furnishin's and &alls &ere blue and

    'old$

    1) -ts shel"es &ere filled &ith books of master minds9 the paintin's and the

    statues &ere the &orks of hi'hest art$

    *) And Jesus &as entranced &ith all this ele'ance and these manifests of thou'ht$

    #e read the sacred books, and sou'ht the meanin's of the smbols and thehiero'lphs$

    ;) And &hen he &as absorbed in deepest thou'ht, a priest approached and said,

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    22) 6 ather+God, - thank thee for this hour$ - ask not for the 'lor of mself9

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling 29- fain &ould be a keeper of th temple 'ates, and ser"e m brother man$

    21) A'ain &as Jesus called to stand before the hierophant9 a'ain no &ord &as

    said, but in his hands the master placed a scroll on &hich &as &ritten, A-T#$2*) And Jesus bo&ed his head in humble thanks9 then &ent his &a$

    $

    C#A5T3R ;

    Jes"s passes the fo"rth brotherhood test, and recei%es the fo"rth deree,

    P*I+A/#*09P*4.

    >#3/ other certain das had passed, the 'uide led Jesus to the #all of 6irth, a

    hall most richl furnished, and replete &ith e"erthin' a carnal heart could

    &ish$

    2) The choicest "iands and the most delicious &ines &ere on the boards9 and

    maids, in 'a attire, ser"ed all &ith 'race and cheerfulness$

    1) And men and &omen, richl clad, &ere there9 and the &ere &ild &ith @o9the sipped from e"er cup of mirth$

    *) And Jesus &atched the happ thron' in silence for a time, and then a man in

    'arb of sa'e came up and said, 6ost happ is the man &ho, like the bee, can

    'ather s&eets from e"er flo&er$

    ;) The &ise man is the one &ho seeks for pleasure, and can find it e"er&here$

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    ) - cannot see mself apart from that poor man that ou so scorned, and

    cro&ded to the &all9

    ) /or from the one in female 'arb &ho came up from the haunts of "ice to ask

    for smpath and lo"e, &ho &as b ou so ruthlessl pushed back into her den of

    sin9

    20) /or from that little child that ou dro"e from our midst to suffer in thecold, bleak &inds of ni'ht$

    2) - tell ou, men, &hat ou ha"e done to these, m kindred, ou ha"e done to

    me$

    22) ou ha"e insulted me in our o&n home9 - cannot sta$ - &ill 'o forth and

    find that child, that &oman and that man, and 'i"e them help until m lifeDs

    blood all has ebbed a&a$

    21) - call it pleasure &hen - help the helpless, feed the hun'r, clothe the naked,

    heal the sick, and speak 'ood &ords of cheer to those unlo"ed, discoura'ed and

    depressed$

    2*) And this that ou call mirth is but a phantom of the ni'ht9 but flashes of the

    fire of passion, paintin' pictures on the &alls of time$2;) And &hile the !o'os spoke the &hite+robed priest came in and said to him,

    The council &aits for ou$

    2

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    God "ibratin' in the rhthm of rapid thou'ht$

    2) And then he said,

    !et there be li'ht9

    and &ith a mi'ht &ill he stirred the ethers up, and their "ibrations reached the

    plane of li'ht9 and there &as li'ht$

    1) The darkness of that den of ni'ht became the bri'htness of a ne&born da$*) And then he looked to see the beasts, and birds, and creepin' thin's9 lo, the

    &ere not$

    ;) And Jesus said,

    4f &hat are souls afraidE ear is the chariot in &hich man rides to death9

    hen Jesus had attained the "ictor o"er fear, he 'ained the ri'ht to enter

    here$

    *) The 'uide led on the &a, and after passin' man richl furnished rooms the

    reached the #all of #armon9 and here &as Jesus left alone$

    ;) Amon' the instruments of music &as a harpsichord, and Jesus sat inthou'htful mood inspectin' it, &hen, quietl, a maiden of entrancin' beaut

    came into the hall$

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    lo"eliness &ere e"er found amon' the sons of men$

    ) - did not kno& that "oice of an'el e"er 'raced a human form, or that

    seraphic music e"er came from human lips$

    2) or das he sat entranced9 the current of his thou'hts &as chan'ed9 he

    thou'ht of nothin' but the sin'er and her son's$

    1) #e lon'ed to see her once a'ain9 and after certain das she came9 she spokeand laid her hand upon his head$

    *) #er touch thrilled all his soul, and for the time, for'otten &as the &ork that

    he &as sent to do$

    ;) e& &ere the &ords the maiden said9 she &ent her &a9 but then the heart of

    Jesus had been touched$

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    hall a feast &as ser"ed, and Jesus &as the honored 'uest$

    C#A5T3R ;*

    Jes"s becomes a pri%ate p"pil of the hierophant and is ta"ht the mysteries of

    Eypt.

    In passin the se%enth test, he )or(s in the &hamber of the -ead.T#3 senior course of stud no& &as opened up and Jesus entered and became a

    pupil of the hierophant$

    2) #e learned the secrets of the mstic lore of 3'pt land9 the msteries of life

    and death and of the &orlds beond the circle of the sun$

    1) >hen he had finished all the studies of the senior course, he &ent into the

    Chamber of the %ead, that he mi'ht learn the ancient methods of preser"in'

    from deca the bodies of the dead9 and here he &rou'ht$

    *) And carriers brou'ht the bod of a &ido&Ds onl son to be embalmed9 the

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling !&eepin' mother follo&ed close9 her 'rief &as 'reat$;) And Jesus said,

    Good &oman, dr our tears9 ou follo& but an empt house9 our son is in it

    not$

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    This lifeless bod needs no help from me9 but - can help &hile et life is9 m

    mother tau'ht me this$

    2) 6 mother tau'ht that 'rief and selfish lo"e, and hopes and fears are but

    refleFes from the lo&er self9

    22) That &hat &e sense are but small &a"es upon the rollin' billo&s of a life$

    21) These all &ill pass a&a9 the are unreal$2*) Tears flo& from hearts of flesh9 the spirit ne"er &eeps9 and - am lon'in' for

    the da &hen - &ill &alk in li'ht, &here tears are &iped a&a$

    2;) 6 mother tau'ht that all emotions are the spras that rise from human

    lo"es, and hopes, and fears9 that perfect bliss cannot be ours till &e ha"e

    conquered these$

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    onqueror#

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling !2.3CT-4/ --

    !A63%

    The Council of the .e"en .a'es of the >orld

    C#A5T3R ;hat must &e doE

    The harbin'er replied,

    2) %o "iolence to none9 eFact no &ron'ful thin', and be contented &ith the

    &a'es ou recei"e$

    22) Amon' the Je&s &ere man &ho had been &aitin' for the Christ to come,

    and the re'arded John as Christ$21) But to their questions John replied,

    -n &ater - do cleanse, smbolic of the cleansin' of the soul9 but &hen he comes

    &ho is to come, lo, he &ill cleanse in #ol Breath and purif in fire$

    2*) #is fan is in his hand, and he &ill separate the &heat and chaff9 &ill thro&

    the chaff a&a, but 'arner e"er 'rain of &heat$ This is the Christ$

    2;) Behold he comes and he &ill &alk &ith ou, and ou &ill kno& him not$

    2

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    manifest$*) John heard the "oice, and understood the messa'e of the "oice$

    ;) /o& Jesus &ent his &a, and John preached to the multitude$

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    =) Then Jesus left the &ilderness and in the consciousness of #ol breath, he

    came unto the camps of John and tau'ht$

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling 11C#A5T3R hat do ou seekE

    *) And the disciples asked,

    >here do ou li"eE And Jesus ans&ered,Come and see$

    ;) And Andre& called his brother .imon, sain',

    Come &ith me, for - ha"e found the Christ$

    hen Jesus looked in .imonDs face he said,

    Behold a rock and 5eter is our name$

    =) And 5hilip found /athaniel sittin' b a tree, and said,

    6 brother, come &ith me, for - ha"e found the Christ -n /a:areth he abides$

    ) /athaniel said,

    Can anthin' of 'ood come out of /a:arethE

    And 5hilip ans&ered,

    Come and see$

    ) >hen Jesus sa& /athaniel come he said,

    Behold an -sraelite indeed in &hom there is no 'uile

    0) /athaniel said,

    #o& can ou speak about me thusE

    ) And Jesus said,

    - sa& ou as ou sat beneath the fi' tree o"er there, before our brother called$

    2) /athaniel lifted up his hands and said,

    This surel is the Christ, the kin', for &hom the harbin'er has often testified$

    1) And John &ent forth and found his brother James, and brou'ht him to the

    Christ$*) The siF disciples &ent &ith Jesus to the place &here he abode$

    ;) And 5eter said,

    >e lon' ha"e sou'ht for Christ$ >e came from Galilee to John9 &e thou'ht that

    he &as Christ, but he confessed to us that he &as not9

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    m head$

    ) #e &ho &ould follo& me must 'i"e up all cra"in's of the self and lose his life

    in sa"in' life$

    20) - come to sa"e the lost, and man is sa"ed &hen he is rescued from himself$

    But men are slo& to comprehend this doctrine of the Christ$

    2) And 5eter said,- cannot speak for an other man, but for mself - speak8 - &ill lea"e all and

    follo& &here ou lead$

    22) And then the others spoke and said, ou ha"e the &ords of truth9 ou came

    from God, and if &e follo& in our footsteps &e cannot miss the &a$

    21) Then Jesus and the siF disciples sat a lon', lon' time in silent thou'ht$

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling 1/C#A5T3R

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    leeks and carnal herbs to satisf their appetites, the pure in heart ha"e found the

    kin'$

    ) But e"en those &hose faith is &eak, and &ho are nau'ht but carnal

    manifests, &ill some da come a'ain, and enter in &ith @o to see the kin'$

    ) 4 men of -srael, take heed to &hat this prophet has to sa Be stron' in

    mind9 be pure in heart9 be "i'ilant in helpfulness9 the kin'dom is at hand$20) >hen Jesus had thus said he &ent his &a, and &ith his siF disciples came to

    Bethan9 and the abode &ith !a:arus man das$

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling 10

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling 1C#A5T3R hat must &e do that &e ma make our bodies

    fit abidin' places for the kin'E

    hate"er tends to purit in thou'ht, and &ord, and deed

    &ill cleanse the temple of the flesh$=) There are no rules that can appl to all, for men are specialists in sin9 each

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    has his o&n besettin' sin,

    ) And each must stud for himself ho& he can best transmute his tendenc to

    e"il thin's to that of ri'hteousness and lo"e$

    ) 7ntil men reach the hi'her plane, and 'et a&a from selfishness, this rule

    &ill 'i"e the best results8

    20) %o unto other men &hat ou &ould ha"e them do to ou$

    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling 1%2) And man of the people said,

    >e kno& that Jesus is the Christ, the kin' &ho &as to come, and blessed be his

    name$

    22) /o&, Jesus and his siF disciples turned their faces to&ard Jerusalem, and

    man people follo&ed them$

    21) But 6atthe&, son of Alpheus, ran on before, and &hen he reached

    Jerusalem, he said,

    Behold the Christines come

    The multitudes came forth to see the kin'$2*) But Jesus did not speak to an one until he reached the temple court, and

    then he opened up a book and read8

    2;) Behold, - send m messen'er, and he &ill pa"e the &a, and Christ, for

    &hom ou &ait, &ill come unto his temple unannounced$ Behold, for he &ill

    come, sas God, the !ord of hosts$

    2a$

    1) The ruler said,

    Tell him to come up to the sna'o'ue, for - &ould hear his plea$

    *) And 5eter ran and told to Jesus &hat the ruler said9 but Jesus ans&ered not9he &ent not to the sna'o'ue$

    ;) Then in the e"enin' time the ruler came up 6armion >a, and in the home of

    6ar found he Jesus and his mother all alone$

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    Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ--Dowling 120) The people of the to&n came out in thron's to see the Christ, and hear him

    speak9 but Jesus said,

    ) A prophet has no honor in his nati"e to&n, amon' his kin$

    2) - &ill not speak in /a:areth until the &ords - speak, and &orks - do in otherto&ns, ha"e &on the faith of men$

    1) 7ntil men kno& that God has christed me to manifest eternal lo"e$

    *) Good &ill to ou, m kin9 - bless ou &ith a boundless lo"e, and - bespeak

    for ou abundant @o and happiness$

    ;) #e said no more, and all the people mar"elled much because he &ould not

    speak in /a:areth$

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    Jes"s and his disciples at a marriae feast in &ana. Jes"s spea(s on marriae.

    *e t"rns )ater into )ine. #he people are amazed.

    -/ Cana, Galilee, there &as a marria'e feast, and 6ar and her sister 6iriam,and Jesus and his siF disciples &ere amon' the 'uests$

    2) The ruler of the feast had heard that Jesus &as a master sent from God, and

    he requested him to speak$

    1) And Jesus said,

    There is no tie more sacred than the marria'e tie$

    *) The chain that binds t&o souls in lo"e is made in hea"en, and man can ne"er

    se"er it in t&ain$

    ;) The lo&er passions of the t&ain ma cause a union of the t&ain, a union as

    &hen oil and &ater meet$

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    =) The said,

    This man is more than man9 he surel is the christed one &ho prophets of the

    olden times declared &ould come$

    ) And man of the 'uests belie"ed on him, and 'ladl &ould ha"e follo&ed

    him$

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    Jes"s, his si5 disciples and his mother, o to &aperna"m. Jes"s teaches the people,

    re%ealin the difference bet)een the (ins of earth and the (ins of hea%en.

    T#3 cit of Capernaum &as b the sea of Galilee, and 5eterDs home &as there$

    The homes of Andre&, John and James &ere near,

    2) These men &ere fishermen, and must return to tend their nets, and the

    pre"ailed on Jesus and his mother to accompan them, and soon &ith 5hilip and

    /athaniel the &ere restin' b the sea in 5eterDs home$

    1) The ne&s spread throu'h the cit and alon' the shore that JudahDs kin' had

    come, and multitudes dre& near to press his hand$*) And Jesus said,

    - cannot sho& the kin', unless ou see &ith ees of soul, because the kin'dom of

    the kin' is in the soul$

    ;) And e"er soul a kin'dom is$ There is a kin' for e"er man$

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    Jes"s in Jer"salem. -ri%es the merchants o"t of the temple.

    #he priests resent, and he defends himself from the standpoint of a loyal Je). *e

    spea(s to the people.

    T#3 Je&ish paschal feast time came and Jesus left his mother in Capernaum

    and @ourneed to Jerusalem$2) And he abode &ith one a .adducee, &hose name &as Jude$

    1) And &hen he reached the temple courts the multitudes &ere there to see the

    prophet &ho the people thou'ht had come to break the oke of Rome, restore

    the kin'dom of the Je&s, and rule on %a"idDs throne$

    *) And &hen the people sa& him come the said,

    All hail behold the kin'

    ;) But Jesus ans&ered not9 he sa& the mone chan'ers in the house of God, and

    he &as 'rie"ed$

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    2) And then the took the scour'e &ith &hich he dro"e the merchants out, and

    &ould ha"e dri"en him a&a9 but 5hilo, &ho had come from 3'pt to attend the

    feast, stood forth and said,

    22) ou men of -srael, hear This man is more than man9 take heed to &hat ou

    do$ - ha"e, mself, heard Jesus speak, and all the &inds &ere still$

    21) And - ha"e seen him touch the sick, and the &ere healed$ #e stands a sa'eabo"e the sa'es of the &orld9

    2*) And ou &ill see his star arise, and it &ill 'ro& until it is the full+orbed .un

    of Ri'hteousness$

    2;) %o not be hast, men9 @ust &ait and ou &ill ha"e the proofs of his

    messiahship$

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    to a cross$

    2) #e &as entombed9 but death &as far too &eak to hold the prince, and he

    arose$

    1) #e took a form man could not kill9 and then he &ent a'ain to teach the

    people lo"e, and peace and ri'hteousness$

    *) And thus God deals &ith men$;) A la&er came and asked,

    >hat does messiah meanE and &ho has ri'ht to make messiah of a manE

    ord, and the &ere healed$

    1) 4n some he laid his hands, and the &ere healed9 to others he @ust spoke the

    >ord, and the &ere full restored to health9 but others had to 'o and &ash in

    certain pools9 and others he anointed &ith a hol oil$*) A doctor asked him &h he healed in di"ers &as, and he replied,

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    ;) %isease is discord in the human form, and discords are produced in man

    &as$

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    the ne) birth and the (indom of hea%en$

    /-C4%367. &as a ruler of the Je&s, and #e &as earnest, learned and de"out$

    2) #e sa& the masterDs si'net in the face of Jesus as he talked, but &as not bra"e

    enou'h to publicl confess his faith in him9

    1) .o in the ni'ht he &ent to talk &ith Jesus at the home of Jude$

    *) >hen Jesus sa& him come he said,ull blessed are the pure in heart9

    ;) T&ice blessed are the fearless, pure in heart9

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    2*) God did not send his son to @ud'e the &orld9 he sent him forth to sa"e the

    &orld9 to brin' men to the li'ht$

    2;) But men lo"e not the li'ht, for li'ht re"eals their &ickedness9 men lo"e the

    dark$

    2

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    20) And he is clothed in &hite9 his s&ord is truth, his shield is faith9 his helmet is

    innocence9 his breath is lo"e9 his &atch&ord peace$

    2) But this is not a carnal &ar9 it is not man at &ar &ith man9 but it is ri'ht

    a'ainst the &ron'$

    22) And lo"e is captain, lo"e is &arrior, lo"e is armor, lo"e is all, and lo"e shall

    &in$21) And then a'ain the hills of Bethlehem &ere clothed &ith li'ht, a'ain the

    messen'er eFclaimed,

    2*) 5eace, peace on earth, 'ood &ill to men$

    2;) And Jesus tau'ht the people9 healed the sick9 re"ealed the msteries of the

    kin'dom of the #ol 4ne$

    2

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    ) The constant droppin' of the &ater &ears a&a the hardest stone$

    ) The s&eet and hol incense of a 'odl life &ill melt intolerance much quicker

    than the hottest flame, or hardest blo&$

    20) Just &ait a little time, and then 'o home &ith smpath and lo"e$ Talk not of

    Christ, nor of the kin'dom of the #ol 4ne$

    2) Just li"e a 'odl life9 refrain from harshness in our speech, and ou &illlead our husband to the li'ht$

    22) And it &as so$

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    Jes"s in Jericho. *eals a ser%ant of Asher. !oes to the Jordan and spea(s to the

    people.

    Establishes baptism as a plede of discipleship. Baptizes si5 disciples, )ho in t"rn

    baptize many people.

    A/% Jesus &ent to Jericho, and at the inn of Asher he abode$

    2) A ser"ant at the inn &as sick, ni'h unto death9 the healers could not cure$

    1)And Jesus came and touched the din' 'irl, and said,6alone, arise

    and in a moment pain &as 'one9 the fe"er ceased9 the maid &as &ell$

    *) And then the people brou'ht their sick, and the &ere healed$

    ;) But Jesus did not tarr lon' in Jericho9 he &ent do&n to the Jordan ford

    &here John &as &ont to teach$

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    , John the harbin'er, &as at the .alim .prin's &here &ater &as abundant,

    and &ashed the bodies of the people &ho confessed their sins$

    2) A Je&ish la&er &ent to John and said,

    #as not this man from Galilee, he &hom ou &ashed and called the Christ,

    become our foeE

    1) The sa that he is at the Jordan ford9 that he is buildin' up a church, or

    somethin' else, and that he &ashes people @ust as ou ha"e done$

    *) And John replied,

    This Jesus is indeed the Christ &hose &a - came to pa"e$ #e is not foe of mine$

    ;) The bride'room hath the bride9 his friends are near, and &hen the hear his

    "oice the all re@oice$

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    +amaas comes from India to see Jes"s. *e listens to the teachins of John at

    alim.

    John tells him of the di%ine mission of Jes"s. +amaas finds Jes"s at the Jordan.

    #he masters reconize each other.

    !A6AA., priest of Brahm, &ho &as a friend of Jesus &hen he &as in the temple

    of Ja'annath, had heard of Jesus and his mi'ht &orks in man lands9 and heh