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The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus Christ: Section XII: Lamed: ... | Sacred Texts Archive

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  1. Now when the sages were refreshed they opened up the Book of Life and read 📚.
  2. They read the story of the life of man; of all his struggles 😓, losses 🔻, gains 📈; and in the light of past events and needs, they saw what would be best for him in coming years 🕰️.
  3. They knew the kind of laws and precepts 📜 suited best for his estate; they saw the highest God-ideal 🕊️ that the race could comprehend 🧠.
  4. Upon the seven 7️⃣ postulates these sages were to formulate, the great philosophy 📕 of life and worship of the coming age must rest.
  5. Now, Meng-ste (🇨🇳) was the oldest sage; he took the chair of chief, and said,
  6. “Man is not far enough advanced to live by faith; he cannot comprehend 🧠 the things his eyes see not. 🙈”
  7. “He yet is child, and during all the coming age he must be taught by pictures 🖼️, symbols ☮️, rites and forms ⛪.”
  8. “His God must be a human God; he cannot see a God by faith.”
  9. “And then he cannot rule himself; the king must rule; the man must serve.”
  10. “The age that follows this will be the age of man, the age of faith 🕊️”.
  11. “In that blest age the human race will see without the aid of carnal eyes 👁️; will hear 👂 the soundless 🔇 sound; will know the Spirit-God.”
  12. “The age we enter is the Preparation age, and all the schools and governments and worship rites must be designed in simple way 🗒️ that men may comprehend 🧠.”
  13. “And man cannot originate; he builds by patterns 📐 that he sees; so in this council we must carve out pattern 🔳 for the coming age.”
  14. “And we must formulate the gnosis of the Empire of the soul 🫀, which rests on seven 7️⃣ postulates.“
  15. “Each sage in turn shall form a postulate; and these shall be the basis of creeds of men until the perfect age shall come”
  16. Then Meng-ste wrote 🖊️ the first 1️⃣:
  17. “All things are thought 💭; all life is thought activity. The multitude of beings are but phases of the one ☝️ great thought made manifest. Lo, God is Thought, and Thought 💭 is God. 🕊️”