Topical Index
Art
7.
96.
Beauty
96.
Blasphemy
21.
Brevets & Missions
5.
8.
11.
18.
22.
88.
105.
116.
130.
142.
207.
257.
Celestial Administration
12.
19.
60.
69.
79.
91.
92.
137.
138.
165.
198.
209.
Change
41.
45.
Children
37.
63.
196.
Circumspection
212.
Communion
1.
62.
178.
199.
200.
201.
206.
Comportment
40.
44.
97.
129.
134.
142.
241.
244.
249.
251.
Divine Instruction
23.
25.
35.
78.
95.
97.
122.
140.
194.
Dogma
25.
91.
163.
Etheric Vacuum
66.
Evil & Ignorance
5.
11.
23.
36.
47.
89.
97.
98.
144.
159.
215.
222.
236.
237.
238.
249.
Experience
8.
9.
27.
86.
152.
186.
193.
253.
Faith
78.
210.
211.
Fear
27.
31.
111.
241.
Force : Physical 128, 169. Cosmic 151. Moral 80.
Giving
70.
Growth
148.
Humility
155.
Impatience
226.
Justice
231.
Knowledge & Wisdom
37.
86.
122.
163.
189.
232.
256.
Leadership
81.
133.
215.
Light
25.
30.
109.
Love
43.
46.
50.
57.
58.
147.
148.
217.
218.
Matter
109.
152.
Mediums
75.
76.
Numerology
85.
Omens, Symbols & Miracles
35.
55.
73.
74.
96.
126.
146.
168.
195.
203.
Pact, Plan & Program
14.
17.
78.
142.
178.
180.
215.
233.
257.
Parables: Figs 104, Five Sons 156, Gardener 163, Mustard Seed 156, Ravens 160, Roses 101, Small Mishiefs 175, Two Bounties 182.
Pattern
149.
Patience
9.
22.
84.
Patriotism
15.
Peace
230.
234.
246.
Personal Choice
14.
16.
29.
93.
153.
157.
168.
246.
253.
Prayer
32.
131.
241.
Promise
10.
16.
24.
28.
42.
117.
166.
192.
205.
248.
Prophets & Prophecy
65.
66.
67.
83.
172.
Reincarnation
6.
12.
25.
31.
72.
76.
81.
152.
Rewards, Recompense & Money
39.
40.
82.
87.
143.
144.
201.
247.
250.
Sacrifice
34.
Self Command
93.
147.
Science & Inovation
14.
166.
Second Coming
25.
26.
29.
36.
72.
81.
106.
114.
120.
146.
181.
219.
Service
2.
33.
69.
107.
114.
156.
177.
Space
65.
Spirit
20.
Suffering
13.
176.
Thought
57.
66.
148.
Time
41.
45.
Tolerence
27.
Tranquility
38.
Vibration
67.
Victory
223.
War
18.
47.
230.
Others
3.
4.
48.
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
56.
59.
61.
64.
68.
71.
77.
90.
92.
94.
99.
100.
102.
103.
108.
110.
112.
113.
115.
118.
119.
121.
123.
124.
125.
127.
132.
135.
136.
139.
141.
145.
150.
154.
158.
161.
162.
164.
167.
170.
171.
172.
173.
174.
179.
183.
184.
185.
187.
188.
190.
191.
197.
198.
202.
204.
208.
209.
213.
214.
216.
220.
221.
224.
225.
227.
228.
229.
235.
239.
240.
242.
243.
245.
252.
254.
255.
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Chapter 153:
Cast Off Old Garments
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1. BE WISE, my beloved. . . .
2. Earthly error hath given unto man a heritage of sorrow; it hath picked him up and cast him down; it hath made him a phantom; it hath said unto him, Verily art thou least in the Father's wonders, therefore prostrate thyself, thou dullard, lest it should happen that thou shouldst recognize thyself in standing posture for that which thy spirit reckoneth unto thee.
3. The wise son saith unto himself: Is my Father not wise? am I not His son? whenever did a wise father raise him up a dullard? when was flesh brutal that was sired of a majesty?
4. The wild wind calleth and the eagle flieth; the storm rageth and the tarn delighteth; the meadow-wind wafteth and the lark wingeth upward; are these not essences of that which proclaimeth them?
5. How then happeneth it that the soul of man, being born of God, cometh not into his calling of divinity? of performing divinely? of knowing of his endlessness and proclaiming it joyously?
6. I say, rise up, beloved, and cast off old garments; give yourselves new raiment, fresh as the morning.
7. Behold the dew, that it is new; behold the fragrance, that it is fresh.
8. Could God make a day that is divine and set man into it that is of clay, yet able to perceive it?
9. Whence cometh this humor to think evil of thy spirit? I say it is perverseness based on shallow reasonings, I say it is delight to give torture to one's spirit.
10. Men of old have known of these things, that man was greatest among God's creatures, yet have the ages burdened men spirits.
11. The wicked of earth have risen up; they have defiled the sanctuary of earth's truth; they have longed for idols reared unto themselves, and when they delivered no sweet satisfactions, they have stormed in a tantrum and bespoken themselves blasphemies.
12. They have said unto themselves, All winds are ill, they do blow us no good; we are forgotten of the Godhead; our bodies are of clay and the soft mire receiveth us.
13. Behold we do no goodly thing that it faileth not to sting us; we are weak in our intellects, and in that we are weak, we say life is weak also, that all is of evil, that no good cometh out of it.
14. Are they not children who thus flout the eternal?
15. Arise! get ye up! know the proud blessing! perceive your own birthrights, that the ages are your heritage, that God hath ordained you to be heirs unto a kingdom!
16. Why persevere ye in little tenets when there are libraries of delights awaiting your explorings? cast off your garments of lecherous beggaries and do honor to a prince who calleth you his kinsmen.
17. These are the lessons which I would teach you, these are the matters I would offer to your reason.
18. How think ye that ye have been endowed with the wits to score a trillion sunsets' tints yet cannot see the glories that await beyond life's curtains?
19. Do the little men press hard upon you? doth the slothful dunce upbraid you that ye have concernment for him in his folly? hath a tiny tune been piped for your ears upon the organ of the infinite?
20. I say unto you, beloved, these are only your perceptions.
21. What prince is there among you who knoweth himself to be aught than a prince who seeth the world but in terms of its rulership? Is not the wise man wise in that life appeareth unto him in terms of his findings? Hath not the swineherd come unto his creatures in that they present the mark of his horizons?
22. Life is that which ye do see, according to the witcheries with which ye do behold it.
23. Each man maketh his bed with life, he lieth upon it; he treateth with the eternal on his own terms, the eternal humoreth him and saith, So be it.
24. Behold he observeth the sunset or the raincloud, he looketh at the morrow or his memories envelop him, a host advanceth on him and he saith unto his fellows,
25. We are beleaguered or not, according as we wish it; mayhap these who march against us are but sent to try our mettle, mayhap if we flee not, we shall find that they are brethren.
26. Verily, beloved, all things requiring mettle are your friends . . . . in that they strengthen you to defeat every foe.
27. Wouldst ye have heaven? I say unto you, Take it! Do ye know torment? I say, Ye have made it, and in that ye have made it, it must deliver you a pleasure.
28. No man endureth that which giveth him not a secret pleasure, although that pleasure be naught but the adjustings of his karma.
29. Hath not the philosopher uttered unto you, That thing which thou wouldst have, O man, take it, I tell you, and pay the price?
30. I say that the philosopher hath uttered unto you correctly, and yet I say more: That thing which thou wouldst be, O Man, enter into it by stepping; behold the step is there for your foot; naught but your effort holdeth you from it.
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