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 168:
These Are the Treasures Given
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1. SO I OFFER you my service. . . .
2. What doth it matter when others beguile you? . . . If an evil man cometh unto you and saith, My light is mine own and I cherish it in that I have found it! say ye unto him,
3. And what is that to us? If the light hath come unto thee, on thy head be its radiance; go to and walk in it. If it lighteth thee safely, thereat is thy profit, but if so be it thy steps are lighted not, then our torch spreadeth far and the multitudes walk safely.
4. I say unto you, there are many lights, beloved. Some are received by those who walk darkly, some are as beacons for those who climb mountains, some see the radiance burning on the earth's brim, others see the candle which the trembling palm cuppeth.
5. The light is the light. It hath many dividings. Yet I say unto those who go forward in a blindness, make sure it is the light and not a green phosphorus on that which is decayed.
6. Behold the rotted substance also giveth off its gleamings, but the true fire hath vigor, it scorcheth as it neareth. The true light hath rigor, it consumeth the unhallowed.
7. I say there are those who do watch above the erring, but in this manner watch they: they do manifest namelessly, their archery hath its target but the arrow goeth silently, they come not unto transgression but lay it low with beauty.
8. Are there those who tell you: We are the masters, sent to watch over you? Ask them of their offices, and what power have they to lift up the fallen?
9. If so be it they make answer, saying: We instruct you in righteousness ruling a tumult, then give them your ear for they know their commissions.
10. If so be it they tell you: We do it by appointment of Him who ruleth Wisdom, say unto them, Wherein are ye appointed? if such were your appointment, would we not know it? why stand ye here idle in voicings of our tumults? We seek a clean action that compoundeth its increase.
11. Behold, my beloved, the action is the watchword. Except ye go out and bend the bow mightily, the arrow flieth not, and the Beast is unfelled.
12. The true guardsman saith: I come unto you privily and ye hear not my footstep; I cast my mantle around you; ye do see it not, but feel it.
13. Are ye troubled in your wits that the doctrine hath defilers?
14. Hath the doctrine ennobled you? Can a rock know defilement? Behold thou art braggart when thou sayest, This doctrine which I love hath been broken as a sheepfold and let in many wolves.
15. Hast thou profited from the doctrine? then was it not of truth? how knowest thou that thy brother unto whom it cometh suffereth a whoredom in that he hath reasoned it?
16. The wake of the ship is the mark of its course. Doth the doctrine leave beauty behind it as its marking? doth it lift up the hopeless? doth it kindle a beacon upon yonder mountain?
17. How say ye, having eyes to see its beauty for yourselves, that your brethren are tormented in that they see not its virtue?
18. If the doctrine is your treasure, then bury it deeply; keep it in the coffers that mark a secret hiding-place; mayhap the brethren do as much for themselves; thus all share the treasure and visit it by stealth. . . .
19. Behold I am come to make clear unto the strong that which is their strength, I am come in my person to give voice unto the voiceless, I give them their ransom when error hath seized them.
20. I say unto no man, This is thy way and there is none beside it. I say unto every man, As thou hast received, thus share thy sweet increase. Thou art a ship on many waters; thy wake hath its forfeit; thy port hath its integrity across the waters of the infinite;
21. Behold thou art known by the manner of thy sailing; the doctrine is thy chart; if thou reachest thy port, then thy doctrine is not faulty.
22. Beloved, harken unto me: Go thither on your highroad in the passion of your beauty; ride the waters proudly in the beauties of your voyagings.
23. These are the treasures given unto your keeping: a chart and a fulcrum, a pen and a pitcher.
24. The chart is the doctrine in which I have instructed you, the fulcrum is the ark of your covenant with destiny, the pen is your sword by which the beast falleth, the pitcher is beauty from which poureth out your mercies.
25. Mine own know my voice. My beloved feel my grace. Error hath not seized it for it cannot be encompassed.
26. I am come unto those who tread nightly toward communion. I call unto my anointed in a speech that breatheth incense.
27. Have I not so communed in the days of your awakenings? Am I palsied in my manners? Be of peace, my beloved!
28. There are those who hear whisperings; what need have they of masters? There are those who know strivings; have they not attained themselves? Have I not told you that there are masters among you, unknown of themselves?
29. Can a master teach a master? Behold I end the lesson.
30. Free the captives, beloved, even captives of intellect. Bring them from darkness, offer them love, anoint them with compassion.
31. Say unto every man: According as thou lovest, so shall love greet thee; only as thou servest, shall service be rendered thee.
32. Thus pass I from you, yet my spirit I leave with you.
33. See that ye cherish it. I say it shall crown as a garland your chivalry.
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