Introduction by EVA S. DOWLING, Ph.D.
Utangulizi na EVA S. DOWLING, Ph. D.
SCRIBE TO THE MESSENGER THE BOOK
Mweleza kwa Mjumbe-- Kitabu
The full title of this book is "The Aquarian Age Gospel of Jesus, the Christ of the Piscean Age," and the critical reader is apt to ask a number of pertinent questions concerning it. Among the many anticipated questions these are perhaps the most important:
What is an Age?
What is the Piscean Age?
What is the Aquarian Age?
What is meant by the Christ as the word is used in this book?
What relationship existed between Jesus of Nazareth and the Christ?
Who is Levi, the transcriber of this book?
What are the Akashic Records?
Jina kamili kwa kitabu hichi ni "Injili ya Zama za Ndoo ya Yesu, Kristu wa Zama za Paisesi," na msomi makini atakuwa mwepesi kuuliza idadi kadhaa ya maswali yanayohusiana na hichi. Miongoni mwa maswali mengi ya kutarajiwa yafuatayo ni labda ya muhimu kupita yote:
Zama ni nini?
Zama ya Paisesi ni kitu gani?
Zama za Ndoo ni kitu gani?
Ni nini chamaanishwa na Kristu kama neno litumikavyo kwenye kitabu hichi?
Je, kuna uhusiano gani na ulikuwepo kati ya Yesu wa Nazareti na Kristu?
Levi ni nani, mnakilishaji wa hichi kitabu?
Hifadhi za Kiakasha ni kitu gani?
What is an Age?
Astronomers tell us that our sun and his family of planets revolve around a central sun, which is millions of miles distant, and that it requires something less than 26,000 years to make one revolution. His orbit is called the Zodiac, which is divided into twelve signs, familiarly known as Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. It requires our Solar System a little more than 2,100 years to pass through one of these signs, and this time is the measurement of an Age or Dispensation. Because of what Astronomers call "the precession of the Equinoxes" the movement of the sun through the signs of the Zodiac is in order reverse from that given above. Exact Time of the Beginning of an Age. Regarding this matter there is a disagreement omong astronomers; but in this Introduction we are not called upon to give the reasons of the various investigators for their opinions; there are enough well authenticated facts for our present purposes. It is conceded by all critical students that the sun entered the zodiacal sign Taurus in the days of our historic Adam when the Taurian Age began; that Abraham lived not far from the beginning of the Arian Age, when the sun entered the sign Aries. About the time of the rise of the Roman empire the sun entered the sign Pisces, the Fishes, and the Piscean Age began, so that early in this Age Jesus of Nazareth lived.
Zama ni nini?
Wanajimu watuambia kwamba jua letu na jamii yake nzima ya sayari vyalizunguruka jua kati, lililoko mamilioni ya maili mbali, na kwamba huchukua kitu kama si chini ya miaka 26,000 kufanya mzunguruko mmoja. Njia ya mzunguruko wake huitwa zodiaki, ambayo yagawanywa kwa alama-nyota kumi na mbili, zifahamikazo kama Kondoo(Arisi), Ng'ombe(Taurusi), Mapacha (Jeminayi), Kaa(Kansa), Simba (Leio), Mashuke(Vaigo), Mizani (Libra), N'ge(Skopio), Mshale(Sagitarisi), Mbuzi(Kaprikoni), Ndoo(Akwarisi) na Samaki(Paisesi). Huuchukua mfumo wetu wa Jua kidogo tu ya zaidi ya miaka 2100 kukatisha moja ya alama nyota hizi, na kila muda huo ni kipimo cha Zama ama mapana ya nguvu za ushawishi wa kinyota. Kwa sababu ya kile ambacho Wanajimu hukiita "Preseiniso la Ikwinoksi na Ikwinoksi" mwenendo wa jua kupita alama-nyota za zodiaki hii uko katika mpangilio wa kurudi kinyume nyume na huo uliotolewa juu. Muda hasa wa kuanza kwa Zama. Kuhusiana na jambo hili kuna kutokukubaliana miongoni mwa wanajimu; lakini katika utangulizi huu hatujaitwa kwa ajili ya kutoa sababu ya wachunguzi mbalimbali kwa maoni yao; kuna kweli zilizothibitishwa za kutosha kwa ajili ya dhumuni liliko hapa. Huridhiwa na wanafunzi wote makini ya kwamba Jua liliingia kwenye alama zodiaki ya Taurusi katika siku za Adamu wa kihistoria ambapo zama za Taurusi zilianza; ya kwamba Abrahamu aliishi si mbali kutokea kwa mwanzo wa Zama za Arisi, pale Jua lilipoingiaga alama-nyota ya Arisi. Kwenye muda wa kuinuka kwa dola ya Kirumi Jua liliingia alama-nyota ya Paisesi, samaki, na zama za Paisesi zikaanza, hivyo kwamba mapema katika zama hizi Yesu wa Nazareti aliishi.
What is the Piscean Age?
This question requires further consideration. The Piscean Age is identical with the Christian Dispensation. The word Pisces means fish. The sign is known as a water sign, and the Piscean Age has been distinctly the age of the fish and its element, water. In the establishment of their great institutions John the Harbinger and Jesus both introduced the rite of water baptism, which has been used in some form in all the so-called Christian Churches and cults, even to the present time. Water is the true symbol of purification. Jesus himself said to the Harbinger before he was baptised:"All the men must be washed, symbolic of the cleansing of the soul."(Aquarian Gospel 64: 7.) Fish was a Christian Symbol. In the earlier centuries of the Christian Dispensation the fish was everywhere used as a symbol. In his remarkable book, "Christian Iconography," Didron says: "The fish, in the opinion of antiquarians generally, is the symbol of Jesus Christ. The fish is sculptured upon a number of Christian monuments, and more particularly upon the ancient sarcophagi. It is also upon medals, bearing the name of our Saviour and also upon engraved stones, cameos and intaglios. The fish is also to be remarked upon the amulets worn suspended from the necks by children, and upon ancient glasses and sculptured lamps. "Baptismal fonts are more particularly ornamented with the fish. The fish is constantly exhibited placed upon a dish in the middle of the table, at the Last Supper, among the loaves, knives and cups used at the banquet." In the writings of Tertullian we find this statement:"We are little fishes in Christ our great fish." The last two thousand years, comprising the Piscean Age, has certainly been one of water and the many uses of that element have been emphasised, and sea and lake and river navigation has been brought to a high degree of efficiency.
Zama za Paisesi ni kitu gani?
Swali hili linataka kutia fikrani ya ziada. Zama za Paisesi ni yenyekutambulishanishwa na mtawanyiko wa nguvu za ushawishi za Kikristu. Neno Paisesi lamaanisha samaki. Alama-nyota yafahamika kama alama maji, na zama za Paisesi imekuwa kiumahususi wa sifa ni zama ya samaki na elementi yake, maji. Katika kusimamisha taasisi zao kuu Yohana mtayarisha njia na Yesu wote wawili walileta kaidalisho la ubatizo wa maji, ambalo limekuwa likitumika katika yote makanisa ya Kikristu na wenye kupendelea ya namna hiyo, hata kufikia wakati huu. Maji ni alama ni alama ya kweli ya utakaso. Yesu mwenyewe alimuambia Mtayarisha njia kabla ya kubatizwa:"watu wote yawapasa kuoshwa, kiualama wa utakaso wa nafsi-roho."(Izando 64:7) Samaki ilikuwa ni alama ya Kikristu. Katika karne za awali za utawanyiko wa nguvu za Wakristu samaki ilikuwa kila mahali ikitumika kama alama. Katika kitabu chake cha sifa ya aina yake,"Christian Iconograpy," Didron asema: "Samaki, kwa fikra ya wachimbuaji wa vitu vya zamani tuseme kwa pamoja, ni alama ya Yesu Kristu. Samaki amechongwa picha juu ya majengo mengi ya Kikristu, na kwa umahususi zaidi kwenye majeneza ya mawe, ma-sakofegasi, ya zamani. Yuko pia kwenye nishani, medali, zenye kubeba picha ya Mwokozi wetu na pia imekwanguriwa kipicha kwenye mawe, kameyo na nakshi. Samaki pia huchorwa pia kwenye sarafu-hirizi zinazovaliwa kuning'inia kwenye shingo za watoto, kwenye vioo vya zamani na taa zilizotiwa nakshi ya michorongo. "Michoro ya kimaandishi kwenye vyombo vya kubatizia hurembeshwa sura hasa hasa na samaki. Samaki anaoneshwa namna ile ile kwenye sinia katikati ya meza, kwenye Mlo wa Mwisho, miongoni mwa mikate, visu na vikombe vilivyotumika kalamuni." Katika maandiko ya Tertullian tunakuta kauli yenye kusema hivi: "Sisi ni samaki wadogo katika Kristu samaki wetu Mkubwa." Miaka elfu mbili iliyokatika, inayobeba zama za Paisesi, kwa hakika imekuwa ni ile ya maji na matumizi mengi ya elementi hiyo imesisitizwa, na mapito ya safari za bahari na ziwa na mito imekwenda kwenye ubora wa juu wa ufanisi.
What is the Aquarian Age?
The human race is to-day standing upon the cusp of the Piscean-Aquarian Ages. Aquarius is an air sign and the New Age is already noted for remarkable inventions for the use of air, electrici, magnetism, etc. Men navigate the air as fish do the sea, and send their thoughts spinning around the world with the speed of lightning. The word Aquarius is derived from the Latin word aqua, meaning water. Aquarius is however, the water bearer, and the symbol of the sign, which is the eleventh sign of the Zodiac, is a man carrying in his right hand a pitcher of water. Jesus referred to the beginning of the Aquarian Age in these words: "And then the man who bears the pitcher will walk forth across an arc of heaven; the sign and signet of the Son of Man will stand forth in the eastern sky. The wise will then lift up their heads and know that the redemption of the earth is near." (Aquarian Gospel 157: 29, 30.) The Aquarian Age is pre-eminently a spiritual age, and the spiritual side of the great lessons that Jesus gave to the world may now be comprehended by multitudes of people, for the many are now coming into an advanced stage of spiritual consciousness; so with much propriety this book is called "The Aquarian (or Spiritual) Gospel of Jesus, the Christ." An Important Event. The transfer of dominion from one Age to another is an important event in the world of Cherubim and Seraphim. Among the manuscrpts of Levi we have found a most remarkable paper describing the transfer of dominion from the Piscean Age to the Aquarian Age, but it is difficult to determine whether it is a recital of facts or a prophetic statement. We reproduce the paper in full.
Zama za Ndoo ni kitu gani?
Jamii yote nzima ya mwanadamu leo hii yasimama nchani pa zama Paisesi-Akwarisi. Akwarisi ni alama-nyota ya hewa na zama mpya tayari yaonekana bayana kufahamika vizuri kabisa kwa matumizi yake ya hewa, umeme, usumaku n.k Watu wafanya masafa ya njia Hewani kama samaki wafanyavyo baharini, na watuma fikra zao kujizungurusha kuzunguka dunia kwa kasi ya umeme wa radi. Neno Akwarisi linachimbukia kutoka kwenye neno la kilatini akwa, kumaanisha maji. Akwarisi hata hivyo, mteka maji, na alama-picha na alama-nyota, ambayo ni alama-nyota ya kumi na moja ya Zodiaki, ni mtu kabeba mkono wake wa kuume tekeo la maji. Yesu alihusisha kusema juu ya kuanza kwa Zama za Akwarisi katika maneno haya: "Na halafu mtu mwenye kubeba mfuko wa maji atatembea katika pinde za mbinguni; ishara na muhuri wa mwana wa mtu utasimama katika anga la mashariki. Wenyehekima watainua macho yao juu na kujua ya kwamba ukombozi wa dunia u karibu."(Izando 157:29,30) Zama za Akwarisi ni kwa kujitofautisha za zingine kwa kutangulia, zama ya kiroho, na upande wa kiroho wa masomo makuu ambayo Yesu aliyatoa kwa ulimwengu yaweza sasa kumaiziwa na makundi ya watu, kwa kuwa wengi sasa wanakuja kwenye ngazi ya kusonga juu zaidi ya ufahamu wa kiroho; hivyo kwa kufaa sana kisifa kitabu hichi chaitwa "Ijili ya (Kiroho)Akwarisi ya Yesu, Kristu." Tukio muhimu. Kukabidhiana nguvu tawala kutokea zama moja hadi ingine ni tukio muhimu katika ulimwengu wa Makerubi na Maserafi. Miongoni mwa miswada ya kimaandishi ya Levi tumepata andiko mahususi sana lenye kuelezea ukabidhianisho wa nguvu tawala kutoka Zama Paisesi kwenda Zama Akwarisi, lakini ni vigumu kubaini sura yake hasa ikiwa simulizi la kweli ama maelezo ya kinabii. Tunalileta andilo lote kwa ukamili wake.
THE CUSP OF THE AGES
"In Spirit I was caught away into the realms of Akasha; I stood alone within the circle of the sun. "And there I found the secret spring that opens up the doorto Wisdom and an understanding heart. "I entered in and then I knew. "I saw the four and twenty Cherubim and Seraphim that guard the circle of the sun, the mighty ones who were proclaimed by masters long ago `the four and twenty ancient ones.' "I heard the names of every Cherubim and Seraphim, and learned that every sign in all the Zodiac is ruled by two--a Cherubim and Seraphim. "And then I stood upon the cusp where Ages meet. The Piscean Age had passed; the Aquarian Age had just begun. "I saw the guardian Spirits of the Piscean Age; Ramasa is the Cherubim; Vacabiel is Seraphim. "I saw the guardian Spirits of the Aquarian Age, and Archer is the Cherubim; Sakmaquil is the Seraphim. "These four great spirits of the Triune God stood close together on the cusp, and in the presence of the sacred Three--the God of Might, the God of Wisdom, and the God of Love--the sceptre of Domain, of Might, of Wisdom and of Love was there transferred. "I heard the charges of the Triune God; but these I may not now reveal. I heard the history of the Piscean Age from Piscean Cherubim and Seraphim, and when I took my pen to write Ramasa: "Not now, my son, not now; but you may write it down for men when men have learned the sacred laws of Brotherhood, of Peace on earth, good-will to every living thing. "And then I heard the Aquarian Cherubim and Seraphim proclaim the Gospel of the coming Age, the Age of Wisdom, of the Son of Man. "And when the crown was lifted from the head of Ramasa and placed upon the head of Archer of the Aquarian Age; and when the royal sceptre was transferred from Seraphim Vacabiel to Seraphim Sakmaquil there was deep silence in the courts of heaven. "And then the goddess Wisdom spoke, and with her hands outstretched she poured the benedictions of the Holy Breath upon the rulers of Aquarius. "I may not write the words she spoke, but I may tell the Gospel of the coming age that Archer told when he received the crown. And I may breathe to men the song of praise that Seraphim Sakmaquil sung when she received the royal sceptre of the newborn age. "This Gospel I will tell, and I will sing this song in every land, to all the people, tribes and tongues of earth."
NCHA ya Mazama
"Katika roho nilishikwa katika alamu za Akasha; Nilisimama pekee yangu ndani ya mzunguko wa jua. "Na pale nilikuta chanzo cha siri cha bubujiko lenye kufungukia mlango kwenye hekima na uelewa wa moyo. "Nikaingia ndani na kisha nikajua. "Niliwaona Makerubi na Maserafimu ishirini na wanne wenye kuulinda mzunguko wa jua, wale wakubwa wa uwezo walipatwa kutamkwa na wakuu siku nyingi zilizokwenda 'Wa zamani ishirini na wanne.'" Nilisikia jinala kila Kerubi na Serafimu, na kujifunza ya kwamba kila alama-nyota katika zodiaki yote inatawaliwa na wawili--Kerubi na Serafimu. "Na halafu nikaposimama nchani pa kutaniko pa Mazama. Zama ya Paisesi imekwisha kupita; Zama ya Akwarisi imekwisha kuanza. "Nikawaona roho walinzi wa Zama Paisesi; Ramasa ni Kerubi; Vakabieli ni Serafimu. "Nikawaona roho walinzi wa Zama Akwarisi, Archa ni Kerubi; Sakmakwili ni Serafimu. "Roho hawa wakubwa wa Mungu Tatu-Moja walisimama karibu karibu nchani, na katika uwepo wa Watatu watakatifu--Mungu wa Uweza, Mungu wa Hekima, na Mungu wa Upendo--fimbo ya hadhi ya kitawala ya mapana ya tawala, ya uweza, wa Hekima na Upendo ilihamishwa. "Nikasikia maagizo ya shughuli ya Mungu Tatu-Moja; lakini haya siwezi kuyafunua. Nikasikia historia ya zama ya Paisesi kutoka kwa Kerubi wa Paisesi na Serafimu, na mara nalipochukua kalamu yangu kuandika Ramasa akaniambia: "Siyo sasa, mwanangu, siyo sasa; lakini unaweza kuyaandika kwa ajili ya watu pale watu wameshajifunza Sheria Takatifu za Undugu, za Amani duniani, Mapenzi mema kwa kila kilichohai. "Na kisha nikasikia Kerubi wa Akwarisi wa Zama Akwarisi wakitamka kuitaja Injili ya Zama inayokuja, zama ya Hekima, ya mwana wa mtu. "Na taji lilipoinuliwa kutoka kichwani pa Ramasa na kuweka kichwani pa Archa wa Zama Akwarisi; na pale fimbo ya kifalme ilipohamishiwa kutoka kwa Seraphim Vakabieli kwenda kwa Serafimu Sakmaili kukawa na kimya kizito katika mabaraza ya mbinguni. "Na mungukike wa Hekima akazungumza, na kwa mikono yake kunyooshwa mbele akamimina mibaraka ya Pumzi Takatifu kwa watawala wa Akwarisi. "Naweza kutokuandika maneno aliyozungumza, ila ninaweza kuisimulia Injili ya zama inayokuja ambayo Archa alisimulia alipolipokea taji.
Na ninaweza kupuliza pumzi kwa watu wimbo wa kutukuza ambao Serafimu Sakmakwili aliuimba alipoipokea fimbo ya kifalme ya zama mpya kuzaliwa. "Injili hii nitaisimulia, na nitauwimba wimbo katika kila nchi, kwa watu wote, makabila na ndimi zote za dunia."
What is Meant by "the Christ", as the Word is Used in This Book?
The word Christ is derived from the Greek word Kristos and means anointed. It is identical with the Hebrew word Messiah. The word Christ, per se, does not refer to any particular person; every anointed person is christed. When the definite article "the" is placed before the word christ a definite personality is indicated, and this personality is none other than a member of the Trinity, the Son who had a glory with the Father-Mother before the worlds were formed. According to the teachings of all ancient masters this Son is Love; so the Christ is Love, and Love is God, since God is Love. Another remarkable manuscript found in Levi's Akashic portfolio gives the clearest possible ideal of the Christ, or Love of God. It is presumed that this manuscript is a direct transcription from the Akashic Records and its importance demands its reproduction here in full.
Nini yamaanishwa kwa "Kristu", kama neno lilivyotumika katika kitabu hichi?
Neno Kristu linachimbukia kutoka kwenye neno la Kiyunani Kristosi na kumaanisha mtiwa mfuta. Ni lenye utambulisho sawa sawa na neno la Kiebrania Masiya. Neno Kristu, kama lilivyokipekee yake, halihusishi mtu yeyote kwa hasa hasa; kila mpakwa mafuta ni mfanywa kristu. Kulingana na mpangilio wa kilugha(asili kiingereza) kuna pia vile kuashiria unafsi mtu, na huu si mwingine nje ya mjumbe wa Utatu, Mwana mwenye utukufu na Baba-Mama kabla ya alimwengu kufanyika. Kulingana na mafundishi ya wakuu wote wa zamani mwana huyu ni Pendo; kwa hiyo Kristu ni Pendo, na Upendo ni Mungu, tangia kwamba Mungu ni Pendo. Hati andishi ingine ya kipekee ya Levi miongoni mwa mkusanyiko wa kazi za sifa moja yatoa fikra-adili ya picha ya wazi kabisa kuwezekana ya Kristu, ya Pendo la Mungu. Inachukuliwa kwa kutanguliwa hati hii andishi ni nakilisho la moja kwa moja kutokea kwenye hifadhi za Kiakasa na umuhimu wake wataka kuleta yote yote hapa.
THE CHRIST
"Before creation was the Christ walked with the Father God and Mother God in Akasha. "The Christ is son, the only son begotten by Almighty God, the God of Force and God omniscient, God of thought; and Christ is God, the God of Love. "Without the Christ there was no light. Through Christ all life was manifest; and so through him all things were done, and so through him all things were done, and naught was done in forming worlds or peopling worlds without the Christ. "Christ is the Logos of Infinities and through the word alone are Thought and Force made manifest. "The Son is called the Christ, because the Son, the Love, universal Love, was set apart, ordained to be creator, Lord, preserver and redeemer of all things, of everything that is, or evermore will be. "Through Christ, the protoplast, the earth, the plant, the beast, the man, the angel and the cherubim took up their stations on their planes of life. "Through Christ they are preserved; and if they fall it is the Christ who lifts them up; and if they sell themselves to sin the Christ redeems. "Now Christ, the universal Love, pervades all spaces of infinity, and so there is no end to love. "From the greater heart of Love unnumbered spirits were sent forth to demostrate the height, the depth, the width, the boundlessness of Love. "To every world and star and moon and sun a master spirit of this Love divine was sent; and all were full anointed with the oil of helpfulness, and each became a Christ. "All glorious in his majesty is Christ, who spreads the pure white robe of Love o'er all the planes of earth--The Christ of earth, its heaven, its graves. "In course of time the protoplast, the earth, the plant, the beast, the man sold out their birthrights unto sin; but Christ was present to redeem. "Hid in the holiest place in all infinities is locked the scroll that bears the record of the purposes of God, the Triune God, and there we read: "Perfection is the ultimate of life. A seed is perfect in its embryotic life, but it is destined to unfold, to grow. "Into the soil of every plane these seeds, which were the Thoughts of God, were cast--The seeds of protoplast, of earth, of beast, of man, of angel and of cherubim, and they who sowed the seeds, through Christ, ordained that they should grow, and should return at last, by effort of unnumbered years, to the great granary of thought, and each to be a perfection of its kind. "And in the boundless blessed of Love the man was made the Lord of protoplast of earth, of plant, of beast; and Christ proclaimed: Man shall have full dominion over everything that is upon these planes of life; and it was so. "And he who gave the lordship unto man declared that he must rule by Love. "But men grew cruel and they lost their power to rule, and protoplast, and earth, and plant and beast became at enmity with man; he lost his heritage; but Christ was present to redeem. "But man had lost his consciousness of right; he could no longer comprehend the boundlessness of Love; he could see naught but self, and things of self; but Christ was there to seek the lost and save. "So that he might be close to man in all the ways of life, that man might comprehend the mighty spirit of the Love, the Christ of earth made manifest to human eyes and ears by taking his abode in some pure person, well prepared by many lives to be fit abiding place of Love. "Thus Christ made manifest Love's power to save; but men forget so soon, and so Christ must manifest again, and then again. "And ever since man took his place in form of flesh the Christ has been manifest in flesh at first of every age."
KRISTU
"Kabla ya uumbaji Kristu alitembea na Baba Mungu na Mama Mungu katika Akasha. "Kristo ni mwana, mwana wa pekee wa Mungu muweza yote, mungu wa Kani na Mungu mwenye kujua yote, Mungu wa fikra; na Kristu ni Mungu, Mungu wa Pendo. "Pasipo Kristu hakukuwa na nuru, kupitia Kristu namna zote za uhai/uzima zilidhahirika; na hivyo kupitia yeye vitu vyote vilifanyika, na hakuna chochote kilifanyika katika alimwengu kuchukua sura ama kujaza watu alimwengu pasipo Kristu. "Kristu ni Logosi wa mapana yote na kupitia neno peke yake ndipo Fikra na Kani hufanyika dhahiri. "Mwana afahamika kama Kristu, kwa kuwa Mwana, Pendo, Pendo la Ulimwengu mzima, aliwekwa kwa sehemu yake, kupangwa awe muumba, Bwana, mtunzaji na mkombozi wa vitu vyote, wa kila kilicho, ama kila kitakachokuwa zaidi na zaidi. "Kupitia Kristu, protoplasti, dunia, mimea, wanyama, mtu, malaika na makerubi wakachukua vituo vyao kwenye wanda za uhai/uzima. "Kupitia Kristu vyote vyatunzwa; na ikiwa vyaanguka sifa na hadhi ni Kristu aviinuavyo; na akiwa vyajiuza kwenye dhambi Kristo havikomboa. "Sasa Kristu, Pendo Yunivasali, hupenyezea sifa mapana yote ya kimtungiko kwa maumbo, na basi hakuna mwisho kwa pendo. "Kutokea katika moyo mkuu zaidi wa Pendo idadi isiyohesabika ya roho za uzima zilitumwa kwenda kufanyisha sifa ya kimaumbo na uweza, marefu, vina, mapana ya Pendo pasipo hadhi ya kuwa na mipaka. "Kwa kila ulimwengu na nyota na mwezi na jua roho kuu ya uzima ya Pendo hili manani ilitumwa; za zote zilimiminiwa mafuta ya usaidizi, na kila moja ikawa Kristu. "Utukufu wote na hadhi ya Kifalme ni Kristu, mwenye kusambazia kote vazi jeupe la Pendo juu ya wanda zote za dunia--Kristu wa dunia, mbingu yake, makaburi yake. "Katika mapito ya wakati protoplasti, dunia, mmea, mnyama, na mtu wakajiuza haki zao za uzaliwa kwa dhambi; lakini Kristu alikuwepo kukomboa. "Kufichwa ndani pahala patakatifu katika mapana yote vipimo imefungiwa mikunjurisho ya vitabu vyenye kubena hifadhi ya kumbukumbu kwa dhumuni la Mungu, Mungu Tatu-Moja, na humo twasoma: "Ukamilifu ndicho kilele cha uzima. Mbegu ni kamilifu katika kiini cha mwanzo cha kiuhai wa maisha yake, lakini kina jaalishwa kufunguka sura, kukua. "Katika kila ardhi ya wanda kuna mbegu hizi, ambazo zilikuwa Fikra za Mungu, zilitupiwa -- mbegu za protoplasti, za dunia, za mnyama, za mtu, za malaika na za makerubi, na wale ambao huzivuna mbegu, kupitia Kristu, alizopangwa kuwa zije kuja kukua, na zije kurejea mwishoni, kwa jitihada ya miaka mingi isiyo idadi, kwa kihenga kikuu cha fikra, na kila moja kuwa ukamilifu wa aina yake. "Na katika ubarikika wa Pendo lisilo na sifa ya mipaka mtu alifanya kuwa Bwana wa protoplasti ya dunia, ya mmea, ya mnyama; na Kristu akatamka: Mtu na awe na tawala juu ya kila kitu kilichopo katika wanda hizi za uhai; na ikawa hivyo. "Na na yeye uliyeutoa U-Bwna kwa mtu akatamka wazi ya kwamba yeye atawale kwa Pendo. "Lakini watu wakakuwa wakatili na kupoteza nguvu yao ya uweza kutawala, na protoplasti, na dunia, na mmea na mnyama wakawa na uadui na mtu; akapoteza urithi wake; lakini Kristu alikuwapo kukomboa. "Lakini mtu akapoteza ufahamu wake wa lililo sahihi; hakuweza tena kumaizi usivyo hadhi ya mapana wa Pendo; aliweza kuona si kingine chochote ila nafsi, na vitu vya nafsi; lakini Kristu alikuwapo pale kutafuta waliopotea na kuokoa. "Ili kwamba apate kuwa karibu na mtu katika njia zote za uzima, kuwa kwamba mtu angeliweza kumaizi roho-uweza-mkuu kwa uzima ya Pendo, Kristu wa dunia alifanyika kudhahirika kwenye macho ya kibinadamu na masikio kwa kuweka makao katika mtu mmoja safi, aliyeandaliwa vizuri kwa maisha na maisha ili awe sehemu vizuri kutosha kwa Pendo. "Hivyo ndiyo basi Kristu alifanya kudhahirika nguvu ya kuokoa ya Pendo; lakini watu wakasahau mapema, na hivyo Kristu hana budi kudhahirika tena, na halafu tena. "Na toka kote daima mtu alichukua nafasi yake kwa sura ya mwili wa nyama katika kuanza kwa kila zama."
What relationship existed between Jesus of Nazareth and the Christ?
Orthodox Christian ecclesiastics tell us that Jesus of Nazareth and the Christ were one; that the true name of this remarkable person was Jesus Christ. They tell us that this man of Galilee was the very eternal God clothed in flesh of man that men might see his glory. Of course this doctrine is wholly at variance with the teachings of Jesus himself and of his apostles. The Aquarian Masters in council have formulated an answer to this question that so well covers all the information required that we give it in full:
Ni uhusiano upi ulikuwepo kati ya Yesu ya Nazareti na Kristu?
Watumishi wa Kiordhodoksi wa Kikristu wanatuambia ya kwamba Yesu wa Nazareti na Kristu walikuwa kitu kimoja; ya kwamba jina la kweli la mtu huyu wa kipekee lilikuwa ni Yesu Kristu. Wanatuambia ya kwamba mtu huyu wa Galilaya alikuwa ni Mungu wa Milele alivikwa mwili wa nyama wa mtu ili kwamba watu wapate kuweza kuuona utukufu wake. Hapana shaka fundisho la hivi lipo kwa uzima wake wote kupishana na mafundisho ya Yesu mwenyewe na la mitume wake. Wakuu wa Akwarisi katika baraza walitengeneza sura ya jibu kwa swali hili ambalo lafunika habari zote zenye kuhitajika ambalo tunalileta hapa kwa ujazo wake wote:
"Jesus was an ideal Jew, born in Bethlehem of Judea. His mother a beautiful Jewish girl named Mary. As a child Jesus differed but little from other children only that in past lives he had overcome carnal propensites to such an extent that he could be tempted like others and not yield. Paul was right when to the Hebrews he said: `He was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.'-- Hebrews 4: 15. "Jesus suffered as other men suffer, and was made perfect through suffering; for this is the only way to perfection. His life was an example of attainment by the way of crosses and cruel treatment. Paul was right again when he said: `It became him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons into glory to make the captain of their salvation perfect through suffering.'- -Hebrews 2: 10. "In many respects Jesus was a remarkable child, for by ages of strenuous preparation he was qualified to be an avatar, a saviour of the world, and from childhood he was endowed with superior wisdom and was conscious of the fact that he was competent to lead the race into the higher ways of spiritual living. But he was conscious also of the fact that he must attain the mastery by trials, buffetings, temptations and sufferings. And all his life was spent in attaining. After his death, burial and resurrection he appeared in materialised form before the Silent Brothers in the temple of Heliopolis, in Egypt, and said: "`My human life was wholly given to bring my will to tune with the deific will; when this was done my earth-tasks all were done. "`You know that all my life was one great drama for the sons of men; a pattern for the sons of men. I lived to show the possibilities of man. "`What I ahve done all men can do, and what I am all men shall be.'"--Aquarian Gospel 178: 43, 46. "Jesus was the name of the man and it was the only appropriate name for this kind of a man. The word means Saviour, and Jesus was in more senses than one a saviour. The word Christ means "the anointed one," and then it is an official title. It means, The Master of Love. When we say "Jesus the Christ" we refer to the man and to his office; just as we do when we say Edward, the King, or Lincoln, the president. Edward was not always King, and Lincoln was not always President, and Jesus was not always Christ. Jesus won his Christship by a strenuous life, and in the Aquarian Gospel, chapter 55, we have a record of the events of his christing, or receiving the degree Christ. Here is where he was coronated by the highest earth authorities as the Christ-King; properly speaking, `The Master of Love'; and after this was done he entered at once upon his Judean and Galilean ministry. "We recognise the facts that Jesus was man and that Christ was God, so that in very truth Jesus the Christ was the God-man of the ages." The Nazarene's Testimony. Jesus himself made the matter clear. Once when he was speaking to a congregation in Bethany the people called him King and he stood forth and said: "`I am not sent to sit upon a throne to rule as Caesar rules; and you may tell the ruler of the Jews that I am not a claimant for his throne. "`Men call me Christ, and God has recognised the name; but Christ is not a man. The Christ is universal Love, and Love is King. "`This Jesus is but man who has been fitted by temptations overcome, by trials multiform, to be the temple through which the Christ can manifest to men. "`Then hear, you men of Israel, hear! Look not upon the flesh; it is not king. Look to the Christ within who shall be formed in every one of you, as he is formed in me. "`When you have purified your hearts by faith, the king will enter in and you will see his face.'"--Aquarian Gospel 68: 10-14.
"Yesu alikuwa Myahudi hasa, aliyezaliwa Bethlehemu ya Yudea. Mama yake msichana wa kupendeza wa Kiyahudi aliyeitwa Mariamu. Kama mtoto Yesu alitofautiana kidogo na watoto wengine kwamba tu katika maisha yake yaliyopita alikuwa keshakwisha yazidi matamanio yake ya kimwili wa nyama kwa kiasi kwamba anaweza kushawishiwa na wengine na yeye asiitikie. Paulo alikuwa sahihi pale ambapo kwa Waebrania alisema: Kwa maana huyu kuhani wetu mkuu si kuhani ambaye hawezi kutuhurumia katika udhaifu wetu, bali ni kuhani ambaye kwa kila hali amejaribiwa kama sisi, lakini pasipo kutenda dhambi.'--Waebrania 4:15. "Yesu alisumbuka kama watu wasumbukavyo, na alifanyika mkamilifu kupitia mateso; kwa hii ndiyo njia pekee kuelekea ukamilifu. Maisha yake yalikuwa ni mfano wa mafikio kwa njia ya misalaba na matendeo yasiyo ya huruma. Paulo alikuwa sahihi aliposema: 'Kwa maana ilikuwa ni sawa kabisa kwamba Mungu, ambaye kwa ajili yake na kwa uweza wake vitu vyote vimekuwepo, amfanye Mwanzilishi wa wokovu wao kuwa mkamilifu kwa njia ya mateso, ili awalete wana wengi washiriki utukufu wake.'-Waebrania 2:10. "Kwa picha mbalimbali za kutazama Yesu alikuwa mtoto wa sifa ya kipekee, kwa kuwa kwa vipindi na vipindi virefu vya kuishi kimatayarisho ya kubana sana alikidhi kufaa kuwa Avatara, mkombozi wa ulimwengu, na kutokea utoto wake alikuwa kajaliwa na hekima ya hali ya juu na alikuwa macho na ukwlei wa kwamba yeye anasifa za kutosha kuongozea mbele jamii ya wanadamu kwenye njia za juu za kuishi kiroho. Lakini pia alikuwa macho na ukweli wa kamba yambidi yeye kufikia juu kwa majaribu ya ukuu, mapigo ya hali, majaribu na masumbuko. Maisha yake yote yalitumika kufikia juu. Baada ya kifo chake, maziko na ufufuko alitokeza kwa sura ya umbo la kimwili mbele ya Wandugu Waukimya katika hekalu la Heliopolis, Misri. na kusema: "Maisha yangu ya kibinadamu yalitolewa kuileta nia yangu kurekebishika ili kuendana na nia ya kideifi; hili lilipofanyika kazi yangu ya duniani yote ilikwisha. "Mwajua ya kwamba maisha yangu yote yalikuwa ni mfufulizo wa matukio ya kufuatilika kujifunza kwa ajili ya wana za watu; kielezo cha mfano wa kipicha kwa wana za watu. Niliishi kuonesha mawezekano ya mtu. "Kile nilichokifanya watu wote waweza kukifanya, na vile nilivyo watu wote watakuwa. '"--Izando 178: 43, 46. "Yesu lilikuwa ni jina la mtu na lilikuwa ni jina tu la kufaa kwa namna ya mtu huyu. Neno lamaanisha Mwokozi, na Yesu alikuwa maana halisi hasa zaidi ya moja mwokozi. Neno Kristu lamaanisha "mpakwa mafuta," na halafu ni jina la kikazi. Lamaanisha, Mkuu wa Pendo. Tusemapo "Yesu Kristu" tunahusikanisha mtu na mahala pake pa kazi; kama vile tu tufanyavyo tusemavyo Edward, Mfalme, ama Lincoln, Rais. Edward si daima alikuwa Mfalme, na Lincoln si daima alikuwa ni Rais, na Yesu si daima alikuwa Kristu. Yesu alishinda Ukristu wake kwa maina yenye kubana hali, na katika Injili ya Akwarisi, sura ya 55, tunayo hifadhi ya kumbukumbu kwa matukio ya Kukristutika kwake, au kupokea shahada ya Kristu. Hapa ndipo alipopatiwa hadhi ya sifa ya kutambulika sifa na mamlaka ya juu kabisa duniani kama Kristu-Mfalme; kuzungumza sawa sawa, 'Mkuu wa Pendo'; na baada ya kuwa limefanyika aliingia mara moja kwenye huduma yake ya Galilaya na Yudea. "Twazitambua kweli hizi ya kwamba Yesu alikuwa mtu na ya kwamba Kristu alikuwa Mungu, hivyo kwamba katika ile kweli hasa Yesu Kristu alikuwa ni mtu-Mungu wa zama na zama." Ushuhuda wa Mnazareti. Yesu mwenyewe aliliweka wazi. Wakati ambapo alikuwa akizungumza na umati wa makutano ya watu Bethania watu walimuita Mfalme na Yeye akasimama mbele na akasema: "Sijatumwa kuketi juu ya mahala pa enzi kutawala kama Kaisari atawalavyo; na mwaweza kuwaambia watawala wa wayahudi kwamba miye siye kwenye kudai nafasi kwa mahala pake pa enzi. Watu waniita miye Kristu, na Mungu amelitambua jina; lakini Kristu siyo mtu. Kristu ni upendo wa ulimwengu wote mzima, na upendo ndio mfalme. Yesu huyu ni ila mtu ambaye amefaa nafasi kwa kuyashinda majaribu, kwa kusimama mbele za haki za namna mbalimbali, kuwa ni hekalu ambalo kupitia hilo Kristu aweza kudhahirika kwa watu. Hivyo sikia, ninyi watu wa Israeli, sikieni! Angalieni juu ya mwili wa nyama; si ni mfalme. Angalieni Kristu aliye ndani, ambaye atafanyika sura kwa kila mmoja wenu, kama alivyofanyika sura katika mimi. 14 Mioyo yenu inapokuwa imekwisha safishwa kabisa kwa imani, mfalme ataingia, na mtamuona uso wake." Izando 68: 10-14
Surely this question has been answered. Jesus was man; Christ was Divine Love--the Love of God, and after thirty years of strenuous life the man had made his body fit to be the temple of the holy breath and Love took full possession, and John well said when he declared: "`And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld the glory of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.'"
Ama kwa hakika swali hili limekwisha jibiwa. Yesu alikuwa ni mtu; Kristu ilikuwa ni Pendo Manani--Pendo la Mungu, na baada ya miaka thelathini ya maisha ya kujaribiwa sana uwezo, mtu akaufanya mwili wake kutosha sifa kuwa hekalu la Pumzi Takatifu na Pendo likachukua nguvu za akili na mwili, na Yohana alisema vema pale alipotamka: "Na Neno akafanyika mwili na kukaa nasi na sisi tukauona utukufu wa mwana wa pekee wa Baba, aliyejaa Neema na Kweli,'"
Who was Levi, the Transcriber of this Book?
Regarding the personality of Levi we are permitted to write but little. Suffice it to say that he is an American citizen, and has been a close student of the religions of the world from childhood. When but a boy he was impressed with the sensitiveness of the finer ethers and believed that in some manner they were sensitised plates on which sounds, even thoughts, were recorded. With avidity he entered into the deeper studies of etheric vibration, determined to solve the great mysteries of the heavens for himself. Forty years he spent in study and silent meditation, and then he found himself in that stage of spiritual consciousness that permitted him to enter the domain of these superfine ehters and become familiar with their mysteries. He then learned that the imaginings of his boyhood days were founded upon veritable facts, and that every thought of every living thing is there recorded. In his manuscript entitled "The Cusp of the Ages," a part of which we have already reproduced in this Introduction, we find the following copy of the Commission, which Levi received from Visel, the Goddess of Wisdom, or the Holy Breath.
Levi ni nani, mnakilishaji wa hichi kitabu?
Kuhusiana na wasifu mtu kama mtu wa Levi tunaruhusa ya kuandika kidogo tu. Itoshe kusema ya kwamba yeye ni raia wa Marekani, na mwanafunzi wa karibu wa dini za duniani kutokea utoto. Alipokuwa angali mtoto tu alivutiwa macho na uhisivu fahamu kwa aetha nyembamba na aliamini kwamba kwa namna fulani zilikuwa ni namna za nyuso zilizosifa ya kushika hisia ambazo kwazo sauti, hata mafikara, yalikuwa yakihifidhiwa kumbukumbu. Kwa msukumo wa imani ya mafanikio aliingia kwenye kisomo cha kina cha mitetemo ya kiaetha, akijizatiti kutatua mafumbo makubwa ya mbingu yeye mwenyewe. Miaka arobaini alitumia katika kujifunza na miditisha ya ukimya, na kisha akajikuta katika ngazi ya ufahamu wa kiroho ambao ulimruhusu yeye kuingia kwenye mapana ya nguvu ya ushawishi ya aetha hizi zilizonyembamba mno na kuja kuwa amezoeana na mastaajabu yake. Alikuja kujifunza kujua ya kwamba yale aliyokuwa akiyaona kichwani siku za ukijana wake mdogo yalikuwa na msingi wa kweli zenye kusimamia kwenye kweli kumulika wazi, na kwamba kila wazo/fikra ya kila chenye kuishi huko hufanyika hifadhi-kumbukumbu. Katika hati andishi yake ya "The Cusp of the Ages," sehemu ya hiyo tayari tumeshaileta mbele katika utangulizi huu, tunakuta nakala ya ifuatayo ya kamisheni, ambayo Levi aliipokea kutoka kwa Viseli, Mungumke wa Hekima, ama Pumzi Takatifu.
LEVI'S COMMISSION
"And then Visel the holy one stood forth and said: "O Levi, son of man, behold, for you are called to be the message bearer of the coming age-- the age of spirit blessedness. "Give heed, O son of man, for men must know the Christ, the Love of God; for Love is sovereign balm for all the wounds of men, the remedy for every ill. "And man must be endowed with Wisdom and with Power and with an Understanding heart. "Behold the Record Galleries of Visel where every thought and word and deed of every living thing is written down. "The needs of men are manifold, and men must know their needs. "Now, Levi, hearken to my words: go forth into these mystic Galleries and read. There you will find a message for the world; for every man; for every living thing. "I breathe upon you now the Holy Breath; you will discriminate, and you will know the lessons that these Record Books of God are keeping now for men of this new age. "This age will be an age of splendour and of light, because it is the home age of the Holy Breath; and Holy Breath will testify anew for Christ, the Logos of eternal Love. "At first of every age this Logos is made manifest in flesh so man can see and know and comprehend a Love that is not narrow, circumscribed. "Twelve times in every revolution of the sun this christed Love of God is made full manifest in flesh upon the planes of earth, and you may read in Akasha the wondrous lessons that these Christs have taught to men; but you shall publish not to men the lessons of the Christs of ancient times. "Now, Levi, message bearer of the Spirit Age, take up your pen and write. "Write full the story of The Christ who built upon the Solid Rock of yonder circle of the sun-- the Christ who men have known as Enoch the Initiate. "Write of his works as prophet, priest and seer; write of his life of purity and love, and how he changed his carnal flesh to flesh divine without descending through the gates of death. "And you may write the story of Melchizedec, the Christ who lived when Abram lived, and pointed out to men the way of life through sacrifice; who gave his life a willing sacrifice for men. "And you may write the story of the Prince of Peace, The Christ who came as babe in Bethlehem, and travelled every way of life that man must tread. "He was despised, rejected and abused; was spit upon, was crucified, was buried in a tomb; but he revived and rose a conqueror over death that he might show the possibilities of man. "A thousand times he said to men:`I came to show the possibilities of man; what I have done all men may do, and what I am all men shall be.' "These stories of The Christ will be enough, for they contain the true philosophy of life, of death and of the resurrection of the dead. "They show the spiral journey of the soul until the man of earth and God are one for evermore." Levi in Prophecy. About two thousand years ago Elihu, who conducted a school of the prophets in Zoan Egypt, referred to Levi thus: "This age will comprehend but little of the works of Purity and Love; but not a word is lost, for in the Book of God's Remembrance a registry is made of every thought and word and deed; "And when the world is ready to receive, lo, God will send a messenger to open up the book and copy from its sacred pages all the messages of Purity and Love. "Then every man of earth will read the words of life in the language of his native land, and men will see the light. "And man again will be at one with God."--Aquarian Gospel 7: 25- 28. Further references to the personality of Levi are, seemingly, unnecessary. It matters but little who he is; his work in the transcription of the Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ, stands unimpeachable. The lessons of this book all bear the stamp of the Nazarene, for no man except the world's greatest master could have touched the high chords of divine Love and Wisdom which characterise the pages of this marvellous book.
KAMISHENI YA LEVI
"Na kisha Viseli mtakatifu akasimama mbele na kusema: "Eh Levi, mwana wa mtu, tazama, kwa kuwa wewe umeitwa kuwa mbeba ujumbe wa zama inayokuja--zama ya roho ya ubarikika. "Tega sikio, eh mwana wa mtu, kwa kuwa watu hawana budi kumjua Kristu, Pendo la Mungu; kwa kuwa Pendo ndilo lenyewe mafuta yamuafaka wa mwisho kwa ajili ya majeraha yote ya watu, tiba ya kukomesha kila la ugonjwa. "Na mtu hana budi kupewa sifa za ndani yake za hekima na uweza na moyo wenye kuelewa. "Tazama hifadhi ya kumbukumbu la makusanyiko la picha mbalimbali za Viseli ambamo kila fikara na neno na tendo la kila chenye kuishi limeandikwa. "Mahitaji ya mtu ni yenye kupishana pishana sura yake ya kutokea, na watu hawana budi kuyafahamu mahitaji yao. "Sasa, Levi, sikiliza maneno yangu: enenda kwenye makusanyiko wa picha mbalimbali za kisikirifu na usome. Humo utaupata ujumbe kwa ulimwengu; kwa kuwa kila mtu; kwa kila kilicho hai. "Napuliza kwako sasa Pumzi Takatifu; utatofautisha moja na ingine, nawe utajua masomo ambayo Vitabu hivi vya hifadhi ya kumbukumbu vya Mungu vyatuza sasa kwa ajili ya watu wa hii zama."Zama hii itakuwa ni ya fahari kuu ya mwangaza, kwa sababu ni zama nyumbani ya Pumzi Takatifu; na Pumzi Takatifu atashuhudia upya kwa Kristu, Logosi wa Pendo Milele. "Kwa kwanza pa kila zama Logosi huyu alifanyika dhahiri katika mwili wa nyama ili mtu aweze kumuona na kujua na kumaizi Pendo ambalo si jembamba, kubanwa katikati. "Mara kumi na mbili katika kila mzunguruko wa jua Pendo hili lililokristukika la Mungu lafanyika kudhahirika kamili katika mwili wa nyama juu ya wanda za dunia, unaweza kusoma katika Akasha masomo ya kustaajabisha kabisa kwa uzuri ambayo Makristu hawa wamewafundisha watu; lakini hutatoa nakili nje kwa watu masomo ya Makristu wa nyakati za zamani. "Sasa, Levi, mbeba ujumbe wa zama ya Roho, ichukue kalamu na kuandika. "Liandike kwa mapana kamili simulizi la Kristu aliyejenga juu ya mwamba mgumu wa mzunguko wa mbali wa jua--Kristu ambaye watu wamemfahamu kama Enoki Mtimamu wa Kiroho. "Yaandike ya kazi zake kama nabii, kuhani na maona; yaandike ya maisha yake ya usafi na upendo, na jinsi alivyoubadili mwili wake wa nyama kuwa mwili nyama manani pasipo kuangukia malango la mauti. "Na unaweza kuyaandika ya Melkizedeki, Kristu aliyeishi kipindi Abrahamu akiishi, na kuoneshea watu mwelekeo wa maisha kupitia kujitoa muhanga; ambaye aliutoa uhai wake kwa kafara ya hiari kwa ajili ya watu. "Na unaweza kukiandika kisa cha Mwanamfalme wa Amani, Kristu aliyekuja kama mtoto bethlehemu, kusafiri njia ya kila namna ya maisha ambayo mtu hana budi kupitisha miguu. "Alidharauriwa, kukataliwa na kudhalilishwa; alitemewa mate,alisubiriwa, alizikwa ziarani; lakini alifufuka na kuinuka mshindi dhidi ya mauti ili kwamba aoneshe mawezekano ya mtu. "Mara elfu alisema kwa watu:'Naja kuonesha mawezekano ya mtu; kile nilichofanya watu wote waweza kufanya, na vile nilivyo mimi watu wote watakuja kuwa.'"Simulizi hizi za Kristu zitatosha, kwa sababu zabeba ndani yake unabii wa kweli. Miaka kama elfu mbili iliyopita Elihu, aliyekuwa akiendesha shule ya manabii ya Zoani Misri, alimrejea kumtaja Levi kwa hivi: "Zama hii itatambua ila kidogo tu juu ya kazi ya Usafi wa Moyo na Upendo; lakini hakuna neno limepotea, kwa kuwa katika kitabu cha kumbukumbu cha Mungu ingizo lafanyika kwa kila wazo, na neno, na tendo; Na pale ambapo ulimwengu u tayari kupokea, lo, Mungu atamtuma mjumbe kufungua kitabu na kunakili kutoka kwenye kurasa zake zilizohifadhika patakatifu ujumbe wote wa Usafi wa Moyo na Upendo. Na kisha tena kila mtu wa juu ya nchi atayasoma maneno ya uhai katika lugha ya nchi yake ya kuzaliwa, na wanadamu wataiona nuru, kutembea katika nuru na kuwa nuru. Na mwanadamu tena atakuwa mmoja na Mungu. Izando 7:25-28. Yakurejea zaidi kumtaja Levi kiuwasifu wa mtu kama mtu yaonekana kana kwamba si ya lazima. Ni la kutakika kujulikana ilivyo sana ila kidogo ya kuwa yeye ni nani; kazi yake katika kuinakilinisha Injili ya Zama Akwarisi ya Yesu, Kristu, yasimama bila kuweza kusababisha hatia. Masomo ya kitabu hichi yote yanabeba muhuri wa Mnazareti, kwa kuwa hakuna mtu isipokuwa mkuu kabisa wa dunia angeliweza kuzigusa nyuzi za juu za Pendo manani na hekima ambacho ndicho sifa ya muonekano kufanyizwa na kurasa za kitabu hichi kizuri mno.
What are the Akashic Records?
Akasha is a Sanskrit word, and means "Primary substance," that out of which all things are formed. According to Aquarian philosophy, it is the first stage of the crystallisation of spirit. This philosophy recognises the fact that all primordial substance is spirit; that matter is spirit moving at a lower rate of vibration, becoming, as one master expressed it, a coagulum. This Akashic, or primary substance, is of exquisite fineness and is so sensitive that the slightest vibration of an ether any place in the universe registers an indelible upon it. This primal substance is not relegated to any particular part of the universe, but is everywhere present. It is in very fact the "Universal Mind" of which our metaphysicians speak. When the mind of man is in exact accord with the Universal Mind man enters into a conscious recognition of these Akashic impressions, and may collect them and translate them into any language of earth with which he is familiar. In the infinite One manifest we note the attributes of Force, Intelligence and Love, and a person may be in full accord with one of these attributes and not with the others. One may enter fully into the spirit of the God of Force and not be imbued with the spirit of Intelligence; or one may be wholly absorbed with the spirit of Divine Love and be far removed from both Intelligence and Force. Furthermore, a person may enter fully into the consciousness of Holy Breath, or Supreme Intelligence, and be not at all in rapport with either Love or Force. Knowledge is not gained through the spirit of either Force or Love. It is only from Universal Mind. which is Supreme Intelligence, called by Oriental scholars the Akashic Records, and by Hebrew masters, the Book of God's Remembrance, that knowledge of any kind can be obtained. Consciousness; we note three phases of it:
1 Consciousness of the omnipotence of God and man.
2 Christ consciousness, or consciousness of Divine Love.
3 Consciousness of the Holy Breath, or of Supreme Intelligence.
We must bear in mind that one of these phases of consciousness does not necessarily imply either of the others. People are frequently found who are completely filled with the Love of God, are far advanced in the science of Christ consciousness, who are absolutely ignorant; have not the slightest conception of the laws of natural things or of spiritual things; are not in rapport with the great Teacher which is the Holy Spirit. The Akashic Records. The imperishable records of life, known as the Akashic Records, are wholly in the domain of Supreme Intelligence, or Universal Mind, and the Akashic record reader must be in such close touch with the Holy Spirit, or the Holy Breath, as the ancient masters call this spirit of Supreme Intelligence, that every vibration is instantly felt in every fibre of his being. Differentiation. Since all space is charged with vibrations of thoughts of all kinds how may the Akashic Record reader differentiate and gather only the thoughts and life events of a paticular person or group of persons? Every person has his own distinct vibration and when the reader fully understands the law of discrimination his whole being is tuned for the reception of the one particular tone and rhythm, and it is impossible for any other tone or rhythm to make the slightest impression upon him. This principle is demonstrated in wireless telegraphy. It required many years for Levi to learn the Law of Differentiation, and to come in rapport with the tones and rhythms of Jesus of Nazareth, Enoch and Melchizedec and their co-labourers. But under the direction of the Spirit of Supreme Intelligence, he has attained unto this accomplishment, and now he instantly feels in all his being the slightest vibrations that come from any of these great centres and, of course, all of his transcriptions are true to the letter.
Hifadhi za Kiakasha ni kitu gani?
Akasha ni neno la Kisanskriti, na lamaanisha "Dutu ya Msingi," ambayo kutoka kwa hiyo vitu vyote vyafanyikia sura. Kulingana na filosofia ya Akwarisi, ni fikio la hatua ya kwanza ya ugandamivu wa roho ya uzima. Filosofia hii yatambua kweli ya kwamba dutu chimbuko kwa kutokea pa awali kabisa ni roho ya uzima; ya kwamba maada ni roho yenye kwenda kwa uwiano wa chini-kuliko wa kasi ya mitetemo, kuja kuwa, kadri vile mkuu mmoja adhihirishavyo hiyo, fundo la mafundofundo. Hii ya Kiakasha, ama dutu ya msingi, ni nyembamba na yenye ukali wa hali ya juu kisifa, na iko sikivu sana kiathari kiasi kwamba hata mtetemo mdogomdogo kabisa wa aetha popote ulimwenguni warajisi kwa namna isiyoweza kufutika kwa hiyo. Dutu hii ya kimsingi wa awali haijapangiliwa kukaa pahala popote pa ulimwengu, ila iko kila mahala kuwapo. Hiyo ni kweli kabisa "Akili Yunivasali" ambayo wanametafizikia wetu wazungumza. Pale ambapo akili ya mtu iko katika namna yenye kulingana na Akili Yunivasali mtu aingia kwenye utambuzi wa kuwa macho na hivi vivutio picha vya Kiakasha, na aweza kukusanya taarifa zake na kuzitafsiri kuelekea lugha yoyote ya duniani ambayo yeye kazoea. Katika dhahiriko la Mmoja mpana pasi mwisho twatia machoni pa akili sifa za Kani, Usifaakili, na Upendo, na mtu mtu aweza kuwa mwenyekujaa kulingana na kimoja cha hizi sifa na si zingine. Mtu aweza kuingia kwa kujaa kwenye roho ya Mungu wa Kani na asiwe amejazwa na roho ya usifaakili; au awe amesharabiwa mazima na roho ya Pendo Manani na kuwa mbali na vyote viwili usifaakili na Kani. Maarifa hayapatikani kupitia roho ya aidha Kani ama Pendo. Ni pekww kutokea kwa Akili Yunivasali. Ambayo ndiyo usifaakili mkuu, walioitwa na wanazuoni wa mashariki ya mbali Hifadhi za Kiakasha, na Wakuu wa Kiebrania, kitabu cha Kumbukumbu la mungu, ambapo maarifa ya aina yoyote yanaweza kupatikana. Ufahamu; tunatia machoni pa akili mapana matatu ya tatu kuingiliana:
1. Ufahamu wa Uweza yote wa Mungu na mtu.
2. Ufahamu Kristu, au ufahamu wa Pendo Manani.
3. Ufahamu wa Pumzi Takatifu, au wa Usifaakili Mkuu.
Yatupasa kubakiza akilini ya kwamba moja ya haya mapana ya ufahamu hailazimu kupelekea maana moja au moja ya mwingine. Matu wanakutwa mara kwa mara wamejawa na Pendo la Mungu, na wamefika mbali katika sayansi ya Ufahamu Kristu, ambao kabisa kabisa ni wajinga wa visomo; hawana hata chembe ya kujua akilini sheria za vitu vya asili ama ya vitu vya kiroho; hawako kwenye maelewano ya kiakili na Mwalimu mkuu aliye ni Roho Mtakatifu. Hifadhi za Kiakasha. Hifadhi za kumbukumbu zisizokwisha uhai za uzima wote, zenye kufahamika kama Hifadhi za Kiakasha, zipo kwa mazima yake kwenye mapawa ya tawala ya roho ya usifaakili mkuu, ama Akili Yunivasali, na mwenye kuzisoma hifadhi za kumbukumbu yampasa kuwa karibu na Roho Takatifu, ama Pumzi Takatifu, kama wakuu wa zamani waliita hili Roho ya Usifaakili Mkuu, kwamba kila mtetemo wasikika hisia hapo hapo kwa wakati katika kila vijinyuzinyuzi vya ukuwa wake. Utofautishaji. Tangia kwamba kila mapana yote ya kuwezekana sura za maumbo yamejawa nguvu kwa mitetemo ya mafikara ya kila aina je, inawezekanaje kwa msomaji wa hifadhi za Kiakasha kutofautisha mafikara tu na matukio ya kimaisha ya mtu fulani hasa ama kundi la watu? Kila mtu anao mtetemo wa kujibayanisha upekee na pale ambapo msomaji anaelewa mapana ya kutosha ya sheria ya kuchukua hichi na kuacha kile wote ukuwa wake unajirekebisha kimawimbi kwa ajili ya kupokea toni na rithimu fulani moja, na ni muhari kwa toni na rithimu ingine kukamata hisia zake za kihabari hata kidogo. Kanuni ya mwenendo huu yafanyika kuoneshwa tabia zake katika utelegrafia isiyotumia waya. Ilimchukua miaka mingi Levi kujifunza sheria ya kuchua hichi na kuacha kile, na kuja kuwa na maelewano ya kiakili na toni na rithimu za Yesu wa Nazareti, Enoki na Melkizedeki na wengine wa kazi za kufananiana. Lakini chini ya maelekezo ya Roho ya Usifaakili Mkuu, alifikia kwenye mafanikio ya kiujuzi, na sasa anasikia hapohapo katika ukuwa wake wote mitetemo hata midogomidogo hasa yenye kuja kutokea kwenye vitovu vikuu, bila shaka, manakilisho yake ni ya kweli hata neno kwa neno.
MAN
"What is man that thou art mindful of him, or the son of man that thou visieth him?" This was the earnest quetion of Davi, the Hebrew Psalmist, and the 8th Psalm is given wholly to the contemplation of man--the crowning work of manifest creation. Among the many great lessons, that Levi has been permitted to gather from the Akashic Records, or the Universal Mind, we find one on Man in which his descent into physical matter and his final ascent into an eternal oneness with God is so graphically described that it certainly merits a place in this Introduction, and give it in full:
MTU
"Mtu ni kitu gani hata umkumbuke, Na binadamu hata umwangalie?" Hili lilikuwa ni swali la dhati mno la Daudi, Mzaburi wa Kiebrania, na Zaburi ya 8 imetolewa kwa mazima yake kumtafakari mtu--uvikaji taji wa uumbiko kudhahirika. Miongoni mwa masomo makuu mengi, ambayo Levi alipata ruhusa ya kukusanya kutoka kwenye Hifadhi za Kiakasha, ama Akili Yunivasali, tunalipata moja juu ya mtu ambamo kushuka kwake katika maada ya kimaumbo na mwishowe kupaa juu kwenye uumoja wa milele na Mungu umeelezwa kipicha ambayo yakidhi sifa stahiki kupana sehemu katika huu utangulizi, na ninaitoa kwa marefu yake kamili:
"Time never was when man was not. "If life of man at any time began a time would come when it would end. "The thoughts of God cannot be circumscribed. No finite mind can comprehend things infinite. "All finite things are subject unto change. All finite things will cease to be, because there was a time when they were not. "The bodies and the soul of men are finite things, and they will change, yea, from the finite point of view the time will come when they will be no more. "But man himself is not the body, nor the soul; he is a spirit and is part of God. "Creative Fiat gave to man, to spirit man, a soul that he might function on the plane of soul; gave him a body of the flesh, that he might function on the plane of things made manifest. "Why did creative Fiat give to spirit man a soul that he might function on the plane of soul? "Why did creative Fiat give to soul a body of the flesh that it might function on the plane of things that are made manifest? "Hear, now, ye worlds, dominions, powers and thrones! "Hear, mow, ye cherubim, ye seraphim, ye angels and ye men! "Hear, now, O protoplast, and earth, and plant and beast! "Hear, now, ye creeping things of earth, ye fish that swim, ye birds that fly! "Hear, now, ye winds that blow, ye thunders and ye lightnings of the sky! "Hear, now, ye spirits of the fire, of water, earth, and air! "Hear, now, O everthing that is, or was, or evermore will be, for Wisdom speaks from out of the highest plane of spirit life: "Man is a thought of God; all thoughts of God are infinite; they are not measured up by time, for things that are concerned with begin and end. "The thoughts of God are from the everlasting of the past unto the never ending days to come--And so is man, the Spirit-man. "But man, like every other thought of God, was but a seed, a seed that held within itself the potencies of God, just as the seed of any plant of earth holds deep within itself the attributes of every part of that especial plant. "So spirit-man, as seed of God, held deep within himself the attributes of every part of God. "Now, seed are perfect, yea, as perfect as the source from which they come; but they are not unfolded into life made manifest. "The child in utero is perfect as the mother is. "So man, the seed, must be deep planted in a soil that he might grow, unfold, as does the bud unfold to show the flower. "The human seed that came forth from the heart of God was full ordained to be the lord of plane of soul, and of the plane of things made manifest. "So God, the husbandman of every thing that is, threw forth this human seed into the soil of soul; it grew apace, and man became a living soul; and he became the lord of all the kingdom of the soul. "Hark, now, let every creature hear, The plane of soul is but the ether of the spirit plane vibrating not so fast, and in the slower rhythm of this plane the essences of life are manifest; the perfumes and odours, the true sensations and the all of love are manifest. "And these soul attributes become a body beautiful. "A multitude of lessons man must learn upon the plane of soul; and here he tarries many ages until his lessons are all learned. "Upon the boundary of the plane of soul the ether began to vibrate slower still, and then the essences took on a garb; the perfumes and the odours and the true sensations and the all of love were clothed in flesh; and man was clothed in flesh. "Perfected man must pass through all the ways of life, and so a carnal nature was full manifest, a nature that sprang forth from fleshly things. "Without a foe a soldier never knows his strength, and thought must be developed by the exercise of strength. "And so this carnal nature soon became a foe that man must fight, that he might be the strength of God made manifest. "Let every living thing stand still and hear! "Man is the Lord of all the plane of manifests; of protoplast, of mineral, of plant, of beast; but he has given up his birthright, just to gratify his lower self, his carnal self. "But man will full regain his lost estate, his heritage; but he must do it in a conflict that cannot be told in words. "Yea, he must suffer trials and temptations manifold; but let him know that cherubim and seraphim that rule the stations of the sun, and spirits of the mighty God who rule the solar stars are his protectors and his guides, and they will lead to victory. "Man will be fully saved, redeemed, perfected by the things he suffers on the plane of flesh, and on the plane of soul. "When man has conquered carnal things his garb of flesh will then have served its purpose well and it will fall, will be no more. "Then he will stand untrammeled on the plane of soul where he must full complete his victories. "Unnumbered foes will stand before the man upon the plane of soul; there he must overcome, yea, overcome them every one. "Thus hope will ever be his beacon light; there is no failure for the human soul, for God is leading on and victory is sure. "Man cannot die; the spirit man is one with God, and while God lives man cannot die. "When man has conquered every foe upon the plane of soul the seed will have full opened out, will have unfolded in the Holy Breath. "The garb of soul will then have served its purpose well, and man will need it never more, and it will pass and be no more. "And man will then attain unto the blessedness of perfectness and be at one with God."
"Wakati kamwe kuwa ambapo mtu hakuwa."Ikiwa maisha ya mtu katika wakati wowote yalianza, muda utalikuja ambapo yataishia. "Mafikara ya Mungu hayawezi kuwekwa mzingo wa kuzungushiwa. Hakuna akili ya marefu yenye kuweza kumaizi vitu vya marefu yasiyo na mwisho. "Vitu vyote vya marefu vyatawaliwa na sifa ya ndani iliyo ni mabadiliko. Vitu vyote vyenye marefu vitakoma kuwa, kwa sababu kulikuwa na wakati ambapo havikuwepo. "Miili na nafsi-roho za watu ni vitu vyenye marefu, navyo vitabadilika, naam, kutokea kwenye nukta ya kutazamia marefu, muda utafika ambapo havitakuwepo. "Lakini mtu mwenyewe si mwili, wala si nafsi-roho; yeye ni roho na ni sehemu ya Mungu. "Agizo la kiuumbaji lilimpa mtu, mtu roho, nafsi-roho ili kwamba aweze kupata sifa za kufanya kazi kwenye wanda ya nafsi-roho; lilimpa mwili wa nyama, ili kwamba aweze kupata sifa za kufanya kazi kwenye wanda ya vitu vilivyofanywa kudhahirika. "je, ni kwanini agizo la kiuumbaji lilimpa mtu nafsi-roho ili kwamba apate kuweza kupata sifa za kufanya kazi kwenye wanda za nafsi-roho? "Je, ni kwanini agizo la kiuumbaji liliipa nafsi-roho mwili wa nyama ili kwamba iweze kuwa na sifa za kufanya kazi kwenye wanda za vitu vyenye kufanyika dhahiri? "Sikieni, sasa, enyi alimwengu, mapana ya tawala za nguvu, uweza wa nguvu na viti vya enzi! "Sikieni, sasa, enyi Makerubi, enyi Maserafimu, enyi Malaika na enyi Watu! "Sikieni, sasa, eeh protoplasti, na dunia, na mmea na mnyama! "Sikieni, sasa, ninyi vitambaavyo ardhini, ninyi samaki muogeleao, ninyi ndege wenye kuruka! "Sikieni, sasa, ninyi pepo zenye kuvuma, ninyi mapigo ya radi na umeme wa angani! "Sikieni, sasa, enyi roho za moto, za maji, ardhi, na hewa! "Sikieni, sasa, eeh kilakitu kilicho, kilichokuwako, ama kile daima kuja kuwa, kwa kuwa Hekima yazungumza kutokea kwenye wanda ya juu kabisa ya uzima wa roho: "Mtu ni fikara la Mungu; mafikara yote ya mungu ni yasiyo na marefu ya vipimo; hayapimwi kwa wakati, kwa kuwa vitu vyahusiana ndani ya mwanzo na mwisho. "Mafikara ya Mungu ni ya kutoka kwenye maweza ya udumifu usiokwisha, kama vile mbegu za mmea wowote wa ardhini hubeba ndani yake sana sifa za kufanyikia sura ya umbo ya huo mmea hasa. "Hivyo roho-mtu, kama mbegu ya Mungu, alibeba ndani yake hasa sifa za kufanyikia sura ya umbo ya kila sehemu ya Mungu. "Sasa, mbegu ni kamilifu, naam, kamili kadri kama ya chanzo ambacho yenyewe yaja kutoka; lakini hazijifunui kwenye maisha kufanyika dhahiri. "Mtoto katika tumbo la uzazi ni mkamilifu kama mama yake alivyo. "Hivyo mtu, mbegu, hana budi kupandwa ndani sana katika ardhi ili kwamba apate kuja kukua, kufunuka, kama vile kifumba cha ua chajifunua kuonesha ua. "Mbegu ya binadamu ambayo ilijitokeza kutokea kwenye moyo wa Mungu ilipangwa sifa za jukumu kamili kuwa bwana wa wanda ya nafsi-roho, na ya wanda ya vitu vyote kufanyika dhahiri. "Hivyo Mungu, mwendesha shamba la kila kilicho, aliitupia hii mbegu-mwanadamu kwenye udongo wa nafsi-roho; ikakua upesi, na mtu akaja kuwa nafsi-roho yenye kuishi; na yeye akajakuwa bwana wa ufalme wote wa nafsi-roho. "Sikia kwa makini, sasa, acha kila kiumbe kisikie, wanda ya nafsi-roho ni tu aetha za roho ya uzima kutetema siyo kasi sana, na katika rithimu ya taratibu ya hii wanda asilishi ya asili na asili za maisha kufanyika dhahiri; marashi na harufu, namna za kweli za yakutengeneza hisia na yote ya pendo yafanyika kudhahirika. "Na hizi sifa za kufanyikia umbo za nafsi-roho zaja kuwa mwili wa kupendeza."Idadi na Idadi ya masomo mtu hana budi kujifunza kwenye wanda ya nafsi-roho; na hapa hukaa kudumu kwa zama na zama mpaka pale masomo yake yake yote yamefunzika. "Kwenye ukingo wa ukali wa nguvu za wanda ya nafsi-roho aetha zikaanza kutetema kwa kasi ndogo, na basi asilishi za asili na asili zikachukua vazi; marashi na harufu na namna za yakutengeneza hisia na yote ya pendo yakavikwa mwili wa nyama; na mtu akavikwa mwili wa nyama. "Mtu aliyekamilika hana budi kupitia namna za njia zote za uzima, na hivyo asili ya miili ya matamanio ikafanyika kudhahirika kwa mapana yake ya kutosha, asili ambayo ilibubujika kutokea kwenye vitu vya miili ya kinyama. "Pasipo adui, askari hawezi kamwe kujua nguvu ya kusimama pake, na fikara halina budi kufanywa bora kwa mazoezi ya nguvu ya kusimama lilipo. "Na hivyo asili hii ya mwili wa matamanio muda mfupi ikajakuwa adui ambaye mtu hanabudi kumpiga, ili kwamba yeye apate kuwa nguvu ya ya Mungu ya kusimama pale ilipo, kufanyika kudhahirika. "Acha kila kilichohai kisimame tuli na kusikia! "Mtu ni bwana wa wanda zote madhahiriko; wa protoplasti, wa madini, wa mmea, wa mnyama; ila yeye ameachana na haki yake ya uzaliwa, ili tu kuifurahisha nafsi yake ya chini, nafsi yake ya mwili wa matamanio. "Lakini mtu ataipata tena himaya ya eneo alilolipoteza, urithi wake; lakini hana budi kulifanya hilo katika mgongano ambao hauwezi kusemwa kwa maneno. "Naam, hana budi kusumbuka na hukumu za za hatia na majaribu ya matamanio yenye kuja kwa sura nyingi; lakini mwache ajue ya kwamba Makerubi na Maserafimy ambao watawala vituo vya palipo jua, na roho za uzima za Mungu mweza kabisa mwenye kutawala nyota za mwangaza wa jua ni walinzi na waongozea njia wake, na wao wataongoza kwenye ushindi. " Mtu ataokolewa kwa mapana kamili, kukombolewa, kufanywa kamili kwa vitu ninavyomsumbua kwenye wanda ya mwili wa nyama, na kwenye wanda ya nafsi-roho. "Pale ambapo mtu amevishinda vita vitu vya mwili wa matamanio vazi lake la mwili wa nyama utalikuwa umemaliza dhumuni ya huduma yake vizuri na huo utaanguka, hautakuwepo tena zaidi. "Kisha yeye atasimama pasi kuwa amebanwa kuwa tu kwenye wanda ya nafsi-roho pekee yake ambako hana budi kumalizia ushindi na ushindi kwa mapana kamili. "Idadi na idadi ya maadui watasimama mbele yake mtu katika wanda ya nafsi-roho; huko yampasa kuyazidi, naam, kuwazidi kila mmoja. "Hivyo basi tumaini daima kwake litakuwa ni mwangaza wa kuoneshea mapito ama mapana. hakuna kutofaulu kwa nafsi-roho ya mwanadamu, kwa kuwa Mungu aongoza na ushindi ni hakika. "Mtu hawezi kufa; roho mtu ni moja na Mungu, na wakati Mungu akiishi mtu hawezi kufa. "Pale ambapo mtu amemshinda vita kila adui kwenye wanda ya nafsi-roho itakuwa imechanua kwa mapana yake kamili, itakuwa imejifunua kutokea katika Pumzi Takatifu. "Vazi la nafsi-roho itakuwa imetimiza huduma yake vizuri iwavyo, na mtu ataiihitaji kamwe tena zaidi, nayo itapita na kutokuwa tena. "Na mtu atafikia kwenye ubarikika wa ukamilifu na kuwa moja na Mungu."
