Addresses the emergence of other teachers/masters
concurrent with and subsequent to Joseph Smith, from which the next
quantum leap will supposedly emerge.
| Sterling's Preface:
You recall in the last installment on "The Three Excaliburs"
that J.J. brought us up through Joseph Smith and the restoration of
the kingdom through his hands, only for it to drift into a state of
apostasy. He ended with the question, "Where is the Modern
Revelation?"
In this installment he now addresses several other masters of
wisdom who have come along in the interim -- far outside of the LDS
box, which box is cold and nearly void of new revelation -- and
suggests that these other teachers have been alluded to by Joseph
Smith to come forth in this age of the "restitution of all
things," the "fullness of times," when "all things
will be revealed."
The problem, so far as I see it, is that these
"revelations" of which he speaks and the mortal vehicles who
were instrumental in bringing them forth are squarely in the arena of
the metaphysical/esoteric/New Age. In other words, according to J.J.,
in his hierarchy of revealed truths, these teachings were the next
quantum leap forward after Joseph Smith (and perhaps concurrent with
him) and are the additional basis upon which the next quantum leap now
gathering steam will be catapulted forward.
He may be right. I've not read any of the volumes of which he
speaks, but have had only a shallow introduction to some of them
through critical writings from Christian sources.
Is this a case of the boys club and the girls club needing to lay
down their differences and come together? Or is it a case of good and
evil and good needing to shun evil?
Is J.J. a disciple of Satan to lull the very elect into Satan's
camp? Or is he an instrument of God to bring harmony between the
religions of the world?
This I will say. I am glad I read this, as it has given me some
views of very significant events in recent history whose significance
I had not previously appreciated. Some things I had never even heard
of before. As for agreeing with the conclusions, I will have to hold
off on that until I have more whereby to discern.
Sterling
Note:
Subsequent to writing this I studied some of the writings of Blavatsky
and did a write-up exposing her as a Satanic Champion of Paganism. |
Chapter Ten
The Three Revelations
22 Jan 2000 09:29:45 -0000
A few short weeks before the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, God was inspiring
the inception of another great movement on the other side of the world. On May
23, 1844 another prophet called "Bab" announced to his first convert
his mission which was to offer teachings to mankind that would open the door
to a new age of oneness and world unity. This was in Persia, a country so
destitute of the Holy Spirit at that time that the vacuum thus created should
have made it obvious that a lofty spirit from either the Right or Left hand
Path would be drawn. Fortunately, the Bab was on the side of Christ and his
Spiritual Hierarchy. Bab openly criticized some of the outworn tenets of Islam
and greatly excited many religious leaders, especially as he began to develop
a following and consequently, he and his followers suffered much persecution.
The powers that be finally pursued him and placed him in front of a firing
squad. As they were preparing to shoot he disappeared and was found shortly
thereafter putting some finishing touches on his writings. The hardened
authorities arrested him again and this time he willingly faced the firing
squad and was killed on July 9, 1850. However, he left an important prophecy
in the hearts of his followers. He told them that he was preparing the way for
another manifestation of God who was to appear nineteen years after the
founding of Babism (named after him) in 1844.
Right on target in 1863 one individual named Mirza Husayn Ali rose to the
call. His name was later changed to Bahaullah which means "the Glory of
God". This was a more fitting title to reflect his mission. Basically,
Bahaullah carried on where the Bab left off. Even though he was proclaimed to
be greater than Bab he did not seem to have the fire and zeal the original
initiate did.
Nevertheless, Bahaullah withstood much persecution himself and eventually
was successful in reestablishing the religion Bab died for, plus added some
new tenets. Two years after Bab died 20,000 Babists were killed as enemies of
the state. Bahaullah thus accomplished a great feat in rebuilding the flock
after such horror. These martyrs are some of the ones referred to by John
again in that same twelfth chapter of Revelation: "And the dragon was
wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which
keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."
Rev 12:17.
In Persia was a remnant of the seed of the Kingdom, or the woman,
struggling for survival, at the same time the Mormons were trying to endure in
the United States. An interesting note here is that during the latter half of
the nineteenth century the Mormons were persecuted largely for polygamy and
the Bahais, the followers of Bab and Bahaullah, were persecuted because they
preached against having more than one wife, an accepted doctrine of Islam. Yet
even though both groups were teaching opposite doctrines in this area they
were both inspired by the one God and both instruments in the divine plan.
Both groups had right motives and each of their persecutors were terribly
wrong. It is an interesting fact that many more Bahais gave their lives
teaching against plural marriage than there were Mormons living the principle.
The basic purpose of the Bahais teaching is to bring the twelve principles
of oneness through the astral fog permeating the world, and establish them in
the consciousness of mankind. Many different principles that will be used in
the government of the Aquarian Age are embodied in the Bahai teachings.
Because the concepts presented were designed to reach the average person in
consciousness the faith had to be established by fire, or persecution, just as
the Mormons were. Thus "the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence".
Matt 11:12. Whenever an Initiate lends a helping hand to an astral polarized
person waves of emotionally charged energy are created that often comes close
to sinking the ship. It takes a sure navigators to handle the waves that beat
against the hull.
The Bahai teachings are good reading for all who seek the Kingdom of God,
but like any teaching, they are not infallible. If they bring the
"flashing forth of the intuition" then let them be pursued.
The Bahais teach the following twelve principles of oneness that will be
incorporated into the Aquarian Age: (1) World Peace (2) Non-authoritarian
world government (3) Spiritual solution to economics (4) All the major
religions were inspired by God (5) A world religion recognizing the truth
within al religions can unite the world. (6) Science and religion should
agree. (7) The elimination of prejudice (8) Men and women are equal (9) A
person should not depend on authority, but discover truth for himself (10) A
universal language accepted by all nations should be created and used. (11) We
have a responsibility to insure that all men and women in the world have the
opportunity for an education. (12) The oneness of mankind.
Even though the message of the Bahai's is good, beautiful and true they
have made a similar error to the Mormons, and after the founders' death they
put more emphasis on the man than his message, but their point of
concentration is somewhat different. The Mormons put their emphasis on the
"living prophet" who never prophesizes and almost all are ill
informed of the teachings of their founder; On the other hand, the Bahais
concentrate on convincing mankind that Bahaullah is a direct incarnation of
God and is a greater entity than Christ himself. They also believe that he
fulfills all the scriptures concerning the Second Coming of the Lord.
When will mankind learn that it is not the man that is important, but the
message? The Great Teachers care little what we think of them personally so
long as we do the will of the Father, embrace Love of God, and seek the Light
of the Spirit.
Neither Joseph, the Bab, or Bahaullah made the claims their later followers
attributed to them and their position. Joseph once recorded in his diary:
"I explained to him that I did not profess to be a prophet any more than
every man ought to who professes to be a preacher of righteousness." DHC
5:232.
It is interesting that he said that every preacher of righteousness
"ought to" be as much of a prophet as he was, yet the leaders of the
Church today say that only they can be prophets; in other words, only they can
be teachers of righteousness.
I cannot find anywhere in the statements of Bab or Bahaullah stating that
Bahaullah is greater than Christ or that he is the greatest incarnation of God
who walked on the earth. It is true that Bahaullah was an incarnation of God,
but the Spirit of God is within every man and each person becomes God
incarnate as soon as he contacts the God within and becomes one with it.
"The Sons of Men are one and I am one with them . . ." should be our
realization.
Bab did teach that all the prophets were manifestations of God and that his
mission was similar to Mohammed's in importance and that an even greater
"manifestation" was to come. Bahaullah was a great manifestation of
God and a great teacher, but he was not the greatest, nor was Joseph Smith the
greatest. This is a hard concept for religious zealots to accept for all seem
to look on their leaders and founders as the greatest, but there have been
many great ones in the history of this planet.
The two outstanding figures in our recorded history have been the Buddha
and the Christ. They were both so important because they each manifested one
of the aspects of the Trinity, which was previously unrealized by man. Buddha
manifested the Holy Ghost aspect, or Light which Light is still increasing in
intensity and will fill the world with knowledge and understanding and a
common sense attitude toward religion and dispel the fables abroad.
In addition he built a bridge for the Christ by creating a bridge between
Light and Love by manifesting the Wisdom aspect of the Love-Wisdom energy of
the middle principle of the Christ.
The Christ manifested the Love of God, the second aspect, or the Son of
God. Before the Christ appeared, love existed as it always has, but its heart
aspect was unrecognized and misunderstood. Christ illustrated what Love was in
a way previously unrealized by humanity. This is difficult for modern humanity
to see without the ability to time travel into the ancient past. If we could
we would see that Love before Christ was generally seen as a possessiveness
and not as unselfish giving. It is true that humanity is far from perfecting
Love today, but the coming of Christ has stimulated us more than we realize.
The only way Bahaullah could lay a claim to being a greater entity than the
Christ would be to manifest a higher aspect of Godliness. The only higher one
that is sensed by humanity is the Father aspect, or the will of God. This
aspect will be realized when he prayer of Christ is fulfilled: "Thy will
be done on earth as it is in heaven." When this is accomplished humanity
will then recognize the bearer of this aspect. It may be an individual, or it
may be a group and will be accomplished again with the assistance of the
Christ who is linked with the Father.
Bahaullah did not recognize simple esoteric truths such as the law or
rebirth, and did not overcome sickness, disease and death, and was not a
Master of Wisdom, but he was a great soul and did much to bring humanity to a
world consciousness. The names of the Bab, Bahaullah, and Joseph Smith will
all grow in stature as time passes.
The next revelation of importance that was given to humanity was through
Helen Petrovna Blavatsky, commonly known as H.P. Blavatsky, or H.P.B, the
founder of Theosophy. [Sterling's Comment: See write-up
exposing Blavatsky as Satanic Champion of Paganism] She was perhaps the most unlikely candidate in history
to be the founding prophet of New Age truth. Her notoriety has greater
potential than Joseph Smith. She seemed to make a point of avoiding piousness
and cussed like a trooper, indulged the senses and cared little for neatness
and appearance. She also had a fraudulent streak left over from her previous
life as Count Alessandro Cagliostro, the famous charlatan of the eighteenth
century who claimed to have the elixir of immortal youth and lived his life
defrauding men of high stature. This was a very advanced soul; however, she
slipped into retrogression for a time and came back in the nineteenth century
hoping to set the course of her soul straight and thereby aid humanity.
In the first part of her life she traveled extensively throughout the world
and became interested in various occult philosophies and spiritualism. After
many years of investigating every philosophy she could find she teamed up with
Henry Olcott and founded Theosophy in New York and later in India. Her most
important work was the SECRET DOCTRINE. During her life she may have done much
that was good and bad, spoken much that was both true and false, but the basic
knowledge of the SECRET DOCTRINE and some of her other writings were obtained
through the Tibetan Master, Djwhal Khul who works with the Christ. Those who
accept his writings usually refer to him merely as the "Tibetan".
This Master works in close connection with Koot Hoomi as well as Master Morya
and all three of them are in close association with the Christ. They are all
"resurrected beings", using Christian terminology. In esoteric
language they are referred to merely as "the Masters" or the
"Masters of Wisdom".
The Christ once hinted at these associates in a revelation given to Joseph
Smith: "Wherefore, I will that all men shall repent, for all are under
sin, except those which I have reserved unto myself, HOLY MEN THAT YE KNOW NOT
OF." D&C 49:8
These holy men that the world and even many prophets knew not of were the
Masters. There are many Masters, but the three mentioned above are of the most
important from our point of view. Koot Hoomi is next in line to take over the
position of The Christ in about a thousand years from now when the present
Christ will move on to other work. These three men have known each other from
many lifetimes and were the three wise men from the East who presented gifts
to the Christ child. They understood the mission of Christ much better than
His twelve apostles and helped to surround the babe with a protective aura in
the first few years of his life.
Around the year of 1875 it was deemed time to reveal some of the
"mysteries of the kingdom of God" through one that would "utter
things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world."
Matt 13:35.
It was also the beginning to the fulfillment of a prophecy given through
Joseph Smith: He wrote of "A time to come in which nothing shall be
withheld, whether there be one God or many gods, they shall be manifest. All
thrones and dominions, principalities and powers shall be revealed and set
forth upon all who have endured valiantly for the gospel of Jesus Christ. And
also, if there be bounds set to the heavens or to the seas, or to the dry
land, or to the sun, moon, or stars--All the times of their revolutions, all
the appointed days, months and years, and all the days of their days, months
and years, and all their glories, laws, and set times, shall be revealed in
the days of the dispensation of the fullness of times - according to that
which was ordained in the midst of the Council of the Eternal God of all other
gods before this world was . . ." D& C 121:28-32.
Djwhal Khul was selected to be the transmitting agent to Mrs. Blavatsky. He
is one of the youngest masters, about 260 years old at present, and because of
his calling he is sometimes referred to as the messenger boy of the gods.
Because the message to be transmitted was so unorthodox someone had to be
selected from humanity who was completely opened to all possibilities. Unlike
many previous revelations that contained simple truths these new ones were
highly technical in nature; thus someone with a highly trained mind had to be
used. A boy prophet like Joseph Smith could not be used here, but someone more
experienced in the ways and learning of the world had to be selected. The
Masters also had to pick someone who was sensitive to higher impression which
requirement eliminated about every moralistic preacher in the world. All
things considered, Madam Blavatsky was the best transmitting agent available.
Blavatsky did not receive her revelations through a direct voice, or
automatic writing, or seances, but through "the science of
impression" and some direct contact. In transmitting higher revelation
the Masters only work through someone who can work and receive with full
understanding and cooperation. A medium who wakes from her trance state with
no recollection or understanding of the message could not be used.
The Tibetan Master sent the concepts to Mrs. Blavatsky through the science
of impression and in turn she wrote them down in her own words. In between she
injected some of her own ideas here and there, some from the intuition and
some derived through reasoning.
For perhaps the first time in history the message received as much
attention as the messenger, but amazingly enough a high number of astral based
adherents came into the fold and consequently the Theosophists have never been
free of that sentimental devotion to the Master or Masters that characterize
the born again Christian. Many of them looked upon their doctrine with such
devotion that they felt that no revelation could surpass that given through
their group, but it wasn't long before a far greater revelation was given to
mankind.
This revelation was to reveal exact esoteric sciences so the Tibetan Master
had to select someone who was sensitive enough to his vibration so a direct
mental telepathy could be set up. He chose for his terminal a young lady named
Alice A. Bailey who, ironically enough, was an orthodox Christian at the time
and had no interest in esoteric matters. After several personal visits from
the Masters and much study and contemplation she finally agreed to accept her
Life's mission and for thirty years she took the most direct dictation that
has ever been revealed from Christ and his Hierarchy.
She also wrote several books herself and one of the more convincing
evidences of the truth of her work is the comparison of her writing with that
of the Tibetan. The most conclusive evidence of the truth of the writings,
however, is the content itself. Just as the book of Hebrews was proclaimed
scripture merely because the content was of superior quality (the author was
unknown), so must one conclude the writings offered through Alice A. Bailey
are as much from God as anything ever offered to the earth for they ring the
chords of truth over and over and leave the greatest of seekers feeling like a
neophyte. These revelations fulfill many of the prophesies about the great
knowledge that is to be given to the earth in the "dispensation of the
fullness of times."
There has been too much knowledge revealed from the Tibetan to even
consider giving a summary here, and such is not our purpose. This work is
attempting to relate concepts that are not clearly explained elsewhere. If the
reader wishes to plunge into any of the inspired works mentioned in this book
he must do so on his own.
Since Alice A. Bailey finished her work in 1949, after a labor of thirty
years, there has been other teachers who have presented various inspired
works, but for each one that comes from a divine source there are ten others
that are mere compilations of teachings already given out or mere imaginative
work. Each seeker must study any work that claims to be inspired and test them
against the spirit of God that dwells within him.
The Tibetan tells us in his writings that the preparatory teachings of the
New Age was given through Blavatsky, the intermediate through Alice A. Bailey
and then some time around 2025 advanced teachings from him will be given. In
between that, starting after 1975, would be a "revelatory" period
wherein the teachings will be simplified along with more revelation given out.
The teachings which have been revealed will begin to permeate the mass of
humanity. Eventually they will go out over radio and TV and reach the masses
just as current established Christian teachings do. It will be noted that
since 1975 there has been a tremendous upswing in interest in esoteric
philosophy, but it has yet to reach the masses as anticipated, for some
disciples have failed in their missions. Part of the purpose of current
disciples is to teach that which has already been revealed along with other
inspired teachings that will be revealed and prepare for the Coming of Christ
and greater revelation.
