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A Series of Lessons in Mystic Christianity1010
the occasion which we have mentioned the last great Basic Truths were
explained to the Twelve, and from that time henceforward they were
regarded and treated as Masters by Jesus, and not as mere students, as had
been the case before that time. And arising from that final instruction came
the Sermon of the Mount.
The Sermon of the Mount, that most wonderful and complete of any of
the public utterances of Jesus, was delivered almost immediately after the
Choosing of the Twelve Apostles. And it was intended even more for them
than for the multitudes gathered around to hear His preaching. He knew
that the Twelve could interpret it by reason of the Inner Teachings that they
had received from Him. And almost forgetting the congregation gathered
around and about Him, He elucidated the Inner teachings for the benefit of
the Chosen Few.
The Sermon of the Mount can be understood only by means of the
Master Key of the Inner Teachings, which opens the door of the mind to an
understanding of the hard sayings and veiled mystic import of many of His
precepts. We shall devote considerable space in one of our later lessons of
this series to a consideration of the Inner Meaning of this great sermon and
teaching, and therefore shall not go into details regarding it in the present
lesson, deeming it better to proceed with the story of the Master’s Work.
A few days after the delivery of the Sermon of the Mount, the Master left
Capernaum and traveled from town to town visiting His various centers of
teaching, as was His custom. On the journey Jesus performed a feat of occult
power that proved Him to be one of the Highest Adepts of the Occult
Brotherhoods, for to none other would such a manifestation have been
possible. Even some of the highest Oriental Masters would have refused to
undertake the task that He set before Himself to do.
The company was leisurely proceeding on its way, when nearing a small
town they met a funeral procession coming in their direction. Preceded by
the band of women chanting the mournful dirges according to the Galileean
custom, the cortege slowly wended its way. The etiquette of the land