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A Series of Lessons in Mystic Christianity1054
Within—the Spirit that was within Him and all men—and thus denied out
of existence the power of the earth-things—the illusions of mortality—the
maya of the race.
But not alone this and other weaknesses of man’s mortal nature were
constantly besieging the mind of the Master after He had taken upon
Himself the Karma of the Earth. He had also taken upon Himself the mortal
life consequent of the human frame which He inhabited. He must live, suffer
and die—even as all men—and according to the law of mortality. And so He
moved forward toward the end, knowing fully what lay before Him. He, a
God, had taken upon Himself all these attributes of mortality, in order to be
able to perform His work as the Redeemer and Savior of the race.
And so, He lived, and suffered and died—even as you and I. He drank
the cup to the dregs, suffering as only such a finely organized mental nature
could suffer. And, men, poor creatures, speak of His sufferings as terminating
with the last breath upon the cross. Why, they only began there!
For know ye, that Jesus the Christ is still within the race of men, suffering their
woes, paying with them their penalty, every day, every hour—yea, and must
remain so throughout the ages, until finally the soul of every man, yea, even
that of the last man; the most degraded man in the world, is fully cleansed
of the Karmic taint, and thus fully “redeemed” and “saved.” And within the
soul of every man is found the Christ Principle, striving ever to elevate and
lift up the individual toward that realization of the Real Self—and this is
what “redemption” and “salvation” really means. Not a saving from hell-fire,
but a saving from the fire of carnality, and mortality. Not a redemption from
imaginary sins, but a redemption from the muck and mire of earth-life. The
God within you is like the fabled Hindu god who descended into the body
of a pig and then forgot Himself. It is to bring you to a realization that you
are a god and not a pig, that Jesus, the Master, is working within your soul
as the Christ Principle. Have you never heard His voice, crying from within
your soul, “Come out—come out of your pig-nature and realize the god