Key of Knowledge

SR No.: 006702
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1919
Total Pages: 1204
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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deration, he takes his place amongst Gods. It is a spiritual law of universal applicability that whosoever shall save his life shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose it, shall find it. Jesus 'lost his life' and became Christos. He could not have remained Jesus and become a Christ, at the same time, for the law is 'as one thinks so one becomes.' Thus, if you regard yourself to be a miserable sinner, you must ever remain so; on the other hand, if you forget your small self, the ego of desires, and believe yourself to be God, you will soon actually become the enjoyer of the status of God. But so long as the consciousness of the bodily self is present in your mind, it will be impossible for you to realise your high ideal. You must, therefore, sacrifice your little self as an offering to propitiate the higher Self. Jesus sacrificed himself, became a Christ, and forthwith declared himself to be one with God. This is the secret of success; and it is for this reason that the advanced ascetics and saints who have understood and realized the truth neglect the first person singular, and always endeavour to preserve what may be described as a state of impersonality in their speech. It was this consideration which led Jesus also to be impersonal' in his conversation. A failure to understand this little truth has been the cause of a large number of beautiful maxims and aphorism being thrown into the waste-paper basket, so to speak. As an instance of this kind may be cited the following passage from the fourth gospel :
"What and if ye shall see the son of man ascend up where he was before?"
Here if the expression is to be taken to refer to
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THE KINGDOM OF GOD.