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THE KEY OF KNOWLEDGE. of all, namely, perfection, blies and immortality, are to be had only on reaching the other shore,' i.e., Nirvana.
The expressions all the tribes of the earth [material tendencies] shall mourn' (Matt. XXIV. 30), and the like, are mystic allegories, some of which have been explained by Mr. Pryse in his valuable work on the book of Revelation, entitled “The Apocalypse Unsealed,' to which the reader is referred for their interpretation.
The coming of the Son of man, thus, was an expression employed to denote the dawning of God-consciousness in the soul, not the appearance of an historical saviour in the world of men. Walter De Voe well expresses the idea, when he says :--
“The essential attributes of Jehovah-God are organized into your individual soul. The Father has organized His omniscient love into a glowing sun of light and power, and this divine ego is your soul, your true self, the Lord of your mind and body. This living Pearl of Divinity is the presence of God within your nature ; you can well afford to sell all your accumulations of earthly thought, even though it seem a great sacrifice, in order to attain to conscious possession of this Pearl of great price. Your personality is from below, your individuality is from above. Your personality is the image and likeness of mortal parents, your soul individuality is the image and likeness of God. The first man is of the earth earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.' Each soul is a son of God, a Christ. Your soul is God manifesting - your Lord and redeemer. The Lord said unto my Lord; Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool' Psalms 110 : I. This Scriptural passage mentions the Father speaking to the individual soul, or lord of the body, telling it to sit on the right side, and it will realize the power to overcome all things. Surrender to your souls, O mortals, and then you will see the mighty conqueror come. Then the soul will say, 'I am come that ye might have life, and have it more abundantly. I am the way, the truth and the life. I and my Father are one. He that hath seen me hath seen the Father,'"
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