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COMPARATIVE RELIGION.
103 in other words, how to die while fully alive all the time? The answer to this is given in the 10th verse of the next chapter where it is said :
“And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness."
The idea of Christ has been explained in my other writings, and is that of the spiritual Ideal of the Soul which is a great mystery. St. Paul says of this mystery that it was kept secret since the world began (Romans, xvi. 25). In the Epistle to Ephesians (chap. iii. 3-4). We are told :
“Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ."
This is repeated in the Epistle to Colossians (chap. ii. 2-3) :
“That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding to the acknowledg.nant of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
"In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge."
The Gospels, in reality, only aim at uncovering the secret in a guarded way. The apostle's hesitation is evident from his language (Ephesians, vi. 19-22) :
“And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospels,
“For which I am an ambassador in bonds : that therein I may speak boldly as I ought to speak.
“But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things :
"Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts."
I shall not dwell on the mystery of the Bible or of the Biblical teaching any longer here, as I have explained it fully in my earlier works, eg. the Key of Knowledge.' It will be sufficient to point out here that this great mystery is centered in the life of
the Soul which is its own God, but which is deprived of its Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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