Part C - Introduction to Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ...

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Dear All,

 

Below is the continuing Introduction to the Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the

Christ, given by the scribe of Levi H. Dowling... his wife, Eva S. Dowling. In

this part of the introduction, the question of " What relationship existed

between Jesus of Nazareth and the Christ " ... is addressed.

 

It is clear from Levi's knowledge given that Jesus is the human person, and " the

Christ " is the Divinity Within Jesus. At no time did Jesus ever state that he

was the All Mighty God, the Father, however others have claimed that on his

behalf. i know that he prayed to His Father in Heaven many times, so he could

not have been All Mighty God Himself (who is God, the Father).

 

Here is a quote from Levi which explains that: -

 

" Before creation was the Christ walked with the Father God and Mother God in

Akasha. The Christ is son, the only son begotten by Almighty God, the God of

Force and God omniscient, God of thought; and Christ is God, the God of Love. "

 

So... i hope you enjoy the clearest exposition i have ever seen, which was given

to Levi from the Akashic Records themselves, to give a better understanding

about the relationship between Jesus of Nazareth and the Christ.

 

violet

 

 

What relationship existed between Jesus of Nazareth and the Christ?

 

Orthodox Christian ecclesiastics tell us that Jesus of Nazareth and the Christ

were one; that the true name of this remarkable person was Jesus Christ. They

tell us that this man of Galilee was the very eternal God clothed in flesh of

man that men might see his glory. Of course this doctrine is wholly at variance

with the teachings of Jesus himself and of his apostles. The Aquarian Masters in

council have formulated an answer to this question that so well covers all the

information required that we give it in full:

 

" Jesus was an ideal Jew, born in Bethlehem of Judea. His mother was a beautiful

Jewish girl named Mary. As a child Jesus differed but little from other children

only that in past lives he had overcome carnal propensities to such an extent

that he could be tempted like others and not yield. Paul was right when to the

Hebrews he said: 'He was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.'

– Hebrews 4:15.

 

" Jesus suffered as other men suffer, and was made perfect through suffering; for

this is the only way to perfection. His life was an example of attainment by the

way of crosses and cruel treatment. Paul was right again when he said: 'It

became him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many

sons into glory to make the captain of their salvation perfect through

suffering.' – Hebrews 2:10.

 

" In many respects Jesus was a remarkable child, for by ages of strenuous

preparation he was qualified to be an avatar, a saviour of the world, and from

childhood he was endowed with superior wisdom and was conscious of the fact that

he was competent to lead the race into the higher ways of spiritual living. But

he was conscious also of the fact that he must attain the mastery by trials,

buffetings, temptations and sufferings. And all his life was spent in

attainment. After his death, burial and resurrection he appeared in materialized

form before the Silent Brothers in the temple of Heliopolis, in Egypt, and said:

 

" My human life was wholly given to bring my will to tune with the deific will;

when this was done my earth-tasks all were done.

 

" You know that all my life was one great drama for the sons of men; a pattern

for the sons of men. I lived to show the possibilities of man.

 

" What I have done all men can do, and what I am all men shall be. " – Aquarian

Gospel 178:43, 46.

 

" Jesus was the name of the man and it was the only appropriate name for this

kind of man. The word means Saviour, and Jesus was in more senses than one... a

saviour.

 

The word Christ means " the anointed one, " and then it is an official title. It

means, The Master of Love. When we say " Jesus the Christ " we refer to the man

and to his office... just as we do when we say Edward, the King, or Lincoln, the

President. Edward was not always King, and Lincoln was not always President, and

Jesus was not always Christ. Jesus won his Christship by a strenuous life, and

in the Aquarian Gospel, chapter 55, we have a record of the events of his

christing, or receiving the degree Christ. Here is where he was coronated by the

highest earth authorities as the Christ-King; properly speaking, 'The Master of

Love'; and after this was done he entered at once upon his Judean and Galilean

ministry.

 

" We recognise the facts that Jesus was man and that Christ was God, so that in

very truth Jesus the Christ was the God-man of the ages. "

 

The Nazarene's Testimony...

 

Jesus himself made the matter clear. Once when he was speaking to a congregation

in Bethany the people called him King and he stood forth and said:

 

" I am not sent to sit upon a throne to rule as Caesar rules; and you may tell

the ruler of the Jews that I am not a claimant for his throne.

 

" Men call me Christ, and God has recognized the name; but Christ is not a man.

The Christ is universal Love, and Love is King.

 

" This Jesus is but man who has been fitted by temptation overcome, by trials

multiform, to be the temple through which the Christ can manifest to men.

 

" Then hear, you men of Israel, hear! Look not upon the flesh; it is not king.

Look to the Christ within who shall be formed in every one of you, as he is

formed in me.

 

" When you have purified your hearts by faith, the king will enter in and you

will see his face. " – Aquarian Gospel 68:10-14

 

 

Eva Dowling continues and writes that: -

 

Surely this question has been answered. Jesus was man; Christ was Divine Love –

the Love of God, and after thirty years of strenuous life the man had made his

body fit to be the temple of the holy breath and Love took full possession, and

John well said when he declared:

 

" And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld the glory of the

only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. "

 

(Introduction to " The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ " - by Levi.)

 

 

,

" Violet " <violet.tubb wrote:

>

> Dear All,

>

> Here is the continuing Introduction by Eva S. Dowling (wife of

Levi), in regards to " The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ of the

Piscean Age " . Eva answers the anticipated question of: " What is meant

by " the Christ " as the word is used in this book? "

>

> Please enjoy,

>

> violet

>

>

> What is Meant by " the Christ " , as the Word is Used in This Book?

>

> The word Christ is derived from the Greek word Kristos and means

anointed. It is identical with the Hebrew word Messiah. The word

Christ, per se, does not refer to any particular person; every

anointed person is christed. When the definite article " the " is

placed before the word christ, a definite personality is indicated,

and this personality is none other than a member of the Trinity, the

Son who had a glory with the Father-Mother before the worlds were

formed.

>

> According to the teachings of all ancient masters this Son is Love;

so the Christ is Love, and Love is God, since God is Love.

>

> Another remarkable manuscript found in Levi's Akashic portfolio

gives the clearest possible ideal of the Christ, or Love of God. It

is presumed that this manuscript is a direct transcription from the

Akashic Records and its importance demands its reproduction here in

full.

>

>

> THE CHRIST

>

> " Before creation was, the Christ walked with the Father God and

Mother God in Akasha.

>

> " The Christ is son, the only son begotten by Almighty God, the God

of Force and God omniscient, God of thought; and Christ is God, the

God of Love.

>

> " Without the Christ there was no light. Through Christ all life was

manifest; and so through him all things were done, and naught was

done in forming worlds or peopling worlds without the Christ.

>

> " Christ is the Logos of Infinities and through the word alone are

Thought and Force made manifest.

>

> " The Son is called the Christ, because the Son, the Love, the

universal Love, was set apart, ordained to be creator, Lord,

preserver and redeemer of all things, of everything that is, or

evermore will be.

>

> " Through Christ, the protoplast, the earth, the plant, the beast,

the man, the angel and the cherubim took up their stations on their

planes of life.

>

> " Through Christ they are preserved; and if they fall it is the

Christ who lifts them up; and if they sell themselves to sin the

Christ redeems.

>

> " Now Christ, the universal Love, pervades all spaces of infinity,

and so there is no end to Love.

>

> " From the great heart of Love un-numbered spirits were sent forth

to demonstrate the height, the depth, the width, the boundlessness of

Love.

>

> " To every world and star and moon and sun a master spirit of this

Love divine was sent; and all were full anointed with the oil of

helpfulness, and each became a Christ.

>

> " All glorious in his majesty is Christ, who spreads the pure white

robe of Love o'er all the planes of earth – The Christ of earth, its

heaven, its graves.

>

> " In course of time the protoplast, the earth, the plant, the beast,

the man sold out their birthrights unto sin; but Christ was present

to redeem.

>

> " Hid in the holiest place in all infinities is locked the scroll

that bears the record of the purposes of God, the Triune God, and

there we read:

>

> " Perfection is the ultimate of life. A seed is perfect in its

embryotic life, but it is destined to unfold, to grow.

>

> " Into the soil of every plane these seeds, which were the Thoughts

of God, were cast – the seeds of protoplast, of earth, of plant, of

beast, of man, of angel and of cherubim and they who sowed the seeds,

through Christ, ordained that they should grow, and should return at

last, by effort of unnumbered years, to the great granary of thought,

and each to be a perfection of its kind.

>

> " And in the boundless blessedness of Love the man was made the Lord

of protoplast of earth, of plant, of beast; and Christ proclaimed:

Man shall have full dominion over everything that is upon these

planes of life; and it was so.

>

> " And he who gave the lordship unto man declared that he must rule

by Love.

>

> " But men grew cruel and they lost their power to rule, and

protoplast, and earth, and plant and beast became at enmity with man;

he lost his heritage; but Christ was present to redeem.

>

> " But man had lost his consciousness of right; he could no longer

comprehend the boundlessness of Love; he could see naught but self,

and things of self; but Christ was there to seek the lost and save.

>

> " So that he might be close to man in all the ways of life, that man

might comprehend the mighty spirit of the Love, the Christ of earth

made manifest to human eyes and ears by taking his abode in some pure

person, well prepared by many lives to be a fit abiding place of Love.

>

> " Thus Christ made manifest Love's power to save; but men forgot so

soon, and so Christ must manifest again, and then again.

>

> " And ever since man took his place in form of flesh the Christ has

been manifest in flesh at first of every age. "

>

> (Introduction to " The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ " by Levi)

>

>

> ,

> " Violet " <violet.tubb@> wrote:

> >

> > Dear All,

> >

> > Btw, the copy of the Aquarian Gospel i am getting this info from

> was published in 1964. i have another bit of info on Levi H. Dowling

> which is given on the back of the book cover, and i thought it would

> explain about Levi really well (so i should have included this in

the

> last post, but do so now instead.)

> >

> > violet

> >

> >

> > " This is a unique book; practically a complete record of the words

> and works of Jesus of Nazareth, from his birth in Bethlehem to his

> ascension from the Mount of Olives some thirty three years later. It

> includes the eighteen years not recorded in the New Testament, when

> Jesus travelled in Tibet, Egypt, India, Persia, and Greece, talking

> with monks and wise men.

> >

> > The Gospel was transcribed by Levi H. Dowling from the Akashic

> Records, the absolute and imperishable records of all time and all

> life. It took forty years of study and meditation for Levi to attain

> a level of spiritual consciousness necessary to attune to the

> distinct tones and rhythms of Jesus of Nazareth. The results of his

> work has provided an enriching spiritual experience for four

> generations.

> >

> > It was only with the opening of the Aquarian Age, from which the

> Gospel takes its name, could the transcription have taken place; for

> it is written: -

> >

> > " And when the world is ready to receive, lo, God will send a

> messenger to open up the book and copy from its sacred pages all the

> messages of purity and love. Then every man of earth will read the

> words of life in the language of his native land, and men will see

> the light.... And man again will be at one with God.

> >

> > (Aquarian Gospel 7:25, 28) (end quote)

> >

> >

> > i have known about this book since the 1970's, and to read it is

to

> know that this is an absolutely extraordinary book, which reveals

> much more about Jesus, the Christ, especially about all his

extensive

> travels where He met many many spiritual teachers, etc. from all the

> different spiritual traditions, too.

> >

> > This should tell us something, should it not! That he made friends

> with people from all spiritual traditions and studied their

spiritual

> knowledge with them; then He in turn would explain their Scriptures

> to them, but they did not always understand either! Of course, He

got

> into trouble with the priestly classes on a number of occasions,

> because He would explain things which they either would not, or

could

> not accept!

> >

> > i would encourage you to get your own copies. You will never

regret

> it, because there is much to read and imbibe which will be of

> spiritual benefit that you will derive from reading about the hidden

> years of Jesus, the Christ of the Piscean Age.

> >

> > violet

> >

> >

> > ,

> > " Violet " <violet.tubb@> wrote:

> > >

> > > Dear All,

> > >

> > > As promised, I will be posting (and exploring) the spiritual

> > knowledge that is contained in the Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the

> > Christ, which according to the writer, Levi H. Dowling is a

> > philosophical and practical basis for religion in the new Age of

> > Aquarius.

> > >

> > > First, is some info on " Who was Levi? " followed by an

Introduction

> > by Eva S. Dowling (his wife) where she answers some questions,

which

> > she anticipates readers will have, such as " What is an Age " ?, etc.

> > She also includes a delightful description given by Levi where the

> > Piscean Age transfers in a ceremonial way to the Aquarian Age. I

> have

> > included it for your enjoyment, as it is quite beautiful.

> > >

> > > Then in subsequent instalments, I would like to explore together

> > with forum readers, some chapters from this book. Maybe we will go

> > through all chapters; maybe not... depending on how it all works

> out,

> > and if we are enjoying it.

> > >

> > > The main thing is that we learn a bit more than we knew before,

> and

> > thereby increase our spiritual knowledge and understanding. It is

> > important to have an understanding of spiritual things, which many

> > yogis (and others maybe too) do not seem to have. It is not

> > surprising as this very past Kali Yuga was not exactly what is

known

> > as a " spiritual age " , folks!

> > >

> > > So, don't feel bad. Many are in the same boat. i believe that

the

> > Aquarian Gospel is forthright and clear and is a great help in

that

> > it does give a philosophical and practical basis for religion in

the

> > new Age of Aquarius.

> > >

> > > love and best wishes to all,

> > >

> > > Violet

> > >

> > >

> > > Who was Levi? (by the Publishers)

> > >

> > > In response to inquiries from many friends of " The Aquarian

Gospel

> > of Jesus the Christ " for some information regarding the

transcriber,

> > we herewith give a short sketch. It was his great desire that each

> > one should have the message regardless of the messenger.

> > >

> > > LEVI (Levi H. Dowling), was born Friday morning, May 18, 1844 at

> > Belleville, Ohio. His father, Scotch-Welsh descent, was a pioneer

> > preacher among the Disciples of Christ. Levi was always a student

of

> > the deeper things of life. At the age of thirteen, in his first

> > public debate, he took the negative side against a Presbyterian

> Elder

> > on " The Everlasting Punishment of the Wicked. "

> > >

> > > He began preaching at the age of sixteen; and at the age of

> > eighteen was pastor of a small church. He entered the United

States

> > Army at the age of twenty as Chaplain, and served in this capacity

> to

> > the end of the Civil War. In 1866-7 he was a student at

Northwestern

> > Christian University at Indianapolis, Indiana. The next year he

> began

> > publishing Sunday School Literature, issuing Sunday School Lesson

> > Papers, Song Books, and a Children's Sunday School Paper. Much of

> his

> > time was devoted to the cause of Prohibition. He was a graduate of

> > two medical colleges and practised medicine for a number of years.

> He

> > finally retired from the medical profession to resume literary

work.

> > >

> > > Early in life, when but a mere lad, he had a vision in which he

> was

> > told that he was to " build a white city. " This vision was repeated

> > three times with years intervening. The building of the " white

city "

> > was " The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ. " This book was

> > transcribed between the early morning hours of two and six - the

> > absolutely " quiet hours. "

> > >

> > > Levi passed from earth-life August 13, 1911.

> > >

> > > The Publishers.

> > >

> > > ………………..

> > >

> > > Introduction

> > >

> > > By

> > >

> > > Eva S. Dowling, A.Ph.D.

> > >

> > > Scribe to the Messenger

> > >

> > > THE BOOK

> > >

> > > The full title of this book is " The Aquarian Age Gospel of

Jesus,

> > the Christ of the Piscean Age, " and the critical reader is apt to

> ask

> > a number of pertinent questions concerning it. Among the many

> > anticipated questions, these are perhaps the most important:

> > >

> > > What is an Age?

> > > What is the Piscean Age?

> > > What is the Aquarian Age?

> > > What is meant by the Christ as the word is used in this book?

> > > What relationship existed between Jesus of Nazareth and the

> Christ?

> > > Who is Levi, the transcriber of this book?

> > > What are the Akashic Records?

> > >

> > > What is an Age?

> > >

> > > Astronomers tell us that our sun an his family of planets

revolve

> > around a central sun, which is millions of miles distant, and that

> it

> > requires something less than 26,000 years to make one revolution.

> His

> > orbit is called the Zodiac, which is divided into twelve signs,

> > familiarly known as Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo,

> Libra,

> > Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. It requires

> our

> > Solar System a little more than 2,100 years to pass through one of

> > these signs, and this time is the measurement of an Age or

> > Dispensation. Because of what Astronomers call " the precession of

> the

> > Equinoxes " the movement of the sun through the signs of the Zodiac

> is

> > in order reverse from that given above.

> > >

> > > Exact Time of the Beginning of an Age

> > >

> > > Regarding this matter there is a disagreement among astronomers;

> > but in this Introduction we are not called upon to give the

reasons

> > of the various investigators for their opinions; there are enough

> > well authenticated facts for our present purposes. It is conceded

by

> > all critical students that the sun entered the zodiacal sign

Taurus

> > in the days of our historic Adam when the Taurian Age began; that

> > Abraham lived not far from the beginning of the Arian Age, when

the

> > sun entered the sign Aries. About the time of the rise of the

Roman

> > empire the sun entered the sign Pisces, the Fishes, and the

Piscean

> > Age began, so that early in this Age Jesus of Nazareth lived.

> > >

> > > What is the Piscean Age?

> > >

> > > This question requires further consideration. The Piscean Age is

> > identical with the Christian Dispensation. The word Pisces means

> > fish. The sign is known as a water sign, and the Piscean Age has

> been

> > distinctly the age of the fish and its element, water.

> > >

> > > In the establishment of their great institutions, John the

> > Harbinger and Jesus both introduced the rite of water baptism,

which

> > has been used in some form in all the so-called Christian Churches

> > and cults, even to the present time. Water is the true symbol of

> > purification. Jesus himself said to the before he was baptised:

" All

> > the men must be washed, symbolic of the cleansing of the

> > soul. " (Aquarian Gospel

> > > 64:7.)

> > >

> > > Fish was a Christian Symbol

> > >

> > > In the earlier centuries of the Christian Dispensation, the fish

> > was everywhere used as a symbol. In his remarkable book,

" Christian

> > Iconography, " Didron says:

> > >

> > > " The fish, in the opinion of antiquarians generally, is the

symbol

> > of Jesus Christ. The fish is sculptured upon a number of Christian

> > monuments, and more particularly upon the ancient sarcophagi. It

is

> > also upon medals, bearing the name of our Saviour and also upon

> > engraved stones, cameos and intaglios. The fish is also to be

> > remarked upon the amulets worn suspended from the necks by

children,

> > and upon ancient glasses and sculptured lamps.

> > >

> > > " Baptismal fonts are more particularly ornamented with the fish.

> > The fish is constantly exhibited placed upon a dish in the middle

of

> > the table, at the Last Supper, among the loaves, knives and cups

> used

> > at the banquet. "

> > >

> > > In the writings of Tertullian we find this statement: " We are

> > little fishes in Christ our great fish. "

> > >

> > > The last two thousand years, comprising the Piscean Age, has

> > certainly been one of water and the many uses of that element have

> > been emphasised, and sea and lake and river navigation has been

> > brought to a high degree of efficiency.

> > >

> > > What is the Aquarian Age?

> > >

> > > The human race is to-day standing upon the cusp of the Piscean-

> > Aquarian Ages. Aquarius is an air sign and the New Age is already

> > noted for remarkable inventions for the use of air, electricity,

> > magnetism, etc. Men navigate the air as fish do the sea, and send

> > their thoughts spinning around the world with the speed of

> lightning.

> > >

> > > The word Aquarius is derived from the Latin word aqua, meaning

> > water. Aquarius is, however, the `water bearer', and the symbol of

> > the sign, which is the eleventh sign of the Zodiac, is a man

> carrying

> > in his right hand a pitcher of water. Jesus referred to the

> beginning

> > of the Aquarian Age in these words:

> > >

> > > " And then the man who bears the pitcher will walk forth across

an

> > arc of heaven; the sign and signet of the Son of Man will stand

> forth

> > in the eastern sky. The wise will then lift up their heads and

know

> > that the redemption of the earth is near. " (Aquarian Gospel

157:29,

> > 30.)

> > >

> > > The Aquarian Age is pre-eminently a spiritual age, and the

> > spiritual side of the great lessons that Jesus gave to the world

may

> > now be comprehended by multitudes of people, for the many are now

> > coming into an advanced stage of spiritual consciousness; so with

> > much propriety this book is called " The Aquarian (or Spiritual)

> > Gospel of Jesus, the Christ. "

> > >

> > > An Important Event. The transfer of dominion from one Age to

> > another is an important event in the world of Cherubim and

Seraphim.

> > Among the manuscripts of Levi we have found a most remarkable

paper

> > describing the transfer of dominion from the Piscean Age to the

> > Aquarian Age, but it is difficult to determine whether it is a

> > recital of facts or a prophetic statement. We reproduce the paper

in

> > full: -

> > >

> > > THE CUSP OF THE AGES

> > >

> > > " In Spirit I was caught away into the realms of Akasha; I stood

> > alone within the circle of the sun. And there I found the secret

> > spring that opens up the door to Wisdom and an understanding

heart.

> I

> > entered in and then I knew. I saw the four and twenty Cherubim and

> > Seraphim that guard the circle of the sun, the mighty ones who

were

> > proclaimed by masters long ago `the four and twenty ancient

ones.' I

> > heard the names of every Cherubim and Seraphim, and learned that

> > every sign in all the Zodiac is ruled by two – a Cherubim and

> > Seraphim. And then I stood upon the cusp where Ages meet. The

> Piscean

> > Age had passed; the Aquarian Age had just begun. I saw the

guardian

> > Spirits of the Piscean Age; Ramasa is the Cherubim; Vacabiel is

> > Seraphim. I saw the guardian Spirits of the Aquarian Age, and

Archer

> > is the Cherubim; Sakmaquil is the Seraphim. These four great

spirits

> > of the Triune God stood close together on the cusp, and in the

> > presence of the sacred Three – the God of Might, the God of

Wisdom,

> > and the God of Love – the sceptre of Domain, of Might, of Wisdom

and

> > of Love was there transferred. I heard the charges of the Triune

> God;

> > but these I may not now reveal. I heard the history of the Piscean

> > Age from Piscean Cherubim and Seraphim, and when I took my pen to

> > write Ramasa said: " Not now, my son, not now; but you may write it

> > down for men when men have learned the sacred laws of Brotherhood,

> of

> > Peace on earth, good-will to every living thing. And then I heard

> the

> > Aquarian Cherubim and Seraphim proclaim the Gospel of the coming

> Age,

> > the age of Wisdom, of the Son of Man. And when the crown was

lifted

> > from the head of Ramasa and placed upon the head of Archer of the

> > Aquarian Age; and when the royal sceptre was transferred from

> > Seraphim Vacabiel to Seraphim Sakmaquil there was deep silence in

> the

> > courts of heaven. And then the goddess Wisdom spoke, and with her

> > hands outstretched she poured the benedictions of the Holy Breath

> > upon the rulers of Aquarius. I may not write the words she spoke,

> but

> > I may tell the Gospel of the coming age that Archer told when he

> > received the crown. And I may breathe to men the song of praise

that

> > Seraphim Sakmaquil sung when she received the royal sceptre of the

> > newborn age. This Gospel I will tell, and I will sing this song in

> > every land, to all the people, tribes and tongues of earth. "

> > >

> > > (The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ - by Levi)

> > >

> > > (Dear All... this concludes Part A of the Introduction. I hope

you

> > enjoyed it. The next installment will be Part B of the

Introduction

> > where Eva S. Dowling tells what is meant by " the Christ " , as the

> word

> > is used in this book.)

> > >

> >

>