Commentary on the Aquarian Gospel–by Swami Nirmalananda Giri

The Silence
and The Word

Contradictions

Throughout creation we find things in which there are absolute contradictions–characteristics that logically would negate each other, yet which exist together in a single thing. For example, light is both a particle and a wave. The same is true philosophically. God is both transcendent and immanent, both with attributes and attributeless, both with form and formless. How can this be? It just IS.

We, too, contain these contradictions in ourselves, physically, mentally, and spiritually. The highest activity of which we are capable–Divine Contemplation–also contains two seemingly opposite factors: Silence and The Word. On the level of the Absolute, silence is found at the core of sound, and sound is found at the core of silence. Somehow the two are really one. When we put the two together we have the practice of meditation.

When Jesus was returning to Israel from India he spent some time in Persia (Iran). Here is what the Aquarian Gospel tells us regarding a most important morning:

The Silence

“Now, in the early morning Jesus came again to teach and heal. A light not comprehended shown about, as though some mighty spirit overshadowed him. A magus noted this and asked him privately to tell from whence his wisdom came, and what the meaning of the light. And Jesus said, There is a Silence where the soul may meet its God, and there the fount of wisdom is, and all who enter are immersed in light, and filled with wisdom, love and power.” (Aquarian Gospel 40:1-3)

The phenomenon of light shining around or from the body of a spiritually advanced person is not common, but neither is it particularly rare. I have seen it several times, and in The Sermon on the Mount According to Vedanta Swami Prabhavananda gives an impressive account of seeing Swami Premananda, a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, shining with light during a visit to the Vishwanath Temple in Benares (Varanasi).

It is not really the light that matters, but the state of consciousness–the inner illumination–which it indicates. So the magian asked Jesus where he got his wisdom, no doubt assuming that he would give a teacher or scripture as its source. Instead, Jesus told him that there is an inner state in which the Divine Source is tapped, from which all light, wisdom, love, and power flow. There is no way to know, but it might be wondered whether in enumerating these four things Jesus was thinking of karma, jnana, bhakti, and raja yogas. However, that might be, God is the source of all good, (James 1:17) and we encounter God in the Silence of which Jesus speaks.

A wise query

The magian is not without good spiritual sense. Unlike so many “seekers” who simply want to get a little buzz to brag about later, or to loot God and come away to their own and others’ admiration, he understands what divine experience is intended to produce. So: “The magus said, Tell me about this Silence and this light, that I may go and there abide.” (Aquarian Gospel 40:4) He wisely seeks to abide in God permanently. For him the quest of God is not a trip to the beach for a little bit of paddling in the water only to go back to the dry land mistakenly called “home.” He wants to merge in the ocean and remain in its depths forever. Because of this, Jesus freely speaks to him of spiritual realities.

Everywhere

“Men carry with them all the time the secret place where they might meet their God.”

“And Jesus said, The Silence is not circumscribed; is not a place closed in with wall, or rocky steeps, nor guarded by the sword of man. Men carry with them all the time the secret place where they might meet their God. It matters not where men abide, on mountain top, in deepest vale, in marts of trade, or in the quiet home; they may at once, at any time, fling wide the door, and find the Silence, find the house of God; it is within the soul.” (Aquarian Gospel 40:5-7)

We need not go to some place, thinking that elsewhere we will find perfect conditions for interior life, for meditation. Rather, we carry right within us the ideal place for spiritual opening: our own spirit, our true Self. “For, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.” (Luke 17:21)

In the Gospel of Matthew Jesus speaks of our soul as a “closet.” “But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret.” (Matthew 6:6; Aquarian Gospel 94:5) The Greek word tameion means an inner room of a house where valuables were kept and people went to be totally alone. He tells us to shut the “door” of the mind and the senses and be “alone” with God, perceiving Him alone in the depths of meditation.

Yet…solitude

“One may not be so much disturbed by noise of business, and the words and thoughts of men if he goes all alone into the valley or the mountain pass. And when life’s heavy load is pressing hard, it is far better to go out and seek a quiet place to pray and meditate.” (Aquarian Gospel 40:8, 9)

Even though “the secret place” is always with(in) us, yet it helps to have a good environment. A special meditation room or place is extremely helpful. But it is also good to occasionally go to a place that is outwardly solitary, as well. Here is what Sri Ramakrishna had to say about it:

“The mind does not turn to God if one is immersed day and night in the world and practical affairs. It is very necessary now and then to retire into solitude and think of him. In the beginning it is very difficult to keep the mind on God without retiring into solitude.

“When a plant is young it is necessary to put a fence round it. Without a fence it is eaten up by goats and cows. To meditate you should withdraw yourself within or retire to a secluded spot or into the forest and always discriminate between the real and the unreal. God alone is truth; namely, the reality, and all the rest is unreal and transitory. Discriminating in this manner renounce the transient things from the mind.

“…to acquire the love of God it is necessary to retire into solitude. To churn butter milk has to be set in a quiet place to curdle. Milk won’t turn into curd if it is shaken off and on. Next, sitting in a quiet place and leaving aside all work the curd has to be churned. Then alone you get butter.

“And notice also that this very mind acquires knowledge, dispassion and devotion by dwelling on God in solitude.…

“The world is water and the mind is like milk. If you pour milk into water they get mixed and you cannot find pure milk anymore. If you churn butter after turning milk into curd and put it in water it will float. So first churn the butter of knowledge and devotion by following spiritual practices in solitude. That butter will never mix. Even if you put it in the water of the world it will float.”

Mahendranath Gupta (“M”), the recorder of these words, followed this counsel all his life. He had several places (rooms) around Calcutta where he would withdraw frequently and practice meditation in solitude. Think of that–right in crowded and noisy Calcutta! But each must do as he can, and his circumstances did not allow him to go far away for his solitude. To see the results he gained from following Sri Ramakrishna’s advice, read the ninth chapter of Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi: “The Blissful Devotee and His Cosmic Romance.”

Throughout the Gospels we find that Jesus regularly would go into solitude–just as did Buddha.

In meditation

In Eastern Christianity, meditation is called Hesychia–a Greek word meaning Silence. A monastery is often called a hesychasterion, a place of silence. Regarding meditation, Jesus tells the magian: “The Silence is the kingdom of the soul, which is not seen by human eyes. When in the Silence, phantom forms may flit before the mind; but they are all subservient to the will; the master soul may speak and they are gone.” (Aquarian Gospel 40:10, 11)

Now this is very important. By saying: “The Silence is the kingdom of the soul,” Jesus indicates that meditation is not really a practice in the sense of a mechanical methodology that is intended to produce a result–the way turning a key in a lock is, for example. Rather, meditation is spiritual experience itself. Meditation is experiencing Spirit–not a means or a process that hopefully will produce in time the result we want. No. Right from the beginning we are experiencing God. That experience may be so faint or so subtle that we do not even realize it. We may consider that we are only feeling peaceful, happier, or more clear in our mind. But it is not our mind we are experiencing but our pure spirit which, as it is rooted in God, is also the experiencing of God. Certainly our perception is limited, like looking at the vast ocean through a tiny porthole, but we are nonetheless “meeting” God, and by continually entering into meditation we enlarge the scope of our perception and “see” more and more of that which, as Jesus says, is beyond the scope of human perception. But we are not human–we are divine, and such experience is natural and normal for us. It is absolutely necessary for us to grasp this. In our yoga practice we need not–must not–be straining and stressing.

“This is why Jesus continually exhorted people to Turn Around–not “repent” as it is absurdly translated.”

As Buddha said: “Turn around, and–lo! The other shore!” This is why Jesus continually exhorted people to Turn Around–not “repent” as it is absurdly translated. The Greek word metanoeo, is a compound of two words: meta, which means “around” or “across,” and noieo, which means “to use/exercise the mind.” In other words: “Turn your mind around” or “Transfer your mind across.” Mind in this instance being both the instrument of consciousness and our consciousness itself.

There is no denying, though, that Jesus is not speaking of just everything that is called meditation. Certainly not. He has a very specific practice in mind: that which is centered in invocation of the Divine Word. For it is the Divine Word that dispels the “phantom forms” that “may flit before the mind” when the master soul speaks It. And the expression “master soul” does not mean some rare, skilled meditator, but any intelligent human being/soul that speaks the Word. For we are not weak and helpless mortals, we are gods, (Psalms 82:6) made in the image of God. (Genesis 1:27) The power of The Word is ours–we need only discover that. We will be looking a great deal at this subject of The Word, but now we need to continue with Jesus’ general observations on meditation itself.

Preparation for meditation

A sure sign of a genuine spiritual aspirant–in contrast with a window-shopping dabbler–is their immediately asking: “Who do I have to do?” And they mean this is the sense of wanting to know how they can qualify themselves for spiritual life. The do not just walk up and say: “Gimme.” They know they have to prepare themselves. Meditation especially requires preparation. For although it is our most natural thing, we have so schooled and distorted ourselves to unnatural ways that there must be some undoing before we can take up the real doing.

Only yesterday I downloaded a long book about yoga, which had a great deal about how wrong it was to make people think they had to prepare themselves to be yogis, and how awful it was to believe that Patanjali meant it when he said that moral observances and purificatory disciplines were the first step to being a yogi. That nonsense may sound nice to the pop-yoga crowd, but a really awakened soul knows better. Jesus was speaking to an awakened man, so he continues:

“If you would find this Silence of the soul you must yourself prepare the way. None but the pure in heart may enter here. And you must lay aside all tenseness of the mind, all business cares, all fears, all doubts and troubled thoughts. Your human will must be absorbed by the divine; then you will come into a consciousness of holiness.” (Aquarian Gospel 40:12-14)

You must yourself prepare the way. There must be preparation, and it must be done by us–not by God, or “guru’s grace,” or some other factor, including “evolution.” We do evolve passively, pushed onward from within and without by factors of which we are mostly unconscious. But the time comes when this phase is over, when we must consciously, intelligently, and wilfully take charge of our further development. Depending on any thing or person other than ourselves must come to an end. All the past foolishness of “surrender” and “letting go” must be cast aside like the soul-killing trash it really is. We must stand up like conscious, responsible beings with a living awareness of the eternal truth, THOU ART THAT, and start manifesting it. No excuse-making, no false humility which is really only evasion of responsibility, and certainly no “God will do it all for me,” or the much worse: “All I need to do is love.” These poisonous, cowardly, and spirit-denying lies must be annihilated from our consciousness forever–by us. In spiritual life we are like God: one, only, and without a second.

None but the pure in heart may enter here. There is no entry into the meditation that is the experience of the Self without purification on all levels of every aspect of our life. In the regular four Gospels, the word for “pure” is katharos. This word has three distinct meanings: clean; clear; and without any admixture. Our life, our total being, must be free from negativity in any form. We must also be absolutely clear–no cloudiness of consciousness, intent, or will. There also cannot be in us even a particle of an atom of that which is not our Self, our spirit. Not a speck of delusion, illusion, or distortion can lodge in our entire being.

In his first epistle, the Beloved Apostle John uses the phrase “as he is” five times. In each instance “he” refers to God–not just Jesus. So the ideal is of the highest. He tells us that we must “walk [live] in the light, as he is in the light.” (I John 1:7) If we do so, “we shall see him as he is.” (I John 3:2) Yet, to do this, we must purify ourselves, “even as he is pure.” (I John 3:3) This is necessary, for “he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.” (I John 3:7) Those who follow this ideal can then say: “As he is, so are we in this world.” (I John 4:17) What an ideal! There is no place in this for the “poor miserable sinner” attitude, nor for a “sinner saved by grace” idea. Instead, Saint John says to us: “Beloved, NOW are we the sons of God.” (I John 3:2) Hence he calls upon us with confidence to demonstrate this glorious truth.

You must lay aside…. Indeed we must. We must lay aside everything that is cluttering up our life and blinding us to realities and Reality. As Saint Paul says: “Let us lay aside every weight, and…run…the race that is set before us.” (Hebrews 12:1) The list of “lay asides” is incredibly long, but Jesus cites five things: “all tenseness of the mind, all business cares, all fears, all doubts and troubled thoughts.” When we do that, we will be well on the way.

Your human will must be absorbed by the divine. Our petty, little egoic will that is nothing more than a bundle of foolish “wants,” must become our true spiritual will, the eternal will of our eternal Self–and thus the Eternal Will of God. This is a very active, a very positive, thing–not a passive giving up or becoming numb and indifferent. We must transform our human will into the divine will–the will of our divine Self.

Then you will come into a consciousness of holiness–the “holiness without which no man shall see the Lord.” (Hebrews 12:14) For God is holiness itself. Jesus assures us that when we have prepared ourselves we will enter into the very Consciousness of God. As I said before, we will not be able right away to encompass the fulness, the infinity, of that Consciousness, but It will Itself begin to expand our capacity until we shall do so.

Seeing that such attainments lie before us, why would we even consider remaining any longer running in the cruel hamster-wheel of ordinary life and consciousness? As Swami Vivekananda loved to say to his hearers: “Awake, arise, and stop not until the goal is reached!”

In the depths of meditation

“Meditation produces profound and far-reaching changes in our extremely complex makeup.”

Each person will experience meditation in a different way, even if there are points of similarity with that of others. Also, meditations can vary greatly for each of us. Sometimes a great deal happens, at other times nothing seems to be going on at all, and we may mistakenly think something has gone wrong and we are just marking time. But this will not be so. Meditation produces profound and far-reaching changes in our extremely complex makeup. Therefore some meditations will be very active, and others will seem to be stagnant–but they are not, rather they are times of assimilation of what has taken place before and a balancing out to get ready for more change. Also, a great deal of the effects of meditation are beyond our immediate perception. We can be assured that everything is going on just as it should be. Yet there are some things that each meditator will at some time encounter, and Jesus will now describe them and tell us what to do when they occur.

“You are in the Holy Place, and you will see upon a living shrine the candle of the Lord aflame. And when you see it burning there, look deep into the temple of your brain, and you will see it all aglow.” (Aquarian Gospel 40:15, 16)

We are living temples of God, (II Corinthians 6:16) and when we meditate we are immediately in the Holy Place–the Holy of Holies. One of the first phenomena we experience in meditation is inner light in some form or other–it can vary greatly. But whatever form it takes, we should look into it. Jesus tells us to “look deep into the temple of your brain.” This will happen automatically at such times. We all grew up hearing people claim to have eyes in the back of their head. Well, we do–all of us. There are two receptors or “eyes” in the upper back of the brain/head, and when we turn our eyes down slightly and close them, we may get the impression of looking through them downward into our head, into our brain.

“In every part, from head to foot, are candles all in place, just waiting to be lighted by the flaming torch of love.” (Aquarian Gospel 40:17) Many mistakenly think that the body is darkness shrouding the light of the spirit, but in its subtle regions the body is a great lampstand holding many lamps that await being lighted to reveal the Self, the spirit. What can light those lamps? Let us learn the lesson well. No esoteric manipulations or gimmickry (even if disguised as yoga) can strike the flame. Only our love for God can do so.

“And when you see the candles all aflame, just look, and you will see, with eyes of soul, the waters of the fount of wisdom rushing on; and you may drink, and there abide.” (Aquarian Gospel 40:18) There is a great enlivening that takes place in the depths of meditation, as the faithful meditator will experience and make a permanent state.

All true knowledge of time and eternity lie within us awaiting our discovery in meditation. For Jesus next says: “And then the curtains part, and you are in the Holiest of All, where rests the Ark of God, whose covering is the Mercy Seat. Fear not to lift the sacred board; the Tables of the Law are in the Ark concealed. Take them and read them well; for they contain all precepts and commands that men will ever need. And in the Ark, the magic wand of prophecy lies waiting for your hand; it is the key to all the hidden meanings of the present, future, past.” (Aquarian Gospel 40:19-22) The Ark of God is the very core of our being, where God awaits to communicate with us. There we will find all we ever need. Supreme knowledge will be ours.

“And then, behold the manna there, the hidden bread of life; and he who eats shall never die.” (Aquarian Gospel 40:23) Beyond perfect knowledge we will find immortality pervading our total being. Like Jesus, we will become the Bread of Life itself.

The next verse is very intriguing: “The cherubim have guarded well for every soul this treasure box, and whosoever will may enter in and find his own.” (Aquarian Gospel 40:24) Jesus has told us that this revelation of eternal life will take place in the head, which the yogis call the Thousand-petalled Lotus. The two six-winged cherubim that guard this treasury are the two hemispheres of the brain that cover and guard the core of the brain. The real “third eye” is there in the middle, which many identify with the pineal gland. When we meditate correctly the attention automatically ascends to the Holy Place of the brain. There is no need for deliberate concentration–in fact such concentration may interfere with that which occurs spontaneously.

It is of great significance that Jesus refers to the meditator’s inner treasure as “his own.” This has a twofold meaning. One is that each one carries within himself his own treasure. The other is that it is really the seeker’s own eternal nature that is the treasure. Enlightenment is the entering in to our Self with full intention and awareness. We have possessed it forever, but now are about to “find” it.

Meditation is the way into our treasurehouse, as well as the lamp that lights our way. No wonder, then, that “Kaspar heard the Hebrew master speak and he exclaimed, Behold, the wisdom of the gods has come to men!” (Aquarian Gospel 40:25) For instruction in meditation is the wisdom of God that transforms men into gods.

The revelation of the Word.

Strange as it may seem to us, meditation is not just Silence. It is also Sound–the Word. About this the Aquarian Gospel has a great deal to say. In the eighty-ninth chapter we are told of the revelation of the Word to the disciples of Jesus.

“Now, on the day before the Sabbath day, the twelve disciples who had received the call were met with one accord in Jesus’ home. And Jesus said to them, This is the day to consecrate yourselves unto the work of God; so let us pray. Turn from the outer to the inner self; close all the doors of carnal self and wait. The Holy Breath will fill this place, and you will be baptized in Holy Breath.

“And then they prayed; a light more brilliant than the noonday sun filled all the room, and tongues of flame from every head rose high in air. The atmosphere of Galilee was set astir; a sound like distant thunder rolled above Capernaum, and men heard songs, as though ten thousand angels joined in full accord.

“And then the twelve disciples heard a voice, a still, small voice, and just one word was said, a word they dared not speak; it was the Sacred name of God.

“And Jesus said to them, By this omnific Word you may control the elements, and all the powers of air. And when within your souls you speak this Word, you have the keys of life and death; of things that are; of things that were; of things that are to be. Behold you are the twelve great branches of the Christine vine; the twelve foundation stones; the twelve apostles of the Christ. As lambs I send you forth among wild beasts; but the omnific Word will be your buckler and your shield.

“And then again the air was filled with song, and every living creature seemed to say, Praise God! Amen!” (Aquarian Gospel 89:1-12)

What is the Word?

Naturally we ask: “What is the Word?” There are many traditions in various religions as to what the Ultimate Name of God–the Word–might be. And it is a serious omission that nothing is said about It in the introductory material to the Aquarian Gospel. Fortunately Levi Dowling wrote a series of lessons on personal development published under the title Self-Culture. In Lesson Seven on the Holy Spirit he says that Om (Aum) is “the Universal Spirit” and the actual “word” or term for God. In the next paragraph he says this: “In the Unity-God there were forever the two principles of generation, the masculine and the feminine, and when the Universal Spirit would manifest, the one became two; and the masculine Jehovah, and the feminine El Shadd[a]i stood forth as the first manifests with all the creative potencies that were concealed from all eternity, in the one–the Aum.” The divine masculine and the divine feminine are the Two, but Levi says that Om is the One in which they are inherent, as well as all creative powers. By this he implies the teaching of the upanishads that Om is the Transcendent Reality, the same as Brahman, the Sole Source, yet It is also the Immanent Reality as well.

Om, then, is The Word, and we should keep that in mind when we read passages in the Aquarian Gospel regarding the Word.

About the Word

There are some points in this narrative to reflect on.

The knowledge of the Word was given when “Jesus said to them, This is the day to consecrate yourselves unto the work of God.” The work of God is our spiritual perfection. As Saint Paul wrote: “This is the will of God, even your sanctification.” (I Thessalonians 4:3) The word he uses is agiasmos, which means both purification and holiness. So the Word is the prime element in our purification which will lead to divine holiness.

The Word was revealed to them in meditation because It is the heart of meditation.

The Word and the Holy Breath–the Holy Spirit–are inseparable. Within us the breath and the Word must be merged.

The disciples heard “a sound like distant thunder,” that is “the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God,” (Revelation 3:14. See Om Yoga and the Bible for more on this.) “a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder.” (Revelation 14:2) But that was not “it.” For “then the twelve disciples heard a voice, a still, small voice, and just one word was said, a word they dared not speak; it was the Sacred name of God.” The true Word, the true Om, cannot be spoken by the human voice, for it is an extremely subtle sound that is more silence than sound. This can only be heard or “uttered” in the depths of meditation–nowhere else. First they heard the cosmic Word uttered by God; then they heard their own inner Word flowing from their individual spirit. It is this second Word that is THE Word for the evolving consciousnesses. It must be taken hold of and consciously generated to make the inner and the outer into one.

“First we must gain what the yogis call mantra siddhi–perfection in the use of a Word of Power (mantra).”

Jesus calls the Word “omnific” meaning that it does all things–has all effects. Anything can be done with the Word, even the material elements are subject to It. However, do not expect to work miracles instantly. First we must gain what the yogis call mantra siddhi–perfection in the use of a Word of Power (mantra). Yet, right from the beginning you may see physical effects of Its use. I knew a little girl who called Om “my genie” and used It to bring about beneficial effects. She even used it to bring peace and harmony at school. The limitations are not in the Word, but in us–limitations that we can overcome. How? By the Word Itself.

The most important effect, though, is our own spiritual benefit. “When within your souls you speak this Word, you have the keys of life and death; of things that are; of things that were; of things that are to be.” Om uttered deep within in the subtle levels is the “truest” Word that unlocks all the treasures of Spirit, including spiritual knowledge.

Since we are all Christs, “branches” of the One Christ, the omnific Word will guide and protect us on our journey through this world and upward through higher realms, as well. For this we should indeed praise God and say “Amen”–may it be so!

The Word in the Aquarian Gospel

Besides what I have already cited, in the Aquarian Gospel there are many passages relating to the Word, Its use, purpose, and nature. God is both Consciousness and Power. Thus the Word conveys both to those who invoke It in the right manner with the right intention. After his resurrection, Jesus told the apostles: “You know the sacred Word, which is the word of power.” (Aquarian Gospel 180:13) It is not just “a” word of power, It is THE Word of Power. For this reason the Mundaka Upanishad, speaking of Om, says: “Dismiss other utterances. This [Om] is the bridge to immortality.” (Mundaka Upanishad 2.2.5)

Mighty as It is, the Word is not a kind of magical formula or magical instrument that can be wielded without the right preparation and disposition of heart. Once some of the apostles tried to heal an epileptic child, but failed. “And Jesus said, Your great success in all your former work has made you careless, and you forgot to recognize the power of God. Without the spirit of the Word, the Word is like an idle tale; and you forgot to pray.” (Aquarian Gospel 130:17, 18) Egotism and confidence in our finite being are obstacles to effectiveness in invoking the Word. We must never forget that we may be waves of the immortal Ocean, but it is the Ocean that accomplishes all things. We, too, may accomplish all things, but only when our consciousness is imbued with awareness of the Infinity that lies at the heart of our very existence. As Sri Ramakrishna often prayed: “I am the machine, You are the operator. I am the house, You are the indweller. I am the chariot, You are the rider. I do as You make me do. I speak as You make me speak. I move as You make me move. It is not I, it is not I. It is all You, it is all You.” This is not to say that we are nothing. Being part of God we are of absolute value. But we must keep the right perspective. God-consciousness is “the spirit of the Word” which makes It effective. We are not mere magicians–we are something infinitely more: the eternal, divine children of God.

The Miraculous Word

Miracles are good, otherwise God and holy people would not perform them; but they are the least of the divine actions. So we should list them now and then go on to better things in relation to the Word.

Healing is a definite power of the Word. “When man has reached the place where he has faith in God, in nature and himself, he knows the Word of power; his word is balm for every wound, is cure for all the ills of life.” (Aquarian Gospel 23:13) “The sick, the halt, the lame, the blind were there, and Jesus paused, and laid his hands on them and healed them by the sacred Word.” (Aquarian Gospel 151:26) The Aquarian Gospel has many instances of healing and exorcising being accomplished by both Jesus and the disciples through the Word. “The power of the sacred Word was manifest in us; we healed the sick; we caused the lame to walk, the deaf to hear, the blind to see. The very devils trembled when we spoke the Word, and they were subject unto us.” (Aquarian Gospel 140:6, 7) Yet Jesus told the disciples when they said this: “You may not rejoice because you have the power to heal the sick and make the devils tremble by the Word; for such rejoicing is from carnal self. You may rejoice because the nations of the earth have ears to hear the Word, and eyes to see the glory of the Lord, and hearts to feel the inner breathing of the Holy Breath.” (Aquarian Gospel 140:11, 12)

Besides healing, the Aquarian Gospel tells of various miracles accomplished through the Word, such as the multiplication of food, (Aquarian Gospel 124:14; 128:12) the raising of the dead, (Aquarian Gospel 148:14, 32, 33) and influencing of rain. (Aquarian Gospel 86:11)

The spiritual power of the Word

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1) The divine nature of the Word should be kept in mind. Jesus said: “God gave the saving Word to me, and I have…shown you how to speak the Word; and I have given you the Word.” (Aquarian Gospel 127:10, 11) The Word is the gift of God, the gift of Himself to us.

In a prayer Jesus said to God: “What thou hast given to me, lo, I have given to them, and through the sacred Word I have bestowed on them the understanding heart, that they might know and honor thee.” (Aquarian Gospel 140:15, 16) Here we see the ultimate purpose of the Word: the knowing of God through an illumined consciousness. For Jesus further said: “The way is rough that leads to life; the gate is narrow and is guarded well; but every one who seeks in faith shall find the way, and they who know the Word may enter in.” (Aquarian Gospel 141:3)

The Great Key

The Word unlocks all doors of perception and evolution. In conclusion these two quotations should suffice:

“You all will know that you are sons of God, and by the sacred Word, may do the works of God.” (Aquarian Gospel 91:45)

“Just speak the Word and knock; the door will fly ajar.” (Aquarian Gospel 101:6)

Om!