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Jesus is a generic name for a specific aspect of mankind’s Soul. A prophetic aspect of revelation. The essential message is that the higher mind uses and knows the kingdom of God, not as only mate rial here on Earth, but as an inner spiritual transformation for the future, revealing the immortality of higher consciousness and so becoming the Soul.

A witness, ‘a son’ of the greater life (God). The only way to achieve transformation of the consciousness into Soul here on Earth is for the higher consciousness to follow the unique source back home. Home is the great sea of universal love that links every tiny life within the great life of the universe. This intelligent love is the only way we can truly relate to each other and to the other kingdoms in nature.

When the intelligent love of the Soul (Jesus) has completely taken over, the little will of the personality aligns to the spiritual will of the Soul and the realised Soul emerges; we call this the Christ. The following defines the Christ realised Soul:–

‘Christ is the light of the world, the embodiment of love and the indicator of divine purpose. He is the source of all light and energy which flood throughout the world of human consciousness at this period in the annual cycle. The Christ of history and the Christ in the human heart are planetary events.

At the centre of all life on this planet stands the Christ, the rela tion between life and form, Spirit and matter, the innermost consciousness of all creation awaiting revelation. Because of the position the Christ occupies in the evolution of our plan etary life, he is the focal point of all endeavour, the “way” of spiritual enfoldment, for “no man cometh to the Father but by me”. He belongs to all humanity irrespective of nation, race, religion, social or cultural background. He is “the same great identity” which those of different ideologies recognise under different names.

The Christ is God-man, human-divine, a fusion of the vertical way of at-one-ment and the horizontal way of service. He is total human experience fused with the inner life force which gives coherence, intelligence and purpose to life on Earth. The Christ is a Person, a Presence, and a Principle. He brings together in one sweep of continuous energy flow, the cosmic fountainhead, the planetary manifestation and the human expression. He is power and livingness, love and wisdom, light and understanding.

He is the builder of the new world, the new age: the driving power within the human heart and mind which produces the new forms of the new and coming civilisation. He is the mag netic and attractive force which “lifts up” and redeems the den sity of materialism. He ignites the spark of divinity within each human being. He is the fiery love of God for man which inspires sacrifice and renunciation.

The Christ is the archetype of the true Aquarian: he is coop erative, inclusive, intelligent and active. His motive is love of humanity: his keynote is service.

He is the Way, the truth and the life for all mankind. He is the beacon in the darkness, the essence of divine truth and reality, the guarantor of ultimate spiritual achievement for “as he is so can we be in this world”.’