WHAT The MYSTICS HAVE TAUGHT
Ernest Holmes
Ultimate Salvation for All
"The mystics have taught that there is but One Ultimate Reality; and that this Ultimate Reality is here NOW, if we could but see It. The great mystics have been illumined. They have seen through the veil of matter and perceived the Spiritual Universe. They have taught that the Kingdom of God is now present, and NEEDS BUT TO BE REALIZED! And they have apparently sensed that this Kingdom is within.
One of the most illuminating things which mysticism has revealed is that evil is not an ultimate reality, it is simply an experience of the soul on its journey toward Reality. Evil is not an entity, but an experience on the pathway of self-unfoldment. It is not a thing of itself but simply a misuse of power. It will disappear when we stop looking at, or indulging in, it. We cannot stop believing in it as long as we indulge in it, so the mystic has always taught the race to turn from evil and do good.
Furthermore, the mystics have taught the ultimate salvation of all people and the immortality of every soul. Indeed, they have taught that IMMORTALITY IS HERE AND NOW, IF WE WOULD BE AWAKE TO THE FACT. "Beloved, now are we the sons of God." Since each soul is some part of the Whole, it is impossible that any soul can be lost! "God is not the God of the dead but of the living." Damnation has been as foreign to the thought of the mystic as any concept of evil must be to the Mind of God.
The great mystics taught that man should have no burdens, and would have none if he turned to the 'one." "Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest." As Jesus knew that it would be impossible for all men to come to Him as a Personality, He must have meant that we should come into His understanding of Life and Reality. Some day we shall learn to lay our burdens on the altar of Love, that they may be consumed by the fire of faith in the Living Spirit. Man would have no burdens if he kept this "High Watch toward The One" - if he always turned to God."
Ernest Holmes
Ultimate Salvation for All
"The mystics have taught that there is but One Ultimate Reality; and that this Ultimate Reality is here NOW, if we could but see It. The great mystics have been illumined. They have seen through the veil of matter and perceived the Spiritual Universe. They have taught that the Kingdom of God is now present, and NEEDS BUT TO BE REALIZED! And they have apparently sensed that this Kingdom is within.
One of the most illuminating things which mysticism has revealed is that evil is not an ultimate reality, it is simply an experience of the soul on its journey toward Reality. Evil is not an entity, but an experience on the pathway of self-unfoldment. It is not a thing of itself but simply a misuse of power. It will disappear when we stop looking at, or indulging in, it. We cannot stop believing in it as long as we indulge in it, so the mystic has always taught the race to turn from evil and do good.
Furthermore, the mystics have taught the ultimate salvation of all people and the immortality of every soul. Indeed, they have taught that IMMORTALITY IS HERE AND NOW, IF WE WOULD BE AWAKE TO THE FACT. "Beloved, now are we the sons of God." Since each soul is some part of the Whole, it is impossible that any soul can be lost! "God is not the God of the dead but of the living." Damnation has been as foreign to the thought of the mystic as any concept of evil must be to the Mind of God.
The great mystics taught that man should have no burdens, and would have none if he turned to the 'one." "Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest." As Jesus knew that it would be impossible for all men to come to Him as a Personality, He must have meant that we should come into His understanding of Life and Reality. Some day we shall learn to lay our burdens on the altar of Love, that they may be consumed by the fire of faith in the Living Spirit. Man would have no burdens if he kept this "High Watch toward The One" - if he always turned to God."
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