Mystic Christianity

Yogi Ramacharaka

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Mystic Christianity was written by William Walker Atkinson, under the pseudonym Yogi Ramacharaka. His 1906 book Thought Vibration or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World, is associated with the thinking behind the recent phenomena surrounding the 2006 movie, The Secret. Running throughout nearly all of the teachings and messages of Jesus, is to be found the constant Mystic Message regarding the existence of the Spirit within the soul of each individual - that Something Within to which all can turn in time of pain and trouble - that Guide and Monitor which stands ever ready to counsel, advise and direct if one opens to the Voice. "Seek ye first the Kingdom, and all things shall be added unto you." And, again, as if to explain: "The Kingdom of Heaven is within you." This is the Mystic Message which gives one a key to the Mysteries of the Inner Teachings.

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• Publié par: The Floating Press
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781775412380
• Langue: English

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MYSTIC CHRISTIANITY
OR, THE INNER TEACHINGS OF THE MASTER
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YOGI RAMACHARAKA
 
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Mystic Christianity Or, The Inner Teachings of the Master First published in 1908.
ISBN 978-1-775412-38-0
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Contents
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Publishers' Notice The First Lesson - The Coming of the Master The Second Lesson - The Mystery of the Virgin Birth The Third Lesson - The Mystic Youth of Jesus The Fourth Lesson - The Beginning of the Ministry The Fifth Lesson - The Foundation of the Work The Sixth Lesson - The Work of Organization The Seventh Lesson - The Beginning of the End The Eighth Lesson - The End of the Life Work The Ninth Lesson - The Inner Teachings The Tenth Lesson - The Secret Doctrine The Eleventh Lesson - The Ancient Wisdom The Twelfth Lesson - The Message of the Master
 
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by
YOGI RAMACHARAKA
Author of "Fourteen Lessons in Yogi Philosophy and OrientalOccultism," "Hatha Yoga," "Science of Breath," "Advanced Course inYogi Philosophy," "Raja Yoga," "Psychic Healing," "Gnani Yogi," etc.
Publishers' Notice
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The lessons which compose this volume originally appeared in monthlyform, the first of which was issued in October, 1907, and the twelfthin September, 1908. These lessons met with a hearty and generousresponse from the public, and the present volume is issued in responseto the demand for the lessons in a permanent and durable form. Therehas been no change in the text.
The publishers take the liberty to call the attention of the readersto the great amount of information condensed within the space of eachlesson. Students have told us that they have found it necessary toread and study each lesson carefully, in order to absorb the variedinformation contained within its pages. They have also stated thatthey have found it advisable to re-read the lessons several times,allowing an interval between the readings, and that at each readingthey would discover information that had escaped them during thecourse of the previous study. This has been repeated to us so oftenthat we feel justified in mentioning it, that others may availthemselves of the same plan of study.
Following his usual custom, the writer of this volume has declined towrite a preface for this book, claiming that the lessons will speakfor themselves, and that those for whom they are intended will receivethe message contained within them without any prefatory talk.
THE YOGI PUBLICATION SOCIETY.September 1, 1908.
The First Lesson - The Coming of the Master
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THE FORERUNNER.
Strange rumors reached the ears of the people of Jerusalem and thesurrounding country. It was reported that a new prophet had appearedin the valley of the lower Jordan, and in the wilderness of NorthernJudea, preaching startling doctrines. His teachings resembled those ofthe prophets of old, and his cry of "Repent! Repent ye! for theKingdom of Heaven is at hand," awakened strange memories of theancient teachers of the race, and caused the common people to gazewonderingly at each other, and the ruling classes to frown and lookserious, when the name of the new prophet was mentioned.
The man whom the common people called a prophet, and whom the exaltedones styled an impostor, was known as John the Baptist, and dwelt inthe wilderness away from the accustomed haunts of men. He was clad inthe rude garments of the roaming ascetics, his rough robe of camel'sskin being held around his form by a coarse girdle of leather. Hisdiet was frugal and elemental, consisting of the edible locust of theregion, together with the wild honey stored by the bees of thewilderness.
In appearance John, whom men called "the Baptist," was tall, wiry, andrugged. His skin was tanned a dark brown by the winds and sun whichbeat upon it unheeded. His long black hair hung loosely around hisshoulders, and was tossed like the mane of a lion when he spoke. Hisbeard was rough and untrimmed. His eyes gleamed like glowing coals,and seemed to burn into the very soul of his hearers. His was the faceof the religious enthusiastic with a Message for the world.
This wild prophet was most strenuous, and his teachings were couchedin the most vigorous words. There was no tact, policy, or persuasionin his message. He hurled his verbal thunderbolts right into hiscrowd, the very force and earnestness emanating from him serving tocharge his words with a vitality and magnetism which dashed itselfinto the crowd like a spark of electricity, knocking men from offtheir feet, and driving the Truth into them as if by a charge of apowerful explosive. He told them that the spiritual grain was to begathered into the garners, while the chaff was to be consumed as if bya fiery furnace; that the axe was to be laid to the root of the treeswhich brought not forth good fruit. Verily, the "Day of Jehovah," longpromised by the prophets, was near to hand to his hearers andfollowers.
John soon gathered to himself a following, the people flocking to himfrom all parts of the country, even from Galilee. His followers beganto talk among themselves, asking whether indeed this man were not thelong promised Master—the Messiah for whom all Israel had waited forcenturies. This talk coming to the ears of the prophet, caused him toanswer the question in his discourses, saying: "There cometh onemightier than I, after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthyto stoop down and unloose; he that cometh after me is mightier thanI." And thus it became gradually known to his following, and thestrangers attending his meetings, that this John the Baptist, mightypreacher though he be, was but the herald of one much greater than he,who should follow—that he was the forerunner of the Master, accordingto the Oriental imagery which pictured the forerunner of the greatdignitaries, running ahead of the chariot of his master, crying aloudto all people gathered on the road that they must make way for theapproaching great man, shouting constantly, "Make ye a way! make ye away for the Lord!" And accordingly there was a new wave of excitementamong John's following, which spread rapidly to the surroundingcountry, at this promise of the coming of the Lord—theMaster—perhaps even the Messiah of the Jews. And many more came untoJohn, and with him waited for the Coming of the Master.
This John the Baptist was born in the hill country of Judea, nearlythirty years before he appeared as a prophet. His father was of thepriestly order, or temple caste, who had reached an advanced age, andwho lived with his aged wife in retirement, away from the noise andconfusion of the world, waiting the gradual approach of that whichcometh to all men alike. Then there came to them a child of their oldage, unexpected and unhoped for—coming as a mark of especial favorfrom God—a son, to whom they gave the name of Johanan , which in theHebrew tongue means "Jehovah is gracious."
Reared in the home of his parents—the house of a priest—Johnsaturated himself with all the Inner Teachings reserved for the few,and withheld from the masses. The Secrets of the Kaballah, that systemof Hebrew Occultism and Mysticism in which the higher priests of Judeawere well versed, were disclosed to him, and occult tradition has itthat he was initiated into the Inner Circle of the Hebrew Mystics,composed of only priests of a certain grade, and their sons. Johnbecame an Occultist and a Mystic. When the boy reached the age ofpuberty, he departed from the home of his parents, and went into thewilderness, "looking to the East, from whence cometh all Light." Inother words, he became an Ascetic, living in the wilderness, just asin India even to-day youths of the Brahmin or priestly class sometimesforsake their homes, renouncing their luxurious life, and fly to thejungle, where they wander about for years as ascetics, wearing asingle garment, subsisting on the most elementary food, and developingtheir spiritual consciousness. John remained a recluse until hereached the age of about thirty years, when he emerged from thewilderness to preach the "Coming of the Lord," in obedience to themovings of the Spirit. Let us see where he was, and what he did,during the fifteen years of his life in the wilderness and hiddenplaces of Judea.
The traditions of the Essenes, preserved among Occultists, state thatwhile John was an ascetic he imbibed the teachings of that strangeOccult Brotherhood known as the Essenes, and after having served hisapprenticeship, was accepted into the order as an Initiate, andattained their higher degrees reserved only for those of developedspirituality and power. It is said that even when he was a mere boy heclaimed and proved his right to be fully initiated into the Mysteriesof the Order, and was believed to have been a reincarnation of one ofthe old Hebrew prophets.
THE ESSENES.
The Essenes were an ancient Hebrew Occult Brotherhood, which had beenin existence many hundred years before John's time. They had theirheadquarters on the Eastern shores of the Dead Sea, although theirinfluence extended over all of Palestine, and their ascetic brotherswere to be found in every wilderness. The requirements of the Orderwere very strict, and its rites and ceremonies were of the highestmystical and occult degree. The Neophyte was required to serve apreliminary apprenticeship of one year before being admitted to evenpartial recognition as a member and brother. A further apprenticeshipof two more years was required before he was admitted to fullmembership, and extended the right hand of