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1 l--, - /- - I / CHARLES PILLMORE --- March, 923 I I )-I WATCH-AND PRAY Luke 22:39-8, : In he begnnng o hs mnsry, Jesus old Ncodemus who cang o hm by ngh ha he mus be born agan, he mus be born ' 0 o Spr and waer, he mus be born rom above Jesus had a pr ophecy, I ' even a ha begnnrg o hs mnsry o wha he was o do, ha he was he one who should demonsrae hs new brh He saw ha was necessary n order ha man should come ou o hs sns, hs sckness, :--,3 - e, r hs dsease, and nally deah, ha he should have a new conscousness o le, and ha ha conscousness should be demonsraed o make ha demonsraon, he old sense conscousness mus be In order elmnaed, mus de Tha was wha he le o Jesus Chrs demonsraed Now we have oday n our lesson one -o he sps n ha demonsraon - r U Jesus bad gone hrough many o he deren UNITY SCHOOL OF CHRISTIANITY UNITY ARCHIVES

2 -3 3 : elmnaons o alse saes o mlndall he healng ha he-dd was prmarly healng o hs omn houghs; hose condons ha ' he cas ou, he devls, hose were n hs own conscousness People L K 23 ' have an dea ha Jesus Chrs was a pe rec man o begn wh M - There s nohng n he scrpure o carry ha ou He had ha 7 hgher deal ha was he perec Chrs Tha we all have, bu we T -- I had o be demonsraed n conscousness, n he soul, and hs v:hole hsory s he demonsraon o one man n overcomng he lle + hngs, he error hngs, he snul hngs, he shorcomngs o man n hs evoluon Nov, we are 2 evolung, we are no born wh souls You have o demonsrae your soul You are born wh * a poenal soul, bu we haven' ye as a race all demonsraed 3 3

3 ' 6, sools' le are on he way We ha96 some soul, buna all We 3 haven' rounded ou he soul unl wehave come no he ull new r conscousness and ha conscousness s a s apex when we can Y say ha s nshed ; I no longer uncon n sense conscousness; 3 m - I am no longer conrclled by - he sensaons o he body Now hs P sep whch Jdsus ook n he Garden o Gehsemane s symbolcal o K I A A * 6 ; : 6 he sae o mnd ha precedes he nal elmnaon o sense e 8 conscousness ha s he deah on he cross I ow he meanng C / + '' o hese words oday n hs lesson clearly ndcae ha was k a menalprocess Gehsemane means he pressng ou o ol And we 2 9 go hrough, n our conscousness, when we are pressng ou he old le, a process very smlar o he olve as goes hrough ha process * 7 5

4 :( o--pres-sure n he ol preas - The -old sae -o mnd s Dressed al 3:, ou, bu a new sae ollows e are old ha Jesus was mnsered < U uno by he angel, and hs would ndcae ha he had ha clear sprual hough whn I wasn' all agony, wasn' all passon, R wasn' all bloody swea and sorrow Thahas been preached o V us unl we look upon hs wh agonzng eyes, and harrows up n us a grea eelng o suerng Now we know, as meaphyscans-, A 6 k # 8 9 # ha you hnk abou suerng and beleve n suerng, you :% v ll ge, wll be vsed upon you, bu you say, "rhy dd ' I Jesus apparenly go hrough hs" Jell, he ddn' go hrough k he suerng ha he ex ndcaes Now we are old ha he # l was n deep sorrow The orgnal says ha he was amazed and asonded - 7 wasn' so much Borrow as asonshn en o nd n L 2

5 '* 9 hmsel so much error Tha was wha he wes asonshed a -So re are all asonshed when ve come no he subconscous and nd he --, evl endences here; we can' beleve ha we have here n our ' deep soul all hose hngs We say, where dd ha all come rom # I never hough hose knds o houghs I bsleve n he hgher hngs I have lved he deal le as ar as I know hov; Well, e I 0 * & you mus n consderng yoursel remember ha you as o your soul and body gre he resul o ages o evoluon Ths sn' r he rs me you have lved Yoo have lved many, many, many J lves, and 5 o hose lves, all o hose experences you mgh,, say, as he cave man, as he savage,-we all had o pass hrough - 0 hose sages o evoluon as o our souls and bodes, and where s : 3

6 - 'b --- he memory o all ha- -Why,- s sored ophere n he -sub <C conscous And when youcome o regeneraon, and when' you l b up, as Jesus sad, hs son o man, or hs chld o he evolu onary 2 process, hen you are asonded and amazed o nd ha you have - been hrough and apparenly wha you -have o,do-6 ge on op o all ha Bu you know ha you are Spr, and ha here s an 9 2 -;- Almghy God whn you and hrough you, why becomes a * compara vely easy process Jesus ddn' go down under hs agony, A ; / he ddn' go down under hs remenduous vson whch he had o he j somehng ha he had o 85ha was o overcome sense conscousness, Paul says he was emped aa -we are n all pons, bu he ddn' sn j *ow we all have hese experences ' And Jesus had hem more han once

7 3 The _ex says ha he wen no hls garden as was evden he had been here many mes hs - cosom _ _s - beore, sa we nd ha n < overcomng, n hs regenera on process, ve mus all ollow Jesus, rl b n he regeneraon, bu n hs regenerave process we have o go hrough he Garden o Gehsemane very oen de have o be cruced P on he cross que oen, bu here s no doub ha here wll come a! me n our experence when hs wll cease We wll have made he nal overcomng, and I hnk hs s he lesson oday Jesus was rgh a ha pon when he was gong o make he rs and las grea sep n he new brh And we read he scrpure arlgh, ve read beween he lnes and see sprually wha all means, becomes jus ha much easer end ha s why Jesus -* CHRIST INg"N Ma, UNITY ARCHIVES

8 - ---made I he aonemen or -us---jes_us saves-l rbn AFgrea Eay o- he rals and rbulaons whch we would have o go hrough we ddn ' have hm as he example Bu sudyng hs le and seeng wha he aaned hrough hese rbulaons, hese sorrows, hese rals, hs Geheemane, wesay, "Now shall no go down under he ral I shall no reac o anyhng bu sprual hngs I 6 knoh wha hs s Many people have hese experences, and hey l hnk ha hey have a dsease o some knd, bu sn' ha a all _ * - When you are n he regenera on you arbue all o your experences * all your pans, all your depressons, all he condons o every knd o s olle evoluon, some change ha s gong on n he soul I InDy pcure sel n h-e body, bu you hold rgh o he one

9 7 M prncple and make he drec appeal o he A]mghy One, you wl Ou come/o your roubles and be glored as was Jesus and as I say, ha s he grea example o r u s: Tha s he wonderul help 3 We ge ha help no only n our deals, bu becomes a dynamc 0 orce n our bodes Wha s he key o hs'help? How, n hese j varous experences ha we have n whch we seem o suer rals l J 8 ; no only menal rals, bu physcal rals, ho, shall I ge hs help? Why, wach and pray Tha vas he panacea ha was he grea k lnk beween ourselves gd he supreme mnd Now when Jesus was n hls garden, he,we are old, separaed hmsel rom hs dscples Now you know he dscples represen he varous acules o man, H and he I Am, he sprual par o you, when you rse o hgh saes 'll T :

10 9 & Z $ L ; o conscousness, does separae sel-rom he eelng, -r:an he acves o he personal sel Now he acul es are all, wrapped + up n he soul and he body Tha soul s n he body, bu when you rse no he spr, you w nd ha 'you look up In oher words, * - you go rgh up n he op bran, and here you are separaed, a T sone's hrow we are old Tha means ha n maeral conscousness I * 20 I j he sone represens he physcal seed n maeral conscousness 7 There seems o'be a separaon, and here you pray o he Faher You make a ceran unon hrough your hgh aspraons, hrough your deal, hrough lookng up o God, you Inske a unon here ha gves you a grea power, bu he conscousness ha you are gong hroogh hs ral he soul s havng squeezes ou s old le

11 2 ', > he-la nev le- may come n The 3-do-Uo s6nse -le musse - -- S -- U pressed ou and dgpaed ha he new le n Chrs shall usher n R F * Now Jesus n he las supper whch jus preceded hs lesson, old hs d dscples ha he bread represened he subsance o hs body 3 H and he wne hs le, hs blood -He sad, "Wake hs and drnk" And he also sad, Now I shall also drnk hs anew wh you n my * * 22 / -3 Faher ' s house 'ha dd ha mean? Why, ha he was o have a new conscousness o' ha le Ths ha hey were drnkng was hs I conscousness o lq a ha sage o hs progress, bu here was o be a new conscousness and de was rgh now on he verge o ha new e, s o as you eel he old le oozng ou you seem o be a lle weak and sless, you don' ael he sprual oday, bu Y,

12 23 l rl le express sel Nom I am rgh on he verge, I am gong o, S have a new conscousness o le, and ha new conscousness s 0 sprual le Tha s wha Jesus was passng hraugh, bu you gve up o he sorrow and he agony o your experences, and we do, 0 -L I I b experence xxx ceran orces workng n os ha cause pan and sorrow, 2 2b* I say you gve up o ha, you wll have he resul o hs ' ]e sson n your dscples They were so sorrcr,yul ha hey ell asleep Nov, vd 0: ow ha sorrow s, well depresses one, s an opae n a way You w ll nd ha sorrow s depleng, s weakenng People v'ho have had grea losses are ap o have kdney rouble, Brgh ' s dsease, or somehng o ha knd: rom loss o, money, or loss o poson, or loss o amly I wll work n ha 5

13 ' 25 P way There s a gr ea depresson ses n-now n mes o sorrok, 2 wha should you do? Why we ch and pray ra Gh hose deas ha ; depress, wa ch hose meas ha cause ner a, elmlnae hem, cas hem ou So Jesus sad o hs dselpes acules, now wake up, - you are no n bondage o hs dea o sorrow, you are no depressed, ner, bu you are alve o he new le n Chrs Ths s he real T c * ) preparaon or he grea demonsraon whch s o k o pu ou enrely all conscousness o sense Nor we are old ollow Ae are / ha Judas berayed hm by a kss You know Judas represens he P 2 All sense le Tha s Judas Iscaro represens sense le The Hebrew meanng o Judas s he same as Judah, whch s prasd, prayer Prase ls a orm o prayer, and he aculy here represened s he

14 27 " le cener n man, he generave cener Now ha generave cener s prmarly good, came rom God We cooldn' any o us have had acvy, we couldn' have warmh, we coul&n' have any o hese hngs ha we call personal or ndvdual le whou a - 7 le conscdusness, and' ha le conscousness s he le cener, he generave le cener n man, bu when ha le conscousness + 28 I hrough man's gnbrance becomes he cener o 0 acvy s he souree because o grea pleasure -- all le acvy s accompaned wh a eelng o pleasure, and he grea cenral le s gven up o he aanmen o pleasure alone, ve are lke Adam and Eve n he garden In hs new le envronmen, hs new rea sensuous expresson o he one nne mnd, ve all no sensaon, ve all * :

15 30, > no sensualsm and our Judas or Judah w:co represens _hegrea P G unversal le expressng sel, and he s capable o n' ne expresson, beaomes selsh, and so we have Judas Iscaro OW N 6 a Judas Iscaro means a murderer, an adversary Now hs adversary j enered no he dscp]e o Jesus when Jesus gave hm par o he ood ha hey had a he e's o he Passover Here s anoher!, U ; -3 cornecon Tha means ha he le and he od ha we parake o are closely assocaed Psycho-analyss ells us ha sex and ood I or appee are he oundaon o all conscousness n man, soul and */ body There s a grea ruh here, ha s hrough e and appee ha we keep_up body conscousners I you dd aay wh your le or your sex acvy you would do away wh body-conscousness, bu 2 5 T 3

16 32 9 how shall we onrol, how shall we ge he masery? Through he ' conrol o appee and lng up o hs son o man be mus realze ha all le and all sex has back o a pury, a ruh, bu has been covered up, concealed, because o s sn, has gone o n a ar counry lke he prodgal son, wasng s subsance You remember Judas was he reasurer o all he dscples, he carred 5 33 A- he purse, he carred he bag, bu he was a he Wha does ha mean? Why should Jesus Chrs have a he among hs dscples 7 I I he knew he was a he? Why shouldn' he reorm hm? He was smply ellng us wha s he sae o conscousness n whch we are every one o us unconng oday The sex le n every men and woman s sealng rom all he oher adul les, sealng he rch

17 < - : subsance and dsspang n a sense way Now xx=35* ha mos 8 :3 be overcome, and Ne have anoher lesson here, and ha s hrough he j ood we ea we are buldng up ha sex le Now hen we should j dscrmnae and rene our ood We have hs symbolz6d n-a ' measure n he ouer bu he Church 0 n observnglen They don' ea { mea or ory days beore he crucxon o Jesus They have caugh r 35»--=65 -- ha dea ha he ood has somehng o do wh he crucxon They mus absan, hey mus consecrae hemselves o a hgher range o acvy Now all hese hngs are gven o he srong meaphysclan who has ound whn hmsel ha he has a ceran overcomng o do I' he would be maser o he suaon he mus deal no only wh - hs body, bu every hough ha eners no ha body He mus know

18 l 36 S n r ha he Judas no doub ha deah s he resul hm s he sea o all o hs roubles There s o sensual sn, sensual lcensousness 5 le have, as a race, gven up o sense conscousness, and has separaed 2 us rom he grea unversal all-susanng mnd Now wla are we gong l o do? Why, We mus wa ch and pray, wach ha murderer sad he was a * Jesus Chrs murderer rom he begnnng In oher words, jus he : B M - 37 ' momen ha we gve up, domnon, o pny o our acules or hou resran, vlhou conrol, whou uncons, we are gong o be los, we are gong o lose ha conrol You mus ge he masery, and ha masery mus be aaned hrough handlng and undersandng your dscples, your acules, your uncons You, hrough he sprual upl ha you ge n cognunon and pbayer wh he nne mnd, wll be she*n jus where you can ge he bes resuls, and when you' I r 6

19 - - -I -38 : a< 2 have obaned ha -end, you won' be aken away rom your one - cenral dea whch s perecon n Chrs, so hs lesson hs mornng s ha we shall search ourselves ha we shall wach and pray, pray and : daly/ha you ener no n o empaon One nerpreaon s ha you are o be saved n he hour o ral Now we have n he ' < Lord's prayer ha he Lord shall no lead us n o empaon ha s -2 - : 0 39 : /7r a msranslaon I should be ha he Lord shall be wh us n our hour o ral We shall no be led no empaon Me go no empaon ourselves, bu he 6ord proecs us when we make unon - wh he Lord n spr, and n ruh, and our salvaon s o come conscously no hs undersandng ha he s oluon o he gea ' problem o le s n man The kngdom o God s whn you, and

20 0 8 and we are o aan ha same pury, ha same redeemed le ha P - Jesus Chrs aaned, bu he had o gohrough hese varous I ; 2 seps ha we are gong hrough, and when we undersand hs and work wh hm n he grea overcomng, no hnkng o as a observance, bu as a scenc proposon o soul evoluon, I relgous say 2 when we do hs we sha nd ha he grea mnd o ha Mghy man who dd he overoomng or us zll help us o overcome, and we shall ( T be saved rom any grea agony or ral We shall rejoce and be glad ha hs new conscousness n Chrs s lng us ou o all * o our shorcomngs; 8 o our sns are orgven, and we shall be made wher =han snow UNTY SCHOOL OF CHRISTIANITY, '- UNITY ARCHIVES <- UNITY SCHOOL OF CHRISTIANITY+ UNITY ARCHIVES -'

CHARLES PILLMORE--SUNDAY, APRIL 9, THE GREAT QUESfiOH. Mark 8: '!'he subject o~ our lesson,.'!'he Great Question,.

CHARLES PILLMORE--SUNDAY, APRIL 9, THE GREAT QUESfiOH. Mark 8: '!'he subject o~ our lesson,.'!'he Great Question,. .c.'::.'--'-. :'...! CHARLES PLLMORE--SUNDAY APRL 9 1933. THE GREAT QUESOH Mark 8:27-38. J CHARLES FLLMORE--SUhAY APRL 9. 1933. ị THE GREAT QUES'l'OH c Mark 8:21-38.c :j -'!'he subjec o our lesson.'!'he