... Seaside Book Contents Notes What are you going to do about it? Sensational interview with rabbi Abe Finkelstein about Jewish control of the world Contents 1. The Parable of the Sower 2. Interpretation of the Parable 3. More about Parables 4. More Parables by the Sea 5. The Visit to Kheresa 6. The Kheresa Lunatic (1688.1) 151:0.1 BY MARCH 10 all of the preaching and teaching groups had forgathered at...

... success; and that all such differences in results are directly due to conditions inherent in the circumstances of our ministry, conditions over which we have little or no control.” (1691.2) 151:2.7 When Thomas had finished speaking, the majority of his fellow preachers were about ready to agree with him, even Peter and Nathaniel were on their way over to speak with him, when Jesus arose and said: “Well...

..., particularly Simon Peter, never ceased to regard the episode as a nature miracle. It was especially easy for the men of that day to believe in nature miracles inasmuch as they firmly believed that all nature was a phenomenon directly under the control of spirit forces and supernatural beings. (1695.2) 151:5.6 Jesus plainly explained to the twelve that he had spoken to their troubled spirits and had addressed...

... body. His troubles were mostly emotional — his brain was not grossly diseased. (1696.3) 151:6.5 Jesus, looking down upon the man crouching like an animal at his feet, reached down and, taking him by the hand, stood him up and said to him: “Amos, you are not possessed of a devil; you have already heard the good news that you are a son of God. I command you to come out of this spell.” And when Amos...

... heard Jesus speak these words, there occurred such a transformation in his intellect that he was immediately restored to his right mind and the normal control of his emotions. By this time a considerable crowd had assembled from the near-by village, and these people, augmented by the swine herders from the highland above them, were astonished to see the lunatic sitting with Jesus and his followers, in...

... Contents Notes What are you going to do about it? Sensational interview with rabbi Abe Finkelstein about Jewish control of the world Contents 1. The Transfiguration 2. Coming down the Mountain 3. Meaning of the Transfiguration 4. The Epileptic Boy 5. Jesus Heals the Boy 6. In Celsus’ Garden 7. Peter’s Protest 8. At Peter’s House (1752.1) 158:0.1 IT WAS near sundown on Friday afternoon, August 12, A.D. 29...

... Jordan to enact the closing scenes of the drama of his bestowal on Urantia. The Master could have relinquished the struggle this day on Mount Hermon and returned to his rule of the universe domains, but he not only chose to meet the requirements of his order of divine sonship embraced in the mandate of the Eternal Son on Paradise, but he also elected to meet the last and full measure of the present...

..., James, and John pondered all this in their minds, they spoke not of it to any man until after the Master’s resurrection. (1754.4) 158:2.4 As they continued to descend the mountain, Jesus said to them: “You would not receive me as the Son of Man; therefore have I consented to be received in accordance with your settled determination, but, mistake not, the will of my Father must prevail. If you thus...

... personal command.” (1756.5) 158:4.8 And so, while Jesus was descending the mountain with the exuberant and ecstatic Peter, James, and John, their nine brethren likewise were sleepless in their confusion and downcast humiliation. They were a dejected and chastened group. But James of Safed would not give up. Although they could give him no idea as to when Jesus might return, he decided to stay on until...

... the faith at your command but, instead, yielded to the temptation and fell into your old evil tendencies to seek for yourselves preferred places in the kingdom of heaven — the material and temporal kingdom which you persist in contemplating. And you cling to these erroneous concepts in spite of the reiterated declaration that my kingdom is not of this world. (1758.4) 158:6.3 “No sooner does your...

... going to do about it? Sensational interview with rabbi Abe Finkelstein about Jewish control of the world Contents 1. The Sermon on Forgiveness 2. The Strange Preacher 3. Instruction for Teachers and Believers 4. The Talk with Nathaniel 5. The Positive Nature of Jesus’ Religion 6. The Return to Magadan (1762.1) 159:0.1 WHEN Jesus and the twelve arrived at Magadan Park, they found awaiting them a group...

... frailties? I say to all of you: Freely you have received the good things of the kingdom; therefore freely give to your fellows on earth.” (1764.1) 159:1.6 Thus did Jesus teach the dangers and illustrate the unfairness of sitting in personal judgment upon one’s fellows. Discipline must be maintained, justice must be administered, but in all these matters the wisdom of the brotherhood should prevail. Jesus...

... to the spiritual teachings of the kingdom, while in the other case reference was made to the outward and far-flung social relations of believers regarding the questions of administrative control and the jurisdiction of one group of believers over the work of other groups which would eventually compose the forthcoming world-wide brotherhood. (1765.1) 159:2.3 But John oftentimes recounted this...

... sentiment. In appealing to men, be fair; exercise self-control and exhibit due restraint; show proper respect for the personalities of your pupils. Remember that I have said: “Behold, I stand at the door and knock, and if any man will open, I will come in.” (1765.5) 159:3.3 In bringing men into the kingdom, do not lessen or destroy their self-respect. While overmuch self-respect may destroy proper...

..., and who rejoiced when he found them willing to return to the Father’s house. This positive note in religion Jesus extended even to his prayers. And he converted the negative golden rule into a positive admonition of human fairness. (1771.1) 159:5.17 In all his teaching Jesus unfailingly avoided distracting details. He shunned flowery language and avoided the mere poetic imagery of a play upon words...

..., there were no representatives -- because once the representatives come in, it is not the people who rule, it is the representatives who rule. And for five years they have absolute power. Just once every five years they become servants of the people, just for a few days while the election is on; after the election the people don't matter at all. Then they go on doing whatever they want to do. But in...

... of truth -- just because he has written his autobiography and titled it, AN EXPERIMENT WITH TRUTH. But he was continuously lying to his own people. The first president of India, and the first prime minister of India... all were high-caste people. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was a brahmin, and the brahmins have been ruling this country for centuries. Again the rule goes to the brahmin priests. And the...

... few million rupees or even more. And the second was even more important. To control all enemies completely, just the fear was enough, that the file is there and immediately an investigation can be started and they will lose all face, all their hypocrisy will be exposed. She did not ask what happened to Sanjay. She immediately asked, "Where are those two keys he was carrying with him?" So...

... in this man Rajiv Gandhi! Because now, birth control needs almost military action - - nothing else will help. And armies are sitting around unnecessarily. Bring those armies to every village and sterilize people! But the fear... in the election these people will defeat you, and the fear is right. Indira Gandhi got defeated on the same point, because Sanjay was too much interested in birth control...

..., sterilization. And he was absolutely right, but because of him Indira Gandhi was condemned that she was giving him the power and he was going too far. Not voluntary birth control -- because voluntary birth control won't succeed. People believe that children are given by God and to interfere in the work of God is a sin. So unless it is compulsory, such that either you get sterilized or otherwise you get shot...

... history -- even Stalin had not that much power. He has become the president of the country, and the prime minister has become nominal, and has no power. He has changed the whole Communist Party's high command, the Politburo. All the old people have been thrown out, and he has put all his own people into the commanding body. He has changed the head of the KGB, which is the country's most powerful agency...

..., and he has put his own man as the head. Now he is in complete control of the KGB, the Communist Party, and he is also the secretary of the Politburo, the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. So he has all the powers -- and he is the president of the government. These are the three most important posts; he is holding all three himself. You can see that he is not a democratic...

... somebody in the Soviet Union, or somebody who understands the revolutionary strategy from outside the Soviet Union, can do something to stop this insane man from the destructive step that he is going to take -- that he is already taking. Question 2: The second question: REVOLUTIONARIES HAVE ALWAYS CLAIMED THAT IT IS SOCIETY'S REPRESSIVE INSTRUMENTS OF CONTROL THAT DEFORM HUMANITY AND PRODUCE THE UGLY...

... BEHAVIOR OF MAN. THE REACTIONARIES HAVE CLAIMED THE OPPOSITE: THAT HUMAN NATURE IS INHERENTLY UGLY, AND THAT IT IS ONLY THE INSTRUMENTS OF CONTROL THAT LIMIT THIS UGLINESS AND ALLOW WHAT LITTLE CIVILIZATION THERE IS. THEY SAY THAT WITHOUT SUCH CONTROL, THIS UGLY BEHAVIOR WOULD RAPIDLY REDUCE US TO BARBARITY. IT SEEMS THAT, AS ALWAYS, YOUR APPROACH IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND TOTALLY UNIQUE. WOULD YOU...

... never create a contradiction in your being, otherwise you will be divided and you will feel very much disturbed by it. It is something which is very valuable, but you can use it only if you cooperate. Nothing on your part is to be done, simply cooperation. If this hand wants to move, there are three possibilities. One is, you can stop it. It is your hand, it is your energy - you can dominate it. But...

... that is possible. The energy is struggling to come up and possess you, but you are resisting. Somehow you are afraid of it. The western man has become very much afraid of all such phenomena. There is a reason in it, because the western mind has been brought up and trained to control everything. And this is something you cannot control. If you control, you destroy it. It can flower only if you are...

... experience. There is certainly a power which has nothing to do with domination over others. But the power of a flower opening its petals... have you seen that power, that glory? Have you seen the power of a starry night? - not dominating anybody. Have you seen the power of the smallest leaf dancing in the sun, in the rain? Its beauty, its grandeur, its joy? It has nothing to do with anybody else. It does...

... now you are going on another trip of the same kind. First you were trying to dominate others, now you will try to dominate yourself. That's what people call discipline. I am reminded of Aesop's very famous fable. The season of mangoes has come, and a fox is trying to reach the ripe mangoes but they are too high. The jump of the fox is not high enough to get them. She tries a few times; then seeing...

... first understand from where the desire to power has been arising. It has been arising from your emptiness, inferiority. The only right way to be freed from this ugly desire to dominate is to enter into your emptiness, to see exactly what it is. You have been escaping from it through your power trips. Now put your whole energy not into torturing yourself, not into making any discipline of masochism...

... explains that either he can repress these feelings when they come - and take that out on her in ways subtle or overt - or move with others and be overcome with guilt and feel that he has betrayed and made her miserable.] Remember that love is an unknown energy, an unknown force - it is not in your control. It is in your control only when you become enlightened, never before it. When you are full of...

... calm and quiet, what is called 'intimacy'. The mind says 'Why bother? One thing was going perfectly well.' But it is not within your control or within his control. It is no more there. Don't cling to something that has disappeared. And don't think that you never loved him - you loved him. We have been taught a very false notion about love - that love has to be permanent; only then is it true. That is...

... whole game: priests go on creating the problems and priests go on giving you solutions for those problems. They are the culprits and they pretend to be the physicians also. So go and help people there - and become more and more attuned to your own being. [The sannyasin says: I always feel guilty because I am afraid whenever I do something that it will be wrong. I try to control myself.... ] You need a...

... little discipline - the discipline of uncontrol. You need a little more freedom for yourself. ... That will go. Once you have become my sannyasin you cannot remain in this hell for long. I have already started pulling you out of it. Just meditate and become a little more courageous. This is nothing but a sort of cowardice. Cowardice controls people. Control is a beautiful name for cowardice; you hide...

... cowardice behind the label of control. Never hide it. If you are a coward, you are a coward. But there is no need for control - because that can become so beautiful that one forgets what one is hiding behind it. Everybody is a coward more or less, but I have never seen anybody who is absolutely a coward, so a little possibility exists for courage in everybody. Just take that little part of your courage...

... don't become yourself you will go on hurting her. The day you decide that now you will be yourself - whether it hurts her or not - she will stop getting hurt, because then there is no point This is a very psychologically tricky thing. The mother knows that if she feels hurt she can hurt you; hence she feels hurt She knows she can control you, dominate you, by feeling hurt Once she comes to know that...

... brother, the husband, whosoever. And if you become yourself you will start helping her. She will feel good because you will no more hurt her. Right now if you try not to hurt her, you carry the old thing; the old trick still works. And mothers become very proficient in it; that is their way to dominate their children. They feel hurt, they cry and weep, and the child feels, 'I am bad. I am guilty.' This...

.... Don't give any hint that you are crying and weeping. And that will be good for her also. Otherwise this is a very subtle form of control. This is not good for you and this is not good for her. But write to your mother. Write one day, then wall next day and again read it; again improve it. It should not give any feeling that you are hurt and crying and weeping. It should simply give a solid feeling...

... themselves responsible for their poverty. They have believed in idiotic religious ideologies which have made them remain poor. Q:* AND YOU DON'T WANT TO HELP THEM? A:* They have to suffer whatsoever they have done. And if they have to punish someone, they should punish the Pope, Mother Teresa, Shankaracharya, Ayatollah Khomeini. Hang all of them: these are the people who are against birth control, against...

... capable of giving, more luxury than nature has ever intended to offer. And man should use the opportunity. These poor people who are dying in Ethiopia, in India, or anywhere, have listened to the wrong people. Now they should take revenge. They should burn the Vatican; they should take over all the churches. I am not responsible for their poverty. For thirty years I have been teaching birth control...

... well, and when my life disappears you are free to live the way you want. There is nobody going to dominate you, order you, discipline you. I am against all discipline, against all commandments. My whole emphasis is on the respect of the individual and his freedom. Even if he wants to go to hell, nobody should interfere. So when I am gone, you see only from one side: when I die, you all have died to...

... fragrance unaddressed. Whoever wants it can have it; the fruits are here, just be the side on the table. Q:* IT IS THERE, RIGHT, BUT NOT FOR A NEW GENERATION, BHAGWAN, BECAUSE YOU ADVOCATE COMPLETE BIRTH CONTROL. A:* I don't care. Nobody cared about me. All of you are just accidental products. Who cared for you? Do you think your father and mother were thinking about you? Q:* YES. A:* NO. You are just...