The Living Testament (An Old and Rare Book)

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Scriptures have been available to mankind for a very long. time. These scriptures describe the eternal path of spiritual Truth. More than that, they exhort each and every human being to find that Truth within himself while he has the chance. However, if a book is written in a language which we haven't learned, how can we understand it? Only a person who knows Aramaic can read original Biblical texts, and only a person who knows Sanskrit can read the Vedas in the original. Even then, these texts give rise to a variety of interpretations.

Spiritual wisdom and self-realization, however, come from a part of our being which is far beyond languages and concepts. To understand the mysteries of God and the soul, a technique of spiritual insight which can take a person directly to that transendental realm is necessary. Then the scales fall from his eyes and he realizes what the divine Masters were actually imparting.

Although scriptures are invaluable guidebooks and signposts on the path, they can't impart the living experience of soul. People the world over read Bibles, Korans, Vedas and Upanishads, but do they have the experience which is described in those scriptures? That is why a living Master is necessary. The test of a true Master is that, not only can he clarify in everyday language the deepest religious mysteries, but also he can open the inner eye of spiritual awareness of the disciple, who then realizes within his own soul the eternal Truth. Then the Testaments in books become a living Testament for him .

Christ left no written records, and the first Gospels were completed many years after his departure from the world. The Bible has been translated, retranslated and edited so many times that it is surprising that any of Christ's original message managed to survive. Even so, the Bible offers a wealth of information proving that Jesus Christ imparted a technique of spiritual insight at to his disciples, as did Rama, Krishna, Guru Nanak, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Kabir and countless other Masters before him and since.

Christ himself, although he claimed, I have not come to destroy the Law but to fulfill it, actually offered a radical departure from the tradition-bound, fear-and guilt-ridden, priest-dominated religion of his day. Based on his own practical realization of God, Jesus presented a dynamic, joyful, soul-liberating Gospel to man and woman, Jew and Gentile alike. Although he was criticized for initiating women and non-Jews, Jesus never hesitated to reveal the Word of God to all who sincerely sought it. Indeed, the Gentiles received him far better than his own people, the majority of whom eventually rejected him and clamoured for his execution. On the other hand, the faith of a Roman centurion led him to exclaim: Verily, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. On another occasion, when accused by the Pharisees of trangressing a minor Sabbath law, Jesus answered that in his name shall the Gentiles trust. The universality of his teachings was a boon for mankind. Jesus declared: God hath sent His Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. This meant everyone, not just the Jews, who clung to their belief in being the 'chosen race. St Paul instructed the Ephesians: Not therefore are ye no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.