| In the New Testament it is taught, "Our Father | | | | In the first or dualistic stage, man knows he is a |
| who art in heaven"-- god living in the heavens | | | | little personal soul, John, James, or Tom; and he |
| separated from men. We are living on earth and | | | | says, "I will be John, James, or Tom to all |
| He is living in heaven. Further on we find the | | | | eternity, and never anything else." As well might |
| teaching that He is a God immanent in nature; He | | | | the murderer come along and say,"I will remain a |
| is not only God in heaven, but on earth too. He is | | | | murderer for ever." But as time goes on, Tom |
| the God in us. In the Hindu philosophy we find a | | | | vanishes and goes back to the original pure Adam. |
| stage of the same proximity of God to us. But | | | | "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see |
| we do not stop there. There is the non - dualistic | | | | God." Can we see God? Of course not. Can we |
| stage, in which man realises that the God he has | | | | know God? Of course not. If God can be |
| been worshiping is not only the Father in heaven, | | | | known,He will be God no longer. Knowledge is |
| and on earth, but that "I and my Father are one." | | | | limitation. But I and my Father are one: I find the |
| He realizes in his soul that he is God Himself, only | | | | reality in my soul. These ideas are expressed in |
| a lower expression of Him. All that is real in me is | | | | some religions, and in others only hinted. In some |
| He; all that is real in Him is I. The gulf between | | | | they were expatriated. Christ's teachings are now |
| God and man is thus bridged. Thus we find how, | | | | very little understood in this country. If you will |
| by knowing God, we find the kingdom of heaven | | | | excuse me, I will say that they have never been |
| within us. | | | | very well understood. |