Oahspe: The Book of Wisdom A Compendium of Oahspe about Spiritual Teaching Robert Bayer (Editor)
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Contents The Wisdom of Ascension (page 5) The Wisdom of Faith (page 8) The Wisdom of Spiritual Virtues (page 10) The Wisdom of Heavenly Communion (page 12) The Wisdom of Kosmon Communities (page 14) The Wisdom of Labor (page 18) The Wisdom of Service (page 21) The Wisdom of True Happiness (page 25) The Wisdom of Inspiration from The Creator(page 29)
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Introduction
I beseech thee, turn about, and hear the wisdom of my words: I will teach thee to know thy Creator; to hear His voice, and to see His hand. And thou shalt rejoice in thy life, and teach thy brethren to rejoice also. (Judgment 13:7-8)
The spirit quest of immortality is a quest of learning — and teaching. Our highest teacher is, of course, Our Creator. This Ever-Present Voice is always there to guide us if we will with sincere humility and loving devotion seek to make our world and our lives better each day. No book known to mankind has yet focused as clearly and with as much truth as the New Age Bible of Oahspe has. 3
The study of this book is an exceptional challenge at some points to understand. Even more difficult is the challenge to “live” according to its high principles and virtues to unfold.
To do so will not just
occupy our entire mortal life but onward into the boundless systems of heavens ascending throughout Our Universe Wondrous.
As such, we should all bolster ourselves to exhibit as much patience, devotion and openness of mind as we can.
No one should expect
all the knowledge they are seeking to be revealed in a few days or even a few months. Yet certainly the effort to become an more enlightened individual along the lines of how the angels of heaven approach their eternal life. Therefore, sincere and near continuous sacrifice and service that empowers all within our reach should be our daily covenant to The Great Spirit. In doing so, we will be learning, we will be teaching, wherefrom new wisdom from on high shall be our inspiration and our liberating conclusions.
Yes, and this process of resurrection shall go beyond this book of Oahspe. Such must be so as The True Source of All Light, Knowledge and Wisdom is Jehovih the Holy I AM. Thus, we must be circumspect about our spiritual conditions. We must seek to look within where The All Highest, according to our cosmic seasons, may be discovered, may gradually be fulfilled ever more completely. 4
The Wisdom of Ascension
Jehovih spake through God, saying: A nurse I provided for the newborn, but when he is grown I command him to provide for himself that he may be a glory in My kingdoms. By charity alone ye cannot raise man up; but be diligent to teach him to try continually to raise himself, for herein lieth the glory of manhood. (Sethantes 3:29)
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Of the second: Teach me, O Father, to look into my every act, word and thought, to purify myself in Thy sight. (Discipline 4: 19) Jehovih, Creator of all things, spake to me, thy God, saying: Give ear unto Me, O God, My embassador of the earth and her heavens for this thy season. Obey My mandates, and teach mortals and the angels of thy lower heavens to know Me and to rejoice in My creations. The time is now come when the light of thy inspiration and thy angels shall extend around the whole earth and in her heavens also. (Judgment 1:3) Nevertheless, if ye desire to affiliate with Jehovih's kingdoms, the way is open unto you; and your first labor would be, to gather together all your own hosts, and to labor amongst them, teaching them wisdom, strength and individuality equal with yourselves; and when the lowest of them is so risen, then can ye enter the kingdoms of the Father. As ye have had the profit of your subjects for hundreds of years, return ye now unto them service for service. Jehovih is Justice! (Divinity 12:27) Better is it to labor with a child from infancy, and thence to maturity, to teach it aright, than to strive with a score of conceited adults, and fail to redeem one. Who is the mocker of charity more than they that give to such as can help themselves but will not? Wisdom and uprightness of heart are but bread. Preach not to 6
unwelcome ears; are sermons of wisdom to be forced into men's souls? (Ah’Shong 4:6)*6
But ye shall teach them to fear no spirit, nor Lord, nor God; teaching them that by their own wills they can cast out the tetracts which assume to be spirits. Rather inspire ye them to be Gods and Goddesses themselves; and by their aspirations they will become large and powerful, and of fearless disposition. (Osiris 12:10)
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The Wisdom of Faith
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Now came a great light, bright, like a sun, and settled over the throne, enveloping the Goddess, Cpenta-armij, and Jehovih's Voice spake out of the light to Ahura, saying: My Son, My Son, why hast thou so little faith! Behold, I am with thee even as with this, My Daughter. All thou lackest is faith. Go thou back to thy plateau and raise thou it thyself. My Daughter shall come to thee, and show thee, and thou shalt not fail. To have faith in Me is to be one with Me; to lack faith in Me is to be far removed from Me. Ahura said: O Jehovih, teach Thou me how to begin to have faith. To find the beginning, there is my stumbling block! Jehovih said: By trying Me, there is the beginning. By learning to know thine own power in Me; and to know My power in thee; this is the sum of all power and wisdom. By the lack of faith in Me, man setteth up himself; by the lack of faith in Me, the self-assuming Gods build kingdoms for themselves. The failure of man is proof of My power; the failure of all kingdoms is proof of the lack of faith in Me, whereby My power is manifested over them. First, after the abjuring of self, cometh the constant manifestation of power through faith, the example of which holdeth the multitude to Me and My works. Inasmuch as thou hast suffered fear in thy soul for a relapse in thy kingdom, thou hast opened the door for disaster. Have I not proved this on earth?--wherein the faith of a captain leadeth his soldiers on a victory, and his lack of faith breaketh them down in weakness. Think not, O Ahura, that My examples are less with My Gods. (Cpenta-armij 6:9-14) 9
The Wisdom of Spiritual Virtues
Jehovih said: The labors of My Gods shall be chiefly in atmospherea (hada). Nevertheless, My Gods and Lords shall not only labor with the spirits of the dead to teach them organic discipline and harmony, but they shall provide unto mortals that they also may learn the system and glory of My creations. (Divinity: 1:19) 10
Jehovih said: Mine are All Harmony; All Symmetry; All Love; and will endure forever!. Response: When I was in darkness, I fed on hate, and anger, and war, and lust. But Thou hast taught me harmony, and symmetry, and love, and I shall indulge in them forever! (Apollo 11:22-23)
This is Divan law, to wit: To assist man out of darkness into light; to give security to the helpless; to raise the souls of man to everlasting light; to minister unto the needy; to deliver them that are in pain; to teach man to desist laboring for himself; to teach him to labor for others.
(Divinity: 6:5)
Abraham inquired concerning government. And God said unto Abraham: To teach people to dwell together in peace, order, harmony and love; being disciplined to these, what more is required? Government belongeth to the kings' peoples. (God 1st 12:8)
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The Wisdom of Heavenly Communion
Nevertheless, a child that is raised up without learning angel communion is but half raised. By the actual presence of angels, and by children seeing them and conversing with them, the proximity of heaven to earth becometh firmly established in the child's mind, and it beholdeth the fitness of one world to the other. For which education the infants shall, at an early age, be made familiar with the unseen world, by training in the crescent. And their teachers shall try them to discover su'is and sar'gis in them; and, finding these talents, shall cultivate them in righteousness and wisdom for the glory of the Father. And it shall come to pass that many of these infants shall not 12
only see without their corporeal eyes, and hear without their corporeal ears, but they will attain to adeptism. And the angels of heaven shall descend amongst us, appearing so as to be seen, and talking with us so as to be heard. (Kingdom 9:17-22) And I will teach them the way of the communion of Thy angels; to develop them in su'is and sar'gis. Teaching them to live for the spirit within, rather than for corpor. (Kingdom 5: 32-33)
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The Wisdom of Kosmon Communities
Though it shall be inculcated into them, during their youth, that, at maturity, they are supposed to swarm out, after the fashion of bees, becoming too numerous for one hive, and go and form a new colony; that in all things they shall be taught not to do anything for self sake, but for the good of man and for the honor and glory of Jehovih. And these things shall come to pass with these people: 14
They shall abjure war; They shall be non-resistants; They shall have su'is, and shall see without their mortal eyes, and hear without their mortal ears. My angels shall appear before them, and walk with them, talking to them, and teaching them of my kingdoms. And angels of the I'hin race will come to them; and of the I'huans, and of all other peoples whereof mention is made in this Oahspe. And mortals shall recover, from the libraries in heaven, things that have been lost on the earth, as to languages and histories of tens of thousands of years ago. And mortals shall prophesy truly of things in heaven and on the earth. And many shall attain adeptism, and, in spirit, go out of their mortal bodies, and appear hundreds of miles away, and there make themselves known; and they will return again to their mortal bodies, unharmed. All these, and even greater things, shall my angels teach them. (Judgment 39: 2-16)
Remembering, it is wiser to accomplish with the young than with the aged. For the mature will be dead in a few years; and, in that day, those that are children will be mature. Better is it, that ye provide a way unto ten fatherless children, than for forty people that are grown. But, even in this, ye may err toward the children. For, to provide them an asylum in infancy, saying: Behold, what a good work we have done! showeth that ye measure not as your God measureth. For it is not sufficient that ye feed and clothe little ones; but ye shall teach them a trade, and occupations, and give them learning, so that, 15
when they are grown, they can sustain themselves. But, even yet, your work is not the highest; but ye shall so provide them, they they will not only be self-supporting, but that they shall be willing and capable of rescuing others, as they were rescued. After this, ye shall see to it, that all things are so provided, that, after your death, your institution be not liable to fall into disuse or perversion. This is founding the Father's kingdom on earth; and whoso laboreth thus, shall be ministered unto by my heavenly kingdoms for the glory of Jehovih. Therefore, let your charity be not for a year, nor for a hundred years; but, be ye the corner-stones, founding places on earth where shall rest perpetually a system that will provide a new race, where poverty and crime and helplessness cannot enter. (Judgment 28:7-14)
There shall be but one doctrine, which is Jehovih, the All Person, who is Ever Present; with good works done unto others, with all of one's wisdom and strength. And this shall prevail with the young; whom, as orphans and castaways, ye shall gather up in infancy, founding them in the light of Jehovih, teaching them from the start to sing and pray unto Him, in reverence and fear and joy, that He may be glorified in their purity and good works. And they shall grow up of all nationalities, and races, knowing not: This is mine, or
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that is mine, or that is thine, but understanding, that they own nothing, and that all things are Jehovih's. (Judgment 2:29-41) Jehovih, Creator of all things, spake to me, thy God, saying: Give ear unto Me, O God, My embassador of the earth and her heavens for this thy season. Obey My mandates, and teach mortals and the angels of thy lower heavens to know Me and to rejoice in My creations. The time is now come when the light of thy inspiration and thy angels shall extend around the whole earth and in her heavens also. (Judgment 1:3) My laborers shall not have desire to be either fathers or mothers. Nor shall they seek in any way things that belong on the earth; nor have passions that belong only to the earth. Nevertheless, they shall be the founders of the Father's kingdom on earth, and with the young. They shall gather up orphans and castaways in infancy, and take them into colonies, hundreds and thousands of them. And these infants shall be fed and clothed and raised up, not after any man's whim or conceit, but according to the accummulated wisdom collected from all the different nations and peoples in all the world, as to how to make the best corporeal and spiritual men and women. (Judgment 38:11-14)
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The Wisdom of Labor
And this shall come to pass in Shalam; without tiresome study and without tiresome labor, these infants, at fourteen years, shall be wiser and better learned than Uzians at twenty. For they shall not be limited to one trade each, or one occupation each; but, to a great extent, all of them shall know all trades and occupations. For botany, 18
they shall have a garden; and for astronomy, an observatory; for chemistry, a laboratory; for clothing, a factory; for horticulture and agriculture, they shall have orchards, fields and gardens. Such, then, shall be the method of teaching our infants. (Kingdom 9:11-14) For which reason ye shall teach all things unto all; and they shall work with their own hands at all industries; remembering that the highest, best, most perfect man is he that can do all things. (1st God 6:10) Ye were installed by My hand, and have done a good work. Think not that I curse because Hored and Moeb are fallen! Knew I not beforehand that these things would be? Behold, I have provided all My works so that man should be forever making new things. Had Hored stood, there had been no heaven to rebuild on earth in this day. How, then, could My newborn Gods learn? Think not that I come to teach with Mine own labor; I provide My people that they shall teach one another. (Ah’Shong 3:17) Education must be accompanied with practice. As, for example, ye show the child certain seeds, ex explaining what will grow therefrom; ye shall plant and illustrate. And when the vine hath come up out of the ground, ye shall not only illustrate its corporeality, but shall display the life therein as a manifestation of Jehovih's Presence. To simply teach the child the botany, without reference to the 19
spirituality that underlieth all living things, would have little effect in turning the child's thoughts to its own life and growth in spirit. At an early age, these infants shall be thus put to work in gratification of their own desires to do something; and their work shall be educational, corporeally and spiritually. And when they are large enough to handle tools, they shall be permitted to work at trades, or in art; and full and sufficient explanations shall be given to all their questions. (Kingdom 9:7-10) Teaching them by books and instruments. Teaching them useful trades and occupations.
Teaching them music and worship.
Teaching them dancing and gymnastics. (Kingdom 5: 34-38)
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The Wisdom of Service
To abandon such discourse, and to discourse on the highest subjects, in preference, such as teaching, imparting knowledge, suggesting remedies for the unfortunate and unlearned, for improving in excellence the homes of others, the agriculture, mechanics and such like; the man of light delighteth to apply himself to these, both in word and practice, forever building up. Consider then what thy mind shall go in search of, that it may pursue the highest. This is serving the All Highest, instead of darkness. (Discipline 7: 9)
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I shall prove through him, that for love of righteousness, and to serve Jehovih, he will forsake his kingdom and family and friends, and all earthly things and desires, and make himself as a poor man, dwelling with the poor, laboring with them, teaching them, and instructing them. For, because of the idolatries that will be amongst these people, they will be bound in caste; but he, whom I will teach through, shall prove unto the world that the service of Jehovih requireth of men, that Jehovih shall stand uppermost, even above kin and caste. In the example of which willing sacrifice, man shall be taught, that all the evils of the earth can be overcome. (Eskra 15:5-6) Sakaya said: To inspire others unto purity first; and then to attain individuality. It hath been said, from time without end, that to help the poor, to give to them, to serve them, is good works done unto others. But I say unto you, this is but half-way to that which is good. For ye shall not only help them, but shall go and teach them, how to help themselves. This is doing good unto others. It hath been said: Whoso saith the ordinances of the priest, repeating a certain number of prayers daily, doeth a good work. But I say unto you, whoso teacheth a man to invent prayers of his own, hath done a greater good. To put a man in the way, to be his own salvation, this is the best good work. As ye have depended on the priests to pray for you, I come to teach you, to pray for yourselves. (Eskra 27:12-14)
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But they shall have no leaders, only their Creator; but be organic, for sake of good works. But they shall not go about preaching for sinners to go to repentance. Nor preaching for charity to the poor. But they shall go themselves about gathering up sinners, and the poor and helpless and orphans; and bring them into comfortable homes, teaching them how to live, to be a glory unto Me and My kingdoms. To such persons shall My angels from the second resurrection come, and minister in My name for the joy of the earth. And when such people die, they shall be received into the second resurrection, escaping the first. Neither shall any other people in all the world escape the place of the first resurrection. (Judgment 1:42-48) To serve one's self is to work for one's self; to strive for one's self, to think of one's own self, as to what will profit one's own self only. To serve others, is to do good unto others; to help them; to teach them; to give them joy and comfort. This is the service of Jehovih. (Judgment 6:8-9) Behold, it hath been proven in the warrior and pugilist how to raise a savage man, by flesh diet and inharmonious surroundings; and in nations and tribes of peace, how to raise a virtuous and industrious man, on herbs and fruit diet. These are things for thee to learn, O man, going at the subject systematically, to find the best way to make the best man and woman out of the infants entrusted to thee. 23
Not only as to diet, but as to clothing, and as to comfort and cleanliness; and to avoid disease; and as to strength and suppleness and swiftness; and as to virtue and modesty; and as to education, practical and theoretical; and as to industry and quick perception; and as to willingness to work for one another; and to trades and occupations; and as to pastimes, amusements and recreations, singing, dancing, and playing with great joy and delight; and as to worship, to rites and ceremonies; and as to acquiring seership and prophecy and signs and miracles, in su'is and sar'gis; as to communing with angels, and as to the value of angels as teachers and instructors by tangible presence and audible voices. And yet, above all things, thou shalt preserve liberty unto all, with pleasant and enjoyable discipline for everything, after the manner of my heavenly kingdoms. Remembering, that every faculty in every one shall be cultivated to the utmost. Teaching them, from the first, that the eye of Jehovih is upon them, and that His hand is stretched over them, to bless them, according to their goodness, purity, love, gentleness and wisdom. And that they shall not own nor possess individually; but that all things are Jehovih's, and they, themselves, are angels in mortal form, created by Jehovih to rejoice and to help one another forever.
(Judgment 38: 15-21)
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The Wisdom of True Happiness
God said: Teach my chosen to labor hard and wisely; and to dance with energy, and to sing with strength and fullness of soul. For what more is there in any man or woman than to learn to put forth? And what more pitiful thing is there in heaven than a man or woman who hath but dragged along? (Ah’Shong 6:11)
And, in all things, developing in them all the talents Thou hast created in them, that they may grow up to be an honor and a glory on the earth, and to rejoice because Thou hast created them alive. (Kingdom 5: 39)
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O, that I could understand Thy Greatness, or find the darkness that glorifieth the light of Thy countenance. I drink deep of mine own folly, and mine eyes wander about because of the darkness. I come upon Thy pathway and burst forth with a song of delight. Yea, I rejoice for the darkness I have passed through; in this am I more buoyant in my love to Thee, my Creator. How can I make all Thy people to sing songs unto Thee; or teach them to harp not forever on the dark side of things? I have seen the tree of hell they planted in their own souls, and the way they cultivate it. They know not what is meant by singing praises unto Thee, and of Thy growth in them. Why will they interpret me by words, or realize not that I sing of the exuberance of the soul? O that I could inspire them to talk good of all things; to harp forever on the beauties Thou hast made, instead of the ills and horrors around about. Can they never understand what it is to sow the seed of the tree of endless delight? (Lika 19:7-9)
O that I could call them unto Thee, Jehovih! Or that I could lift their aspiration up from the shadows of death. I would follow them into Thy two great gardens which Thou hast created; that which is green, where they go and curse Thee; and that which is ripe, where I have found Thee full of love. Because I said: Sing unto Him forever; pray to Him with great rejoicing, they interpret me to mean words uttered as a mocking-bird. Yea, they grumble forever. (Lika 19:10)
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To find Thee, O Jehovih; to glorify the good that cometh along, this is the salvation of the world. Of this my songs shall never end; without a shadow of darkness Thou wilt tune my voice forever. I will sing and dance before Thee; the germ of happiness in my soul will I nurse as Thy holiest gift. For of all the trees which Thou hast planted in the soul of men and angels, this is the most glorious; for it is the perfection of Thy Voice, which singeth in all Thy living creatures. (Lika 19:11)
For the chief virtue of the words lieth in the discipline of the young mind; holding him steadfast after the orderly manner of the angels in heaven. And because he repeateth it with thee, he learneth to honor thee with good rejoicing. And when the sons and daughters are yet small, thou shalt teach them to work; inspiring them above all things not to fall into idleness, which lieth at the borders of hell. But overtask them not, nor give them pain; remembering they are to be thy glory, which Jehovih bestowed unto thee to be in thy keeping, not for thy self-aggrandizement, but for their own delights and holy pleasures. For they shall sing and play, and clap their hands and rejoice and dance, for these are their thanks unto the Creator; and the earth shall be glad because they came into the world. Remember thou that labor shall be delight, and toil a great delight; to have it otherwise to thy children and to thyself is to prostitute man to be as a
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beast of the field. But thou shalt bring them into groups, and their labor shall be a frolic and full of instruction.(Bon 21:13-16)
With otevans to carry millions coursing along in the gardens of heaven, created by Thee, Jehovih, full of delight, strong, powerful! My most orderly heaven, teaching with song and high reverence to the Almighty! (Praise Ord: 5)
To find harmony in Thee, O Jehovih; to measure the Goodness of Thee; to rejoice in one's joys; to treasure Thy best gifts; to laud Thy love; to love Thee because Thou hast given me power to love, and things to love; to rejoice in Thy fruits and flowers and all perfected things; to harp forever upon Thy glories and the magnitude of Thy creation; to sing praises to Thee for harmony wherever found; to love to comprehend all good things; to find the food that is in all men and women; to rejoice in delights; to teach others to rejoice, and to search after all perfected beauties and goodness and righteousness and love; these shall be my service unto Thee, my everlasting Father. (Lika 18:25)
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The Wisdom of Inspiration from The Creator
Not immaculate is this Book, Oahspe; but to teach mortals how to attain to hear the Creator's voice, and to see His heavens, in full consciousness, whilst still living on the earth; and to know of a truth the place and condition awaiting them after death. (Oahspe 1:24) Then Jehovih spake to the Lords, saying: As God hath built a kingdom in Hored, and reigneth over this heaven, and over ye and your helpmates, so shall ye build kingdoms on the earth, and ye shall rule over mortals in My name, teaching them of Me and My everlasting kingdoms in the firmament above. In testimony of my 29
voice receive ye this raiment of silver and gold from My archangels. (Sethantes 1:34) One Great Person, even Egoquim, Creator and Ruler over all in heaven and earth. Him shalt thou have and no other God, nor Lord, nor idol, nor man, nor angel, to worship, forever! Him shalt thou love above all things in heaven above, or on the earth, or in the waters of the earth! And thou shalt teach him to thy children, and command them to teach Him to their children, and so on forever! (1st God 6:1-4) Now, as to Jehovih and His creations, in magnitude and perfection, they shall be ever kept before the child's mind, to exalt its gratitude and adoration, and to make it rejoice in its own life. For there is not, in all the philosophies in all the world, wherewith to restrain the private life and habits from secret vice, save through belief in Jehovih's eye being ever upon us. (Kingdom 9:15-16) Zarathustra inquired of I'hua'Mazda what was the best, most potent thing for the generations of men. Then answered I'hua'Mazda, saying: The best, most potent thing for the generations of men is to teach the very young child the ever presence of the All Potent Eye, which sees into the body of mortals, into the behavior of mortals, and into the soul. (God’s Word 22:15)
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To Thee, O Jehovih, are all things committed, even as from Thee they came forth. Thy Voice is ever upon all men, but they hear Thee not. Thine eye is observant of all men, but they believe it not. To teach men these simple things, is to make Gods of them. To open up their understanding, to find Thee, to know Thee, and to realize Thy Ever Presence, to become one with Thee, this is the labor with Thy Gods, and Thy Lords, and Thy holy angels. (Fragapatti 24:6) Being one with God, thou shalt labor even as he laboreth; and thou shalt descend to the earth, even to My corporeal Son, Po, who hath been prepared in My name, and with him shalt thou walk the earth four years. And thou shalt speak in My name, establishing Me amongst mortals, to the end that My chosen shall be delivered into My kingdoms. For thou shalt lead them away from the mortal kings, and teach them to know Me as their only King. (Cpenta-Armij 5:6)
According to Thy Light, which Thou mayst bestow upon me, will I raise them up to know Thee, and to be a glory in Thy kingdom. First of my teaching unto them shall be, to make them know Thee, and to remember that Thy eye is upon them, and Thy hand above them, to bless them according to their wisdom, truth, love and purity. (Kingdom 5: 30-31)
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At an early age, infants can be taught that to serve Jehovih bringeth happiness; to serve mortal inspirations and surroundings (satan) bringeth unhappiness. Therefore, though ye teach our infants about diet and architecture and clothing and all other things, ye will still be but little improvement on Uz, save ye teach them that the chief aim of life should be to develop the spiritual man that is within. (Kingdom 8: 28-29)
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