The Real Father and Son

"And no man knoweth the Son, but the Father;
neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son,
and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him."

What reasonable explanation can we find to this passage unless we look for some hidden meaning behind these words of the great teacher? God alone knows the real son, forever hidden in the bosom of the Father. To God this idea of sonship must be pure, complete and perfect; divine, holy and indestructible. With our present limited vision we neither see nor know the real son but the Father

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within knows and understands.

'Neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son,
and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him."

God is revealed through the Son and the Son reveals himself to other sons when he realizes that God is his life. This implies a direct relationship between God and man.

If one would know God he must penetrate deeply into his own nature for here alone can he find Him. If he would reveal God to his fellow-men he must do so by living such a Godlike life that the Divine Essence flows through him to others. The only way to know God is to be like Him; and while this may seem discouraging in our present stage of evolution we should remember that we have but started on an eternal ladder which ever spirals upward.

When Jesus said to come unto him and find rest, did he mean that we should or could come unto his personality? Of course not. Jesus knew that his human personality would soon be dissolved in his divine individuality. He knew that he was soon to leave this world and go on to a deeper realization of life, truth and beauty.

It is evident, then, that he was referring to his understanding of life when he told all who are weary to come unto him and find rest. Had he not already explained that God indwells every soul? He was inviting people to penetrate more deeply into their own natures if they would find peace and comfort. This has ever been the lesson taught by the illumined and this has been the reason for their illumination.

Here is the lesson; we can find God only within ourselves and God can work for us only by working through

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us. God reveals Himself directly through the Son. The Son reveals God when he realizes that God is already within him. This understanding would not produce an undue conceit nor would it set man in the temple of God as God; but it would place a true estimate of value on the life of man.