From the earliest days of my youth I had wondered how it was possible for God to have made the Heavens and the earth in six days. I wondered how it could be that no man had seen God, yet Moses wrote of the creation as an eye-witness. I determined to search in the very core of the universe itself--the God-head--until the answer was revealed. I too would know the mystery of mysteries.

From the earliest days of my youth I had wondered how it was possible for God to have made the Heavens and the earth in six days. I wondered how it could be that no man had seen God, yet Moses wrote of the creation as an eye-witness. I determined to search in the very core of the universe itself--the '''[[Godhead]]'''--until the answer was revealed. I too would know the '''[[mystery]]''' of mysteries.

I turned to the solitude of the deserts; the wildernesses with their singing streams. I turned to the solitude of the ocean's vastness in vain search. Bewildered, I turned to meditation upon that part of myself which was created in the image and likeness of the God about whom I wished to learn. I found then the true meaning of, "Be still and know that I am God." My first lesson in universal knowledge.

I turned to the solitude of the deserts; the wildernesses with their singing streams. I turned to the solitude of the ocean's vastness in vain search. Bewildered, I turned to '''[[meditation]]''' upon that part of myself which was created in the image and likeness of the God about whom I wished to learn. I found then the true meaning of, "Be still and know that I am God." My first lesson in universal knowledge.

While in my meditation I felt myself drifting away into a sleep which was not sleep. I lost consciousness of my room, my bed, even my body. Yet I was not unconscious. The sensation of having my mind turned backward and inward persisted until I was no longer in possession of any earthly knowledge. I knew that I existed, and that was all. I did not exist in relation to anything I could recognize. All I could recognize was "ME". This was that part of me which was created in the image and likeness of God. It was to that ME that the Creator spoke. He could do nothing with the egotistical, misdirected personality which had evolved from the many incarnations as a creature of earthly flesh.  

While in my meditation I felt myself drifting away into a sleep which was not sleep. I lost '''[[consciousness]]''' of my room, my bed, even my body. Yet I was not unconscious. The sensation of having my mind turned backward and inward persisted until I was no longer in possession of any earthly knowledge. I knew that I existed, and that was all. I did not exist in relation to anything I could recognize. All I could recognize was "ME". This was that part of me which was created in the image and likeness of God. It was to that ME that the Creator spoke. He could do nothing with the '''[[Egotistic|egotistical]]''', misdirected personality which had evolved from the many '''[[Incarnation|incarnations]]''' as a creature of earthly flesh.  

The dizzy, backward journey from the realm of time as I knew it into the eternity of pre-creation was exhausting, yet there was no fear. There was no me to be afraid. I had become absorbed into the universe.

The dizzy, backward journey from the realm of time as I knew it into the '''[[eternity]]''' of pre-creation was exhausting, yet there was no fear. There was no me to be afraid. I had become absorbed into the universe.

I was spoken to while I was in this state. I say spoken to, yet there was no impact of sound waves upon my ear, and there were no words used. The speech did not come from somewhere else; it seemed to originate within me...and so it did, for I was not one with the universe. It was willed that I should know a certain fact, and instantly I knew it. God willed it, and as He willed so the entire universe, with me as a part of it, reacted.

I was spoken to while I was in this state. I say spoken to, yet there was no impact of sound waves upon my ear, and there were no words used. The speech did not come from somewhere else; it seemed to originate within me...and so it did, for I was now one with the universe. It was willed that I should know a certain fact, and instantly I knew it. God willed it, and as He willed so the entire universe, with me as a part of it, reacted.

I knew I was being transported somewhere, yet there was no sensation of motion. For the moment I was universal; and motion is physical. It occupies time and takes place in space, both of which are of this earth. It was being willed that I should be at a point in the past where a revelation was to be made to me and I was responding to that Divine Will. I was there!

I knew I was being transported somewhere, yet there was no sensation of motion. For the moment I was universal; and motion is physical. It occupies time and takes place in space, both of which are of this earth. It was being willed that I should be at a point in the past where a '''[[revelation]]''' was to be made to me and I was responding to that Divine Will. I was there!

Then the heavy tread ceased and a lesser one continued to approach. I could sense the nearness of a soul which was soon to become pure intelligence with me, moving onward toward its perfection. I knew the seventy old men had stopped while Moses, Aaron, Nadab and Abihu continued. Finally, only the one most advanced soul entered into the cloud which was the connecting link between spirit and matter. Too dense to be spirit and too ethereal to be pure matter, the cloud became the meeting place between the soul of a mortal man and the Eternal Soul.

Then the heavy tread ceased and a lesser one continued to approach. I could sense the nearness of a '''[[soul]]''' which was soon to become pure intelligence with me, moving onward toward its perfection. I knew the seventy old men had stopped while Moses, Aaron, Nadab and Abihu continued. Finally, only the one most advanced soul entered into the cloud which was the connecting link between spirit and matter. Too '''[[dense]]''' to be spirit and too '''[[ethereal]]''' to be pure matter, the cloud became the meeting place between the soul of a mortal man and the Eternal Soul.

As though I was reliving my life in the age of Moses I could see the prayers I had prayed being unfolded and flashed on the screen of cosmic consciousness at the same time as were Moses pleadings for the Israelites. These blended into a symphony of universal desire which was to be fulfilled before we returned to the shackles of mortal limitation. Yes, our return would hold forth a promise, given only to those whose spiritual eyes had been opened.  

As though I was reliving my life in the age of Moses I could see the prayers I had prayed being unfolded and flashed on the screen of '''[[cosmic]]''' consciousness at the same time as were Moses pleadings for the Israelites. These blended into a symphony of universal desire which was to be fulfilled before we returned to the shackles of mortal limitation. Yes, our return would hold forth a promise, given only to those whose spiritual eyes had been opened.  

Our surroundings changed from dimness to darkness and then to the blackness of inter-stellar space, where darkness becomes an impenetrable solid. When? How? There is no when; there is no how in eternity. As it is willed, so is it!

Our surroundings changed from dimness to darkness and then to the blackness of inter-'''[[stellar]]''' space, where darkness becomes an impenetrable solid. When? How? There is no when; there is no how in eternity. As it is willed, so is it!

Great anthropomorphic being that He was, He was recognizable as a man, a God Man. The wisdom that He imparted now came as if in words uttered by the figure which had appeared out of the blackness of before the creation of the sun, and now stood in all His glory before us. And our finite minds comprehended His words of wisdom. We were in the realm of, "...And God said, Let there be...and there was..."

Great '''[[anthropomorphic]]''' being that He was, He was recognizable as a man, a God Man. The wisdom that He imparted now came as if in words uttered by the figure which had appeared out of the blackness of before the creation of the sun, and now stood in all His glory before us. And our '''[[finite]]''' minds comprehended His words of wisdom. We were in the realm of, "...And God said, Let there be...and there was..."

It was of this revelation and the wisdom thus imparted to the writer during this experience when the astral man was out of the body that we wish to pass on to other seekers after truth. By the pattern which was first shown Moses in 1491 B.C. and revealed in this age to the writer, God foreknew, planned in advance each detail of the universe, even to the finite meanderings of the mind of man in search of happiness. By this pattern was the first Tabernacle built in the wilderness which symbolically prophesied every major event in the history of the world.

It was of this revelation and the wisdom thus imparted to the writer during this experience when the '''[[astral]]''' man was out of the body that we wish to pass on to other seekers after '''[[truth]]'''. By the '''[[pattern]]''' which was first shown Moses in 1491 B.C. and revealed in this age to the writer, God foreknew, planned in advance each detail of the universe, even to the finite '''[[meandering|meanderings]]''' of the mind of man in search of happiness. By this pattern was the first Tabernacle built in the wilderness which symbolically prophesied every major event in the history of the world.