{"id":1423,"date":"2020-06-23T21:41:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T21:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=1423"},"modified":"2020-06-23T21:41:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T21:41:04","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-wednesday-june-24th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2020\/06\/23\/lectionary-readings-for-wednesday-june-24th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Wednesday, June 24th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book of the Arc of Bon Chapter 21, Chapter 22<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 21<\/span><\/p>\n

HISTORY OF CHINE (TSCHIN\u2019E), OF JAFFETH, FOUNDER OF CHINA.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

1. These are the generations of the seven antecedents of Chine, the chosen of the Great
\nSpirit, Ormazd, otherwise, in Fonecean, Eloih; that is to say:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Tse’wong begat Hi-gan, who begat Ah So, who begat T-soo Yong, who begat Ah
\nPaing, who begat T-chook Lee, who begat Tschine Loo, who begat Ah Sho’e, who begat
\nTschin’e (Chine), gifted in su’is and sar’gis of six generations.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Of these, T-soo Yong and Ah So were prophets of Jehovih (Ormazd), and Ah Sho’e
\nwas a seer; but the six generations could hear the Voice, and they walked upright, keeping
\nthe commandments of Jehovih as revealed in the Zarathustrian laws.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Ah Sho’e was a basket-maker, and after the manner of the man, Zarathustra; and Chine,
\nhis son, was the fourth birth of Ah Sho’e’s wife, Song Heng. Like Moses, Chine was of<\/span>
\ncopper color, and very large, but his hair was red, like a fox, and he was bashful and of
\nfew words.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Ah Sho’e, i.e., Chine’s father, said: I have had other sons; my words are wise and true;
\nChine was unlike any child born in the world; for boy child, or girl child, no physician
\ncould tell which, but rather to the boy kind was he. The angel of Jehovih (Ormazd) came
\nto me before the birth and said: The child shall be called Chine, signifying no sex; as it is
\nwritten among the ancients, i-e-su, having no earthly desires. For he shall restore the
\nchosen people of Jehovih.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Whereof I told the physicians before the birth, but they would not believe.
\nNevertheless, by command of Jehovih, I sent for seven physicians to witness the birth,
\nlest it be said afterward the surgeons have dealt wrongly with the child at its birth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. These physicians came to wit: Em Gha, Tse Thah, Ah Em Fae, Te Gow, T’si, Du Jon,
\nFoh Chaing, and Ah Kaon, and they beheld the child born, whereto they made oath, and a
\nrecord thereof, touching the strangeness of such a birth, and of the prophecy of its coming
\ninto the world; this record was put in the Ha Ta’e King (library) of record belonging to the
\nSun King.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Being now in my old age, I, Ah Sho’e, put these things on record, of which hundreds
\nhave come to ask me concerning the youth of Chine.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. First, that he was the laziest of all children, and dull past belief. For his brothers and
\nsisters mocked him, concerning my prophecy, as to becoming a great man.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Second, he ate less than a small bird (Fa’ak), and grew so thin we were ashamed of
\nhim in his childhood; verily was he nothing but skin and bone, with a large head.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Third, when he walked about, the stools and tables moved out of his way; and yet no
\nhand touched them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Fourth, the angels of Jehovih oft carried him about the hut, and would lift him up to
\npick fruit from the trees.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Fifth, he never laughed, but was serious and pleasant, like an old man that had
\nabandoned the world. But he spoke so little no man knew whether he was wise or stupid.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. When he was three years old his mother weaned him, or rather he weaned
\nhimself. And from that time forth he never ate but fruit and nuts and grains of rice.
\nWhen he was sixteen years old he began to grow suddenly large and strong, and of
\ndeep color. Whereat I procured a teacher for him; but lo, and behold, he could learn a
\nwhole book in a day. He learned by hearing once; neither forgot he anything he learnt.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. In his twenty-second year he began to talk, and the angels of heaven spake through
\nhim also. And great was his speech.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. From sunrise in the morning until late at night his tongue ceased not to speak. And his
\nmouth moved as if it were the mouth-piece of heaven. For when one angel had discoursed
\nbefore the audience for a while, then came another and another, and so on; and when
\nnone came, then spake Chine himself.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. And there came before him men of great learning, and philosophers, to try him as to
\nhis knowledge; but they all went away confounded, as if they were fools. Neither was it
\npossible to ask him a question he could not answer correctly. Whether it was to read a
\ntablet or to reveal the size and build of a temple he never saw; or the sickness of a man
\nwho was far away; for all things were to him as an open book.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>18. For four years this great wisdom remained in him, and his fame spread from the east
\nto the west, and from the north to the south; no man knew how far. When he was asked
\nhow far he could see and hear, he said: Over all my land. And he marked with his finger,
\nsaying: On this tablet, Chine land!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. Thus was the country named Chine (China), which it beareth to this day.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. Ah Sho’e said: Suddenly Chine’s abundant speech ceased, and he answered only
\nyea and nay to all things. And he was silent for seven years and eighty days. And
\nthen the angels from the second heaven came to him. After that he spake not as man
\n(save in private), but he spake as the All Light, whereof the world knoweth the rest.
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Chapter 22<\/span>
\n<\/span>1. Chine said: I am a man only. I am the All Light. My voice is that that liveth forever.
\nWorship not Me; worship not man; worship All Light. I am Jehovih (Ormazd) Ever
\nPresent. Because of My abundance in man, man openeth the mouth; maketh words.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. To know Me is to know all things; he who striveth to Me is My chosen. He who
\nknoweth not Me proveth not Me; he who knoweth Me can not prove Me. To every self
\nam I T<\/span>HE <\/span>S<\/span>ELF <\/span>of that self. To perfect that self which is in all selfs; such a man is one with
\nMe. To travel on such a road; that is the right road.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Hear Me, O man! I come every three thousand years; I newly light up the world. My
\nvoice cometh upon the souls of men; thy All Highest is Me; thy all lowest is sin. Two
\nthings only set I before thee, O man; the Self that is Myself, and the self that is thyself.
\nWhich wilt thou serve? For hereon hangeth either thy resurrection or thy hell.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. In the time of the first of ancients I asked the same questions. Whoso said: I will serve
\nThee, Ormazd, Thou All Self, he was My chosen. Whoso answered: I will serve the self
\nof myself, was satan’s. The latter went on the wrong road. Their trail was blood and death;
\nwar, their glory.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. They fell upon My chosen; like tigers have they pursued them. I called out in the
\nancient days: Why persecute ye My chosen and destroy them? And they answered: They
\nwill not war; they serve not our king; they serve the King of kings; they practice peace;
\nthey uphold not our God.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. But I stretched forth My hand from the second heaven; I bowed down to My virgin
\ndaughter, the troubled earth, Ma-lah. And I took My chosen and put them in Brahma’s
\nhand; and they were shapely and fleet-footed, valiant in love and good works. And I sent
\ngreat learning unto the sons of men, and wisdom and peace and great rejoicing.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. And Ma-lah blossomed and was fragrant as new honey, and cleanly and full of virtue.
\nHer daughters hid the thigh and ankle; their full breasts were concealed and their words
\nwere of modesty.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Her sons were early to rise; producing abundance, and with songs of rejoicing, and
\nwith dancing. For My beloved shaped the ways of man; their progeny were as the sweet
\nblossoms of an orchard; as the fragrance of red clover. I said unto them: Fear not; thy
\nsons and thy daughters are a great glory to thee. Count thou the days of thy wife; and
\nrejoice when the birth draweth near; for it is fruit of Me and of thee.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. And they taught the little ones to clap their hands and rejoice; I made them for
\nthis. Sing, O earth! Hold up thy head. I said to My beloved, for Mine is a place of<\/span>
\nglory and sweet love, sparkling with good delights. None could restrain them; like
\nyoung colts, and young lambs at play; their capers were unceasing and most tender.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. This was My good creation; the bliss of My chosen; this was My shapely earth in the
\ndays of peace; in the times of My chosen. Nor war, nor weeping was there; nor hunger
\nnor thirst; nor famine; nor fields lying waste; nor sickness, nor evil diseases; nor cursing,
\nnor swearing; nor lying; nor deceit; nor hardships and sore toil, nor any evil thing under
\nthe sun.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. I, the All Light, Jehovih, have spoken. Will they hear My words? How will man judge
\nMe, the Creator? Hath he gone amongst My beloved; and My upraised who obey My
\ncommandments? Hath he seen the beauty of the earth in the hands of My chosen?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. O man! Thou fool! Thou goest into a dark corner and sayest: How dark! Thou
\ngoest before my enemies and sayest: What a vain creation! Or searchest amongst them
\nthat serve not Me, and sayest: Miserable world! Amongst them that hat Me, and
\nsayest: How wickedly they kill one another. O that Jehovih had made a better creation!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Thou criest out: There is no happiness on the earth; all is misery and sorrow and pain
\nand death! And this is thy standard, O man, to judge thy Creator! Thou sayest: There is no
\npeace, nor delight, nor love, nor harmony on the earth!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Stubborn man! And contrary, and of narrow judgment! O that thou woulst stand in a
\nclean place and high, and then judge! Hast thou measured My chosen, who have faith in
\nMy Person! Why hast thou treasured thyself? And put thyself uppermost of all things?
\nWho hast thou found that denied My Person, but dwelt in lust and self-conceit?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. Where is thy standard, save the All High? What is thy dispute about the all low? If I
\ncall Myself the All High art thou better pleased? If satan calleth himself the all low, wilt
\nthou be satisfied? Or shall a man not speak of the All High? nor of the all low? Are there
\nnot such things? And shall they not have names?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. Thy wicked hand riseth up against My chosen, to lay them in death. And when
\nthou hast trailed the earth over in blood; and thy hand is wearied with destruction, and
\nthy little ones have not wherewith to eat, thou prayest: O Father, help Thy little ones!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. I have spoken.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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