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The lesson based upon the parable of the rich !e.r-l and the ~\,fj

beGgar, e.s giverl bJT Jesus, is one of a strictly me~aphysical

-characte) and should be analyzed and i!1terpreted meta,physically

in order to be understood. Of CO'l1rse \'le kno\'.' that thir episode

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trations an4 allegories tJ'lat Jesus gave so s[,1r1 t'ia.ll:'" i7ere to i

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tffheralcL or forerunner of' a new c:l \'ilizatior" ar:rj aTlotl:er l:ir.gd or:, , ~,~

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wrlicr.i. He c allee, tlie "kirigdorr; of the heavcr;.s "--r.ot a plac e. '::e -I

jha"':e I::istf,}:-en the tE;B.ching in tl1is respect and tho'Qght ths.t He iias f

telling us at out, & place trLat \ve wo~ld go to after Vie w&r"e d.ead, t

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i;it,.~I;,arid it.: rias been loce.lized soT.,evi}'1ere in trlE~ skies or on some distant t..~

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viltIl t~1ese o\'er f'ift".)7 different f'ara'tles. f;"'-;

He likened the kinedom of tr~e he a'Jer.s unto this: a nev," c onsc jous- I

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n~ss- into vmiC:l \7~: 6.G D. human fSl11ily, e.re de"tle1cpirlg; rulO He \i~,ted I

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to pr epar-e us for- ~l-,is nevI. ~cnsciousne ss. or thi s nev.' atti t'ud-e of ,.-' it

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(v;ere a gre8t vari6ty of frl1its and flo"'iers, 8~d 1'i6 Vl6re told tl~tat ~"~'i

"if; WO1..'_.1c~ be taken to that countr"jT some day, enc.. trl&t 17e sboulc: be :I :.

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pretal'ed to appreciate it b~" a f'uller studJT of the beauty o~ tri6 ~

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fY',,:,i t r.J'"!.5, fJoV{el-', "because ir..- we didrl't W6 vloulp' not undel'ste-r"d Tlor ~"i

f"&pprec ia te that surr.oundj-n[ th~ t \':e vlould b~ usrlerecl into. -f

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Isome }:ind, 01" trle grecEo of God, trLat V:6, \~itrlout our O'.'.Tl volition,

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vi:.thout E..r"lJ' efl"ort on our part, are to be ushered into a kingdorfi

just beCa1.1~e v,'e are good, accoro.ing to certf.jn n~an-foY'm-,:J.1E;.ted

stande-Y'ds? l:ot at ~ll; but \'1E; ruust de.Jelolj. ~';t :J11..'.st re~lize tllese

...pov-:ers o.f our souls. He gave t:-le illv_strr:..tion of the !rlan--and let

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us rerae!:,!ber, now, that both Lazarus and t.r,e rich m~n are d-escrip-:i,,:'ns ;:

'"of one Ir:arl. The riell Inf;.rJ. i£ tllE; n:arl who is enjcyinc t1"le ric.hes irl

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t.riis world of tl::e f'le:sh, e.nd- the poor marl, the bec,gar L~zarus, is

hi!: O-i,,'r. soul, C'l" r.is O'."I-l irln e 1" eorlscio'Qspess th{;;.t needs tlle food of ~

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practical applice. ticYl tc e~icryday life.

It doesn't necessc.rily mean trlst you. are a millionail"e.; but,i;

are ~TOI;, treasurinr ir:. vour rr.:!-nd the riches of t:-.;E: !:--iG.7E:y.ial v:orld?01 " .1,!

Your surrolmdir;.gs, \':r1-e-tev~' they nla:'f'" be? It 111:;'711' be thD,t you are ;Cf

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".'holE: a. ttention is fixed upon those thipgs and the Valuf; of those },,;'~.-~"!!:

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thin[;s, anc- if YO1,- enj cJ tl.;e sense life above B..c'1~~ thoucrlt of ;

sr::,iri1:,ual tr.cings, YO:l s:!:'e the ricr.. mar! and your soul is, like this

begGar, living on t,he merE: crU!!1bs that fa1l fro:!;; your tablE:; and

sooner or later you ",nll vial.:e up to th'e ff"ct trl&t 'jTO1J. are clutivating

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a 8tate of mino, and a state of physicaJ consciousness o".1t of 'I!I'hicl:. :

you are never go iT),: to Let full satisfaction. There \\'ill al,.,ays be a

lack, a gref;i.t desire, in your soul for sorriethir:.g higher.

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wilder-r-l.ess. The ve!~-y first ter:-~ptE;.tion, yo~ "..ill remember, by the ;..Sat-e.n, the adverse;r'y, or the sens~tioIl in the mar!, v.as to tl.:r'n the

stC!l1es :.nto bl"ead; IT;e.l:e sc'1?1ethinG substar!tial for the food of' that

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this T!ie.terial substs.nce alc'T16. You mUf:,t 1:8,,"e the ",ord of God. You"

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forgecttin[:; tl:is dai ly coI!1m'lillior. 1','i tl: the Sp:.ri t ,,;1 triir.i.? feedirJ.b O'..1r ;

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to the l:,oj.nt v;here the:T can overconle the 1iEi tetions of the fIe she ~

';Ie e.l1 1:r. 0 V,' r..c'.v lirrlited OUI' ca.p&c:ity .is, eXI:ressed tovi-ard the flesh,

in tre flesh body. Vie c~~ go only just so f~r ther'e; vie er~ cut off

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that:' Y~1-"JT i~3r!' t there I.lore satisff.ctior. .in trtis 1l."tlfoldrrl.:;,nt of tlie

5.:.111? Because v'e have. not er-l,roaclJ.ed tr"i ~ ~piri tual l~il-:.gc.Or:~. There

.is a kirlGo.ori of ~ir.d; V,'6 Ii \~e right 1 rl tl-le pre~,cr!ce. of ~rltolc ability, ..

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spiri tua1 ebi1ity, rIot only i~ oursel \~e~', b-~t ir~ the forces ~ound us, :;;,!'

much g reeter ano- mucrl fir.:.er irl e\;er~; wa:: trr::ri t!1E: force.:: tl:c.t ,ve e..l'e it{!:1

utilizinG" in our hOY;ieS in heatinc theIr:, ir" \-;ar';;linc then}, in ..."ar'ious t~ ;

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kirlgdoI;j mu.cl"l finer tharl trlat, and that :i~. the l~ir"gdom of mirJ.d: 8-'tld [."

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~.' fof thEt. psycr-J.icaJ '.::orl&, that soul viorlc., is this spiritual world,. 1:

It is not. someth:!-T1G avfs.7! o:,f irl the future. It is not sometl-..ir:.[;

tr;.& t vy'e &rE to inherit Rfter Vie are dead. Let -us r'emeruber that. ~'.Ie.,

are to t akf; ad..rarltage ot tllat right here andnoi'{. So vIe are told that

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the body dissol-r...ed; .that. is, they lE-ft trle boo,y, both of theTa. But-

orle went irJ.to the bosom of AbrallWl, s.r.d the other v:ent into Races. "..'~ ~ "" !

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state of bliss;rJ.ot heaverl. It 1s rlot tr1.e celE,stial realms thr,t they ~\:

,rv;erlt to, but Abre.haM's bosom repre£er.tec that plE.-ce of peace t:..rld f

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sat:isfr,ction ar.d harmor!y th£t ,icu16 CO~:lC to one 'V[lO vIas doir.;c the

riGht thing. Ar!d Hades, as you knovl, ,vas just e..~other na!Cle for tlJat

place in Jerusaler;; '.7here the ref-LIse of the cit~. \-:as bm"ned, the

;vallE::' o:!' Hinnoni. "I-lades" means '!the ab::ide of trle dead." Jesus ,.

called it a r-kCE: .-;l-LerE: trlE:rE: 1vas fire--bill"ninE:. '.-iell t:18,t might be 0

t::--ce troubled consc.iEnce. YO-cl }:-no'...', an accus:.ng conscience, ;e are

told., is hell, ana so regret--tr~o.t is a form of hell; a."ld a greE.t -:.'

"desire to attaj.n sometrlinr; t:J:-lat v;e can't just reach, that is the t

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l~o\'I', supr,osinc trlat that burr!ing desire--s.nq. that is at the

seat c.f all unfolcl.rneLt 0:' the soul; "\'!it~\o'clt that b"Llrninc c-esir6, Vfe

vlould be just clods; v!e Vl01116 not 1£,,\1(; E;;ny of' the Spirit 7;itliin us;

so, t}.ie one Source o~ our .e;.:istence has set. 1';ithin us, deep down

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ithirl our souls, tr,is greet des:.re, ar.d Vie are goirig for'.1a.rd, ~~~,?"~pushed ror..'rard. by thifi irn1e.te desire. E,ut. ','iC have to find trJ.e Vl6.Y to ~:i;

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sati sf:c tII[:lt.. desire, and it. is gi VeT"l to us to builc- our cl1ar'[c ter s

througl"l the "vay. Jesus Cl1:r'i~t said, "r an the way"; so, if ",:e v..oulc-

folloiv t1."li s CrJJ:'ist 5piri t, we \'i"O"'..ll15- fir..o- ail our desire s met, and

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espcci~lly c.".it.l-j the prJ.ysical side of eJ-:istence; and this produ.ceo

s. cros~ current, and tr.:.is cross curr'ent b1.1rns up tr.:.e verJ! cells of,::;;.,,;

the orgarJ.ifOru. 50, it is desire that is at the rc'ot of ou.r ills; and ~.;j ,

;-yet desir e is a good tr;.ir_g.' But hoy,. are you exprezs:.ng Y°1.1r desires? f

,"..~rJ.a.t aver.ue of expy-essi on are J"OU gi vir.£; trlem'? Are you in tl1is hell ~

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iof desir e, \7ithout its s at;isfactiorJ.! Are "you, like thi;;, ricl"2 young I

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l:'!a.r. in I-lades, .,-ith a burnirJ.g desire .for sense consciousness, and he I'\'larJ.ted P.brarlam t:! send Lazl:'.rus, and just for a drop of ',';ater, put a

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Dc, ~.ou knOYi" that if you [i ve yourself up to the de'Ye~op!!:erlt of

yo'ur ar,pE;tite, it may be thE!, t you might be called a very moderate".

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drinker, .out you are cu1tive.tirlZ the ic:ee. in your cor.:.sciousness, ~

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rigr.lt tr:.ere, that you he..,'e to have so211e Ir.aterial stimularlt; you rlEive

to have alcohol. There is a fi1'e, because that is not, the real source;,~

of your satisfa.ct;ion. But if you have a stl"ong appeti,te, it is "\rery £

.~ "Tevio.ent tr.i.6.t your soul is calling for the word of God, and thRt is i%

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is for these miGhty desires that '...'e~l 1:.p in JTour souls.

No',.;, this desil"e t~..rougrl the fIe sh is se.id to be tr..e red he~l ~c-.,

of those souls that have pas sed out. c.f' their fIe sl1 boo.ie ~ in tJle

'itr!c,ucht thr:. t t.l-le:T rJ.eeded material tr.:.ir.gs; that. trleir only sa t.i f::f:action t

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""01110 COlT.e thrOUg}l some fleshly f11lfj_llme!:t. You have all hear c. trle !,,''i;t

istory--I t.:lir"k J have tcld it many tinlEs--abo11t the marl ..vho--I tl-;.in};: ,

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drink, but it didn.!t taste rj-ght. .~nd' he said, "Bacl: in St. Louis, I },~, \

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to tr"e atter.lclant, "110\',' lon.::; 11&ve you beer. here?" "Ch," he said, "I ;""\t

~Iha,.e 'bee!1 rlere f'ift:., thousand years. j:~nd he said, II:ir.ttt is :Y°'.Jr 1

occupation? Vlriat do you do? II He s&id, "1 dot'll t do anytt.;.ing." Then I..t;i, J\'

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sa.~d. "¥.,n~"," he s£.id, "I \701116 ratr.er be in hell.!1 And tr:.e attendant

said, "-V{here do you- trl7--nJi YO";)' are?" Then I-ie st...id, "I used to nlav

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golf bac1{ on the earth. Do you hs.,\7e golf here?" "Certainl ,7 " they ¥.I , ." -,

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plt:,Y. The:~" :sot tl-.i8 cad.dies and l'..ad e\~erJ;-thing ref:!.cly, 8-'1d rle said, ..

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, "r ha\'e no balls. \i1'lerE a.l"e 'the be-lIs?" lJo, tr.ey hE:.d no balls. He ~

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be -..mderst.ood: triat is ar. overcor.1i~g in n-;a!"i'~' de\reloprient of t:-..iE ~2

f..,dyirlG. But ~ome of u~ have not yet nttaiped tr,e consciousness trw,t ~

, ~,Jes'_1s Chrif:t tcld -.18 VIe 8!-10uld &ttLiL: if ";,76 beliEvec in I-:ir:l, ',Ie 1

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Tl:e \i'hole vrorld today i ~ cr.ying Ol1t for tr~e f 00:: cf' the sO'Jl. ;""~

_Tr:.ey o_on't knO.,'I ',-;r...at tl:e~i Viant. The:))' tl-,-in1: the:,TY1-ant the pleasuret;,c

of t~J.e ...':oY'ld, r;,nc'i tr_87," are seel:ir.s satisfaction irl t~:ose plEe-sures, ;;;,f.

b~t !1onc' of ther.: ro"e 8atis:"ifd, and tr~e7~ 1"::cll rJ.e':er be 3~-: isfiecl ~::"~'i

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