Journey

Joys & Sorrows 
And so this light of eternal Unity has shown in all ages and among all nations, through chosen Messengers of God, who came as men to dwell among men, to share their joys and sorrows, to suffer for them and with them -- aye, and to suffer more than falls to ordinary mortal lot -- that so their message and their life might fulfill the eternal and unchanging purpose of the Most High -- to lead man to his noblest destiny.

The One Truth  
Ever this eternal light of Unity, this mystic light of God's own Will, has shone and shines with undiminished splendor. The names of many Messengers are inscribed in the records of many nations and many tongues, and many were the forms in which their message was delivered, according to the needs of the times and the understanding of the people; and manifold were the lives of the Messengers, and manifold also was the response of their people; but they all witnessed to the One Truth: of God's unity, might, grace and love.

Ignorance & Misunderstanding  
As the records of man are imperfect, and the memory of man unstable: the names of many of these messengers are known in one place and not in another, or among one people and not among others; and some of their names may have perished utterly; but their message stands one and indivisible, even though it may have been forgotten, or twisted by ignorance, error, superstition or perversity; or misunderstood in the blinding light of time or tortuous Circumstances.

Ancient Wisdom  
Many were the faiths in the composite world of Western Asia, Northern Africa, and Europe, and many were the fragments of ancient wisdom, saved, transformed, renewed, or mingled; and many new streams of wisdom were poured through the crucibles of noble minds -- prophets, poets, preachers, philosophers, and thinking men of action; and many were the conflicts, and many were the noble attempts reaching out towards Unity, and many were the subtle  influences interchanged with the other worlds of further and Eastern Asia -- aye, and perchance with the scattered Isles of the Pacific and the world between the Atlantic and the Pacific.