The Path-Way

"Though I speak with the tongues of men and Angels, but have not Love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal."

"And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all Faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not Love, I am nothing."

"And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not Love, it profits me nothing."

"Love suffers long and is kind; Love does not envy; Love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, Hopes all things, endures all things."

"Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away."

"For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away."

"When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a men, I put away childish things."

"For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known."

"And now abide Faith, Hope, Love these three; but the greatest of these is Love." (1st Corinthians 13)( The Essene Gospel of Peace p. 19-20)

The Golden Cord

Now, Rabbi Barachia of the synagogue of Nazareth, was aid to Miriam in the teaching of Her Son. One morning after service in the synagogue the rabbi said to Yeshua as he sat in silent thought, "Which is the greatest of the Ten Commands?" And Yeshua said, "I do not see a greatest of the Ten Commands. I see a golden cord that runs through all the Ten Commands that binds them fast and makes them one. This cord is Love, and it belongs to every word of all the Ten Commands."

If one is full of Love he can do nothing else than worship God; for God is love.  If one is full of Love, he cannot kill; he cannot falsely testify; he cannot covet; can do naught but honour God and man.  If one is full of Love he does not need commands of any kind. And Rabbi Barachia said, "Your words are seasoned with the salt of wisdom that is from above. Who is the teacher who has opened up this truth to you?"

And Yeshua said, "I do not know that any teacher opens up this truth for me. It seems to me that truth was never shut; that it was always opened up, for truth is one and it is everywhere. And if we open up the windows of our minds the truth will enter in and make herself at home; for truth can find her way through any crevice, any window, any open door."

The rabbi said, "What hand is strong enough to open up the windows and the doors of mind so truth can enter in?"

And Yeshua said, "It seems to me that Love, the golden chord that binds the Ten Commands in one, is strong enough to open any human door so that truth can enter in and cause the heart to understand." (Aquarian Gospel ch. 17:1-12)

"The Lord our God is One Lord. And you shall Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength: this is the first commandment." "And the second is like, namely this, You shall Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these." (Yeshua- Mark 12:29-31)