Rubaiyat To be read carefully and in the light of our tumultuous days, reading between the lines in search of the spirit revealing an interpretation. To live according to the rules of sense, While with His dext'rous hand the Master Will teach us live at ev'ry made offence. Redeem me, Oh my God, from selfish pride That good and evil claims, while with the tide. Goes soberness; intoxicate my soul That both I may forget-be Thou my Guide! Take ev'ry day your Cup of Ruby Wine, Had Iblis tasted but one drop, he would For Knowledge longing, Oneness questioned me: "Commence to spell the Alphabet to me!" As I began: "Alif," the Oneness cried: "Enuf! No more! Who knows Alif, knows Me!" The church and mosque, the synagogue and school Entice men's souls to Heaven or Hell's pool; But those divining Allah's mystery Can never be deceived by foolish rule. ** And to the mosque I went, my special way, * Here at this blest Mohammed's tomb, I own To Thee, Allah, my sins and crimes alone, If I offended Thee-be merciful; Forgive, Oh Lord, my faults I now bemoan. Relying on Thy Grace, Omniscient God, Or evil was by sinners done or not. Khayyam! Why are you mourning for your sin? In mourning never solace can be seen. Seek company of only righteous men, An antidote from fools, pour out-it's pain! God planted a desire in man; how true. you Became perplext. I thot: "How can I slant My cup with wine and spill it not?-Can you?" Strike with all might this vessel's mortal clay, Strike brutes, and howl, I care not what you say; Yea, strike with lust this piece of earthly crust The spirit's flight you nevermore can stay. (To be Continued in Next Issue) THE PATH TO FREEDOM "Go ye forth into all the world and preach the gospel and heal the sick." The path to freedom is Mazdaznan. In times present and in the past there have been many who have told about and expatiated upon the goal, but few have been able to point the way in its simplicity. Christ demonstrated that in true individuality and the consciousness of life it becomes possible for man to attain even unto perfection. "I point the way unto truth and life," were his words, but of his great and efficacious system, his means and methods, it is not recorded that he gave it a name, but the simple key is made clear as we study Yehoshua and the gospel writings. It has been in the Infinite designs from time immemorial that truth and the treasures of immortal life should be free and open to all, yet organized and degenerate institu tions have done their utmost to keep these simple methods from becoming known in order that they might make use of the knowledge for their own selfish ends. It is certain that Christ in his time and place did not claim that his power and teachings originated with him at Jerusalem, for as his Aryan or Iranian blood and lineage shows it was known to him that those same principles of life were inaugurated and taught at a period of time and in environment greatly remote from the scene of his labors. The truths that he presented to his followers were identical with those given forth by Zarathushtra and by Ainyahita thousands of years ago. It has been acknowledged and conceded by the highest authorities that the records of antiquity prove that those self-same methods of health and breath, diet, exercises and prayers, so frequently referred to in the records of Ainyahita, and followed by Zarathushtra in his teachings among the Zend people, were given by Jesus to his followers. These same methods are advocated and practiced by Mazdaznan at the present time, and only in Mazdaznan can this teaching in its entirety be found. This is a fact which any one can prove for himself, and if the world continues to deny this truth it is unto its own condemnation. For: History repeats itself for the last time.-Guromano. |