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And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) how that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable [or, unspoken] words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter." AND I KNEW SUCH A MAN WHETHER IN THE BODY OR OUT OF THE BODY I CANNOT TELL GOD KNOWETH HOW THAT HE WAS CAUGHT UP INTO PARADISE AND HEARD UNSPEAKABLE OR UNSPOKEN WORDS WHICH IT IS NOT LAWFUL FOR A MAN TO UTTER
ust look for a home in the air, and afterwards in the ether. This would seem to mean, besides the constant injunction to detachment, that he must be prepared to inhabit first a psychic, and then an etheric body; the former being the body of dreams; the latter, the body of the spiritual man, when he wakes up on the other side of dreamland. The gradual accustoming of the consciousness to its new etheric vesture, its gradual acclimatization, so to speak, in the etheric body of the spiritual man, is what our text seems to contemplate. 43. When that condition of consciousness is reached, which is far-reaching and not confined to the body, which is outside the body and not conditioned by it, then the veil which conceals the light is worn away. Perhaps the best comment on this is afforded by the words of Paul: “I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such a one caught up to the third heaven.  PATH OF POWER MUST LOOK FOR A HOME IN THE AIR AND AFTERWARDS IN THE ETHER THIS WOULD SEEM TO MEAN BESIDES THE CONSTANT INJUNCTION TO DETACHMENT THAT HE MUST BE PREPARED TO INHABIT FIRST A PSYCHIC AND THEN AN ETHERIC BODY THE FORMER BEING THE BODY OF DREAMS THE LATTER THE BODY OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN WHEN HE WAKES UP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF DREAMLAND THE GRADUAL ACCUSTOMING OF THE CONSCIOUSNESS TO ITS NEW ETHERIC VESTURE ITS GRADUAL ACCLIMATIZATION SO TO SPEAK IN THE ETHERIC BODY OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN IS WHAT OUR TEXT SEEMS TO CONTEMPLATE SUTRA FORTY THREE WHEN THAT CONDITION OF CONSCIOUSNESS IS REACHED WHICH IS FAR REACHING AND NOT CONFINED TO THE BODY WHICH IS OUTSIDE THE BODY AND NOT CONDITIONED BY IT THEN THE VEIL WHICH CONCEALS THE LIGHT IS WORN AWAY PERHAPS THE BEST COMMENT ON THIS IS AFFORDED BY THE WORDS OF PAUL I KNEW A MAN IN CHRIST ABOVE FOURTEEN YEARS AGO WHETHER IN THE BODY I CANNOT TELL OR WHETHER OUT OF THE BODY I CANNOT TELL GOD KNOWETH SUCH A ONE CAUGHT UP TO THE THIRD HEAVEN
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