24 That naught is naught; that power is but illusion; that heaven and earth and hell are not above, around, below, but in; which in the light of aught becomes the naught, and God is all.
25 Lamaas asked, Pray, what is faith?
26 And Jesus said, Faith is the surety of the omnipotence of God and man; the certainty that man will reach deific life.
27 Salvation is a ladder reaching from the heart of man to heart of God.
28 It has three steps; Belief is first, and this is what man thinks, perhaps, is truth.
29 And faith is next, and this is what man knows is truth.
30 Fruition is the last, and this is man himself, the truth.
31 Belief is lost in faith; and in fruition faith is lost; and man is saved when he has reached deific life; when he and God are one.
CHAPTER 23.
Jesus and Lamaas among the sudras and visyas. In Benares. Jesus becomes a pupil of Udraka. The lessons of Udraka.