Volume 11 · Chapter 23

THE WEALTH OF RAEL UPON this I strengthened Rael who felt terribly guilty within because of the apparent reproach, and at once he became glad again and his heart felt merely the joy of My presence, and all unnecessary feelings of guilt disappeared.

[GGJ.11_023,02] At that same moment his body received the necessary strength to move without the help of his servants. And this feeling of strength that flowed through him gave him such great bliss that he again gave an eloquent testimony as to who I was and urged all those who were present to also praise Me. I told him not to do that, just like before, for the known reasons, and I invited everyone to visit the landed property of Rael that was worth seeing because this would inspire everyone.

[GGJ.11_023,03] Now we walked through the different rooms of the house which on the outside, at the side of the road, had nothing in common with the normal Jewish architecture, but seemed to have a complete Greek architecture from the inside, especially on the side of the garden that was closed to prevent nosy looks. One could see in the rooms a great number of Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Indian objects of art that were tastefully arranged and which gave the rooms a very special and cozy appearance so that many of My disciples, who never lived in such beautifully arranged rooms, could not stop looking around. It was not so much about the wealth there but the perfectly artful taste that was apparent everywhere and which gave a very harmonious impression.

[GGJ.11_023,04] The same could be observed in the garden that was completely arranged like a well maintained model garden, decorated with statues, fountains and green lanes, but because of the influence of the late autumn it looked considerably thinned out. My followers saw at Lazarus’ place also a nice and wealthy complex – the house as well as the environment – but the usefulness was clearly put forward there, but here it was only oriented towards artful beauty.

[GGJ.11_023,05] Now there was a discussion going on, first among each other and then more in general, about the question whether, while pursuing spiritual goals, it was justified to Me to at the same time clearly ogle the world and its treasures, and whether it was not rather objectionable to surround oneself with such luxury that was obviously only meant as a lust for the eyes and could easily make the soul to fall asleep. Answering this question was the reason why I had invited My followers to look at the wealth of Rael who clearly had great joy that also I was attentively listening to him while he tried to emphasize the beauty of the separate, especially beautiful statues while praising the artful workmanship. My disciples were very surprised about this interest which was in direct contradiction with My former destruction of statues of idols which were also made with great workmanship.

[GGJ.11_023,06] When we were now standing before a statue of Apollo that was put in a recess in the wall that surrounded the garden, bordered by bushes and standing out against the dark background, there was no limit to their amazement, for they thought that this idol image, just like other idol images before, had to disintegrate into dust in My presence.

[GGJ.11_023,07] It was even more shocking to them when we entered a small round construction where there was a whole collection of idols – all works of art of high quality which, by their positioning and tasteful arrangement, gave this temple-like space an unusually beautiful and exalted style. Especially for the former orthodox Jews those images were an abomination, because in the presence of Jupiter, Mars, Apollo, Venus, Minerva and Ceres and even Pluto, My presence seemed impossible to them. But the fact that I listened to the explanation of Rael who told Me the names of the artists that made the images as if this was completely unknown to Me, was completely beyond their understanding. However, they all felt that something special must be the basis of My strange behavior in this house, and they kept quiet, curious to know what would come after this exceptional interest of Mine.

[GGJ.11_023,08] When Rael had shown all his treasures, with explanations of origin and age, we came back in the hall and occupied our former seats.