Welcome to
Return Path to Eden
A message from
the Sounds of Silence
by Michael F. O’Keeffe
All
about the Aquarian Age Gospel
The
Little Book – sweet in the mouth, bitter in the stomach.
(The most important book ever written)
The
first day of the new age will be the Judgment Day; the Age of Aquarius is about
to commence. All who are found worthy
on that important first day will attend an introductory class – a very
difficult course of study. All who take
the remarkable course (given worldwide) will pass the test, which calls for
exceptional effort, concentration and will-power.
In
order to successfully complete this challenging test, one must walk the Return
Path to Eden (without looking back); must pass through the low, narrow gate,
and finally re-enter Paradise (a state of mind). Judgment Day will be an inspection, when Masters examine every
human soul – to determine all who are worthy (all who are prepared to take the
course and pass the test).
The
textbook for the New Age introductory course is The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ. This priceless book has been given to us to
help us prepare. All who are hopeful of
attending the challenging studies are now advised to carefully read this
precious book. (Transcribed by Levi
– from the Book of God’s Remembrance.)
This
web publication, “Return Path to Eden,” is dedicated to helping prospective
serious students become aware of (and familiar with) the
most important book ever written (The Greatest Story Ever Told).
Aquarian Gospel FAQs Judgment Day is Graduation Day
Aquarian Gospel Book Review Authenticity of The Aquarian Gospel
John (the Baptist) learns about the nature of death
Jesus speaks about reincarnation and karma
Jesus speaks again about reincarnation and karma
Jesus reveals the true nature of Heaven and Hell
Sermon on The Mount – Finally, a complete & unedited
version!
God, The Plan of
Salvation & the long journey of the soul
The man who really traveled in time
Divine
Procreation - We are His Children
Jesus speaks about labor and toil
Return Path
to Eden -- explained in a letter
Jesus speaks about the Oracle of Delphi
Jesus speaks about evolution and
creation
Jesus explains how to find the Ark of the
Covenant
Why a new book of Scripture now?
Jesus learns the ancient Hindu art of
healing
Maturity of soul Heaven’s Jailhouse
Binary
Souls - Man and Woman are One
Signs
of the "End Times"
The
Mystery – Revealed
Gang violence, catastrophes, terrorism, wars &
other signs of the times
The mystery of Karma and Christ’s
Sacrifice
(Why Jesus taught forgiveness)
The treasure buried in a field
How to buy the field containing buried
treasure
Birds,
ants and bees - Jesus speaks about animals
When the mother of John the Baptist died
Website Index & The Greatest
Paradox
Return Path to Eden
(Part
10)
About the Interpreter
(autobiographic sketch)
How I Discovered the Return Path to Eden
By Michael F. O’Keeffe
Introduction
to Autobiographic
The
great turning point of my life took place when I first read the “Aquarian
Gospel of Jesus, The Christ.” In this
amazing book Jesus teaches us how to become worthy of acceptance into that
space (that frame of mind) called “Heaven,” and how to become worthy of eternal
life.
I
divide my life into two categories, BC and AC.
BC (before I read Christ’s book) and AC (the period of my life since
then). BC covers the period from my
birth, August 28th, 1945 until that day almost 38 years later, when,
as I was reading, I realized the book I held in my hands (the Aquarian Gospel)
is a true, accurate and comprehensive account of the life of Jesus.
I
did not make note of the date (or even the year) but this occurred, as best as
I can recall, in the Spring of 1983.
The realization of the importance of what I had just discovered (and the
enormous implications) so affected me, that times and dates seemed unimportant,
and since then, time has been a blur.
(As I write these words, it is May, 2001.)
BC
certainly was a time of “sin.” I didn’t realize I was “going the wrong way”
(headed for a life of disaster and tragedy) until I read Jesus’ book. In fact, I considered myself a pretty decent
person. My personal philosophy and my
personal goals were based on one simple notion: “try to get some enjoyment out
of life without harming others,” and if I had a “religion,” it was based on the
idea, “always try to be kind.”
Yet,
Jesus’ book makes it very clear that we are required to do much more than
this. Each of us, as a child of God,
has certain responsibilities, which we must fulfill, and if we do not strive to
do our best to achieve our goal, we suffer tragedy and grief. The goal we are required to attain is called “the pearl of greatest price.” This gem is acquired by overcoming all our
carnal passions and desires.
He
(or she) who wastes his time and does not do his best to achieve this important
goal eventually suffers afflictions, pain, regrets and a difficult death. Yet he will eventually reincarnate, and be
given a chance to “try again,” with little or no conscious memory of past
lives. He who does his best (yet still
fails to achieve this goal) suffers minimal grief, and experiences an easier
death.
However,
he who succeeds has achieved “The Victory,” (has obtained the “pearl of
greatest price”) and thus, he finds the state of mind called “Heaven” and is
granted (when his earthly tasks are done) a joyous, painless transition to the
realm of soul (instead of experiencing death) and he or she is eventually given
a blessed and joyous reincarnation to this dominion (the physical realm) with
access to memories of previous incarnations.
(This is “eternal life.”)
Jesus
explains all this (and much more) in The Aquarian
Gospel of Jesus, the Christ. Honest
souls who carefully read this book will understand, but dishonest souls cannot
comprehend.
The following is a brief
overview of the BC period of my life, with a short introduction into what my
life has been like since I read The Aquarian Gospel.
BC
Hungry
for the Truth
When I was a young boy,
there were moments when I longed to know the truth. Intense moments. I
sometimes asked my mother some very fundamental questions about the whys and wherefores
of our existence, and the nature of God.
In response to this perhaps, she acquired a collection of many Bible
stories (adapted for children), which she often read to us.
The expulsion from the
Garden of Eden was an especially poignant story for me. I remember experiencing an intense
determination that, when I grew up, I would go search the ends of the earth, in
hope of finding the return path to Eden, and show others the way.
I expressed this desire to
my mother, and she told me of the power of prayer, and gently suggested I study
the Bible after I learned to read, and if I studied well, my efforts would
certainly help me find the return path to Eden.
I did pray, and soon after
I learned to read, I began to read the Bible in earnest (with high hope and
expectation). I read from both the
Hebrew and the Christian Testaments.
What a disappointment. I felt a
little angry with God, because I felt He could do better, and I told Him so.
I longed for a clearer
book, and prayed something like: “Excuse me, but I expected a book given to us by
God to be more clearly written. Surely
you are capable of giving us a book that is clear and easy to understand – a
book that spells it out simply and clearly – the mystery of life,... ‘what a
person is supposed to do,’ and tells us how to find the path that leads
back to the gate of Eden. I feel so
lost. (The Bible is so full of
ambiguities and long, arduous passages that offer little insight into our
relationship with God.) Please send me
a clear, unambiguous book.”
As time went on, I dropped
out of this "prayer mode," becoming absorbed in, and obsessed with,
sports, politics (as an avid observer) and the opposite sex (more than just an
avid observer).
Occasionally, the stresses
and disappointments of life caused me to search for “the answer” again; thus I
spent my sophomore year of high school in a seminary boarding school. But my three obsessions (as well as laziness
and slothfulness) overwhelmed my perseverance.
Went to college, and at the
beginning of my sophomore year, actually re-entered the seminary for a few
short weeks (still searching). The
requirement that all seminarians rise for morning Mass each day at 5:00 AM was
more than I could handle. I couldn’t
bring myself to rise each day at this hour.
This was not allowed, and thus, I was asked to leave the seminary.
I became agonistically
inclined, graduated from college (barely) quickly joined the U. S. Air Force as
soon as my draft notice arrived (Viet Nam was raging).
During my four years in the
Air Force, I met and married a lovely woman, and fathered a fine son (who,
years later, as an adult, made some shameful threatening phone calls to a
Jewish Community Center, and spent 8 months in a county jail – I am hopeful he
will become more enlightened one day).
We divorced 13 years into
the marriage – my fault, mostly – I had become obsessed with another woman, who
dropped me before my divorce was even finalized. What a fool! Before I
even knew it, I had gone through mid-life crisis and crashed – big time.
Devastated, I started
reading the Bible again (just Mathew, Mark, Luke and John – the rest didn't
interest me much) and ended up in the same place I had been as a child: wishing
for a book of clarification. I
could see that Jesus' words are indeed powerful, and I was convinced that a
mere man could not have spoken as He did, and concluded He must have had some
close connection with The Creator. I
wanted to know more.
I was haunted by the
feeling that the Four Gospels are not “the whole story;” that parts are
missing; perhaps parts of the Christian Bible had been altered or deleted. The more I read and re-read, the more I felt
this. I believed in the power of
prayer, however.
My prayer mode went
something like: "I would like to know the rest of the story!...request
Your help. I believe the truth is out
there somewhere. Perhaps there is still
a mystic scroll or tablet somewhere under a rock, or in a cave, containing the
missing information. Won't You guide me
to it?" I was intense about this, and I found myself spontaneously
repeating this "prayer mode" on a number of occasions.
One day (in the Spring of
1983, approximately) a woman friend handed me a book, without saying a
word. I took it home, but I was not
inclined to read it. "The Aquarian
Gospel of Jesus, the Christ;" ..."what an odd title," I
thought..."probably another one of those." It remained on a
shelf in my living room for weeks.
Out of respect for the
person who had given me the book, I decided one day to at least take a
look. I quickly realized it is
essentially the same familiar story as told by the Four Gospels – Mathew, Mark,
Luke and John. As I read on, I began to
notice two things: #1) There are details I had never come across before, and
#2) The prose is remarkably and exquisitely clear – no ambiguities, and no
long, arduous, irrelevant or enigmatic passages.
I noticed that most of the
new details are very pertinent – they shed light upon questions that had always
arisen whenever I studied the Christian Testament. I also noticed that these details are very satisfying – they make
sense, they are crystal clear, profound, and they are astounding. The further I read, the more astounding was
each page and chapter I read, and the more astonished was I.
And when I reached the
sections dealing with Jesus' public ministry in Palestine, the deep
profoundness and the crystal clarity of every page was so unique and so
inspiring (far beyond anything I had ever read) I realized I held in my hands
nothing less than the most precious thing that exists – the original, uncensored
Christian Testament – the original Gospel of Christ!
My prayers had been
answered. The clear, unambiguous book,
which I had requested as a small boy (and later as an adult) was in my
hands! First published in 1908, the
mystic tablet I long sought was now right in front of me – and had been
available in bookstores for many years!
Furthermore, I soon realized that Jesus’ many profound teachings, in
addition to being clear and unambiguous, also provide us with exactly what I
had resolved to find when my mother first read many Bible stories to us – the
Return Path to Eden!
Two thousand years ago
Jesus was tortured to death on a cross, and resurrected; and it had just dawned
on me that His word, which men, long ago, also “murdered and buried,” had recently
resurrected, and I was holding it in my hands! "How is it I have never heard of this book?"..., I
pondered, "...it seems few people are aware of this book and fewer still
are aware of its monumental importance.
How am I going to get the Word out?"
This book can rightfully be
called the second resurrection of Christ.
Any honest person who carefully reads this book in its entirety
cannot fail to realize this. A book
so profound has never been written, and I am sure the profundity alone is
enough to convince any honest, open-minded, sensitive person.
The Aquarian Gospel
contains the epic of the entire life of Jesus. The reader is privy to many
private conversations between Jesus and other masters of His time. As we read, we see and hear eyewitness
accounts of ancient events; we listen to verbatim instructions and explanations
Jesus spoke to His disciples in private.
By “listening in” on these
conversations, the reader is given a clear and concise explanation of who
Christ is, who we all are, and how we came to be here. Jesus also explains the nature of the
process we all are undergoing, as well as what is expected of each person; and
He advises that the return of Christ to Earth will coincide with the harvest
time of souls (the judgment day) and we must prepare.
This book (this
resurrection of the Word) in a very real sense, constitutes the return of
Christ, for if His word has returned, has not He returned? Certainly, this return of His word is a sign
that His return (in person) is very near.
I tried telling people of
this book. (Imagine my
enthusiasm.) Guess what? No response. Negative response.
"Go away,”… “leave me alone,”… “another Jesus freak!,”… “get out of
my life." Even those nearest and dearest to me shunned my pleas.
I couldn’t blame them
much. “Jesus freaks” and “evangelicals”
had been revulsion to me too, for many years.
How was I going to get people to realize – this is “for real,” …this
book is a genuine New Book of Scripture, which God has given us. I asked myself, “Am I the only person who
realizes this?” Of course, I knew that
I am not, but it sure has felt like it sometimes.
I ceased telling people
after a while, but occasionally, I still try to tweak someone's interest. After 17 years, I've managed to convince
only a handful of people... to do what?...only to read the most important
book ever written. (To this day, I
often read, study and re-read. It never
gets boring.)
I decided to change my
approach. Instead of telling people
about the Aquarian Gospel, I began to write encapsulated versions of this
remarkable book, with the purpose of bringing it's message to the attention of
open-minded, spiritual people. I
presented some of my best efforts to people I felt may be interested – among
family and friends. I was not very
successful. Almost none were interested
(to my amazement).
I have become painfully
aware that so many uninspiring, tasteless, misguided, misleading (and even
fraudulent) articles and books have been written about Jesus in recent decades that
many people are “turned off” and “tuned out” to the possibility of reading
anything that might be genuinely "new" and inspiring.
Furthermore, I realized
that I was not paying full attention to one of Jesus' most important
instructions: "a man cannot teach that which He does not demonstrate in
life," and I had to face the fact that my various summaries and synopses
of The Aquarian Gospel constitute an attempt to teach. (I am hopeful I will one day find the
strength to demonstrate in life that which I would teach.)
Meanwhile, I have completed
more than ten essays – reviews and synopses of The Aquarian Gospel, which I
consider worthy of publication, and I present them here (as well as the
complete text of The Aquarian Gospel).
I do not feel I can be called the author of these essays, but rather, an
interpreter. These essays (and three
poems) are my interpretation of "The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ."
After studying this book
for many years, I have also realized that the Aquarian Gospel is “the Little
Book,” which is prophesied to appear at this time of History, and would be
given to us by some strong person during these times of Revelations. The Foreword, which I have inserted at the
beginning of the text, explains how Levi became strong enough to open The Book
of God’s Remembrance, from which he transcribed the Aquarian Gospel.
(Note: this publication is frequently
revised, to improve clarity, prose, spelling and grammar.)
Go
to...................................………………….…...... Table
of Contents
Introductory
Essay……………………………“The Still, Small Voice”
Go
to……………………………………..…………. Letter to a Friend
Go
to……………………………………………….Our Conduit to God
Go to
…………………………….."A Portrait of Christ, The Messiah”
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to..............................................………............ Website Introduction
Go to
first essay, "The Profound and Simple Truth"....................Part 1
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next page - Links - ..................................................…….... Part 6
Go back one page - Epilogue -
.....................................……......... Part 4
Go
to..... Sermon on the Mount..................……....................Appendix A
Go
to.... What did Jesus say about:.................…..................Appendix B
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