From the Essenes Gospel of Peace: Excerpts from Book One – Purification in God’s Love, Part 2 of 2

The Essenes were often found in communities where meditation or prayer was an important part of daily life that was dedicated to God. With respect for all forms of life, the Essenes’ diet was purely vegetarian. Today we continue with enlightening excerpts from the Essene Gospel of Peace, as we learn more about the important connection between our physical and spiritual states. “When you can gaze on the brightness of the noonday Sun with unflinching eyes, you can then look upon the blinding Light of your Heavenly Father, which is a thousand times brighter than the brightness of a thousand Suns. But how should you look upon the blinding Light of your Heavenly Father, when you cannot even bear the shining of the blazing Sun? Believe me, the Sun is as the flame of a candle beside the Sun of Truth of the Heavenly Father. Have but faith, therefore, and hope, and love. I tell you truly, you shall not want your reward. If you believe in my words, you believe in Him who sent me, who is the Lord of all, and with whom all things are possible.”