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Strong traditions indicate that following the [[crucifixion]] of Jesus, Martha went to France to propagate his teachings. Her relics are in the church dedicated to her in Tarascon, France. | Strong traditions indicate that following the [[crucifixion]] of Jesus, Martha went to France to propagate his teachings. Her relics are in the church dedicated to her in Tarascon, France. | ||
== Martha, Mary and Lazarus == | |||
Mary, the sister of Martha, reembodied as [[Mary Baker Eddy]] and brought the teachings of Jesus Christ, Mother Mary and the [[Saint Paul|apostle Paul]] in her Christian Science textbook and writings. She is known as the Ascended Lady Master [[Theosophia]]. | Mary, the sister of Martha, reembodied as [[Mary Baker Eddy]] and brought the teachings of Jesus Christ, Mother Mary and the [[Saint Paul|apostle Paul]] in her Christian Science textbook and writings. She is known as the Ascended Lady Master [[Theosophia]]. | ||
In this relationship, Mary was a focus for the devotion of the heart, the path of the mystic, whereas Martha represented the reasoning of the mind, the path of the occult. In Lazarus we find the heart and head united in the action of the hand of service to Christ. | |||
The sacred mysteries that were taught to Mary, Martha and Lazarus during their last supper with Jesus before his crucifixion were anchored in their [[four lower bodies]] as a record of cosmic Truth they were to bring forth at a later time. Lazarus reembodied in the twentieth century as a teacher of Christian Science whose ministry of healing has touched countless lives. | |||
The mission of these three lifestreams has formed a threefold flame down through the centuries, and the love of Mary and Martha has become the essence of wisdom, a legacy for the age, while it was the destiny of Lazarus to go forth and proclaim the highest teachings of the Christ and to demonstrate those teachings by the actions of the Law. | |||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Elizabeth Clare Prophet, October 10, 1992. | Elizabeth Clare Prophet, October 10, 1992. | ||
{{PTI}}, chapter 5. | |||
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