Dahesh’s Voice is a confirmation and fulfillment to what Lord Christ told his Disciples about the Mission of the “Comforter,” who is the voice of righteousness that listens to the Heavenly Father and foretells what will happen. The teachings of Dahesh are considered to be continuity to the Gospel of Lord Christ and a clarification to what is misinterpreted and misunderstood. In addition, he supplements Lord Christ’s Gospel with material that only an advanced scientific mind of the 20th century could understand.
Daheshism does not recognize an “absolute truth” that can be monopolized by a certain religion or sect. God’s perfect justice and love to His creation guarantee the delivery of a spiritual truth to all nations of the world. God’s Prophets addressed those nations in accordance to their intellectual abilities and environment, because people are different in their way of thinking and their environment. Absolute truth is within God and nowhere else.
According to this realization, it is important for us to understand the relative spiritual knowledge that Lord Christ spoke of in the Gospel according to John:
“I have told you this while I am still with you. The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and make you remember all that I have told you.” (John 14:25-26)
“The Helper will come—the Spirit, who reveals the truth about God and who comes from the Father. I will send him to you from the Father, and he will speak about me, because you have been with me from the very beginning.” (John 15:26)
“But I am telling you the truth: it is better for you that I go away, because if I do not go, the Helper will not come to you. But if I do go away, then I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will prove to the people of the world that they are wrong about sin and about what is right and about God’s judgment. They are wrong about sin, because they do not believe in me; they are wrong about what is right, because I am going to the Father and you will not see me any more; and they are wrong about judgment, because the ruler of this world has already been judged. I have much more to tell you, but now it would be too much for you to bear. When, however, the Spirit comes, who reveals the truth about God, he will lead you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own authority, but he will speak of what he hears and will tell you of things to come.” (John 16:7-14)
The special position that Lord Christ holds in the writings of Dahesh and his prayers
Dahesh dedicated certain writings to several Prophets and Spiritual Guides in order to show their virtue—as with Socrates, Buddha, and Mahatma Gandhi; may write about them in a short story style—as is the case with the Prophet Moses; may expand their expressions to tens of pages—as with psalms of King David and with Muhammad, the honorable Arabic Messenger; may have the prayers contained in an entire book—as with King Solomon in “The Song of Songs,” and the Prophet Jeremiah in “The Lamentation of Jeremiah.” However, he wrote about Lord Christ in a special way and was inspired to write many prayers aimed at glorifying him and had many writings about his great influence on the human civilization. He also was inspired to write a complete book on Lord Christ’s life during the childhood years of 12-15. It is a book that can be considered to be the Fifth Gospel—it is an inspired Gospel written by Christ himself in the style of a Diary.
In a chapter of his book “Memoirs of a Dinar” and under the heading “A prophet is respected everywhere except in his homeland…” Dahesh describes Lord Christ as the “Master of the noble revolution” that was aimed at destroying the shackles of tyranny and slavery since Earth’s creation. However, his loud cry fell on deaf ears. Lord Christ carried no weapon other than the one of truth and the belief in God and Divine Justice. He attacked without fear the oppressive Roman Empire and did not seek to hold a truce with evil. On the contrary, he fought evil to death in order to provide salvation for those he had descended to Earth for. He continued with his Gospel calling on those willing to accept the truth to rebel against the empire of tyranny and bloodshed. However, very few of clean hearts answered his calling. Despite that, he did not become hopeless and continued to attack the Roman Cesar represented by Herod, the tyrant of Palestine and without taking any precautions to protect himself. His noble revolution led him to sacrifice himself for the sake of humanity—an act that was rewarded by placing him on the cross. What a horrible oppression!
After delivering his message, Lord Christ returned to his Heaven, however, humanity refused his liberation and remained tied by the shackles of oppression and torture and also remained plagued with evil and misery. Dahesh, the returning Christ says: “Now, they are addressing their prayers to him, resorting to him during their hours of sadness, and seeking him for relief from their pains and sorrow. Now, they are respecting his legacy, sanctifying his memories, reciting his wonderful phrases, and praising his miracles. You have lost, you evil spirits! Because you have persecuted your prophets and messengers when they were in your midst and only when they have departed your world that you become appreciative of their value and become regretful. However, at that point, your regrets won’t do you any good on Judgment Day.”
As to the book “Memoirs of Jesus of Nazareth,” any words of praise about it would not be a substitute for reading it. In the introduction of the original Arabic version, Dr. Ghazi Brax says: “Dahesh did not introduce us to an historical biography with references that have been proven to be factual or false and he certainly did not compose a hybrid story of fact and fiction, rather, he introduced us to Lord Christ in the flesh and blood and to his touching and amazing life story during his childhood years. In that period, his Spiritual talents blossomed and life began to weave for him threads of great hope and tremendous suffering. It is a tragic life that began with his family and his hometown and ended up in Golgotha. It is the inspired life of Jesus the way he lived it and the greatest intellectual and spiritual incident with a direct link to Lord Christ in two thousand years. Any one who gets a chance to read this valuable book with a pure heart and clear vision, will see himself entering a temple and feels the Spirit of Christ living within its lines. Actually, he will feel the rebirth of Christ’s hidden Spiritual Powers be extended to him across twenty centuries and can’t help but wonder: Didn’t Christ fulfill his promise and complete his covenant by his return to Earth?”
Yes, Christ did fulfill his promise and returned to Earth reincarnated in the body of Dahesh. He preaches, warns, comforts, disciplines, and brought the teachings of Christ to life after they had almost vanished from the hearts of believers and after having their pure spiritual essence transformed into superficial rituals. It is he who warns the world with a horrific end unless world governments back away from tyranny, greed, and moral degradation and replace them with spiritual values, mercy, love, and virtue and to form with each other a human family governed by brotherhood, equality, and human rights for all.
The following are two prayers by Dahesh addressed to Lord Christ from his book “Thunder and Lightening,” published in 1946:
Quintessence
O Lord Christ! O Sacrificial Lamb!
The Pure Spirit and universal Quintessence;
In You, we base our hope and reliance;
It is You, who offered His Pure Blood for our sins;
O Divine god, who forgets us not!
It is You, who gave us sanctuary and forgave our sins; Your Faith is the True Faith.
Messenger of Peace
O Glorified Lord Christ, the Messenger of Mercy and Peace!
O Extoller of Virtue and Amazing Purity.
O Divine Symbol and the Beloved Son of God!
It is You, who our hidden souls seek;
In You, is the hope of our uncertain Spirits.
O Son of God! Come close to us to strengthen our failing wills.
Touch our Spirits with Your Pure Fingers in order to cleanse them from sins.