in the boat of transcendental knowledge you
will be able to cross over the ocean of
miseries."
Bhagavad Gita As-It-Is, Chapter 4, Text 36,
(Hinduism, Translator: A.C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami Prabhupada)
Taken to see a man claiming to be the
second coming of Christ (This man had no
connection to Baha'ul'llah and the Bab), I
didn't believe him at first, but because of
several ruses he'd used to demonstrate
spiritual abilities, I began to believe he was
true. But I soon recognized his falsehood.
What initially made this distinction
difficult for me, however, was that the man
spoke many truths, he showed many signs
and wonders, and he behaved initially with
the actions of a saint. If it had been simple to
discern, the Lord would not have found
need to warn us of such false claims. If the
deception were attended by an obvious
falsehood, then warning would not be
necessary. Christ warned about the false
prophets and messiahs because they would
come in many believable faces, showing
many believable signs. If these counterfeit
messiah's were to come bearing the face of