The whole of Christ's teaching is summed up in the

prayer he gave us: the Lord's Prayer. In this book Omraam

Mikhaël Aïvanhov demonstrates and explains this. 'An

Initiate,' he says; 'follows the methods of Nature. A tree

with its roots and trunk, branches, leaves, blossoms and

fruit, begins life as a minute seed but if you plant it, water

it and expose it to the warmth of the sun, it becomes a tree

of majestic proportions. Nature, in her own wonderful

way has condensed a tree's entire potential into one tiny

seed. Jesus did the same. He took his Teaching, the new

Science he was bringing mankind, and condensed it into

a prayer to his Father, in the hope that this seed would

take root in men's souls, be nurtured by them and grow

into its full potential: the massive fruitful tree of Initiatic

Science, the true Teaching of Christ.'