| Answer
from Jesus:
Part of the answer
to this question is the carnal mind and its tendency to create idols.
Let me explain this in further detail.
To the carnal mind, everything is relative. Nothing is absolute; nothing
is final. The consequence is that the carnal mind can never take full
responsibility for anything. The carnal mind simply cannot come to the
realization that: “I made a mistake, I was wrong and I am the
one who needs to change.”
The carnal mind is the ultimate master in creating excuses for why it
does not have to change. If you look at the history of humankind, you
will see this psychological mechanism at play in numerous circumstances.
Human beings have a very deep resistance to change. Take a look at my
embodiment on earth, and you will see how often I rebuked those who
were not willing to embody my teachings and change their sense of identity.
Did I not say: “Woe onto ye lawyers, ye entered not in yourselves
(you were not willing to let the truth of God change you), and those
that would enter, ye hindered (in an attempt to build the case that
if no one else changes, you do not have to either).
Why are human beings resistant to change? I have stated (see Teachings
section) that all human problems spring from ignorance. If people truly
understood that their actions were hurting themselves, they would change
their behavior. The problem is that as long as a soul identifies with
the carnal mind, the soul will never know, the soul will never realize,
that an act is hurting itself. The reason being that the relativity
of the carnal mind can always come up with an explanation that seems
to justify the soul’s actions and beliefs. If everything is relative,
nothing can ever be completely wrong. Therefore, one can always come
up with some kind of justification for an act. And if an act can be
justified, then why would you have to change?
As long as a soul identifies with the carnal mind, that soul will reject
the truth of God. The soul will reject the truth, because if it accepted
the truth, the soul would have to change. If the soul knew better, it
would simply have to change accordingly.
What happens when a soul is confronted with a true statement, such as
my outer teachings? Because the carnal mind does not want the soul to
escape its control, the carnal mind will seek to find some kind of relative
justification for why the idea isn’t true or doesn’t apply
to the soul. That is why you see so many people, even many people who
consider themselves to be devout Christians, who come up with incredibly
intricate arguments for why they don’t have to follow a particular
aspect of my outer teachings. Of course, such people will also find
ample reason to reject my inner teachings, and that is why they simply
cannot discover those teachings.
The sword of Christ
I hope you can see what I am trying to explain here. As long as the
soul identifies with the carnal mind, the soul does not see any reason
to change. That is why I said: “I come not to bring peace, but
a sword.” The sword that I came to bring is the sword of truth
that cleaves the real from the unreal. That sword is the Christ consciousness.
To the carnal mind, nothing is really wrong and nothing is really right.
Everything is relative. To the Christ mind there is an absolute standard
for determining right and wrong.
The Christ mind simply asks: “Is it of God, or is it not of God?”
If something is not of God, then it is wrong, and it must be changed
right now, right here. In the Christ mind, there is no variance or turning,
and there is no room for intricate arguments to justify anything. If
something is not of God, a Christed being will immediately leave it
behind.
When the soul begins to unite with the Christ consciousness, the soul
becomes willing to change. Through the Christ consciousness, the soul
can gain an ultimate perspective on what needs to change. As soon as
the soul receives the understanding that a particular act or idea is
wrong, then that soul will instantly leave its old ways behind and embrace
the new understanding.
You might recall the story of how I gathered my disciples. Imagine yourself
being a fisherman at the sea of Galilee. It is an ordinary day, and
you are going about your daily business of cleaning your nets. Suddenly,
a stranger appears in front of you and says: “Leave your nets,
I will make you fishers of men!”
How do you think a soul that was identified with the carnal mind would
react to this situation? The soul would immediately start evaluating,
judging, interpreting and explaining away the significance of the situation.
The soul would come up with all kinds of excuses for why it did not
have to follow the Christ, or why it did not have to follow the Christ
right now.
I am telling you that there were indeed people who reacted this way
when I came to them. I called more than 12 people to be my disciples,
yet not all of them answered the call. Those who did answer the call
did so because they had already attained a certain measure of Christ
consciousness and they were willing to follow their inner understanding.
Therefore, when I appeared to them, they recognized me as the Christ
in embodiment, and they were willing to follow me.
These blessed souls did not argue or interpret anything. They instantly
recognized me and upon that recognition they immediately made the free-will
decision to leave everything else behind and follow me, the living (embodied)
Christ.
When a soul is identified with the carnal mind, it cannot recognize
the Christ, and therefore it cannot follow the Christ. The soul simply
cannot leave its nets of entanglement with the conditions of life. Today,
more souls than ever before are ready to leave their nets and follow
the Christ. Yet, 2,000 years ago that was not the case. Only a precious
few had attained that level of consciousness, and the multitudes were
still so identified with the carnal mind that they simply didn’t
want to be bothered by the appearance of the living Christ. They wanted
to remain in ignorance so that they would not be disturbed and have
to change their ways.
Therefore, these people were more than happy to accept the idea that
Jesus Christ was the only son of God. Why is this so? Because this gives
them the ultimate excuse for continuing their lifestyle. If I was the
only son of God, then they could not possibly follow in my footsteps.
Therefore, they could do nothing to work out their own salvation. They
simply had to wait for the outer savior, namely myself, to come and
save them.
If I was an example to follow, then people might have a responsibility
to follow me. In other words, if they had the potential to become Christed
beings, and if doing so would require them to make an effort, they would
have to change their ways. They would have to leave their nets.
Do you see how the idea that I was the only son of God can become the
ultimate excuse which gives people the perfect justification for continuing
in their ways?
Human beings are psychological beings. You can look at human history,
and you can try to find outer explanations for why people have done
what they have done. Many modern scientists and historians have tried
to explain human history in terms of such outer factors, be they economic,
sociological or political. In reality, the only way to explain human
history is a look inside the human psyche.
Everything springs from a process that takes place inside the human
psyche. People’s outer behavior begins as an inner process in
the psyche. People’s outer behavior is simply the effect of what
is going on in the psyche. If you want to understand the effect, you
must understand the cause. If you want to understand why certain images
appear on a movie screen, you cannot confine your investigation to the
movie screen itself. Unless you go to the projection room and investigate
what is on the film strip, how could you possibly understand what appears
on the movie screen?
The ongoing human power struggle
I have given you the inner explanation for why so many people have
accepted the idea that I was the only son of God. Let me now give you
the outer explanation.
Why do you think the authorities of the Jewish church wanted me executed?
It was because they saw me as the ultimate threat to their power over
the people.
If you look at human history, you will see that some people have had
an insatiable desire for power and control. This desire for power is
based on a psychological need, but I will not go into that for now.
Let us simply acknowledge the fact that at any time in history there
were people who had this desire for power. These people had a desire
to attain absolute power over others.
You must understand that to these people religion has always been a
threat. What the people in this power elite want is to attain ultimate
power here on earth. They want to set themselves up as the ultimate
authority, an authority that cannot be questioned or gainsaid.
The biggest problem facing these people is that human beings stubbornly
refused to let go of the idea that there is an ultimate authority which
is above and beyond this earth. As long as people believe in a God who
is above and beyond the earth, no person could ever attain ultimate
power on this planet. No matter what the kings and the emperors do,
they will always be second in command. They might be able to exercise
great power over the people, but they can never attain ultimate power.
The reason why most people on earth do not understand the existence
and methods of such a power elite is that most people simply do not
have an insatiable desire for power. Therefore, they cannot imagine
that someone would do absolutely anything to attain power.
I know this is a difficult topic that you would rather not think about.
Yet, for a moment, try to imagine how this power elite thinks. Their
first and foremost desire is to completely wipe out religion on this
planet. A planet without religion is their ultimate dream, because on
such a planet they have the potential to set themselves up as the ultimate
authority. Today, they are aggressively pursuing this ideal, and they
are using science as their main tool for attaining this goal. Yet, the
general population stubbornly refuses to let go of the belief in God.
If you cannot make people abandon the belief in God, then what are your
options? You can follow the motto: “If you can’t beat ‘em,
join ‘em." In other words, if you cannot make people abandon
their belief in God, seek to use that belief as a tool for attaining
power over the people.
How can you do that? You can do so by using organized religion. You
start by promoting the idea that a particular church is the only true
church, meaning that it provides the only road to salvation. Most people
have a need to feel better than others, so this idea is sure to find
widespread support. Then, you set yourself up as the leader of this
church. Finally, you promote the belief that the leader of this church
is the mediator, the only mediator, between God and human beings and
that his word is infallible.
If you can make people accept that your church is the only true path
to salvation, and that the leader of that church is the only true mediator
between them and their God, then you have, in effect, set yourself up
as the ultimate authority on earth. Even though people still believe
in God, they think that they can only know God’s will through
you, and therefore you have become an authority which cannot be questioned
or gainsaid.
If you were a soul who had an ultimate quest for power, where would
you have wanted to be during these past 2,000 years? I will tell you
where such as soul would want to embody. It would want to be the pope
of the Catholic church. Before that, a power hungry soul would have
wanted to be one of the temple priests of the Jewish church, because
they too had set themselves up as the ultimate authority between the
people and their God.
Gods on earth
If you want to understand my true teachings, you must recognize the
existence of a power elite who wants to set themselves up between God
and humankind. You must understand that it was this power elite who
plotted my death. You must also understand that part of my Galilean
mission was to bring forth the judgment of this power elite. That is
why I said: “For judgment I am come.”
God is well aware that for thousands of years a small group of souls
have repeatedly plotted to set themselves up as an authority that stands
between the people and their God. I came to judge some among this power
elite, and by their act of killing the embodied Christ, they did indeed
receive their judgment. These souls are no longer on planet earth, but
that does not mean that the entire power elite has been removed from
this planet.
Why did the church create the doctrine that I was the only son of God?
The very essence of the message that I brought forth 2,000 years ago
is that the only true mediator between God and human beings is the Christ
consciousness. The universal Christ consciousness is the open door that
no human can shut. Therefore, each human being has the potential to
attain individual Christhood, and through that individual Christhood
each human being can commune directly with God.
When people have attained a certain level of Christhood, they do not
need an outer hierarchy in the form of an organized church. I am not
thereby saying that an organized or outer church becomes unnecessary.
What I am saying is that people do not need church leaders as a communications
link between them and God. They do not need to have church leaders who
deliver to them the Word of God or interpret the Word of God. They can
receive the living Word of God directly in their own hearts, and they
can understand that word through their individualized Christ consciousness.
This is the true message that I brought to earth. The power elite of
the Jewish church knew this very well, and that is why they killed me
at the first possible opportunity. This power elite hoped that by killing
my physical body, they had also killed me and my teachings.
This hope was shattered by the fact that I had the ability to commune
with my own even though my physical body was no longer walking the earth.
Some of the early Christian writings, such as the Pistis Sophia and
the Gospel of Philip, record that I appeared to my disciples for 50
years after my resurrection. This is the truth. I did indeed appear
for that long, and therefore my teachings did not die with my physical
body.
For many years after my resurrection, the Christian movement did not
have a clearly defined and organized church. It was not clearly defined
and organized because I had not instructed my followers to create an
official church or set forth an official doctrine. Instead, I instructed
my followers to put on their individual Christhood and then listen to
my voice as I was speaking to them inside their own hearts.
For some time, the Christian movement was a loosely knit network of
people who were, in various ways, pursuing the path of individual Christhood.
Today, this movement is often referred to as the Gnostic movement. The
orthodox Christian churches often look upon this movement as being chaotic
and dominated by false teachings and dangerous ideas. The Gnostic movement
was indeed somewhat chaotic and disorganized. Yet, within that movement
were individuals and groups of people who truly followed my inner teachings.
After a surprisingly short period of time, something very peculiar began
to happen. An organized church started to form. This church gradually
became more powerful, and it began to define and enforce an official
doctrine which supposedly set forth the true teachings of Christ. Interestingly,
that doctrine did not contain the idea of individual Christhood or an
individual path to salvation. Instead, the only to path to salvation
goes through the sacraments and doctrines controlled by the organized
church.
If you want to know my immediate personal reaction to this development,
it is this: “Where in hell did that idea come from?” Forgive
the bluntness of this expression, but I am using it for a good reason.
The reason being that hell is exactly where that idea came from. I can
assure you that the idea did not come from heaven, because up here,
we all know that the path to salvation is the path of personal Christhood,
and it is an inner path. Therefore, this idea could only have originated
in a state of consciousness that is based on denial of God, denial of
self and denial of self as God.
In reality, this idea came from the very same power elite who for thousands
of years have attempted to set themselves up as the ultimate authority
on earth. In the beginning, the powers that be aggressively tried to
destroy the Christian movement. When they realized that this could not
be done, they decided to join the Christian movement and to use it as
a tool for attaining power.
The oppressive church
The development of a Christian church that was designed to be a tool
for gaining ultimate power took some time. It did not really come to
fruition until the Roman emperor Constantine decided to use the Christian
church as a tool for uniting his ailing empire under one religion. The
Roman Empire was based on one simple idea. This idea stated that the
Roman Emperor was the only representative of God on earth. Therefore,
the Roman Emperor was the ultimate authority figure, and he could not
be questioned or gainsaid, even if he committed acts that were clearly
insane.
Does it not seem peculiar to you that after the formation of the Roman
Catholic church the leader of that church suddenly became the only representative
of God on earth? I am aware that the organized Christian church always
contained the concept of the vicar of Christ. Yet, it was not until after
the formation of the Roman Catholic church that the pope attained the
status of the ultimate and only representative of God on earth. Likewise,
it was not until the formation of the Catholic church that the church
began enforcing (through excessively militant means) the doctrine that
Jesus Christ was the only son of God.
What I am trying to help you see here is that my true inner teachings
have been taken away from the people. At the same time, those inner
teachings have been replaced by outer doctrines which are in direct
opposition to my inner teachings.
My inner teachings state that every human being has the potential to
manifest Christhood. Therefore, Jesus Christ was not the only son of
God. Jesus Christ was the example who was meant to show that all people
have the potential to claim their divine inheritance. Each son and daughter
has the potential to walk the earth as a Christed being.
If you belong to a power elite who wants ultimate power here on earth,
you realize that a Christed being is the ultimate threat to your authority.
A Christed being recognizes only the authority of God. A Christed being
will follow an earthly authority, but only if that earthly authority
is in alignment with the will of God. And because the Christed being
knows the will of God, the Christed being can never be fooled by the
false claims of an earthly authority.
Now imagine that a Christed being, namely myself, suddenly appears on
earth and challenges those who have set themselves up between the people
and their God. The power elite attempts to deal with this threat by
killing my physical body. Yet, even before they have time to congratulate
themselves, I begin to speak to my followers and to encourage them to
become like me.
The power elite now faces the sobering realization that instead of having
to deal with only one Christed being, they could potentially have to
deal with thousands of Christed beings. They know that if this were
to happen, it would mean the end of their reign on this planet. If other
people started to embody the true teachings of Jesus Christ, putting
on their individual Christhood, the power elite simply would not be
able to stop the rising tide that would eventually wash away their empires
of power. Through these Christed beings, God could put down the mighty
from their seats and exalt those of low degree.
Therefore, the power elite had to make a determined effort to completely
obliterate and distort my true teachings. They had to make sure that
no other human being could or would dare to follow in my footsteps.
My beloved hearts, do you not see that this is precisely what they have
done to my true teachings? So far, they have been largely successful
in preventing other people from following in my footsteps.
It is my deepest desire, and it is the deepest desire of my Father in
heaven, to change this situation.
The key to changing this situation is that you must make the choice
to pursue your individual Christhood.
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