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from Jesus:
I very much welcome complicated
questions, especially those that spring from a deep yearning to know
the truth.
As I attempt to explain throughout this website, the true purpose of
a spiritual teaching is not to bring a complete or infallible
truth. It simply is not possible to explain the truth of God through
the words found in the material universe. All words have more than one
meaning and therefore mean different things to different people.
It is essential for spiritual seekers to recognize the limitations of
words and therefore the inherent limitations of any spiritual teaching,
including the Bible itself. Therefore, the mature spiritual seekers
will be alert and avoid any risk of turning a spiritual teaching into
an idol and dancing around it, like the Jews danced around the golden
calf while Moses went to the mountain to experience the living truth
of God.
I have explained some of the mechanics of how God created the universe
in the following discourse.
Let me say here that in the beginning was only God, meaning a state
of pure Being. Then God became conscious of his own existence and said
“I am.” God then realized himself as the creator and formed
the decision to create a world out of himself, a world that had form.
The first aspect of creating anything is to create a mental image of
what you want to create. You must have a blueprint, a matrix, an idea,
a vision before you can create anything, at least anything that is sustainable.
When you understand that God is a state of pure being, you realize that
God truly is a state of consciousness. God is a conscious being and
because there is nothing but God, he creates everything out of himself,
meaning that he creates everything out of his own consciousness. Therefore,
everything that was ever created by God is truly a manifestation of
the consciousness of God.
So when God decided to create, the first act of creation was the creation
of a state of consciousness which was able to hold the mental images
of the forms God wanted to create. Because this state of consciousness
was the first element of creation, one can call it the firstborn Son
or the only begotten Son of the Father.
Please keep in mind that the words "Father" and "Son"
were used by me 2,000 years ago, when I attempted to explain the process
of creation to people that were in a far more primitive state of consciousness
than the consciousness of most people in today's world. Therefore, my
ability to explain the mysteries of creation was greatly limited by
people’s state of consciousness, and I had to use words and images
that were familiar to them.
I portrayed God as a loving father figure and I explained the Christ
consciousness as the Son of God. In reality, God the Father is a state
of consciousness and the Son of God is also a state of consciousness,
namely what I would like to call the universal Christ consciousness.
So the first element of creation is a universal state of consciousness.
This state of consciousness can hold the images, the blueprints, for
any form ever created by God. At the same time, it maintains the awareness
that the form originated in God and was created through the power of
God. Therefore, even though the form appears different from the creator,
it is fashioned from the very consciousness of the creator. In other
words, the Christ consciousness alone knows the Father and knows that
everything sprang from the Father.
So what you see now is that the universal Christ consciousness is a
mind that holds a blueprint for everything ever created by God, including
the laws of nature that are recognized by science. These laws were formulated
by God and are stored in what one might call the computer or data bank
of the universal Christ consciousness. The laws of nature were formulated
to ensure that the material universe could evolve in a sustainable manner
and would not self-destruct.
Although it is impossible to give a correct description of the reality
of God through a linear image, I would like to suggest one way to envision
the creation of God. In the beginning was only the state of pure Being.
This is a state of consciousness. Out of the state of pure Being forms
another consciousness which is aware of its own existence and of its
ability to create. This is the creator. The creator now forms, out of
its own consciousness, another state of consciousness which is the universal
Christ mind. The creator forms and stores the blueprint for his creation
in the universal Christ mind. This blueprint is what the Gospel of John
calls the Word or the logos. One might say that everything was created
from the word, or the logos, or one might say that everything was created
from the universal Christ consciousness.
In other words, the creator is not different from the state of pure
Being. The state of pure Being is embedded within the consciousness
of the creator. The Christ consciousness is not different from the creator
because the consciousness of the creator is embedded within the Son.
The forms that were created out of the universal Christ consciousness
are not different from the Christ mind because the Word is embedded
within every form.
When you look at creation from the viewpoint of a human being, you think
the material world is somehow separated from God. Yet in reality, everything
ever created from God was created out of God’s substance and consciousness.
Therefore, the material universe is not separate from God; it exists
within God's consciousness. It is an expression of God's consciousness.
One might say that the universal Christ mind is a container that holds
a number of images, almost like slides. Each image contains the blueprint
for one of the forms found in the material universe. As the light of
God shines through the slide, the image of the form is projected unto
the screen of life and appears as a material form. Yet everything is
created from the same basic substance, namely the consciousness of God.
The error that has crept into Christianity is that Jesus Christ, meaning
my physical body and outer personality, has become identified with the
Christ consciousness. Some Christians even identify my outer person
with God himself. This is an incorrect assumption that has no bearing
in reality. However, to fully understand this, you must be aware of
as another subtle distinction.
The universal Christ consciousness truly is the only begotten Son of
the Father. It is the firstborn Son. When the universal Christ consciousness
came into existence, there were no manifest forms. The material universe
did not exist and neither did the spiritual realm because at that point
nothing was created. Therefore, the individual lifestream that human
beings called Jesus Christ was not created. I simply did not exist and
neither did you or anyone else. At that point in time, there was only
God and the universal Christ consciousness. No forms, meaning no individualizations
of the universal Christ consciousness, had been created.
God created everything out of the universal Christ consciousness. Therefore,
everything that was ever created has the universal Christ consciousness
embedded within it. That is why I said that if people should hold their
peace in defense of the Christ, the very stones themselves would cry
out. How could the stones cry out in defense of the Christ, unless they
had the Christ consciousness embedded within them?
As God started the process of creation, he first created the highest
level of the spiritual realm. In that realm he created a number of lifestreams
that were created in his own image and likeness. These lifestreams were
all created simultaneously and none of them were more important than
any other. These first lifestreams are what one might call Godheads
and God used these lifestreams to create the lower levels of the spiritual
realm. The Bible describes one of these Godheads, namely a pair of spiritual
beings called Alpha and Omega.
Alpha and Omega created a number of lifestreams and some of them have
embodied on planet Earth. I am one of the lifestreams created by Alpha
and Omega, but I am not the only one. And contrary to what many human
beings want to think, after having idolized me for 2,000 years, I am
no more and no less important than any other lifestream created by Alpha
and Omega or any other representative of God.
I was, however, chosen for a special mission to planet Earth, and as
I attempt to explain throughout this website, the purpose of my mission
was to demonstrate that all human beings have the potential to manifest
the Christ consciousness. This potential is due to the fact that the
universal Christ consciousness is embedded within everything. So you
have the potential to become aware that you are a son or daughter of
God.
I demonstrated the path to Christ consciousness, and I set forth an
example of how a person acts when he or she is completely united with
the Christ consciousness. I therefore acted as a messenger for the universal
Christ consciousness, and the universal Christ mind did indeed speak
through me on a number of occasions. What confuses many Christians is
that they do not distinguish between the individual lifestream, called
Jesus Christ, and the universal Christ consciousness that was expressing
itself through me.
You see, when I attained oneness with my Christ self, I became the open
door through which the universal Christ mind could act and speak in
this world. When I made the statement, “I am the way, the truth
and the Life,” that statement did not refer to my outer personality
or even my individual lifestream. This statement was spoken by the universal
Christ mind, and therefore the true meaning is that the universal Christ
consciousness is the way the truth and the life and no one can come
to the Father, meaning the consciousness of the creator, without going
through the universal Christ consciousness.
So you see that even the Gospel of John contains an incomplete understanding
of the reality of God. This is not to find fault with the person who
brought forth this gospel. It simply means that the Gospel of John represents
the highest understanding that could be given 2,000 years ago, considering
the state of consciousness that most people had at that time.
Today, humankind has risen to a higher level of consciousness and because
of the development of science, a more detailed explanation can be given.
That is indeed what I attempt to bring forth throughout this website
by building upon the scientific discovery that everything is energy.
I can assure you that had such discoveries been available 2,000 years
ago, I would have made use of them. The current state of warfare between
science and religion is completely unnecessary and only serves to keep
people on both sides of the issue trapped in a limited understanding
of reality.
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