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from Jesus:
I can understand that, when taken at face value, these teachings seem
irreconcilable to people who are still trapped in a dualistic state
of consciousness. Such people will always look at the letter of the
law, and that is why they end up with many questions that cannot be
answered or that seem to be contradictory. This can lead such people
to engage in endless discussions, as did the Pharisees, the sadducees,
the scribes and the lawyers of old. In fact, some of those people have
reincarnated today, and they can be found in orthodox Christian organizations
and in some New Age movements.
I would like to say that the teachings of the Summit Lighthouse are
genuine examples of progressive revelation. When you understand the
nature of progressive revelation, you should not be surprised that one
teaching was given in the early days of a movement and that a more advanced
teaching on the same topic was given later. The purpose of any movement
and spiritual teaching is to raise the consciousness of the followers.
When that consciousness is raised, a more advanced teaching can and
will be given. A true understanding of progressive revelation makes
you realize that no spiritual teaching is ever set in stone. There is
always the possibility that a more advanced teaching can be given.
From a superficial viewpoint it might seem as if the advanced teaching
contradicts or invalidates the earlier teaching. In reality, the advanced
teaching simply goes beyond the previous teaching because it was given
from a higher state of consciousness. Therefore, it can be understood
correctly only by people who have raised their consciousness by fully
embodying the previous teaching. So for people who see a contradiction,
there is only one possible explanation, namely that they have not fully
embodied the earlier teaching, and that is why they cannot receive the
inner instructions that allow them to resolve the conflict. (Obviously,
there can be errors in any teaching that create a conflict, but even
that can be resolved by the mature student through inner direction.)
In this case there is no error and there really is no conflict, but
to see why you need to understand that there are two aspects of the
process of the ascension. It has been taught through the teachings of
the Summit Lighthouse that in this age it is not necessary for a soul
to balance 100% of its karma before it can make its ascension. Because
of the need to quickly raise the consciousness of humankind in order
to facilitate the entry into the Aquarian age, a dispensation was given
that allows the soul to take its ascension after it balances 51% of
its karma. In other words, the soul does not have to return to embodiment
after it balances 51%, but it does have to balance the remaining 49%
from the spiritual realm.
When you consider this fact, you can plainly see that when the soul
ascends with less than 100% of its karma balanced, the soul cannot fully
go through the ritual of the ascension. This should make it clear that
there are two aspects, or phases, of the ascension process. We might
say that there is the physical aspect, which means that the soul has
now ascended from the wheel of rebirth so that it does not have to return
to embodiment. Yet there is also a spiritual aspect of the ascension,
and this is a process that the soul can go through only after it balances
all of its karma and meets the spiritual requirements for the ascension,
meaning that it is completely done with everything the soul wanted to
do on planet Earth. So what I am saying here is that the fact that a
soul leaves a physical body on Earth for the last time does not mean
that the soul is ready to go through the spiritual ascension.
My point here is that the teachings about my ascension that were given
through the Summit Lighthouse are not contradictory. Both versions are
accurate, but one refers to the physical ascension and another to the
spiritual ascension. My mission in Galilee was meant to demonstrate
the universal spiritual path that can lead a soul to attain Christ consciousness
and win its permanent ascension. As the logical conclusion of my mission,
I did indeed demonstrate a physical ascension whereby my resurrected
body was raised from the Earth and raised in vibration until I literally
disappeared in a burst of light. This was to set forth a public record
of what can be attained by any soul that walks the path to full Christhood.
However, most souls will leave their last embodiment with less than
100% karma balanced, and therefore they will not go through the physical
ascension that I demonstrated. They will balance their karma from the
spiritual realm and then go through the spiritual ascension.
When it was decided that I would take on an ascended master light body
and return to live with Mary Magdalene, my spiritual ascension was postponed.
One might say that I did not fully meet the requirements for the spiritual
ascension because I still had unfinished business on Earth. Therefore,
I did not make my spiritual ascension until I had withdrawn from the
Earth at the age of 81. The spiritual ascension does not take place
on planet Earth; it takes place in a spiritual retreat that exists either
in the etheric realm or in one of the spiritual realms. I did indeed
ascend from the spiritual retreat of Shamballa, which is a retreat created
by Sanat Kumara. This was appropriate because I came to Earth to support
the rescue mission of Sanat Kumara.
What I would like people to learn from this teaching is that as you
grow on the spiritual path, it is absolutely essential that you make
a conscious effort to overcome and leave behind the dualistic way of
thinking. This is a fear-based way of thinking, and it must give way
to a love-based approach to truth. Only when you look beyond dualism
can you find the highest spiritual truths. Only when you seek answers
with a loving heart and an open mind can you attain the highest spiritual
insights that will empower you to put on the mind of Christ and fully
attain your Christhood.
You must unlock and use your intuitive faculties instead of seeking
“truth” through the human intellect. The higher truth of
God is not linear or dualistic, and therefore it cannot be known through
a linear and dualistic way of thinking. I rebuked the lawyers because
they had refused to look beyond this way of thinking. They had refused
to find or use the "key of knowledge," and such people can
literally spend lifetimes intellectualizing about spiritual truth without
integrating even a morsel of that truth. Yet those who are willing to
become as little children, and use the key of knowledge to find truth
in the kingdom of God that is within them, can quickly integrate the
higher truth that becomes the leaven and raises the whole loaf of their
consciousness into full Christhood.
Therefore, do not let the lawyers of this day prevent you from entering
your father’s kingdom. Simply leave them behind and follow me
into the light of truth.
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