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from Jesus:
Let me first say that your
revelations were not false nor the result of ego-delusion. However,
as I am sure you realize, an experience of a higher state of consciousness
goes well beyond what the outer mind can fathom or express with words.
Words are inherently ambiguous and can mean different things to different
people. It is therefore very difficult to describe a spiritual experience
with words. Likewise, the human intellect, the logical rational mind,
cannot deal with the infinite nature of a spiritual experience.
So what inevitably happens to all people who have a spiritual experience
is that the spiritual experience and especially the processing of that
experience will be influenced by the person’s outer consciousness.
I give a long discussion of this in the book Save Yourself.
However, the essence of the discussion is that when a person has a spiritual
experience, the person’s outer beliefs and the images associated
with those beliefs can actually be superimposed upon the experience.
For example, a Catholic having as mystical experience will tend to see
it through the imagery found in the Catholic faith , and that is why
the person often feels that the experience, which felt extremely real,
has affirmed the Catholic faith. Likewise, a Hindu having a mystical
experience will feel that the experience affirms the reality of his
Hindu beliefs. This then is the cause of much of the conflict between
various religions.
The real problem here is that many people have received spiritual experiences
without having the maturity to put such experiences in a proper context—meaning
a universal context. It it quite possible that people can have a spiritual
experience while still influenced by the relativity of the carnal mind.
When that happens, they often seek to force the experience to conform
to a relative, dualistic framework instead of realizing the universal
nature of the experience. In reality all spiritual experiences are meant
to help people look beyond the carnal interpretations and embrace the
universal nature of the spiritual realm.
That is why I warned
people against attempting to take Heaven, meaning the experience of
a higher state of consciousness, with force. You will see that, throughout
this website, I repeatedly stress the importance of remaining balanced
in all things. In fact, one of my main purposes for this website is
to present a teaching that is balanced and that encourages a balanced
approach to the spiritual and material side of life. Imbalance causes
people to be trapped in a dualistic state of mind. Only by attaining
balance can you escape that downward pull and embrace the universality
of true spirituality.
My point is that your experience was real and that the insights you
attained were valid insights. However, they were not necessarily the
only way to experience the infinite reality of the spiritual realm nor
was your interpretation of the experience the only way to interpret
it. This does not mean that your interpretation or your experience was
wrong. It means that there could be more than one right way to experience
and interpret the infinite reality of the spiritual realm.
You see, when people have a spiritual experience and when they attempt
to express it through the words and images in the material world, it
is inevitable that they must translate an infinite experience into a
finite expression. There is nothing inherently wrong with this, as long
as people don't fall into the trap of thinking that their particular
interpretation or expression is the only possible or the only true one.
It is especially problematic when people begin to feel that it is their
holy duty to eradicate all diverging views or interpretations.
So it is correct to say that one of the main purposes for my crucifixion
was to show the value of forgiveness. Yet it was not the only purpose.
In fact, the overall purpose of the crucifixion was to demonstrate that
the Christ consciousness, although it is embedded in every form as the
word incarnate, can never be confined to any form in this universe.
In other words, I came to demonstrate that when a person has attained
Christ consciousness, people in a lower state of consciousness cannot
force that person to conform to their images and world view. That is
why I challenged people's doctrines and their interpretation of the
scriptures. That is why I challenged them by performing miracles that
they thought were impossible. My ultimate challenge was to let them
kill me and demonstrate that even death could not limit a Christed being.
It is correct that forgiveness is necessary to overcome the ego, but
there are also other requirements. Basically, you must overcome every
aspect of the ego, and the ego is made from the perversions of the
qualities of God. So to fully overcome the ego, you must also overcome
anger, hatred and other negative emotions. Yet the overall purpose is
to overcome all beliefs and emotions that cause you to feel attached
to anything in the material world. The ego is simply a conglomerate
of attachments to the things of this world, and they must all be overcome
before you are free of the ego. That is why I said that he who seeks
to save his life - his sense of identity based on the ego - will lose
it. Only people who are willing to let go of all aspects of the ego
will find the eternal life of the Christ consciousness. That is why
I do not exclusively stress forgiveness on this website—so many
other things are also needed.
Concerning whether humankind should be forgiven, it is correct that
I chose to give people a temporary reprieve from the burden of their
sins. As a result of that, I was required to carry the burden of humankind's
karma for the past 2,000 years. I have explained this in some detail
elsewhere.
You say that you find it hard to believe that my whole personality inhabits
a contemporary human being. If you study the following section,
you will realize that my whole personality is not inhabiting the person
who is serving as the messenger for this website. He is simply allowing
me to speak through him, and therefore my light and my words are streaming
through his consciousness as the Living Word. As I explained in another
section about being
a messenger, it is inevitable that the teachings I give through
a particular person will be colored by the phraseology used by that
person and by the images in a person's mind. It is inevitable that the
teachings will be limited by the person’s knowledge.
That is why it is so important for people to rise above duality and
embrace a universal approach to life. I am the real Jesus Christ giving
the teachings on this website. Yet I am not confined to the person creating
this website—I am more than Kim and Kim is more than I AM. I can
use other people as messengers, and although my message through other
messengers will be similar, it will not be exactly the same nor will
it be expressed by using the same words or images. My message through
a given messenger will be adapted to the audience I am trying to reach
and the purpose for bringing forth that teaching—which is always
to raise the consciousness of a particular group of people.
As you will see from my answer to another question,
the law of the teacher-student relationship is that the teacher can
multiply only what the student brings to the altar. Therefore, I can
multiply only what Kim brings to his messengership. I cannot give something
through him that is not already in his consciousness as a seed. In other
words, I could not give a meaningful discourse through him concerning
a topic about which he knows nothing. That is why I would like to have
many people who can serve as the open door for the Living
Word.
Concerning your vision
that two spiritual beings sponsored my mission in Galilee, you are correct.
I was indeed sponsored primarily by Lord Maitreya and Sanat Kumara,
although I also worked with other ascended beings.
You say that a reasonably intelligent person could have attained the
knowledge found on this website through study. I beg to differ. I cannot
give a meaningful discourse if the messenger knows nothing about the
topic, so I can only multiply the knowledge in the messenger’s
consciousness. Yet there is much more on this website than what is found
in the outer words and the outer teachings. There is indeed a vibration
of light on every page of this website, and I can assure you that no
human being could have produced that light.
A person of a certain spiritual attainment can serve as the anchor point
for that light, but the person cannot produce the light because it comes
from a higher source. As I said 2,000 years ago, I of my own self can
do nothing, it is the Father within me who is doing the work. To fully
sense what is actually on this website, hidden behind the outer words,
you need to tune in with your heart. If you are willing to do that,
you will experience that there is truly no human being who could have
created everything that is on this website.
Let me also say that I have no desire to give an irrefutable proof that
I am indeed the real Jesus. First of all, there is no irrefutable proof.
There is no proof which the carnal mind, with its relativity and duality,
cannot doubt and dispute. Furthermore, it is a law that the spiritual
student must learn to discern spiritual truth by reading the vibration
behind the outer expression of that truth. If the student is not willing
to do so, he or she will inevitably become co-dependent upon an outer
teacher. I have no desire to see anyone become co-dependent upon this
website or my messenger. Therefore, I have no desire to provide an outer
proof which could prevent people from striving for the inner attunement
that is the ultimate proof.
As I explained in the answer to another question,
the serious spiritual student has a responsibility to close the circle
between the teacher and the student. You will see from the Bible that
I constantly chastised my disciples for not having enough faith. Faith
is the lower aspect of what is required by the student in order to close
the circle. The higher aspect of faith is attunement with the Christ
self, whereby the student attain an inner knowing which goes beyond
belief or outer proof.
Finally, let me say that all religion is a heuristic device.
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