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from Jesus:
The Easter story is very
rich and complex, and therefore it can be interpreted in many different
ways that can all be valid, because each interpretation exposes a different
facet of the totality of the story. However, I would like to present
one perspective as food for thought.
One of the main messages I seek to get across on this website is that
I never desired to be elevated to an idol who was set apart from the
rest of the people on this planet. I am not an egomaniac, as I am being
portrayed by many Christians who insist on taking the biblical story
literally or even embellishing upon it and making me into a God or a
Savior. I never wanted to be seen as so far above the people that they
cannot possibly reach me or follow in my footsteps.
Therefore, the message I would like all open-minded people to understand
about the Easter story is that it is not about one person; it is not
about me. In reality, it is the story of every soul, and it is meant
to illustrate the path that every soul can follow. I realize that many
Christians have been brought up with an idolized version of Jesus Christ,
and they find it very difficult to free themselves from that idol. Therefore,
they insist that I was a unique person who is above and beyond anyone
else ever to walk this planet.
I was indeed a unique person, and I did come on a unique spiritual mission.
Yet a very large part of that mission was to give forth a universal
spiritual teaching relating to the spiritual potential for every soul
on Earth—because truly everyone is unique in the eyes of God.
I not only gave that teaching through my spoken word, I more than anything
demonstrated the teaching through my life. Therefore, every aspect of
my life illustrates a part of the universal, inner teaching that I came
to bring to this planet, and the Easter story is no exception. In other
words, the Easter story is an illustration of the path that every soul
can follow on its way to Christhood and the permanent ascension into
the spiritual realm. The Easter story illustrates the very last part
of the soul's journey.
The Easter story can be broken down into three main elements. The first
element is my entry into Jerusalem, where I was welcomed by many people
as a king. We might compare that to the birth of every child, because
most children are welcomed by their parents and family and treated as
if they were someone special—which they are.
The second phase of the Easter story is what happened between my entry
into Jerusalem and my resurrection. This phase illustrates what happens
to the soul as it begins to grow up. You will note that the reason people
welcomed me into Jerusalem was that they had a certain image of me.
They had certain expectations of me being a king who would deliver them
from the Romans, and they wanted me to live up to those expectations.
However, it did not take long before many of them began to realize that
I was not about to fulfill their expectations of me. Take note of how
quick they were to turn on me, when they realized I would not be bound
by their expectations. Some of the same people who shouted hosannas
at the gate were crying “Crucify him!” at my so-called trial.
This then is the story that the soul experiences as it grows up and
begins to discover and express its individuality. The choice that every
soul faces is whether to conform to the expectations of the world, including
parents, family and society, or whether to develop and express its unique
spiritual individuality and fulfill its spiritual mission.
I am not hereby saying that every soul has the same spiritual maturity
or spiritual mission. If you look at my discourse on the levels of spiritual
development, you will see that some souls are not ready to complete
the spiritual journey because they need healing or the resolution of
their psychology. Therefore, it is perfectly acceptable that some people
live a life that is not particularly spiritual and that does not challenge
the expectations of society.
However, for the more mature souls there will come a point where the
soul faces the choice of whether to deny its true individuality and
spiritual mission in order to conform to the expectations of the world.
My life was meant to illustrate that when you do reach that point of
soul maturity, you need to be true to who you are, and you need to fulfill
your mission no matter what the world throws at you in response. My
story was meant to inspire people with the courage to endure whatever
persecution the world directed at them, and even go all the way and
allow the world to kill their bodies, if the world decided to do so.
Fortunately, we have now moved into a more civilized phase on this planet,
and in many parts of the world you are not likely to be killed for expressing
your spiritual individuality or pursuing your spiritual mission. Nevertheless,
you are still likely to be exposed to a fair amount of persecution,
as you can even see from some of the negative responses to this website.
In fact, some of that persecution will come from people who consider
themselves to be good Christians.
The important point in the Easter story is not the fact that I was killed.
The important point is that I was willing to let the world kill me,
if the world wanted to do so. This is expressed in my saying that he
who seeks to save his life shall lose it, and he who is willing to lose
his life for my sake shall find it. The meaning of that statement is
that if you submit to the expectations of the world and deny your spiritual
identity, you will lose your life in a spiritual sense. Yet if you remain
true to your spiritual identity and mission, even to the point of being
willing to let the world kill your physical body, your soul will find
immortal life in the Christ consciousness.
The reality of the situation is that most people who dare to express
their true identity and pursue their spiritual mission will be persecuted
by the world. They might even be crucified in a spiritual sense, meaning
that they will not be nailed to a physical cross but that they will
be nailed to a spiritual cross by people's expectations. For example,
many people have been spiritually crucified by the media in terms of
a smear campaign or character assassination that has portrayed them
as falsely as I was portrayed by the temple priests.
The point is that if you are willing to allow the world to do whatever
it wants to do with you, yet never for a moment deny your spiritual
identity, you have the opportunity to go through the spiritual initiation
of the resurrection. In my case, it was a physical resurrection to illustrate
the potential that every soul can be resurrected into a higher state
of consciousness and a higher sense of identity. This was meant to illustrate
that the soul can overcome death and win immortal life. What has not
been understood by most Christians is that to win immortal life, the
soul must be willing to let its mortal sense of identity die on the
cross.
The point being that even while I was hanging on the cross, I was facing
the test of whether I would hold on to any part of my human sense of
identity or whether I was willing to completely surrender that identity
to God. Even though I momentarily felt abandoned by God, I did eventually
surrender myself completely unto God. At that moment, my physical body
and my mortal sense of identity died, and at that moment I passed the
spiritual initiation and won my resurrection.
Obviously, I am not saying that every person has to go through the experience
of being physically nailed to a cross and dying on that cross in order
to be resurrected. Yet every soul must go through the experience of
expressing its spiritual identity regardless of the persecution directed
at it by the world. If the soul remains true to its spiritual identity
and is willing to give up every aspect of its human, or carnal, identity,
then the soul can win its resurrection. The resurrection means that
the soul has now transcended all human identity and has fully embraced
a new identity as a son or daughter of God. The soul has then passed
the final exam on planet Earth and has qualified for the ascension into
the spiritual realm. In other words, the soul is no longer bound by
the wheel of rebirth and does not have to come back into embodiment
on this planet. The soul can permanently move into the spiritual realm
and continue its journey from there.
It is my great hope that those who are spiritually ready, those who
have ears to hear, will embrace this inner teaching about the Easter
story, so that in their minds and hearts they can experience a resurrection
of my true inner teachings. In other words, the first thing that needs
to happen to a spiritually aware person is that you are willing to be
true to my inner teachings, no matter what kind of persecution you receive
from the world, including from your fellow Christians who hold on to
orthodox doctrines.
If you are willing to let go of all the man-made idols about me and
my teachings, if you are willing to let these idols die, if you are
willing to let your human sense of identity based on those idols die,
then you can be resurrected into recognizing my true inner teachings.
At that moment, you will see - and know through an inner knowing that
is beyond doubt - that my life outlines a path that you too can follow
until you too win your ascension in the light. After you recognize the
validity of that path, you can begin to move along that path much more
quickly than ever before.
It is my hope that my inner teachings can reach a sufficient number
of people who are ready at inner levels to embrace the true inner path
that leads to the resurrection and the ascension. This is indeed one
of the main purposes behind the original Easter events, and it is one
of the main purposes behind the creation of this website. May my true
teachings be resurrected in your heart, and may your soul be resurrected
and follow in my footsteps until I can greet you as you enter our Father's
kingdom.
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