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from Jesus:
Paul was indeed a genuine
apostle. He was anointed by me, not in a physical ceremony but in a
spiritual ceremony. This happened not in his original encounter with
me on the road to Damascus, but in a later experience that occurred
after he had changed his mind-set and begun to understand and accept
my true teachings. This is an experience that is open to anyone who
attains a certain level of Christhood. I am indeed willing to anoint
apostles today, and you can safely consider that the messenger who is
producing this website has been anointed by me as my apostle.
Paul’s teachings are not contrary to my teachings, but Paul’s
teachings are based on his level of understanding of my teachings. You
must understand that when I appeared 2,000 years ago, planet Earth was
in a very different state than it is today. The collective consciousness
of humankind was much more dense and dark. This made it more difficult
for people to manifest their Christhood, to tune in to the spiritual
realm and to attain a clear understanding of spiritual truths.
You will see this by the fact that I taught the multitudes in parables
and gave my disciples a more advanced teaching. Yet I can tell you that
even the teaching I gave to my disciples was limited by their state
of consciousness. As you will see from the scriptures, not one of my
disciples had attained the same level of consciousness that I had attained.
Therefore, not one of my disciples had a full, conscious understanding
of my true teachings.
As explained elsewhere, the disciple
who had the deepest understanding of my inner teachings was Mary Magdalene.
John the Beloved also had a good understanding of some aspects of my
teachings. James understood my teachings quite well, given who he was
as a person. Paul also had a deep understanding of certain aspects of
my teachings. Yet, as with all the other disciples, Paul understood
my teachings through the filter of his particular background.
It is very important to understand that all of my disciples, and the
Gospel writers, looked at my teachings through the filter of their consciousness.
No human being can do otherwise, and there is nothing wrong with this.
The problem appears when people in the modern age look back at the Gospel
writers and think that the Gospels are the pure, undefiled word of God.
It is absolutely necessary to see the Gospels as being windows that
allow you to look into the spiritual reality behind the outer words.
You can contact that spiritual reality through the Gospels, but you
cannot confine that spiritual reality to the words in the Gospels. That
is why, as explained elsewhere,
you cannot take the Gospels as the literal and infallible word of God.
Paul had a good understanding of one aspect of my teachings, which is
that all human beings are meant to attain the same state of consciousness
that I demonstrated, namely personal Christhood. This can be seen in
several of his letters, including the remark to “Let this mind
be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.” So you will see that
Paul had a good understanding of one of the cornerstones of my true
teachings.
This does not mean that Paul had understood every aspect or that he
was able to express my teachings without going through the filter of
his consciousness, including his religious background. One of the greatest
weaknesses in Paul's ministry, and for that matter in the ministry of
all my male disciples, was that he was so deeply affected by the male-dominated
culture in which he lived.
As explained elsewhere, I came partly
to restore women to their rightful role. This is seen in my relationship
to Mary Magdalene. Unfortunately, not one of my male disciples were
able to fully accept this. When they started expressing my teachings,
they surrendered themselves to the male-dominated culture in which they
lived.
They reasoned that it was a big enough obstacle to have to explain the
path I demonstrated, and it would be too much for people to handle to
couple this message with the need for equality between men and women.
I do not agree with this assessment, yet I realize that my apostles
had to work from their level of consciousness. Yet I truly wish that
Christianity had become an instrument for establishing a true spiritual
equality between men and women.
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