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from Jesus:
I have already commented
on this elsewhere.
The short answer is that Muhammad was a true prophet who received his
teachings from Archangel Gabriel.
However, from the beginning, the spiritual teachings of Islam were influenced
by a warring culture. This turned Islam into a warring religion, and
that was never the intent of the Ascended Host.
Let me briefly comment on the expression a "true prophet."
Many people have a certain sense of idolatry when they look upon spiritual
leaders, myself included. They assume that if you are a genuine spiritual
leader, you are somehow in a category of your own. You are so different
from other people that they could not possibly do what you have done.
In my view, the definition of a true prophet is a person who is able
to raise his or her consciousness above the level of the lower consciousness,
the carnal mind. By making contact with the Christ self, the person
can serve as an instrument for bringing forth a spiritual teaching directly
from the Ascended Host.
As I have explained elsewhere, we of the
Ascended Host do not take over people's minds. Therefore, when we speak
through the consciousness of a person in embodiment, it is inevitable
that the message we give will be influenced by the person's consciousness.
This is not necessarily wrong, but it will affect the message.
At the very least, the message will be expressed in words, concepts
and images that are familiar to the prophet. This can clearly be seen
among the Old Testament prophets. It is also easy to see that I spoke
in words and images that were familiar to people in a particular culture
and a particular time. My essential point here is that even when a person
is a true prophet, one should never reason that the message given through
that prophet is the only truth about God or the only possible way that
a spiritual teaching could be expressed.
Throughout the ages, members of the Ascended Host have worked with many
people in embodiment to bring forth spiritual teachings. These teachings
have always been adapted to the consciousness of the recipients. The
important point being that we of the Ascended Host have never attempted
to bring forth the "one true religion."
The concept of the one true religion is something that is imposed by
the human consciousness, the lower mind. It did not originate in Heaven;
it originated with man and the nonmaterial beings who are working against
God's will. Therefore, whenever a religion claims to be the only true
religion, that claim did not originate with the Ascended Host.
I know that millions of people, from a variety of different religions,
will object to this statement. Yet no amount of human argumentation
can change the reality of God. God is not mocked and he is no respecter
of persons.
Let me comment on your expression that Mohammad was sent by the "most
high." Because of people's idolatry, they tend to assume that a
true prophet is speaking the direct word of God and that his entire
life was predestined by some higher force.
In reality, Mohammad was a man, and as any other prophet (myself included),
he had to raise his consciousness so that he was able to serve as a
prophet. To raise his consciousness, he had to go through a process
of spiritual growth. I am not saying that every human being could have
done what Muhammad did. Nevertheless, there was never a guarantee that
Mohammed would go through the process of becoming a prophet. He had
to make decisions to raise his consciousness, and as part of this process
he had to be willing to leave behind some of his former beliefs. This
was a process that was entirely subject to his free will.
While Muhammad did raise his consciousness, he did not fully let go
of certain cultural elements, and this did affect the teachings that
were delivered through him. This influence is partly responsible for
the fact that Islam became a warring religion. However, much was added
later that was not the responsibility of Muhammad. Likewise, much has
been added to Christianity for which I neither claim nor want responsibility.
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