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from Jesus:
The Baha’i faith is
a magnificent example of how progressive revelation can renew an existing
religion or create a new religious movement. It was the hope of the
Ascended Host that the Baha’i faith would become the modern successor
of Islam. That is why the Baha’i faith was released in the Middle
East and draws upon the religious language, tradition and metaphors
found in the region.
If this hope had been fulfilled, the world would largely have avoided
the current effects of Islamic fundamentalism. Instead, you would have
seen a greater tolerance toward other religions, a firm adherence to
non-violence plus equal rights and treatment for women—thereby
resolving three of the major problems threatening to send the Middle
East into chaos.
Both of the founders of the Baha’i faith were embodiments of the
Christ consciousness in the sense that they had attained a high degree
of individual Christhood. As I explain throughout this website, all
human beings have the potential to attain Christ consciousness, and
when the mind of Christ dwells in you, you are the embodiment of the
Christ consciousness. Both founders are ascended although they are currently
not working directly with planet Earth.
The statement “Bahá'u'lláh was the most recent embodiment
of the Christ consciousness” was true at the time. However, others
have embodied the Christ consciousness since then, and as I explain
elsewhere, I hope there
will soon be 10,000 people who embody the Christ consciousness.
My concern about the Baha’i faith is that it has shown a tendency
toward following a pattern seen by many other movements that were based
on progressive revelation. It is somewhat disappointing to the Ascended
Host that we have started so many movements by giving progressive revelation,
yet when the founder is gone, progressive revelation comes to a halt.
The movement now gradually begins to adopt the mindset that the founder
was the final prophet and that there will be no progressive revelation
after him or her.
This is exactly what you have seen happen to Christianity, and the result
is that I – the Living Jesus Christ – cannot reach those
who claim to be my followers. They are simply not willing to listen
to the words I speak today, preferring their interpretations of the
words spoken in the past.
It would be highly beneficial to the forward progression of humankind
if all who believe progressive revelation has occurred in the past would
realize that it is ongoing. Progressive revelation means that a specific
teaching is given to help people raise their consciousness to a new
level. When that level is reached, a new and higher teaching can and
will be given. Yet if the old organization has become rigid and is no
longer open to progressive revelation, we must give that revelation
elsewhere. If there is no room in the inn, the Christ must be born in
a stable.
My main point is that true spiritual seekers need to be aware of the
carnal mind’s tendency toward creating idols. This causes Christians
to say that I was the final and most important prophet and that the
Ascended Host stopped talking to humankind 2,000 years ago. The very
same mindset has caused later movements to become useless for our continual
delivery of progressive revelation.
The truth of the matter is that progressive revelation is given through
a person in embodiment, but that person is not the source. The source
of all true revelation is the Ascended Host. The outer messenger simply
becomes a temporary vehicle for the stream of the Living Word. So even
when one messenger is withdrawn from the scene of life, the source of
revelation always remains. Therefore, what is to stop us from finding
another messenger for delivering the next chapter in our ongoing and
never-ending revelation?
The Living Word will not be stopped, so the question is, “Are
you loyal to the Source or to a particular messenger? Or have you transferred
your loyalty to a messenger – who deserved loyalty as long as
he was the open door for the delivery of the Word – to an outer
organization which is no longer open to the Living Word?” Choose
life! Choose the Living Word over any dead doctrine!
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