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from Jesus:
While this might seem like
a yes or no question, it is actually a rather complex question. A short
answer, therefore, would be yes and no.
As I explain throughout this website, there is a spiritual realm above
and beyond the material universe. In this spiritual realm are a large
number of spiritual beings who serve as the spiritual teachers for humankind.
We have been called by many different names, but on this website I use
the name the Ascended Host.
The role of the Ascended Host is to raise the consciousness of our unascended
brothers and sisters until they reach a higher state of consciousness,
which I call the Christ consciousness. Beyond that, our goal is to anchor
this consciousness in the material universe and thereby raise the vibration
of the material realm until it becomes spiritualized.
Throughout history, various members of the Ascended Host have inspired
a large number of spiritual teachings. We have given these teachings
through various means, but in the vast majority of cases they have been
given through the consciousness of a particular individual who was able
to raise his or her consciousness to make contact with us.
When we release a spiritual teaching through a person's consciousness,
it is inevitable that the teaching will be affected by the person's
consciousness. Depending on the person, this might cause the spiritual
teaching to merely be individualized, or it might cause the teaching
to be distorted to various degrees.
Let me answer your question in two separate parts. The first part of
your question is “Did I, Jesus, release the teachings found in
A Course in Miracles?” The reality of the situation is that when
an ascended being approaches an unascended being, the ascended being
has to work through the filter of the person's consciousness. It has
happened many times throughout history that a person has made contact
with an ascended being without knowing it or without knowing who the
ascended being was. It has also happened that a person has made contact
with one ascended being but projected the image of another ascended
being upon the contact.
There are a number of souls who have reached the inner spiritual attainment
that allows them to serve as instruments or messengers for the Ascended
Host to various degrees. These souls have often developed a close relationship
with a particular ascended being. However, when a soul takes embodiment,
it will usually forget its attainment and its soul contact with the
Ascended Host. For example, if a soul grows up in a Christian culture,
it is possible that the soul will project the image of Jesus upon any
ascended being with whom the soul attains contact.
In the case of A Course in Miracles, Helen did grow up in a Christian
culture. Although she did not consider herself a true believer, she
was still affected by this Christian culture. That is why the Course
contains some Christian terminology and concepts. These were concepts
with which she was familiar, and that is why they are used in the Course.
Another aspect of this is that the Course was directed towards people
like her, people who grew up in a Christian culture but could not hold
on to their Christian faith because of the onslaught of modern society,
especially science.
So when Helen’s soul became aware that an ascended being wanted
to bring forth teachings through her, her conscious mind projected the
image of Jesus unto that ascended being. In reality, I was not the primary
source for A Course in Miracles. I did have a small role in the Course,
but the primary source for these teachings were two other ascended beings
who for lifetimes had worked closely with Helen’s soul.
In this particular case, Helen’s conscious mind projected the
image of Jesus unto the contact and firmly believed that the teachings
came exclusively from me. Although we had no desire to deceive her,
we could not have changed her impression without violating the Law of
Free Will. Therefore, we allowed her to maintain this belief. And, in
retrospect, it did did not have a detrimental effect on the purpose
of the Course.
Now to the second part of your question. Did I, or rather we, “dictate”
the course. The answer to this depends on how you define the word “dictate.”
As explained elsewhere, we of the Ascended
Host have the utmost respect for people's free will, and therefore we
do not take over someone's mind. You will see that when Helen took down
the Course, she was not in a trance and she did not use automatic writing.
Therefore, the words of the Course are not the direct words of an ascended
being as that being would have spoken them here in the spiritual realm
(we actually don't speak in words, but in thoughts). The words were
brought forth through a process whereby an ascended being projects concepts
and images into the person's mind. Yet before those concepts and images
can be articulated, they must pass through the person’s higher
mind (the Christ self) and the layers of the subconscious mind. In the
process of doing so, the concepts will be affected by the person's beliefs,
the person's knowledge and the person's use of words. One might say
that the person’s Christ self will individualize the concepts
and the subconscious mind might distort them to some degree.
The Course was not brought forth as if Helen had a telephone connection
to the spiritual realm, directly heard the words spoken by an ascended
being and wrote down those words verbatim. So the words were filtered
through the consciousness of the messenger and therefore affected by
the mind of the messenger.
Please don't interpret this to mean that the Course is not a valid spiritual
teaching. It is indeed valid, but as I explained elsewhere,
it is not unaffected by the consciousness of the messenger. In this
particular case, Helen did not fully embrace or accept the process,
and this imposed certain limitations on the material.
Another limitation on the material was that Helen, in large part due
to her scientific upbringing, did not accept the existence of lower
or dark forces. As explained in my teachings on channeling,
such forces do exist and they will attempt to interfere with any attempt
to bring forth true spiritual teachings. If a person serves as a messenger
and is unaware of such forces, the person does not know how to protect
himself from these forces. Therefore, there is a risk that these forces
can influence the process and insert a few concepts that are inaccurate
or incomplete. As a result, there are certain concepts in the Course
that are not accurate and that did not originate from the Ascended Host.
This does not mean that the entire Course is invalid. Is only means,
as stated in my previous comments, that students of the Course must
use their inner discernment and that it would be good to study other
spiritual teachings in addition to the Course. However, this is true
of any spiritual teaching.
If you maintain the attitude that you are a seeker of truth instead
of a follower of doctrine, then you will not turn the Course into a
doctrine, and therefore you will not begin to believe that the Course
is infallible.
Let me state clearly that no messenger is completely accurate. Transferring
spiritual knowledge through the mind of an unascended person is a complex
process. As with radio transmissions, there will be a certain amount
of noise or interference. How much will depend on the level of consciousness
reached by the messenger and by the protection invoked by the messenger.
To give you an illustration of this, let me describe how the teachings
on this website are brought forth.
Kim’s soul is very closely associated with my soul. Therefore,
from the beginning, he has the advantage of knowing my vibration, being
able to tune in to that vibration and to expose all interfering vibrations
that are not mine.
He has been trained for many lifetimes, but in this lifetime he has
been consciously following the spiritual path for over 25 years. During
most of this time, he has been keenly aware of the existence of lower
forces and the need to invoke spiritual protection. He has invoked this
protection diligently every day for a number of years.
He has also spent many years studying the teachings that we of the Ascended
Host have released through other organizations in this century. This
has given him a feel for our vibration and the teachings we desire to
bring forth in this age. It has also increased his vocabulary, in terms
of both words and concepts.
Most importantly, he has wholeheartedly embraced the process of serving
as my messenger. He has a firm belief in, or rather I should say direct
knowledge of, the existence of God, the spiritual realm and ascended
beings. Consequently, there are no levels of his subconscious mind that
doubt the process or rebel against the process.
He has also spent a number of years actively working on resolving his
own psychology and any wounds and hang-ups that could interfere with
his service. He has been willing to look at anything hidden in the subconscious
mind and to diligently work on resolving it. He has therefore attained
a certain degree of resolution and purity which allows him to serve
as my messenger with little interference from his own mind.
I am not saying this to elevate him above other messengers we have used.
I am simply saying it to illustrate what allows a person to serve as
a pure messenger and therefore bring forth teachings that are accurate.
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