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Most of this answer was originally given as part of the answer to another
question.
Answer
from Jesus:
If you study this
website, you will quickly discover that part of the message I am trying
to get across is that the current conditions on planet Earth were not
created by God and they were not a result of some kind of accident.
Human beings have created the current conditions, and they have done
so through the power of their own minds. They created these conditions
by allowing their minds to dwell upon imperfect images and beliefs,
so that their minds have misqualified the pure energies of God. The
consequence is that God will not simply remove the current problems
on Earth, even if people ask Him to do so.
God gave human beings free will. People have used that free will to
create the current problems on planet Earth, and the only way problems
will disappear is that human beings use their free will to uncreate
those conditions and begin to create perfect conditions.
The only way this could possibly happen is through a raising of the
consciousness of humankind as a whole. This higher level of consciousness
is not likely to be brought about because every human being on Earth
suddenly decides to raise his or her consciousness. It is far more likely
to be brought about because a small number of people decide to raise
their consciousness and therefore become the catalyst that pulls everyone
else up.
I applaud everyone who has understood these basic facts and who has
decided to do something about it. The central message on this website
is that the only way to bring about true change on this planet is for
a critical mass of people, and I am talking millions of people, to make
a fully conscious decision to walk the path toward a higher state of
consciousness.
On this website I have called that state of consciousness for personal
Christhood, or Christ consciousness. I am aware that many people, especially
many New Age people, have various reservations about anything that sounds
like Christianity. However, I must tell you that the term Christ consciousness
is simply a universal term that we of the Ascended Host use here in
Heaven. The way we use the term is not confined to the Christian religion.
Therefore, I hope that many of the people who have reservations about
Christianity, and many of those reservations are quite understandable,
will raise their understanding so that they can see the underlying universality.
I am Jesus Christ. I did inspire the spiritual movement that later became
the organized religion called Christianity. Yet I am now a spiritual
being. No spiritual being can be confined to the divisions and labels
that human beings create from the relativity of the carnal mind. When
people are caught in relativity, they love to create little boxes and
make people and ideas, even God, fit into one of their boxes. When you
rise above the relativity of the carnal mind and win your eternal freedom
as a spiritual being, an Ascended Master, you throw away all of those
boxes. Who needs boxes when you have a fully conscious recognition of
the unlimited being of God.
Unity through respect
for diversity
I hope you will understand that the following remarks are not aimed
at any particular organization or individual. I am simply taking this
opportunity to make a general comment.
There are a great number of people, and fortunately that number is growing
every day, who are becoming aware of the need to raise the understanding
and consciousness of humankind. These people come from many different
backgrounds, including traditional religion, science or the New Age
movement.
I am a spiritual teacher, and I do not put people into boxes or judge
them according to a relative standard. I love everyone with an unconditional
love, and I seek to help and inspire everyone to come up higher. Therefore
I applaud everyone who is making a sincere effort to raise their own
consciousness and the consciousness of humankind. My point here is that
no single person is more important than any other single person. Consequently,
no organization is more important than any other organization.
When you look at the current situation on planet Earth, I think it should
be obvious that there is indeed much opposition to spiritual growth.
I know that many people are reluctant to consider the existence of evil
forces. Yet let us simply perform a little thought experiment and imagine
that there is a force that is trying to prevent humankind from reaching
a new level of spiritual awareness. If such a force did exist, what
would be its primary method for sabotaging the efforts of the people
who are sincerely working to bring about positive change?
I must tell you that the most successful effort is the divide-and-conquer
strategy. There are many individuals and organizations making a sincere
effort to bring a new understanding and a higher level of consciousness.
Despite what some of the leaders and members of such organizations claim
or believe, there is not one single organization that can do this by
itself. If a large-scale spiritual awakening is to happen, it can only
happen by a large number of people and organizations deciding to work
together on a common goal.
You must understand that up here in Heaven there is a great number of
spiritual beings who are seeking to inspire humankind. Despite the fact
that we are all individuals, we are all working together as part of
the same team. We all see the essential unity behind our individuality,
because we realize that we all came from the same source.
The main thing that can bring spiritual renewal to this planet is the
large-scale recognition by millions of people that despite their individual
differences, despite their various backgrounds beliefs and belief systems,
they are all part of the one Body of God on Earth.
The one factor that works against the formation of the one Body of God
on Earth is the divide-and-conquer strategy. You must understand that
dark forces cannot work against people's free will. They will try to
manipulate people into making wrong choices, but people must make the
choice to support or not resist darkness. What makes people vulnerable
to this manipulation is that they identify with the relativity of the
carnal mind. The dark forces use this relativity to manipulate people.
The only possible way to
escape this manipulation is to rise above the relativity of the carnal
mind. That is why I said: "The prince of this world cometh, and
hath nothing in me." That is why the Devil could not tempt me and
why the demons of Mara could not tempt my beloved brother, Gautama Buddha.
There are especially two
tendencies that make people vulnerable to the divide-and-conquer strategy,
and therefore are devastating to spiritual unity.
One is people’s need to feel that they are somehow better or above
others. Many sincere individuals still have a subtle feeling that they
want to be the avant garde who saves humanity. Others have a need to
feel that their organization or their efforts are more effective or
more important than that of other people. Therefore, many individuals
and organizations tend to set themselves apart from others and they
do not acknowledge the need for cooperation. They feel that they are
single-handedly doing God’s work and saving the planet, and they
want to keep it that way by not recognizing any “competing”
organizations. The basis for this is pride.
Another factor is that some people have a tendency to believe that the
only way to save the planet is through one particular belief system
or one particular organization. Therefore, their main goal is not to
raise the consciousness of humankind. Their main goal is to promote
one particular belief system, one particular organization or one particular
Guru as the only way to save the planet. As I have stated elsewhere
on this website, there is more than one true religion. Up here in Heaven,
there is no competition. Therefore, there should be no competition among
those on Earth who see themselves as the servants of God. The basis
for this competition is fear.
I am not making these remarks to criticize or find fault with any particular
organization or individual. I am merely trying to point out to you that
the only way to create major change on this planet is for people to
come together and join forces as the one Body of God on Earth.
During the Piscean age, people often attempted to force unity by seeking
to make their particular organization into the dominant organization.
Sometimes they would try to convert everyone else or kill those who
would not be converted. In the Aquarian age, the belief in one superior
organization or belief system is completely and utterly outdated.
I am not advocating that all people join one particular organization
or belief system. Instead, I am encouraging people to form a network
of individuals and organizations who are willing to work together on
the essential goal of raising the consciousness of humankind.
I have outlined this idea elsewhere
on this web site, but I am not saying that this is the only way it can
be done. What I am saying is that those who have reached a certain level
of spiritual maturity, a certain level of personal Christhood, need
to recognize the need to look beyond divisions and establish a new type
of unity, a unity that does not eradicate differences but empowers people
to look beyond differences.
In Heaven we are still individuals. We never lost our individuality
by letting go of the relativity and the divisions of the carnal mind.
On the contrary, we won our true God-given individuality. That is what
I desire to see on Earth, a true unity so that human beings in embodiment
can not only form a unity with each other but also a unity with the
Ascended Host. Thereby, people in embodiment and we, who are the spiritual
teachers of humankind, can form a unity and be as Above so below.
In the early days of the Christian movement, my disciples were divided
over the issue of whether they could preach my word to non-Jews. The
controversy was resolved by the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost:
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all
with one accord in one place. (Acts 2:1).
Why did the Holy Spirit descend on that occasion? Because the disciples
were of “one accord.” This did not mean that they had lost
their individuality or differences. It meant that they were united in
a sincere desire to know and do what is of God and they were willing
to rise above the relativity of the carnal mind.
The scriptures also record that I made a promise:
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there
am I in the midst of them. (matthew 18:20 )
This does not simply mean that whenever people get together and repeat
my name, they automatically summon my Presence. To do that, they must
be willing to reach beyond the divisions of the carnal mind and be of
one accord. My name in synonymous with Christ consciousness, and unless
you approach me from the Christ consciousness, I cannot possibly respond
to your call.
What I desire to see happen on this planet is that all truly spiritual
people will see the need to reach beyond outer differences and divisions.
I hope people will come together and be of one accord in a desire to
bring forth a higher state of consciousness. If that were to happen,
I can assure you that the Ascended Host would pour out such a measure
of the Holy Spirit that there would not be room enough to receive it.
I know this answer goes far beyond your original question, but I am
grateful to you for asking a question that gave me the opportunity to
bring forth this teaching.
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