Jesus
comments on the movie
"The Passion of Christ" by Mel Gibson
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comment on The Passion of the Christ
Question: Dear Master Jesus: Any insight to the upcoming release of
Mel Gibson's new film "The Passion of Christ." Do you see
this movie as a deterrent to your message because you will become
an idol to millions? Or is this movie needed to reinforce your message?
Is this an accurate portrayal of your Crucifixion?
Jesus: Kim
feels that he cannot be the best possible messenger because he has not
yet seen the movie. Yet I have no such concerns, and I welcome the opportunity
to comment on this movie.
I have to say that if I was asked to be a consultant on a movie about
my life, the first thing I would do was change the title from “Passion”
to “Resurrection.” I am definitely not happy with the fact
that orthodox Christianity has placed such disproportionate attention
and importance on my crucifixion and has consequently ignored the far
more important event of my resurrection.
Yes, I was crucified and executed. However, thousands of people were
executed in the same way, and hardly anyone pays any attention to that.
The reason being, of course, that it is not important to world history
that one person was crucified. So why is it so important that I was
crucified? It is truly no more important than the crucifixion of any
of the other people who were executed in this cruel manner. Inasmuch
as ye have done it unto the least of these my little ones, you have
done it unto me. So by ignoring the cruel executions of so many other
people, you are ignoring their suffering, which is also my suffering.
What I am trying to help people see here is that my crucifixion was
no more or less important than the crucifixion of thousands of other
people. What was different about my experience was that I was resurrected
after the crucifixion and appeared to my disciples in a resurrected
body. This is important because, when understood correctly, it demonstrates
that all people can follow a path that leads them to the Christ consciousness.
And when they reach that Christ consciousness, they can conquer all
of the forces of the material universe, including death itself.
The central message in my life was not the often-repeated claim that
I died on the cross for humanity’s sins. The central message was
that even though people killed my physical body, they could not kill
me because I was greater than the body and could survive the death of
the body. This is indeed the message that should be shouted from the
housetops and the movie screens.
Every human being has the potential to follow in my footsteps and do
the works that I did. And the key to following in my footsteps is to
adopt the same approach to religion that I demonstrated throughout my
lifetime, and thereby go through the transformation in consciousness
that I experienced. This is indeed what should be the central message
of Christianity, and as I have said before, I would prefer that all
images of the crucified Christ were removed from Christian churches
and replaced by images of the resurrected Christ.
So, yes I do see this movie as a potential deterrent to the message
I want to get across in this age. If this movie ends up becoming popular
with the multitudes, it can indeed reinforce the 2,000 year old momentum
of putting undue emphasis on my crucifixion and on my suffering on the
cross. I have commented elsewhere on the topic of the vicarious
atonement, so let those comments be enough.
Will watching this movie drain your energies?
When you watch any movie, it is highly advisable that you pay attention
to your energy level before and after the movie. If you notice a drop
in your energy level, you can be certain that the movie has drained
your positive energies. Most movie makers are not aware of what they
are doing, yet nevertheless such movies are always influenced by dark
forces, who are using the movie to steal
people's positive energy. This is especially true for movies that
shock people, either through images of horror, sex or violence.
I think people watching “The Passion” and paying attention
to their energy level will notice that they feel drained of energy after
having watched the movie. The reason is simple. This movie puts undue
attention on my suffering before and during the crucifixion. Quite frankly,
I would prefer that no Christian would see the images of a crucified
person covered in blood and portrayed to be Jesus Christ.
That simply is not an accurate depiction of the crucifixion. Obviously,
there was some blood but not very much. Such images serve only to shock
people into misqualifying God’s energy, and that energy is then
sucked up by demons,
discarnate souls and entities who live off that misqualified energy.
Quite frankly, movie theaters are often feeding grounds for such lower
beings, especially when those theaters are playing horror movies, pornographic
movies and violent movies. I would qualify this movie as a hybrid between
a violent movie and a horror movie.
This movie is not an accurate portrayal of my crucifixion
So no, this movie is not an accurate portrayal of the crucifixion. Obviously,
my public trial and crucifixion was not a pleasant experience. That
is why I was so distraught the evening before that I asked God to take
his cup away from me. Nevertheless, when I surrendered myself to God,
by stating the words, “Nevertheless, not my will but thine be
done,” [Luke 22:42] I attained a state of inner peace, which followed
me throughout the experience.
You will note from people who go through extreme circumstances that
they often experience a sense of inner peace and that there is very
little pain and discomfort. Scientists explain this as caused by chemicals
in the brain, and such chemicals do play a role. However, far more important
is the state of inner peace of the soul. It is indeed this inner peace
that helps release the chemicals, and not the chemicals that produce
the inner peace. So I was in such a state of peace during the entire
experience, and therefore I did not suffer as much as many Christians
imagine. I certainly did not suffer as much as portrayed in this movie.
During the so-called dark ages, it was natural that people identified
with the suffering of Christ because their lives were very hard, and
they experienced much suffering. As I explain throughout this website,
we of the Ascended Host are always trying to reach people with a spiritual
message that helps them come up higher. To reach people, we must approach
them with a message that is adapted to their current state of consciousness.
So if people are experiencing much suffering, it might indeed help them
open their hearts to a spiritual message when they see that the person
who founded a particular religion went through suffering himself.
This then was an acceptable way for people to open their hearts to Christ
in the ages when people suffered greatly. Obviously, there are still
people in this world who have experienced a life of suffering and who
might be helped by identifying with my suffering on the cross. Nevertheless,
the main message should still be that by striving for Christ consciousness
you will overcome your suffering, change your outer circumstances and
bring God's kingdom to Earth. It has never been the message of the Ascended
Host that people should continue to suffer for an entire lifetime and
then experience God's kingdom after they die. Our purpose is to stop
the suffering on Earth and to bring God's kingdom to this world.
Don't use my suffering to prolong your own
I can fully appreciate that there are many people in today's world who
have experienced much suffering, including Mel Gibson himself. This
then causes such people to identify with me because I also suffered.
Nevertheless, what happens to many people is that the suffering causes
emotional wounds in the soul. So if such people focus on my suffering
on the cross, without understanding the message that you can rise above
that suffering, their involvement with Christianity does not help their
spiritual growth.
Instead, their involvement with Christianity can actually abort their
spiritual growth and cause them to feel that they should suffer because
I suffered. This is such a twisted and perverted line of reasoning that
it almost defies my ability to comprehend. Yet there are souls who have
become so wounded that they somehow will not let go of those wounds.
They cling to the wounds because those wounds have become part of their
sense of identity, and they could not imagine that they could ever be
healed from those wounds. Therefore, they somehow turn my suffering
on the cross and my death as a result of that suffering into a justification
for them not healing their wounds and moving on to a higher level. They
might even seek to use my example to manipulate other people into feeling
sympathy for them and their suffering.
As I said, the central message of my life is that you do not have to
suffer. By following in my footsteps, by letting that mind be in you
which was also in Christ Jesus, you can overcome human suffering and
attain inner peace. You can even change the outer conditions that cause
your wounds. Why do you think I healed the sick and raised the dead,
if it was not to show that the Christ consciousness has power over all
physical conditions? Why do you think I demonstrated that a person with
Christ consciousness can conquer death itself, if it was not to show
that all people have the potential to conquer death?
Don't feel obligated to see this movie
For people who read this, let me make a recommendation. Please do not
feel obligated to see this movie just because it is supposedly a movie
about Jesus Christ and because you feel that you should know how much
I suffered for your sake. You have absolutely no obligation whatsoever
to see a movie that spells out suffering that I did not experience and
gives an inaccurate portrayal of my crucifixion. I am hereby setting
you free from any sense of obligation that you might feel.
I do this because I know that many Christians will feel obligated to
see this movie simply because it is about me. Yet, as I tried to explain,
the movie is not truly about me. It is about an inaccurate image that
has been reinforced by orthodox Christianity for 2,000 years. And the
actual images broadcast through this movie did not spring from a true
vision, but from the imagination of people who have an unbalanced view
of suffering.
I realize that many Christian leaders, including the Vatican, will claim
that this movie shows the crucifixion as it really happened. Some of
them will do so because they truly believe it. Some of them will do
it because they see a political opportunity to turn people’s attention
to what they believe is the only right view of Christ, namely their
own.
I am saddened by the fact that the Vatican has expressed guarded support
for the movie, but I am not surprised. Obviously, as explained elsewhere,
the Catholic Church has obscured my true message, and therefore I am
not surprised that the Pope himself holds on to a false image of my
crucifixion. Nevertheless, I see no reason Catholics should feel obligated
to see this movie.
Avoid being manipulated by the subversive message of this movie
I am not hereby saying that you should not see the movie. I am saying
that you should feel free from all obligation to see the movie. You
should then listen to the impulses
from your Christ self. If you do feel an inner prompting to see
the movie, by all means do so.
However, I highly recommend that you use the exercises for spiritual
protection before you see this movie. And I highly recommend that
you envision a sphere of white
light around you during the entire time and that you are very careful
not to lapse into negative feelings as a result of this movie.
Watch closely how the movie very gradually builds shock effect upon
shock effect until most people are no longer able to hold their peace
of mind and are plunged into a state of shock and trauma that makes
them wide open to the forces that want to steal their energies.
Use your awareness to avoid becoming a victim of the subtle manipulation
in this movie. Please avoid falling pray to the temptation to feel sympathy
for me (because after all I supposedly did this all for you) so that
you are tricked into feeling that you should open yourself to the violent
images in the movie. This is a clear attempt to take advantage of the
genuine love that some people have for me and the misguided sense of
obligation that even more people have. It tricks you into opening your
subconscious mind to the underlying message of the movie, and I urge
you to pay attention to that message. You will be surprised at the revelations
that your Christ self might give you, if you listen with an open mind.
I am not saying Mel Gibson did this consciously. He simply tapped into,
and was ensnared by, the age-old momentum of presenting a false image
of Christ to prevent people from following my example. As a result,
the movie has a very subversive message. It is a false message, and
I encourage you to watch out for it and to avoid being ensnared by it.
So if you do want to watch this movie, look at it as an educational
experience and listen to your Christ self so that you can learn the
particular personal lessons that your Christ self wants you to learn
from watching this movie. This will be slightly different for every
person.
In fact, if people care to send me their insights, I will be happy to
comment on them.
Jesus briefly comments on
this movie in the answer to a question about the blood
of Christ.
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