 29. Christ (Not Jesus) |
In such passages as I am the truth, the way and the life, "No man cometh (not goeth) unto the Father but by me." [-John 14:6]. Jesus never meant that He was the sole or only Son of God. But no man can attain the unqualified absolute. The transcendent Father "beyond" or prior to creation until he has first manifested (or returned to) the "Son" or activating Christ consciousness "condition" within" creation. Jesus, who achieved entire and complete oneness with the Christ consciousness, identified himself with it in as much as his own ego had long since been dissolved.
-Yogananda
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son. [-John 5:22]. No man hath seen God at any times; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
-John 1:18
He that believeth in me, the works that I do shall He do also; and greater works than these shall He do; because I go unto my Father.
- John 14:12
The comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send (uncover) in my name (namesake, the Christ consciousness). He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said to you.
-John 14:26
These biblical words refer to the threefold nature of God as the Father, Son, Holy Ghost (Sat, Tat, Aum, in the Hindu scriptures). God The Father is the absolute unmanifested, existing beyond (prior) vibratory creation. God The Son is the "Christ" consciousness (Brahma or Kutastha Chaitanya) existing "within" vibrancy creation. This Christ consciousness is the "only begotten" or sole reflection (mirror image)of the increated infinite. The outward manifestation of the omnipresent Christ consciousness, it's witness" [Revelations 3:14] is "Aum." The word of Holy Ghost: Invisible divine power. The only doer. The sole causative and activating force that upholds all creation through vibration . "Aum" the blissful comforter is heard in mediation and reveals to the devotee the ultimate truth, bringing, "All things to ...remembrance."
When Paul wrote: God ...created all things by Jesus Christ," [-Ephesians 3:9], and when Jesus said, "Before Abraham was, I am," [-John 8:58], the sheer essence of these words is impersonality.
A form of spiritual ignorance leads many worldly people to believe comfortably that only one man was the "Son of God." Christ was uniquely created, "they reason. So how can I, a mere mortal (sinner) emulate "Him?" But all humans have been divinely created, and must some day obey Christ's command: (request), "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your father which is in heaven is perfect."
-Matt.5:48/Yogananda
The misunderstanding occurred in the story or prophecy that a man as a messiah and savior was coming to save us from our sin. And this man or Christ would lead us into heaven . But Christ is not a person. Christ is a condition of consciousness which Jesus attained. And each person must some day attain the same condition.
