 89. Jesus or Christ |
The sacrifice that Jesus made was becoming unidentified with his psychological self, i.e., the death of the "Jesus" personality in order to attain Christhood. To become a Christ, a son of God, God-self-realized, and to show it for the sake of all mankind. The second physical death on the cross was the cover up of the "killing" of an innocent man, and was NOT necessarily for the "saving" of the world.
The only death (sacrifice) required for salvation (SELF salvation) is the disassociation from one's own psychological egoic state of mind; then one returns back to their true original angelic natural condition, i.e., heaven (the abode of God), Eden, also called Tao, Samadhi, Nirvana, Satori, Christhood, enlightenment, holy communion, born again, baptized, the bright, at-onement, son or daughter of nature, son or daughter of Zeus, obtaining the golden fleece, eternal life, the way, the law, truth, reality, true hearted, kingdom of God, etc., etc. etc. etc. etc.
The evidence is that Jesus did not die on the cross, as one who was cursed. He in fact only passed into a coma on the cross, and later revived in the tomb, exhibiting self-healing powers in the form of yogic body heat. The relic called the "Shroud of turin" bears this out. Thus, he did in fact reappear among his followers in his ordinary human body, and not in a "light" body. And he apparently fled from Israel shortly thereafter. There is some historical evidence that he later appeared in India, where he died, in Kashmir. (A tomb that testifies to this exists in Kasmir to this day.)
Allegedly the shroud or burial cloth in which Jesus was buried, it is now preserved in Turin, Italy. The shroud bears the "negative" image of a man's body, apparently imprinted on the cloth by a combination of intense body heat and related chemical activity. (The "negative" displays a "positive" likeness when reversed by photography.) There is clear evidence on the shroud that the body continued to bleed, thus supporting the theory that Jesus was not dead when placed in the tomb.
The Gospel of Thomas #70
"If you bring forth that which is within you, that which you bring forth will save you, if you do not have (bring forth) that which is within you, that which you do not bring forth will destroy you."
The exact same message is also stated in the Bhagavad-Gita chapter 6, verse #5.
Let a man lift himself by himself; let him not degrade himself; for the SELF alone is the friend of the self (ego) and the SELF alone is the enemy of the self. (ego)
The supreme is within us. It is the consciousness underlying the ordinary individualized consciousness of everyday life but incommensurable with it.
The two are different in kind, though the supreme is realizable by one who is prepared to lose his life in order to save it. For the most part, we are unaware of the SELF in us because our attention is engaged by the objects which we like or dislike.
We must get away from them, to become aware of the DIVINE in us.
If we do not realize the pointlessness, the irrelevance and the squalor of our ordinary life, the TRUE SELF becomes the enemy of our ordinary life.
The UNIVERSAL SELF and the personal self are not antagonistic to each other.
The UNIVERSAL SELF can be the friend or the foe of the personal self.
If we subdue our petty craving and desires, if we do not exert our selfish will, we become the channel of the UNIVERSAL SELF. If our impulses are under control, and if our personal self offers itself to the UNIVERSAL SELF, then the latter becomes our guide and teacher (same as Matthew 23:8,9,10). Every one of us has the freedom to rise or fall and our future is in our own hands.
