 89. Jesus or Christ |
Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way (the "way") which leads to "life" (eternal life) and there are few who find it.
Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing. But inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
-Jesus, Matthew 7:13, 14, 15
Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven, (Jesus, Matthew 7:21) i.e., only those who "do" the will of my Father. The "will" of the Father (God) is that no soul (individual spirit) should stay separated and lost forever, i.e., identified with the psychological egoic person-ality.
Through meditation and direct experience one first verifies the truth (inner self, most prior reality) as consciousness self awareness and then the fulfillment of it follows. . . the truth is near when one leaves the mind (egoic mentality). It is far away when one keeps thinking and doubting. Everything is ready when one is ready; nothing is ready when one is not ready.
-Chap. 78 Hua Hu Ching
Kind prince, does Tao (God) exist as something SEPARATE from one's own being?
No my venerable teacher. Tao (God) is NOT something SEPARATE and EXTERNAL to one's own being; however, the human beings of the future will perceive it as such.
Kind prince, what then is the Tao? My venerable teacher, I would rather not say a word but embrace it in silence.
Kind prince, do not embrace the Tao. Be the Tao i.e. Do not worship God from a separate state of being, attain, SELF-REALIZATION and be at-one with God. (And as God).
-79 Hau Hu Ching
The kingdom of heaven does not come with observation: nor will they say, "See here" or "See there." For indeed the kingdom of God is within you (in the form of consciousness self awareness).
-Jesus, Luke 17:20, 21
Therefore ye shall be perfect (perfected, achieved in self realization) just as your (our) Father in heaven is perfect.
-Jesus, Matthew 5:48
That they all may be "one," as you, Father (universal consciousness spirit in the form of self awareness) are in me and I in you. That they also may be one in us. That the world may believe that you sent me (to teach self salvation as your messenger, and Messiah).
And the glory which you gave me (God-self-realization) I have given them (taught them) that they may be "one" (integrated, centered, integral beings) just as we are one.
-Jesus, John 17:21 (23, 24, 25, 26)
No servant can serve the masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one (the ego) and despise the other (inner self). You cannot serve God and Mammon (at the exact same time).
