Jesus Christ: Martyred Savior of Mankind?
» Friday, December 25th, 2009 at 09:33pm |
I want to tell you what Christmas means to me:
The Hope that it is possible to control the Destructive Impulses of our natures, the Faith that it is within our capabilities, and the Charity or True Altruism which is the result, through Cause and Effect.
Is that not the Science back of what the Master came to teach?
Most of us are familiar with the common belief concerning the Master Jesus' birth and life:
We know that the dogmatists claim He was God incarnated into a man for the sole purpose of saving humanity from their sins by being murdered, so that we may escape the misery of Hell after we die and instead gain entry into Heaven.
But, upon the facts of Nature (responsible for all the operation and functions of what we call "reality") is this, and perhaps more importantly, can this be true?
If we investigate it, and in that investigation should we remove the toxic superstitions from this common myth — of which nothing seems to have a greater force in binding the minds of men to the chains of ignorance, that great Antithesis of Knowledge necessary for Happiness — it will be found that we are, in fact, left with the truth; thus, allowing a man to throw off the limitations it creates for himself within his own mind, thereby unfolding new channels of power to him.
However, like a glass of pure water that has even one drop of poison added to it, consequently making the entire glass lethal, so it can be said of but one superstition mixed into any of the Great Truths.
For with the presence of that one superstition, like a single drop of poison added to a glass of water, it alters the "chemistry" and transforms it from a tonic into a toxin.
And a myth in the mind will destroy his "mental" health as surely as a poison in the body will destroy his "physical" health.
Therefore, let us remove the superstitions!
Let us drink pure water, free of toxins!
It is known that three Great Masters made the trip from the Himalayas to be present at Jesus' birth and make their first contact with Him. Through their Knowledge of the operations of Prophecy, they foresaw Him to be born and eventually evolve Himself into a Great Master, with perhaps unmatched faculties of Reason and Intuition, perfectly balanced.
According to the Bible, we see this quite clearly when, as a young boy, He confounded even the most learned scholars of His time.
Then we hear nothing of Him from that time until His return from, assumably, the Himalayas, to begin His Mission and fulfill the Great Commission set for Him by the Wise Men who paid homage at His birth.
It will be found that His commission was, indeed, to "save the world from their sins" — just not in the manner of which the ill-informed have come to believe.
Most of us who have come to the age of mental maturity know that we are all susceptible to the Destructive Impulses, such as Envy, Jealousy, Anger, etc. — which motivate us to trespass against the rights of others.
And we know the axiom of the Master's Message was "The Golden Rule".
But can I or anyone else directly stop you from admitting or expressing any of the Destructive Impulses?
There is no doubt it is possible for someone to coax another into not expressing them, but does anyone else truly have the ability to stop us from reacting destructively from within our own minds, without our cooperative effort?
Upon the facts, it will be found it is impossible. Some form of Personal Initiative and cooperation are necessary.
Did He come to "save us from our sins"?
He had Knowledge, accumulated over thousands of years by the Great Parent School of Knowledge, and backed by over a decade of His own persistent effort and practice in mastering the Destructive Impulses that all us men are ere to, which was exactly what He was Instructed to teach others, when His preparations were complete and the time arrived for His obligatory "Ministry".
If it could be said that giving us a method by which we can master our Destructive Impulses is synonymous with "saving us from our sins", He did come for that purpose.
Did He come to "save us from Hell" that we may "gain entry into Heaven"?
When the Master spoke of Heaven and Hell, He was simply referring to states of mind. With any amount of life experience, where any of the Destructive Emotions have been experienced, I doubt not one of us would vouch that Fear or Jealousy or any of the others are "heavenly" states of mind.
In fact, we know that they create "Hell" in our experience by twisting our stomachs, making us sick, and bringing about anxieties.
Thus, in the sense that He came with the "Good News" or "The Way" to harmonize one's thoughts to coincede with the Constructive Emotions, while eliminating the Destructive Emotions from making a haven for themselves in the mind, and thereby creating the state of mind known as Faith or what He often referred to as "Heaven"...
Yes, He did.
Did he "die for our sins"?
Upon the fact that he was killed because he became a "political" threat — as the Instruction He gave was aimed at freeing the masses' minds from their superstitions and since it will be found that perhaps the only way by which "Leadership by Force" can be so-called successfully accomplished is when those to be led have had their minds doused in superstition.
By teaching the masses how to free their minds, in an indirect sort of manner he did "die for our sins" — or more accurately, since the purpose of His Mission was to teach others to master Sin through the use of Practical Knowledge, as he had already accomplished this feat under the Instruction of those who had gone before, His purpose became an obstacle to those "in power".
Thus, He was murdered for it, through the support of the Envy of the masses, who would rather see a man fail and die than watch Him enjoy what they secretly believed themselves to be missing out on.
It is written:
"Whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life."
Does this mean to "invite Him into our hearts to save our Souls from damnation" — whatever that signifies?
Nay!
It means to believe that what He said, or the Knowledge he was Commissioned to impart, was true to the facts of Nature and that, if applied correctly, would unfold the dormant potentialities of any individual, as it had already done for Him, to the best benefit both here and hereafter.
Thus, upon these grounds:
Be gone you Superstitions!
You seeds of Fear and products of Ignorance!
You servants of Greed and Self-Righteousness!
You bastard childen of Vanity!
Be gone!
| Published by Jay Julio under Spirituality and Soul Growth |
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Ryan said:
I like this.
Posted Friday, December 25, 2009 at 11:38pm
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