This essay is a well crafted and insightful approach to understanding the role of Lord Christ on Earth. It may be challenging to the Establishment but it can only assist those who are searching for a more complete understanding of the unseen world.
Thank you, I always appreciate your comments and restacks. Not many are open to such challenging ideas, and I understand that they can be unsettling for some. However, we must remember that Christ also unsettled the religious establishment of His time. I believe this aspect is often overshadowed by the notion that Jesus was Yahweh Himself, correcting His people for their errors. While I respect that view, I am convinced that many are largely following traditions established by men.
Jesus never established a church; He instructed us to be Kingdom builders. The Gospel of Thomas illustrates this profoundly: "If you look to the skies for the Kingdom of God, then the birds will precede you. Likewise, if you look down to the depths of the sea, the fish will precede you. Rather, the Kingdom of God is here and now. It is both within us and without. It is here before our eyes, but many continue to look towards the skies."
The tearing of the temple veil from top to bottom symbolizes the removal of man-made institutions. Jesus consistently challenged us to reject monumental structures built with human hands. Mani’s final words before his execution resonate deeply with me on this matter: he spoke of shedding the "garments of dogma," recognizing that even Manichaeism would eventually fall into the same trap as all religions. Following Christ is a lonely path because we are rejected by the world—not the earth, but the world we create within our minds.
When Pilate asked Christ, "What is truth?" Jesus remained silent. Pilate was looking at the truth but did not recognize it. Zen has always been an anchor for me in understanding how the mind creates illusions. It is said that while sitting in zazen, if the Buddha appears in our minds, we must "kill" him because the Buddha we imagine is not the Buddha within. To crucify ourselves, as the great apostle St. Paul once said, is to destroy the ego: "It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives within me."
Recalling Boehme’s famous saying that “…Churches were only a pile of rocks.”
Speculative theology is never popular with the Establishment. Yet without it enslavement is sure to follow. So long as sparks of light are still visible the human spirit will prevail.
This essay is a well crafted and insightful approach to understanding the role of Lord Christ on Earth. It may be challenging to the Establishment but it can only assist those who are searching for a more complete understanding of the unseen world.
Thank you, I always appreciate your comments and restacks. Not many are open to such challenging ideas, and I understand that they can be unsettling for some. However, we must remember that Christ also unsettled the religious establishment of His time. I believe this aspect is often overshadowed by the notion that Jesus was Yahweh Himself, correcting His people for their errors. While I respect that view, I am convinced that many are largely following traditions established by men.
Jesus never established a church; He instructed us to be Kingdom builders. The Gospel of Thomas illustrates this profoundly: "If you look to the skies for the Kingdom of God, then the birds will precede you. Likewise, if you look down to the depths of the sea, the fish will precede you. Rather, the Kingdom of God is here and now. It is both within us and without. It is here before our eyes, but many continue to look towards the skies."
The tearing of the temple veil from top to bottom symbolizes the removal of man-made institutions. Jesus consistently challenged us to reject monumental structures built with human hands. Mani’s final words before his execution resonate deeply with me on this matter: he spoke of shedding the "garments of dogma," recognizing that even Manichaeism would eventually fall into the same trap as all religions. Following Christ is a lonely path because we are rejected by the world—not the earth, but the world we create within our minds.
When Pilate asked Christ, "What is truth?" Jesus remained silent. Pilate was looking at the truth but did not recognize it. Zen has always been an anchor for me in understanding how the mind creates illusions. It is said that while sitting in zazen, if the Buddha appears in our minds, we must "kill" him because the Buddha we imagine is not the Buddha within. To crucify ourselves, as the great apostle St. Paul once said, is to destroy the ego: "It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives within me."
Recalling Boehme’s famous saying that “…Churches were only a pile of rocks.”
Speculative theology is never popular with the Establishment. Yet without it enslavement is sure to follow. So long as sparks of light are still visible the human spirit will prevail.