Cracking the concrete of old religion

Sometimes we need a little extra clarification from the divine, something that actually makes sense to our 21st Century rational thinking, not some more old stuff that smacks of a kind of Indiana Jones' Temple-of-Doom-god.  And, I think these Christs' Letters is that extra clarification.

One of the reasons I began writing Tiger Lilies was to bridge the old thought of our ancient religions with the fresh late-breaking new age quantum spirituality that's being revealed almost everywhere, now.  

I found so much of the new buried in the old and wanted to build bridges connecting the ancient with what really isn't new at all, only new to us on this side of the ice age.  My goal was to offer those of us who grew up in the old religions a way to embrace the new, and authenticate and make relevant some of the old that too many intellectual scientific-minded people have discarded contemptuously.  As we are evolving our consciousness and spirituality, so is our understanding of what the great ones before us tried to teach us.  Then, we simply did not have ears to hear. Now, many of us, do.  We have synergized the orthodoxy of mainline and Catholic Christianity with the newfound Gnostics, Yoga, Sufi, and Jewish Kabbalah, Hindu and Buddhism.  As we mix and stir, we find a radiant something new - a bit of the old and yet something that speaks to all us, ringing deep through all the layers of our collective humanity. 

There is no question that these days are that long promised second coming.  There is no doubt to me that since we are ready, our teacher has come, returned.  There is no doubt that Christ is speaking to whomever will listen and he is calling us all into a deeper and more honest relationship with the divinity that is within each and all of us, which stems from our Creator, the Source of Creation.  Over the last couple of years, I've found these Christ Letters powerfully inspiring.  This one, I thought I'd share with you, since it shows Christ's penchant for breaking open the coffins of thought in which we've buried ourselves.  His oft reported radical nature still shines, even through these two millenia.   

Thank you for being a part of the Tiger Lilies community and joining me, and all of us, on this journey of discovery. Feel free to share your thoughts. 


Dear Readers of Christ's Letters,

In this excerpt taken from Letter 6 page 277 of 'Christ Returns Reveals Startling Truth', Christ discusses the origins of a belief in a 'Super Individual Godhead'.

Therefore, we will begin with a description of the origins of a belief in ‘God’, a name which has meant many different things to mankind. This belief began when the ancient Hebrews walked the desert plains and questioned the origins of creation. It was imagined that in some way the SOURCE of CREATION must surely be a ‘superhuman man-god’ invisible and far transcendent to earth and human kind. Some of the ancient prophets were mystically aware that theSource of Creation was diffuse and present – in some way – throughout creation and was also sited in the eternal dimension but this mysticism was not available to the average human mind.

You must also understand that, despite the present ‘seeming reality’ (in your minds) of such a ‘God’ from your readings in the Bible, no one has ever glimpsed such a ‘superhuman man-god’ in any form whatsoever, except, perhaps, Moses who claimed he saw Him in a ‘burning bush’ and described Himself as ‘I am that I am’.

All that people have known of such a super-human ‘god’ has been derived from reading the colourful descriptions of ‘God’ given by prophets during their sojourn on earth. It is a hallmark of how illusory are religious beliefs that religionists return only to the ancients for their ‘truth’ since they cannot believe that ‘God’ is truly real, eternal and equally able to speak to people in your day and age.

Your ministers are terrified of any beliefs which do not meld into the old ones. They never consider – or are afraid to consider – that perhaps spiritual knowledge within the earthly dimension – is evolutionary!

I want you to ‘see’ that a ‘fabric of belief’, a mixture of rationalisations and beliefs has been concocted to make a web of mental/emotional security with which to enmesh and trap the minds and hearts of people. All that people are taught in the Christian faith is emotionally-based and emanates from ‘hearsay’, derived from early reports of my life and death on earth. Yet these are believed fanatically.

Christians are taught that: ‘God is Love – and God is aware of your sin and punishes, disciplines, rewards the doers of good and sends misfortunes to the evil-doers’. This is an exact description of human activity and consciousness!

- Christ Returns, Letter 6

Comments from the Recorder:

There are several passages in different Letters, stating that no spiritual progress is achieved by retaining old beliefs along with the new truth contained in the Letters. Whilst sympathetically acknowledging that old beliefs are like concrete in the mind, Christ also urges people to do their best to get rid of old concepts and mental images depicting their image of God.

In these passages above, Christ tries to help people to dissolve such images by pointing out the illogicality of such beliefs.

However, Christ has also said that he knows how people have been conditioned by Churches to fear damnation if they entertain any doubts concerning Biblical pronouncements. This fear acts as a strong barrier against a practicing Christian's conversion to Christ's Letters.

But Christ's arguments are seen to be so logical and persuasive if one studies them sincerely, that it is only the most obtuse of thinkers who can remain true to Christian dogma. Such people will probably have to remain in their ignorance until they reincarnate into an enlightened thinking family.

With all love and joy in Christ,

Recorder

Circle of Life

In all the great religious sacred scripture, there is an emphasis, a call to focus on that which is only found within our own center, at the core of our being, the nucleus of our Self.  

At that center of who we are, we find a doorway - a portal, a narrow gate, the stargate - and when we enter it, we enter into the absolute - the Being who is in everything and is everything - and that Being is whom, the ancients called the "I AM."  It's interesting and mind boggling at the same time.  When we finally cut through all the layers and layers of "masks" our ego lays on us, and we experience that ultimate peace of Being one with Ultimate Being, we find a most awesome thing.  We are all there.  

No one is not there. You might see a million candles there - each one representing the soul of another - but when we're all lit, the heavens are lit by us.  We are all one when we are our truest selves.  

That is peace.  Nothing the world gives us, could ever bring us peace and the road to this awesome awareness is usually cluttered with obstacles and challenges that could trip us up, and yet the Great Being, the Great Father, is calling and that little light within us is responding - all beyond our own will to respond.  We are responding, whether or not we realize this.  We are singing in the heavenly shower of light and love.  Some of us are very aware of this path we're on, facing the challenges and yet each slap in the face, turning the other cheek or getting back up on the horse after every tumble.

There is a point on this path when you look around and realize that if we are really all one, then "we" are one being.  Then, if we are one, then the entire human race, all of creation, is on this horse to heaven together and all the countries are like arms and legs of this one body.  And, since the path to enlightenment is marked by all kind of challenges, outward reflections of that inner journey, then we can see that all the wars in the Middle East and the churning struggles of almost every country in the African continent, and the obvious decline of the excessive materialism of the United States are all part of OUR journey toward ultimate being as One Being.

We have a long way to go, yet, obviously.  But, we're not forgotten or abandoned.  Our Great Father/Mother is well aware of our progress and can see the outcome in a way that we can't.  The end is guarateed.  We will prevail and we will grow up as a single Human Being, comprised of all of us.  We are all on the way together and for that I'm very grateful this morning.  

And, if there is one thing to remember on a very simplistic level it is that we are all part of this great One and so everything we think or do or react to will affect the Big Body of Us. Love of ourselves will be reflected somewhere in this global Self.  Love is the only medicine and yet that love is not passive, nor is it enabling , It is strong, determined, passionate and willing to go beyond anything we've ever known before.  But, our future begs us to do this, today.