FW: Christ - The Non-Dual Self Realized Perfect (Real) Man, the True Atman abiding as One with the Father (Brahman)

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[pietersa (AT) lox2 (DOT) loxinfo.co.th]Thursday, December 07, 2000

7:32 AMColette; HarshaChrist - The Non-Dual Self Realized

Perfect (Real) Man, the True Atman abiding as One with the Father

(Brahman)

The Non-Dual Teachings of Christ:

"I am the Light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in

darkness, but shall have the Light of Life." John 8: 12

"All things were made by him, and without him was not anything made that was made." John I: 3

'In him was life, and the life was the light of men." John I: 4

"And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness comprehendeth it not." John I: 5

"That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that is born into this world." John I: 9

Christ tells John: "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and

the ending" sayeth the Lord, "which is, and which was, and which is

to come, the Almighty." Revelations, Ch I: 8,

"These things I have spoken to you that in me you might have peace. In

the world you shall have tribulations: But be of good cheer; I have

overcome (conquered) the world." John 16: 33

"I give you a commandment: Love one another." John 15: 12, 17

"For I have not spoken of myself, but the Father which sent me, he

gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

And I know his commandment is life everlasting." John 12: 49

One might think from reading these passages that Christ always speaks

as the Atman and of the Father as Brahman, or as the Self realized

being One in relation to the All pervasive and timeless Self. Just as

Krishna tells Arjuna that he taught Aditia (the Sun), Christ states:

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was, I AM." John 8: 58

One can see from the way Christ always refers to the Father, as the

doer of the miracles and all that He says, that regardless of His

apparent actions, that He has no sense of being a doer, that all He

says and does just happens, because He abides in the Father. Consider

the following passage, where Jesus is speaking to the Apostles in John

Ch 14:

"I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: No man cometh to the Father but by Me. (verse 6)

If you had known me, you should have known my Father also: and from

hence forth you know him and have seen him. (verse 7)

"Philip said to Jesus, 'Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.' (verse 8)

"To which Jesus replied:

"Have I been so long with you, yet you have still not known me,

Philip? He that has seen me has seen the Father; therefore, how do

you say, 'Show us the Father'? (verse 9)

"Believe you not that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The

words I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that

dwells in me he does the works. (verse 11)

"Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me, or else

believe me for the very works' sake." (verse 12)

Probably, the most profoundly direct instruction Christ gave

concerning the teaching of non-dualism is from

"The light of the body is the eye: Therefore, when thine eye is

single, your whole body will be filled with light...." (Luke 11: 34)

This non-dual teaching is easily paraphrased as follows: The part of

you that sees (the seer, one's Self) is your true light. Therefore,

if you hold the seer (subject-"I") singlely or exclusively (versus

giving attention to thoughts) you will have illumination - or what

some call the "enlightenment of the whole body". This is the exact

instruction given in the non-dualVedanta tradition, with the same

described outcome, as related above.

See the Vedic Verse and Avadhut Gita verse below:

Vedic Verse

In the highest golden sheath is the Godhead, unsullied,

indivisible;pure is it, the Light of lights. He who knows the Self

knows it. Neithersun nor moon nor stars shine there. Neither

lightning nor fire findsthere a place. With the radiance of that

Light alone all things shine.That radiance illumines all this world.

 

Atharva Veda, Mundaka Upanishad 2.2.9

Song of the Ever freeAvadhuta Gita

 

Chapter 7 Verse 4

 

In this state of realization, how can the Avadhutaconsider whether he

has a body or not,or whether he has attachment or not?He himself is

the immaculate, immovable, innate Reality-infinite as space.