Guest guest Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Turning The Other Cheek When Jesus taught, he used parables (metaphors) to address the ineffable shift in consciousness from personal to Christ or Cosmic Consciousness. Turning the other cheek is one of his tough teachings. He suggested that when someone strikes you on the cheek, that you simply turn the other cheek. Sounds pretty wimpy, but... Metaphorically, turning the other cheek, could be seen to mean, that if one feels personally attacked, they can know that they are identified with their personal separate ego, and not with The Mind of Christ. To turn the other cheek would be to first recognize that once they have been graced with the conscious ability to put on The Mind of Christ, they can, when they feel attacked, simply turn their consciousness to their nondualistic identity - where it is impossible to take anything personally, because there is no person as their primary identity. There is only Christ Consciousness. If one feels the "sting" of personal attack, then for certain, they have allowed their personal ego, the false or secondary self, to slip back into their primary personal "identity". Having felt the sting, they can use it as a cue, and be snapped back into their true identity, their "I-I" as Ramana called it, their Awakened, Realized, Enlightened Self, their Mind of Christ. Having put on The Mind of Christ, one "naturally" (being naturally enlightened) walks in love, and does not, because they cannot, take anything personally. They have died to self and Awakened to Christ or Cosmic Consciousness. If one simply talks the talk, does not walk the walk, and has only learned to "sound" Awakened, Enlightened and Realized, then this capacity escapes them. Typically the pretenders spend a lot of time talking about phenomenon and their personal "talks" with God, and they easily feel attacked, because they consciousness is one of defense - knowing they are vunerable to being "found out". Tough love, tough gurus, sometimes will "strike the cheek" of a student to point out to them that they are in their ego. Slap happy, Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 , Vir Rawlley <redderred wrote: > > > Talk in everlasting words, and dedicate them all to me. > And I will give you all my life, I'm here if you should call to > me. > You think that I don't even mean a single word I say. > It's only words, and words are all I have, to take your heart > away. ) says who? > > > yosyx <yosyflug wrote: --- In , annaruiz@ wrote: > > > > Ah, so it is... > > The body of Christ is the communion of Soul and Spirit on the path of > > One's life, the mystical marriage of I and Thou. > > > > just This.... > > > > Ana > > > > > > > what body? what communion? who marries whom? > what are you talking about? > > mysticism starts where words end. > > thank you for your insights, jeff and vir. > > yosy > <courtesy snip> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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