When?

[Guest guest]

When?

 

Life is filled with "whens".

 

When will I find peace of mind?

When will the check come in?

When is enough enough?

When should I make my move?

When will he shut up?

 

Hundreds more could come to mind.

 

Easter brings up reflection of one:

 

When will Christ return?

 

Yeow, that's a big question.

A nonsense question for some.

Cause for constant watchtower

duty for many others. The subject

is of long-standing debate.

 

Here's my Easter basket of

Two Cents Worth:

 

In the gospel of John, Jesus

said that the and "His Father"

would come and make their

abode within our hearts.

He said that this abiding would

happen in a "spiritual" way -

a way that the "world" could not see.

 

(Jesus had responded to questions

about the Kingdom of Heaven, with

"the Kingdom is within").

 

So, it can be reasoned that Jesus

was talking about a level of

consciousness, or what Paul later

referred to as "The Mind of Christ"

that we are able to, or would

come to "put on".

 

And Jesus added, that his

"return" would happen before

"this generation has passed away".

 

At Pentecost, reportedly about

40 days after Jesus' death on the

cross, an event is described about

how 120 people were "filled with

The Holy Spirit…and spoke of

the wonderful works of God."

 

Peter, one of the disciples, seemed

especially enthusiastic about now

"Knowing" that Jesus was the sender

of this gift…of knowing God, and

knowing our Oneness within God.

 

One opinion (of mine) is that this

event was the `return" of Christ.

That he "sent" the Holy Spirit, the

startling rush of wisdom, the

Awakening, that brings the realization

that not only was Jesus consciously

able to say, "The Father and I are

One…if you've seen me you've

seen the Father," but that all who

come to this Nondual Realization

are able to say (Know) the same -

exclusive of theism, even.

 

For those whose hearts resonate

with the words from Paul's writing

that "When Christ died, I died. When

he was resurrected, I was resurrected.

It is no longer I who lives, but Christ,"

They may have already experienced

Christ's "return" and are the empowered

witnessed and light bearers of the

eventually of Christ's reign on earth -

not the person, Jesus, but the level

of consciousness he spoke of (when

we can resist the anthropomorphic

model) in his teachings.

 

Another, possibly more expansive

opinion (of mine, again), is that the

return of Christ is the "return" of

Christ Consciousness - the natural

(Mother Nature's) unfolding of the

eventual evolutionary transformation

of all of humankind to a new level

of consciousness of the nondual

reality…and peace at last.

 

 

When? God knows.

[Guest guest]

"the true always is; the untrue never has existence"

(the bhagawad gita)

 

the real is always now. there is no other time.

 

the clinging to the illusory identity can never

overshadow this self evident truth.

 

whenever the speculations, concepts and ideas

are abandoned, it shines of its own accord,

undisturbed.

 

_()_

yosy

 

 

 

 

 

 

, "Jeff Belyea" <jeff wrote:

>

> When?

>

> Life is filled with "whens".

>

> When will I find peace of mind?

> When will the check come in?

> When is enough enough?

> When should I make my move?

> When will he shut up?

>

> Hundreds more could come to mind.

>

> Easter brings up reflection of one:

>

> When will Christ return?

>

> Yeow, that's a big question.

> A nonsense question for some.

> Cause for constant watchtower

> duty for many others. The subject

> is of long-standing debate.

>

> Here's my Easter basket of

> Two Cents Worth:

>

> In the gospel of John, Jesus

> said that the and "His Father"

> would come and make their

> abode within our hearts.

> He said that this abiding would

> happen in a "spiritual" way -

> a way that the "world" could not see.

>

> (Jesus had responded to questions

> about the Kingdom of Heaven, with

> "the Kingdom is within").

>

> So, it can be reasoned that Jesus

> was talking about a level of

> consciousness, or what Paul later

> referred to as "The Mind of Christ"

> that we are able to, or would

> come to "put on".

>

> And Jesus added, that his

> "return" would happen before

> "this generation has passed away".

>

> At Pentecost, reportedly about

> 40 days after Jesus' death on the

> cross, an event is described about

> how 120 people were "filled with

> The Holy Spirit…and spoke of

> the wonderful works of God."

>

> Peter, one of the disciples, seemed

> especially enthusiastic about now

> "Knowing" that Jesus was the sender

> of this gift…of knowing God, and

> knowing our Oneness within God.

>

> One opinion (of mine) is that this

> event was the `return" of Christ.

> That he "sent" the Holy Spirit, the

> startling rush of wisdom, the

> Awakening, that brings the realization

> that not only was Jesus consciously

> able to say, "The Father and I are

> One…if you've seen me you've

> seen the Father," but that all who

> come to this Nondual Realization

> are able to say (Know) the same -

> exclusive of theism, even.

>

> For those whose hearts resonate

> with the words from Paul's writing

> that "When Christ died, I died. When

> he was resurrected, I was resurrected.

> It is no longer I who lives, but Christ,"

> They may have already experienced

> Christ's "return" and are the empowered

> witnessed and light bearers of the

> eventually of Christ's reign on earth -

> not the person, Jesus, but the level

> of consciousness he spoke of (when

> we can resist the anthropomorphic

> model) in his teachings.

>

> Another, possibly more expansive

> opinion (of mine, again), is that the

> return of Christ is the "return" of

> Christ Consciousness - the natural

> (Mother Nature's) unfolding of the

> eventual evolutionary transformation

> of all of humankind to a new level

> of consciousness of the nondual

> reality…and peace at last.

>

>

> When? God knows.

>