Guest guest Posted April 12, 2000 Report Share Posted April 12, 2000 Namaste All, When I was living in Brisbane and my children were small, I asked one of my sons who Jesus was? His answer: 'He was a magic man and he had twelve possums!' hahahah Jesus came out of the Essenic background not the normal upbringing. I don't think it is a matter of putting Jesus above other sages. It is just that he is more well known in the West, that's all. He is the only sage known to Westerners for a couple of thousand years. One must remember he was also known and respected in India before most of the West knew about him. St Isa! Most religions are really into mega-control and it is no different with Christianity. The fundamentalists are not aware enough to realise that Jesus talked as the Universal and as a man They probably think that Christ is his surname instead of describing a state of jivanmukta. Om Namah Sivaya, Tony. ===== http://members.xoom.com/aoclery/sanskritglos.htm ASATHO MA SATH GAMAYA, From the unreal lead me to the real, THAMASO MA JYOTHIR GAMAYA, From darkness, lead me to light, MRITHYOR MA AMRITAM GAMAYA.From death, lead me to immortality. OM, SHANTI SHANTI SHANTI. Om, Peace Peace Peace. Send online invitations with Invites. http://invites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2000 Report Share Posted April 12, 2000 Hi Tony, >When I was living in Brisbane and my children were >small, I asked one of my sons who Jesus was? > >His answer: 'He was a magic man and he had twelve >possums!' hahahah When I was little, I was asked if I knew what April Fool's Day was. I said: "That's when Jesus jumped up out of the grave and yelled 'Surprise!'" Love, Dharma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2000 Report Share Posted April 12, 2000 Dharma <fisher1 > When I was little, I was asked if I knew what April Fool's Day was. I said: > > "That's when Jesus jumped up out of the grave and yelled 'Surprise!'" > > Love, > Dharma I prefer your account, Dharma, to the original. Was it a grave he jumped from, or was it a cake? I wonder if what we've been told about the physical literal resurrection of Jesus was a Roman political ploy designed to convince the naive populous about the superiority of the empire's official religion. I suspect this partly because this physical resurrection account is cited by many as proof of the validity & superiority of Christianity. Whether or not the physical resurrection is true matters little, the fact is that is has been used as a ploy to advance the religion, an advertisement to attract more followers. Perhaps Jesus was experienced after death in the psyche of witness and not literally in the flesh. Of course Yogananda gives several account in his autobiography of Saints in India returning in the flesh, so who knows. I only object to the superiority of Jesus as bigger and better. Jesus says as much in Matthew: 'why do you call me good, there is none good but one and that is God.' I like Barry Long's comments: something like: 'Jesus was no more God than you or I!!! Except that he had realized this truth.' Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2000 Report Share Posted April 13, 2000 Hi Roger, > ---------- > Roger Isaacs[sMTP:RIsaacs] > Thursday, April 13, 2000 4:20 AM > > Re: Jesus sages and the West. > > Dharma <fisher1 > > When I was little, I was asked if I knew what April Fool's Day was. I > said: > > > > "That's when Jesus jumped up out of the grave and yelled 'Surprise!'" > > > > Love, > > Dharma > > I prefer your account, Dharma, to the original. Was it a grave he jumped > from, or was it a cake? > > I wonder if what we've been told about the physical literal resurrection > of > Jesus was a Roman political ploy designed to convince the naive populous > about the superiority of the empire's official religion. > > I suspect this partly because this physical resurrection account is cited > by > many as proof of the validity & superiority of Christianity. Whether or > not > the physical resurrection is true matters little, the fact is that is has > been used as a ploy to advance the religion, an advertisement to attract > more followers. > > Perhaps Jesus was experienced after death in the psyche of witness and not > literally in the flesh. Of course Yogananda gives several account in his > autobiography of Saints in India returning in the flesh, so who knows. > > I only object to the superiority of Jesus as bigger and better. Jesus says > as much in Matthew: 'why do you call me good, there is none good but one > and > that is God.' > And God is good. :-) > I like Barry Long's comments: something like: 'Jesus was no more God than > you or I!!! Except that he had realized this truth.' > Except that you or i have realized this truth? Love, Nasir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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