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from Jesus:
I have touched upon
some of the topics you mention in my answer to the questions of whether
Jesus Christ is the only Son of God
and whether there is only one true
religion.
What is the common link between the world’s religions? This can
be expressed in many different ways. To me, the most universal element
of all religion is to bring human beings closer to God. Human beings
have forgotten their true identity and their relationship to God. True
religion is meant to help them rediscover their identity through inner,
intuitive or mystical experiences so that they internalize and fully
accept who they are. True religion is meant to help people attain such
experiences and thereby also attain a direct communion with their God.
Obviously, many orthodox religions, Christian and non-Christian, deny
people their ability to commune with God. Therefore, the only way to
see a link between the true faiths of the world is for people to adopt
a mystical or spiritual approach to religion. As long as people are
caught in the relativity of the carnal mind, they will be more concerned
about promoting the so-called uniqueness of their own religion instead
of promoting the universal elements behind all religions.
As I have stated in the Teachings
section, the only real solution to the problems on this planet, including
the conflict between religions, is that people must rise to a higher
state of consciousness. I call this state of consciousness the Christ
consciousness, but I have no problem with other religions using a different
name.
One might also say that the common link between all true religions is
a universal path that gradually leads people to attain a higher state
of consciousness, whereby they overcome the relativity, the duality,
the conflicts and the sense of separation that springs from the carnal
mind. One might say that the link between all religions is that there
is a universal path which leads to union with God.
If you desire to see peaceful coexistence between the world’s
religions, then make an effort to promote the universal path to a higher
state of consciousness. Nothing else will bring peace among religious
people. Peace cannot be brought about through the relativity of the
carnal mind, even if it is disguised as human goodness and tolerance.
I am happy that you are pointing out the falsity in the belief that
Jesus Christ is God and that I have created the entire universe. I can
assure you that the universe was created before I was created. However,
the idea that Jesus Christ is God is not entirely false. This is a very
subtle topic that I could easily write an entire book about, and I might
indeed do so in the future.
To give you a very brief explanation, which is simply meant as food
for thought, you must realize that God created everything out of its
own substance and being. Everything is truly God in disguise. Every
soul that was ever created was created as an individualization of God.
(For a more detailed explanation, see this discourse.)
A young soul normally does not recognize that it is an individualization
of God. However, when the soul matures it eventually comes to the full
conscious recognition and acceptance that it is indeed an individualization
of God. At the moment the soul reaches this state of enlightenment,
the soul becomes one with God. That is why I said, “I and my Father
are one.”
There is a subtle difference between oneness with God and being God.
I fully recognize myself as an individualization of God. I fully recognize
that I am one with God. However, I also recognize that I am not all
that God is. God, the creator of the universe, is a being with individuality.
I am also a being with individuality, and my individuality is different
from the individuality of the creator of the universe.
I must tell you that the greatest challenge for a soul is to find a
personal understanding of the seeming mystery that you are created by
God, that you are one with God, but that you are also an individual
being. This is something that cannot be explained through words.
However, as a soul grows in union with its Christ self, it will gradually
resolve what at lower levels of the path seems to be a conflict. The
sense of separation and conflict springs from the carnal mind. As the
soul puts off the old human and puts on the new human of the Christ
consciousness, the conflict will gradually fade away.
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