Hello Adrian,
These are comments on some of your ideas you expressed higher up in this thread.
I was quite surprised that you claimed it was ” totally meaningless” to have Faith in God, since you teach we all came from the Source = God, and we are all striving to get back to God. I much rather have Faith in the true God who created me and runs the entire Universe, than in my own imperfect self and in my imperfect mind. God’s mind is tremendous in comparison to mine - it has created and it runs the whole cosmic Universe. And this is why it makes a much greater sense to me to have Faith in God’s mind and in his perfection.
I think Adrian meant that it's meaningless to have faith in God if you see God as a separate entity instead of being part of God yourself.
Also: in the newsletters Adrian is covering Bible-quotes from Jesus. He doesn't mean that the whole Bible is crap, but that it's often mis-interpreted. That theology thing is covered by the newsletter of today. Here it is:
-----Jesus and 2012-----
In last weeks newsletter we looked at the myths and reality of the
Bible in order to establish the fact the Bible is not about
theology, but is rather a book of Spiritual Growth and Metaphysics,
a book of Initiation containing, many important lessons and
Principles, as well as, as we will see today, warnings.
One important question associated with the Bible, and therefore of
the person known as "Jesus", is why did he come to Earth on his
mission at all?
Theologians would immediately say "to save mankind from its sins"
whatever that is supposed to mean. The truth of the matter is
there is no such thing as a "sin", anymore than there is "bad" or
"evil" - these are simply human concepts. Ultimately there is only
"experience" at all levels - the very reason we are here on Earth.
I believe it is likely that Jesus was working to a far longer
timescale than people believe, and relative to the end of the age
that will soon be upon us as we will see later.
One thing is certain - the outcome of the transition of the ages
that we are currently experiencing will be decided by one
fundamental factor - the consciousness and therefore thoughts and
expectations of Mankind over the next few years. So if mankind is
focussed upon selfishness, the Ego and materialism, and believes
that 2012 will bring catastrophe or other adverse outome, then that
will be the reality.
Now Jesus would have known this, and also the fact that the world
consisted of more than a very small part of the middle east where
he chose to incarnate for the starting point of his mission. His
place of birth was therefore simply his chosen starting point for
his mission, being quite central to the populated world as it was
then, and which was to have set into action a chain of events
lasting several hundred years until finally all mankind was
prepared for what he knew was to come at the end of the age.
He therefore chose a group of people - the disciples or "apostles"
to teach, who would then, after Jesus was gone, would teach further
teachers and those who would understand, and so it would be down
through the ages as more and more people became "awakened" to the
true nature of Life, the Universe and Destiny of Mankind, until
finally, by the time the transition of the age was upon us, all
mankind would be ready for the next glorious evolution of human
being.
The alternative would be another dark age which remains a serious
possibility with the way humanity has chosen to live today, and
under the control of the various factions who seek to control the
Minds and bodies of people.
In this sense therfore Jesus did indeed come to Earth to "save"
people from their "sins", their thoughts, atttitudes, selfishness,
Ego, materialism and all other negative attributes of mankind, but
certainly not in the biblical sense where "sins" is simply a word
that no one has evert really defined or even fully understands.
So what proof have we that Jesus came to Earth to "save" humanity
from the less desirable outcome of the transition of the ages that
we are now approaching?
To answer this question, let us look at some of Jesus teachings to
his disciples before a more detailed look at one of them in
particular:
"Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded
you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the age".
--Matthew 28:20.
Note that the King James and other versions of the Bible
incorrectly uses the word "world" instead of "age". This is due to
another creative mistranslation of the original Ancient Greek word
"Aeon" which literally translated actually means "Age".
"And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be
forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it
shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, neither in the
age to come. -- Matthew 12:32
Here Jesus is saying that mere words spoken against mortal man will
have no significance, but if your thoughts influence Universal
Mind in the wrong way, then the consequences could be catastrophic.
"The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of
the age; and the reapers are the angels." Matthew 13:39
Here Jesus is advising that the agency that "sowed" the consequences
are dark thoughts, i.e. "the devil", and when the "harvest" comes at
the end of the age the "reapers" will be the Beings of Light where
only those who are ready can go.
"Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in
the age to come life everlasting." -- Luke 18:30
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into
the sea, and gathered of every kind: which, when it was filled,
they drew up on the beach; and they sat down, and gathered the good
into vessels, but the bad they cast away. So shall it be in the end
of the age: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked
from among the righteous, And shall cast them into the furnace of
fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Jesus saith
unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him,
Yea, Lord. -- Matthew 13:49 - 51
Here Jesus is saying quite clearly and unambiguously that those who
are Spiritually prepared will move onwards and inwards to greater
things within the Universe, Universal Mind of God, whereas those
who are not ready will be very upset about missing the opportunity,
and will have to be cast back in ot the furnace of learning in the
physical Universe in readiness for the next opportunity. And hence
those who are ready will be separated from those who are not.
All these references are very clear, but there is one passage in
the Bible in particular in which Jesus makes the implications of
the end of the age very clear indeed. Now this is quite long, but
needs to be reproduced in full in order to understand it in its
fullest context.
"As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to
him privately and said, "Tell us, when will this happen? What will
be the sign that you are coming again, and when will the age come
to an end? Jesus answered them, "Be careful not to let anyone
deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ;
and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of
wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come
to pass, but the end is not yet.
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in
divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall
they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye
shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall
many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one
another.
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And
because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But
he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world
for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. When
ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by
Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let
him understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the
mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take
any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field
return back to take his clothes And woe unto them that are with
child, and to them that give suck in those days!
But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the
sabbath day: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not
since the beginning of the age to this time, no, nor ever shall
be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no
flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be
shortened.
Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there;
believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false
prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if
it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have
told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he
is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret
chambers; believe it not.For as the lightning cometh forth from the
east, and is seen even unto the west; so shall be the coming of the
Son of man.
For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together. Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the
sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the
stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall
be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in
heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they
shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power
and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of
a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four
winds, from one end of heaven to the other. -- Matthew 24:3 - 31
So this is a longe but very telling verse from the Bible.
The disciples are asking Jesus what will happen at the end of the
age.
Jesus warns that many wars will be fought in his name causing
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes. These
of course have come to pass down through the centuries,
particularly with the "holy wars" and since, including the dark
ages, mostly precipitated by one particular faction of the
Christian church, who, as Jesus predicted, would be acting in his
name.
At this time we really are seeing "Nation shall rise against
nation" in many parts of the World, including the US and UK against
Iraq, with the threat of Iran who are supported by Russia.
We are seeing the famines and the pestilences. We are seeing
increasing earthquakes and extreme weather conditions.
Jesus goes on to say that later, there would be many "false
prophets" claiming to represent him, for example with those who
purport to "communicate" with Jesus through the process known as
channeling. He also implies that we should beware of those
purporting to represent his name and interests on Earth, for
example the religions who purport to act as "go-betweens" between
the people, Jesus and God.
He also warns of "false prophets" who will, over the centuries make
all manner of "prophecies", which will influence the Mind and
therefore potentially the course of humanity.
Jesus then goes on to describe what would then take place, the
graphic details which speaks for itself.
He finally tells us:
"And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and
they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one
end of heaven to the other".
Here Jesus is saying, metaphorically, that those who are Spiritually
prepared, i.e. "the elect" will move on to greater things within
the Inner "heaven" or Universe, in order to fulfil the next stage
of their glorious destiny on the Divine path back to The Source,
The First Cause, God, from Whence we came in the beginning.
These are dire warnings indeed.
Jesus is saying that if the World continues to listen to the wrong
people, , think the wrong thoughts and do the wrong things, there
will be wars, famines and pestilence, and ultimately, as we
approach the end of the age, a cataclysm.
These are likely what Jesus actully came here to "save" us from.
Religion interprets this as the the need to follow their doctrines
in order to be assured of a "ticket to heaven", the alternative
being "purgatory". But ironically this is one of what Jesus was
warning against, and came here to deter, while detailing the
consequences.
This newsletter, in accordance with my discussions of last week is
not about religion, or who Jesus really was, but rather what he
said, and which, in and of itself proved not only that he existed,
whatever his name and life, but who he really was.
Everyone can be "saved", but not by following the doctrines of the
church, but rather the Principles of Spiritual growth, one of the
fundamental reasons I was inspired to write my book, Our Ultimate
Reality.
http://www.ourultimatereality.com/our-ultimate-reality-the-book.htmlBut unlike the doctrines of a faction of the Christian church who
threaten that those who are not saved must burn in purgatory for
eternity, everyone will, for eternity always have the ability to
fulfil their destiny on Earth and move inwards to greater things.
Every so often a greater opportunity arises, as we are facing now
as we progress towards the end of this age, and as many people as
possible should make the most of it, in accordance with Jesus
mission and wishes for us all as fellow Sons and Daughters of God.