Jesus said ‘I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’ This is one of the most misunderstood claims of Jesus Christ by many Christian missionaries.’
‘How will you explain such a claim, guruji?’ asked Atma Prakash.
The Baba answered: ‘Let us have a look at this statement ourselves. What could be its true significance for humanity?
‘Here, the ‘way’ implies the way of love. Jesus was an embodiment of love. ‘From this shall be known as my disciples, from the love you have for one another’, he told his disciples. The perfection of this love, he taught, was ‘laying down one’s own life for others’. He wanted us to love our enemies and to pray for those who persecuted us. All what he said and taught were practiced by him in totality.
‘While dying on the cross, he rose above the agony of his own painful death and prayed for those who crucified him. ‘Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing’, he had prayed. So he is the ‘truth’ of all that he taught….
‘When we follow his way and become the truth of what we believe, teach and preach, we will become sovereign spiritual persons and will experience the ‘abundant life’ of God within us, as it was experienced and manifested by Jesus Christ himself.’ The Baba said and looked at his disciple.
Atma Prakash appeared to be in deep meditation.
But his guruji knew that he was absorbing every word spoken to him. There was a radiance on the face of his disciple.
‘We can also look at this claim of Jesus in another way’ the Baba said:
‘In Jesus’ own life, he had gone through four levels of consciousness. The first was the human consciousness, the primary consciousness that he was a human being. Upon his circumcision in the temple, he started developing a sectarian and communal consciousness as a Jew. From this level, he rose to a universal consciousness whereby he was able to see all human beings as members of the family of God. ‘Love of God and love of neighbors’ was the theme of his teachings at this level. Finally he rose to the level of divine consciousness whereby he identified himself with God the Father. ‘I and the Father are one’ was his proclamation at this level…
‘Following this example of Jesus, all of us human beings are called to grow from our primary human consciousness to our final unitive divine consciousness through the sectarian religious consciousness and the all-embracing universal consciousness…’ The Baba concluded the day’s session with these words.
Excerpts from Integral Revolution
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