Jesus christ was reborn into spirit, no longer a servant to the devil/mind. He was truth personified. The Truth is "the way", and there is no other way. People take that to mean that Jesus/christianity is the only way, but anyone who also knows the truth is "the way".
In the quote above Jesus says that he is the bed that will give us perpetual rest. That is a particularly beautiful quote. I do not think people realize to what extent they are not at rest. Everyday people are in a conscious or unconscious battle with themselves. The mind makes you feel like you are not good enough, ugly, stupid, etc. This creates negative emotions within you that are very powerful and very believable. The ego creates very strong illusions, and emotions are very convincing. We are only happy when thing work out the way that we want them to, in order to satisfy our desires. Therefore there is a constant internal struggle that only makes the knot stronger. Then there is anxiety about our futures, our pasts and of course death. There is so much anxiety and uncertainty in life. Just thinking about all the times you have worried is exhausting. A huge amount of our energy is spent on suffering.
Jesus was offering us the Truth, the bed of perpetual rest. But we have gotten so accustomed to carrying our burdens it is as if we are addicted to our suffering, and it feels like home. We do not know anything else, so we are afraid to step out of our suffering. The mind being in control is an incredible burden, and an endless one if you do not lay it down. It is such a burden that it makes you think that laying it down would create even more of a burden, but it is not so.
A good way to start laying your burden down, is by just witnessing all of your thoughts/emotions objectively. Just watch what happens and don't feed them.
I agree with most of what you say except on key thing. You say;
ReplyDeleteThere is so much anxiety and uncertainty in life.
Then evidence says that everything will balance so there is no uncertainty and once that truth goes subconscious the anxiety will disapear. The truth will remove all uncertainty and thus all aniety. So will a good trangualizer until it goes subconscious.
Yeah that is true. I think I was trying to say that there is a lot of anxiety and uncertainty in life when you don't understand the truth.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is it a difficult to keep your awareness on the big picture of life were you can see the balance. If you lose your awarness of it you get caught up in all the ups and downs. I guess this is the main problem and it will take time and work to be able to stay aware of the big picture. Being around people that are really into the ups and downs all the time makes it very hard ig not impossible to stay centered.
ReplyDeleteI have noticed that. People are good at drawing you into their drama.
ReplyDeleteWhat gospel is this from?
ReplyDeleteWhat gospel is this from?
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