Cricket wrote on Dec 12th, 2008 at 10:28am:I was not bothered by his alternate story of the crucifixion because it was simply not important in the grand scheme of the message
True. The crucified (or otherwise murdered, and sometimes chopped up) and then risen son of god theme is so common in ancient religion that if that was the real important issue, there's half a dozen others that would have to be "let into the club". There's nothing unique about the Biblical story of the death of Christ...it's his message that's important (which isn't unique either, really, but as a body of work it is, as far as I've been able to determine). Putting a lot of emphasis on the crucifixion story itself actually weakens the argument of the specialness of Jesus.
I use to believe a similar thing as in the above, particularly so when i somewhat briefly and temporarily opened myself up to Alice Bailey's work.
She talked about all these supposed historical correlations and similarities between other figures of history and Yeshua. Supposedly the whole nine yards of virgin birth, enlightened teaching for a time, sacrificial death, and resurrection.
Later on, i questioned these beliefs, and decided to do more research. Well i found that her claims were greatly exaggerated when compared to a cross section of both historical info and myth oriented info. For example, she claimed that Lao Tsu was born of a virgin, yadad yadayada, well most Chinese philosophy and historical scholars will argue that Lao Tsu is a bit of a made up character to begin with, and many lean to believing that perhaps he represents a synthesis of various ancient Chinese teachings rolled into one.
But the main point is, we know very, very little historically about many of these characters, many of whom were quite farther in the past than Yeshua, if they were real to begin with. History without detailed documentation is kind of like that phone game with passing whispers around the room from ear to ear.
While Don/Beserk and I disagree strongly on quite a few things, he did give a great and informed talk about this very subject here once i believe, and he found similar major inconsistencies and exaggerations between the Yeshua is so not unique at all theory.
Anyways, there does seem to be at least "some" of that, more objectively speaking. Interestingly, the Edgar Cayce readings, the most independently verified outer source that i've ever looked into so far, gave a unique perspective on the "Jesus Soul", and said that as a Soul or Spirit essence, he has either directly or indirectly influenced every major thought and belief system which strongly emphasizes and professes the Oneness of All Force/Consciousness.
In some cases, this was a direct physical incarnation/personality as a spiritual teacher among humanity, or as they said in the case of Buddha, something like, "When Buddha meditated, the Christ Spirit communed with him."
Apparently, Jesus's Disk had expressed quite a few known and not so well known Biblical characters, like Enoch, Melichizedek, Joshua, Joseph, Asaph the temple musician and right hand man of David, and various others. Some of these other lives had some similar parallels or similarities to his life as Yeshua Ben Yosef.
Cayce's work also suggests that the Jesus Soul was the main person responsible for and genius behind the designing of the Great Pyramid, and this figure later on became known as Hermes and Thoth in different cultures. (there are some suggestions that this came character, was known as "Enoch" by what later became the Hebrews/Jews).
He said it was this figure, this Teacher of teachers, and not Ra who was the true wisdom behind the immense spiritual heritage of the ancient Egyptians, and interestingly in some old myths, like some ancient Arabic ones, it is said that Ra was the mouthpiece of Thoth, who was the Heart.
In another reading generally about the Jesus Soul, specifically as his life as Y.B.Y., his source said something like, "out of the millions who have entered the Earth as teachers and helpers of humankind, only Yeshua fulfilled completely and held to the Whole Law all the way through." Yet this same source was emphatic that we all could do likewise.
Perhaps if this is true, this is why there has ever only been found one artifact like the Shroud of Turin?
Perhaps Jesus and his Disk is more unique in ways that most of us aren't willing to open ourselves up to in this life? I kind of see him as just another Child of Source like the rest of us, but also an outstanding spiritual prodigy and phenomenon comparatively speaking to the rest. I mean the dude just cut through illusion faster than anyone else ever has. Both as a "Disk", and especially as the personality Yeshua B. Y.
There are some suggestions in both the Bible, the Cayce readings, and in other sources completely unrelated to same, that Yeshua's Disk is the very Co-Creator God of this particular Universe, the "logos" in this Reality. Often enough, we find in some channeled sources, in some NDE's and other info like this where "Yeshua" shows up, like in one of Monroe's books, we find him referring to us as "my child" or "my children".
Perhaps he means that in many cases literally (in that his Essence was the womb from which many of our Souls emerged)? Perhaps we too will become like him in other Universes and in other worlds. Perhaps if all the above is true, he deserves a lot more respect than so many of us actually give him, for he has always been there trying to help all of us to be happy/joyful again? And yet look at how much vitriol hate, disdain, dislike, disrespect, and misrepresentation is constantly directed his way.
Those who have had various experiences with this Consciousness just do not tend to treat or think of him in such ways. In my experience and in my relating with others who have had experiences with same, the utmost respect is usually felt towards this Consciousness, this once man (and still very involved with the physical btw with same body image he had 2000 years ago), this Disk, this Co-Creator God. He IS literally PUL and Light, and his original birth from out of Source was the birth of same. Course, most will not believe this until they have their own experiences and deeper intuitions with this subject.
And that's ok, but sometimes i like to remind people that things may be a little different than they currently believe. "He" doesn't always like this about me, but hey, i'm human yet.