The Enlightened Jesus: The Teaching of Transcending and Pure Consciousness Jesus Gave his Disciples - Couverture souple

Chandler Ph.D, Kenneth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1725850443 ISBN 13 : 9781725850446

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2019

Synopsis

SECOND REVISED EDITION (Corrected version, June 2021)

THE BIBLE describes Jesus as the “real light that enlightens every man” (John 1: 9). The Bible also says in three places that he gave his close disciples the "knowledge of the Mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven." Jesus made clear that he gave his disciples the Mystery teaching when he was alone with them apart from the crowds. It was a teaching that enabled them to transcend and become one with God. Jesus reserved this aspect of his teaching for those who were having good experience on the path to enlightenment and who were ready for advanced knowledge. It was passed on among the early Christians for centuries as a guide to enlightenment, but was not included in the Bible. The Bible is God's word for those starting on the path. Paul, Mark, St. Clement, and many others also wrote about Jesus' advanced teaching for the mature.
In the late second century, however, an influential bishop of the early Church, Irenaeus of Gaul, a zealous follower of Paul’s gospel, wrote a book denouncing the very teaching Jesus had given his disciples. Irenaeus had not been initiated in Jesus' Mystery and almost certainly did not know it had come from Jesus.
St. Paul wrote that among the mature, we give a secret and hidden Mystery of God. The early Church Father St. Clement of Alexandria, wrote that he had been initiated into Jesus’ Mystery and had gained sublime experience of the Light of God from his practice of the Mystery. St. Mark took a Mystery gospel he had written to Alexandria where it was used for over a century to initiate people into Jesus' own Mystery.
Over the past two and a half centuries, manuscripts written by Jesus’ own disciples that had been hidden from book-burners nearly two thousand years ago were found in the deserts of Egypt and in uncatalogued museum collections. We will see hard evidence that these are records of the very knowledge Jesus gave his disciples of the “Mystery of the Kingdom of God.”
Jesus taught his disciples about the self-knowing conscious intelligence that pervades heaven and earth and he taught them a way to settle the mind and experience the boundless eternal Light of God. He described pure consciousness as one, simple, unchanging, unbounded, eternal, and supremely blissful. His characterizations of the eternal Light of God are among the most clear and extensive ever given, and they beautifully define the nature of enlightenment. Unfortunately, when copies of these ancient manuscripts were found over the last two and a half centuries, Christian apologists interpreted them through Irenaeus’ eyes and branded them the works of evil imposters. Throughout history, Jesus’ own teaching of enlightenment was hidden and denied, while Paul's Phase I teaching for beginners was presented as the word of God. We will see mounds of evidence that these ancient lost gospels contain the very authentic teaching Jesus gave his own disciples to teach others.
Christians today still doubt the authenticity of the lost gospels. It is time to get beyond these false doubts and realign Christianity with Jesus’ original teaching. His teaching of transcending and pure consciousness is his authentic teaching that must be restored to the heart of Christianity. Paul’s teaching, which he called a “mother’s milk” for babes, was meant as a Phase I teaching to prepare people for the Greater Mystery of Jesus. It has been mistaken to be the final word of God. Paul knew better; he tells that he had initiated at least two families in Jesus' Mystery himself. The Bible makes perfectly clear that Jesus gave his disciples a Mystery of the Kingdom of God.
This book restores Jesus' lost teaching and calls on Christians to return to his’ own teaching of enlightenment—to realize oneness with God and attain the Kingdom of Heaven within. Saying he is enlightened does not deny his Divinity; it affirms it more strongly.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

DRAFT COPY: ONLY FOR STUDENTS IN THE MUM TOTAL KNOWLEDGE COURSE. THIS VERSION HAS NOT BEEN FINALLY PROOFED AND EDITED.JESUS WAS ENLIGHTENED and he gave his disciples a teaching of enlightenment. This may sound shocking if we forget that the Bible describes Jesus in John, 1: 19 as the “real light that enlightens every man.” This can only mean that he taught a way to enlighten all mankind. We will see that he gave his closest disciples Mary Magdalene, Thomas, James, Judas, John, and a few others a teaching of enlightenment, and they wrote it down as he gave it to them. It was passed on among the early Christians for over a century as a guide to enlightenment. In the late second century, however, a powerful bishop of the early Church, Irenaeus of Gaul, a zealous follower of Paul, wrote a book—the first full-length book on Christianity—denouncing the very teaching Jesus had given his disciples. Irenaeus had not been initiated in the secret wisdom of Jesus and he almost certainly did not know it had come from Jesus. He fumed against it and branded it fraud and evil heresy. Another bishop and Church Father of the late second century, St. Clement of Alexandria, initially went along with Irenaeus and denied Jesus’ own teaching. Clement later wrote, however, that he had been initiated into Jesus’ Mystery of the Kingdom of God and had gained sublime experience of the transcendent from his practice. St. Mark took a secret gospel he had written to Alexandria where it was used for over a century to initiate people into the wisdom Jesus had given his disciples. Over the past two and a half centuries, manuscripts written by Jesus’ own disciples that had been hidden from book-burners nearly two thousand years ago were found in the deserts of Egypt, in the hands of antiquities dealers, and in museum collections. We will see extensive evidence that these are records of the very teaching Jesus gave his disciples on the “knowledge of the Mystery of the Kingdom of God,” which the Bible says he gave them apart from the crowds. In these ancient manuscripts, Jesus describes the unbound conscious intelligence that pervades the universe on the subtlest level and he taught his disciples a way to settle the mind and rest in the boundless silence of pure consciousness. He described this consciousness as one, simple, unchanging, unbounded, eternal, and supremely blissful. With repeated practice of transcending, the mind becomes established in this intelligence, and when a person is permanently established, he or she is said to be enlightened. Jesus' characterizations of pure consciousness are among the clearest and most extensive ever given. Unfortunately, when these ancient manuscripts were rediscovered over the last two centuries, Christian apologists interpreted them through Irenaeus' eyes as the works of Gnostic imposters. Throughout history, Jesus’ own teaching of enlightenment was hidden and denied while the teaching of Paul, which differ radically from Jesus' own teaching, was presented as the world of God. We will see mounds of evidence that these ancient manuscripts contain the authentic teaching Jesus gave his disciple. Christian apologists today, still deeply attached to medieval forms of Christianity, continue to raise doubts about the authenticity of the lost gospels. It is time to get beyond these false doubts so Christians can re-align with Jesus’ original teaching of enlightenment, which must again become the heart of Christianity. This book adopts a totally positive view of Christianity and calls for Christians to return to Jesus’ own teaching of enlightenment. To say Jesus is enlightened does not mean that he was only a man who became enlightened. The Bible and the Christian creeds make clear he is both God and man. As a man, he certainly lived in the highest state of human consciousness, in full enlightenment. Saying he is enlightened does not deny his Divinity; it only affirms it.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1725850443
• ISBN 13: 9781725850446
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 377
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible