Christ
Consciousness
“How
could you believe that a Creator could favor one man over another?
How could you possibly believe that God's love is sanctioned—one is
approved of, one is not? You are all perfect creations; you are all
deeply loved, and the realization of this, truthfully, will and would
transform this planet in a second if it were realized in its
fullness...”
Paul Selig
(I Am the Word)
One of the things taught
by Paul Selig and by Matthew Fox and other leading spiritual figures
is that Christ Consciousness does not belong exclusively to
Christians. Christ Consciousness is an archetypal energy pattern that
has manifested in many human beings over time, including, but not
exclusive to, Jesus. In fact, it manifests in each of us in moments
of great compassion and understanding. To believe that the Creator
prefers and is solely the patron of one religion or one tribe of
human beings is simply arrogant.
In saying that each of us
is perfect and deeply loved, Selig and others, are demonstrating the
compassion that exemplifies Christ Consciousness—the same
consciousness demonstrated by Jesus when he said, “Your sins are
forgiven, your faith has made you whole,” and by Gandhi, when he
blessed his assassin in the moment of his death, and by Pope
John-Paul when he went to the jail cell of his would-be killer and
forgave him. It was exemplified by Martin Luther King, Jr. when he
gave the “I have a dream” speech in Washington. The Hindu
spiritual master, Sai Baba, was a gifted mystical teacher and healer.
Many of us have exemplified Christ Consciousness when, in a moment of
grace, we have been compassionate enough to change someone's life.
When we strive to see the world though the lens of Christ
Consciousness, we realize that all people are loved and all people
are equal and that we are all related. We stop judging, and stop
persecuting and stop being ignorant of the preciousness of each one.
How do you think the
world would be different if we all understood this? If we lived by
it? Just for today, can we practice Christ Consciousness and see how
it feels to be a beloved child of God, and to allow that love to flow
through us and out to the world without exception.
In the Spirit,
Jane
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