I Say Unto You, Vol 2
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Neither do I condemn thee
The woman taken in adultery: 'He that is without sin, let him cast the first stone.' They all left, from eldest to youngest. 'Neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more.' Jesus writes on the ground—indifferent to the accusers. The mind that condemns is the mind that sins. Only awareness, not condemnation, transforms. The law of Moses is replaced by compassion.
Go to the Very End
Jesus is always a stranger—whether you're Catholic or Hindu. Catholic upbringing destroys Jesus through knowledge about him. You know about Jesus without knowing Jesus. To approach Jesus you must go nude—naked of beliefs, prejudices, conditioning. All religions destroy the possibility of knowing their masters. Sleep is sleep whether on Bible, Gita, or Koran. Avatar means one who descended from the beyond. Go to the very end.
To the New as the New
The disciples disputed who should be greatest. Jesus: 'If any man desire to be first, he shall be last and servant of all.' He took a child: 'Whosoever receives one such child receives me.' 'Before Abraham was, I am.' Jesus claims eternity, not time. To the new as the new: don't interpret the living through the dead past. The child represents innocence—no past, no future, only presence.
Respect and Accept
Respect and accept. Suppressed sex has MORE interest than expressed sex—like fasting makes you think of food constantly. Repression creates antagonism, which is still interest. The condemned is the haunted. Normal sex has natural satisfaction; repressed sex bubbles up in perverse ways. Freedom from sex comes through transcendence, not repression. A person free from sex has no interest; a repressed person has immense interest disguised as disinterest. Transform, don't repress.
Ecstasy is Polarities Meeting
Ecstasy is polarities meeting. The sinful woman washes Jesus' feet with tears, wipes them with her hair, anoints them. The Pharisee judges; Jesus tells the parable of two debtors—'He who is forgiven much loves much.' The woman's love is her transformation. Jesus: 'Thy sins are forgiven.' The Pharisee has little love because he has little to be forgiven. Ecstasy is when opposites meet—the sinner and the saint, male and female, earth and sky.
An Idea Whose Time has Come
God is everywhereness, not overhead. Looking up is metaphorical—we grow upwards like trees. But roots must grow downwards equally. A tree with only branches falls; with only roots, it's meaningless. The body is your soil; sexuality is where roots grow. Take nourishment from below, then bloom in meditation above. The total man is balanced—not extremist. Don't seek God; seek fulfillment and God comes as inner growth. An idea whose time has come: Zorba the Buddha.
Man is an Empty Temple
Man is an empty temple. 'Not one stone upon another shall be left of the temple.' The temple is external; the real temple is within. 'Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not.' 'Watch therefore—for ye know not what hour your Lord comes.' The thief comes when the householder sleeps—awareness is the only protection. Be ready: the son of man comes when you think not. The empty temple is pure consciousness, ready for the divine.
Significance is Inner Nourishment
Significance is inner nourishment. Two levels of hedonism: physical (Charvaka, Epicurus) and spiritual (Buddha, Christ). Both say 'Eat, drink, be merry' but mean opposite things. Physical hedonism stays on the surface—worshipping the cover, forgetting the book. Spiritual hedonism goes deep—the body is the shrine of the soul. The body protects the invisible. Significance is not outside but inner nourishment—feeding the soul, not just the body.
Ye Shall Live Also
'Let not your heart be troubled. In my Father's house are many mansions.' 'I am the way, the truth, and the life.' 'Because I live, ye shall live also.' 'I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.' Jesus speaks of eternal life—not after death but here now. The master disappears physically but lives in the disciple. 'I go to prepare a place for you'—consciousness creates space for the disciple to arrive. Ye shall live also: immortality is not a promise but a realization.