For years, when attempting to explain how I view Jesus as
one of the world's great spiritual teachers rather than a religious figure,
I've said, "Jesus wanted us to emulate his teaching; he never said, "Start a religion and name it
after me!"
Now, to my amazement and joy, Pam Grout, author of E2, echoes and
validates my perspective in her hugely funny, on-point book about how we can
prove our thoughts create our reality. The book is an easy read and a hoot:
Jack Canfield (of Chicken Soup fame) says, "Pam has combined the humor of
Ellen DeGeneres with the wisdom of Deepak Chopra."
Here's the juice on Jesus, p. 34:
"The FP (Field of Potential or Possibility) is a force
field that's equally available to everyone. It's a natural capacity in all of
us, not an exclusive gift bestowed upon a few. In fact, that is the primary
lesson Jesus taught.
"To worship Jesus the way we do is a little like
worshipping Benjamin Franklin because he first discovered electricity. Ben
Franklin sent that kite up in an electric storm so we could use the principle
he demonstrated. He didn't do it so we'd build temples to him, paint pictures
of him, and wear little commemorative keys around our necks. He wanted us to
take the principle of electricity and use it — which we do to run radios and computers
and air conditioners. Had we stopped with Ben's discovery the way we did with
Jesus's discovery, we'd all be sitting in the dark.
"Benjamin Franklin didn't invent electricity any more
than Jesus invented spiritual principles. Lightning and the resulting
electricity have always been available. We just didn't realize it or know how
to access it. Galileo didn't invent gravity when he dropped the wooden ball off
the leaning tower of Pisa. He just demonstrated it.
"Likewise, Jesus demonstrated spiritual principles that
he wants us to use and develop. We've wasted 2,000 years worshipping this idol
of him instead of using the principles he taught us. Look through the Bible and
nowhere does Jesus say, 'Worship me.' His call to us was 'follow me.' There's a
big difference."
So get out your BF key and electrify your life with the
Jesus principle: greater things than these shall ye do!
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