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DEEPAK CHOPRADEEPAK CHOPRA

The Third JesusThe Third Jesus

Who is Jesus Christ? Who is Jesus Christ?

In In The Third JesusThe Third Jesus, bestselling author and , bestselling author and spiritual leader Deepak Chopra provides an spiritual leader Deepak Chopra provides an answer to this question that is both a challenge answer to this question that is both a challenge to current systems of belief and a fresh to current systems of belief and a fresh perspective on what Jesus can teach us all, perspective on what Jesus can teach us all, regardless of our religious background. There is regardless of our religious background. There is not one Jesus, Chopra writes, but three.not one Jesus, Chopra writes, but three.

First, there is the historical Jesus, the man who lived First, there is the historical Jesus, the man who lived more than two thousand years ago and whose teachings more than two thousand years ago and whose teachings are the foundation of Christian theology and thought. are the foundation of Christian theology and thought. Next there is Jesus the Son of God, who has come to Next there is Jesus the Son of God, who has come to embody an institutional religion with specific dogma, a embody an institutional religion with specific dogma, a priesthood, and devout believers. And finally, there is the priesthood, and devout believers. And finally, there is the third Jesus, the cosmic Christ, the spiritual guide whose third Jesus, the cosmic Christ, the spiritual guide whose teaching embraces all humanity, not just the church built teaching embraces all humanity, not just the church built in his name. He speaks to the individual who wants to in his name. He speaks to the individual who wants to find God as a personal experience, to attain what some find God as a personal experience, to attain what some might call grace, or God-consciousness, or might call grace, or God-consciousness, or enlightenment. enlightenment.

When we take Jesus literally, we are faced with the When we take Jesus literally, we are faced with the impossible. How can we truly “love thy neighbor as impossible. How can we truly “love thy neighbor as thyself”? But when we see the exhortations of Jesus as thyself”? But when we see the exhortations of Jesus as invitations to join him on a higher spiritual plane, his invitations to join him on a higher spiritual plane, his words suddenly make sense.words suddenly make sense.

Ultimately, Chopra argues, Christianity needs to Ultimately, Chopra argues, Christianity needs to overcome its tendency to be exclusionary and refocus on overcome its tendency to be exclusionary and refocus on being a religion of personal insight and spiritual growth. being a religion of personal insight and spiritual growth. In this way Jesus can be seen for the universal teacher In this way Jesus can be seen for the universal teacher he truly is–someone whose teachings of compassion, he truly is–someone whose teachings of compassion, tolerance, and understanding can embrace and be tolerance, and understanding can embrace and be embraced by all of us. embraced by all of us.

Eckhart TolleEckhart Tolle

"I cannot tell you "I cannot tell you any spiritual truth any spiritual truth that deep within you that deep within you don't know already. don't know already. All I can do is All I can do is remind you of what remind you of what you have forgotten"you have forgotten" - -

"This book's main "This book's main purpose is not to add purpose is not to add new information or new information or beliefs to your mind or beliefs to your mind or to try to convince you to try to convince you of anything, but to bring of anything, but to bring about a shift in about a shift in consciousness, that is consciousness, that is to say, to awaken" - to say, to awaken" - Page 6Page 6   

In In A New EarthA New Earth, spiritual teacher and author , spiritual teacher and author Eckhart Tolle (Eckhart Tolle (The Power of NowThe Power of Now) advocates ) advocates present moment awareness and the dismantling present moment awareness and the dismantling of the ego as the path towards awakened living. of the ego as the path towards awakened living. A New EarthA New Earth gets its title from a Bible verse gets its title from a Bible verse referring to the rising of "a new heaven and a referring to the rising of "a new heaven and a new earth." According to Tolle, "heaven" is the new earth." According to Tolle, "heaven" is the awakened state that will bring about "a new awakened state that will bring about "a new earth" in the outer world, the world of form. earth" in the outer world, the world of form.

““THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH A THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH A TRANSFORMATION HAS BEEN THE TRANSFORMATION HAS BEEN THE CENTRAL MESSAGE OF THE GREAT CENTRAL MESSAGE OF THE GREAT WISDOM TEACHINGS OF WISDOM TEACHINGS OF HUMANKIND. THE MESSENGERS—HUMANKIND. THE MESSENGERS—BUDDHA, JESUS, AND OTHERS, NOT BUDDHA, JESUS, AND OTHERS, NOT ALL OF THEM KNOWN—WERE ALL OF THEM KNOWN—WERE HUMANITY’S EARLY FLOWERS. THEY HUMANITY’S EARLY FLOWERS. THEY WERE PRECURSORS, RARE AND WERE PRECURSORS, RARE AND PRECIOUS BEINGS.”PRECIOUS BEINGS.”

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Tolle scorns common Western usage of Tolle scorns common Western usage of the term the term GodGod: : "There can be no subject-object relationship "There can be no subject-object relationship

here, no duality, no you and God." here, no duality, no you and God." "time isn't precious at all, because it is an "time isn't precious at all, because it is an

illusion" and "both death and the body are illusion" and "both death and the body are illusions" illusions"

"the energy frequency of the mind appears to "the energy frequency of the mind appears to be essentially male" and "at the level of Being, be essentially male" and "at the level of Being, all suffering is recognized as an illusion." all suffering is recognized as an illusion."

Tolle on Jesus Tolle on Jesus

FromFrom A New Earth A New Earth

"The Truth is inseparable from who you are. "The Truth is inseparable from who you are. Yes, you Yes, you areare the Truth. If you look for it the Truth. If you look for it elsewhere, you will be deceived every time. elsewhere, you will be deceived every time. The very Being that you are is Truth. Jesus The very Being that you are is Truth. Jesus tried to convey that when he said, 'I am the tried to convey that when he said, 'I am the way and the truth and the life.'" way and the truth and the life.'"

Tolle QuotesTolle Quotes "You do not become good by trying to be good, but by "You do not become good by trying to be good, but by

finding the goodness that is already within you, and finding the goodness that is already within you, and allowing that goodness to emerge. But it can only allowing that goodness to emerge. But it can only emerge if something fundamental changes in your state emerge if something fundamental changes in your state of consciousness." - Page 13 of consciousness." - Page 13

"All we can perceive, experience, think about, is the "All we can perceive, experience, think about, is the surface layer of reality, less than the tip on an iceberg. surface layer of reality, less than the tip on an iceberg. Underneath the surface appearance, everything is not Underneath the surface appearance, everything is not only connected with everything else, but also with the only connected with everything else, but also with the Source of all life out of which it came." - Page 25 Source of all life out of which it came." - Page 25

When you lose touch with When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When touch with yourself. When you lose touch with you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself, you lose yourself in the world.yourself in the world.

Your innermost sense of Your innermost sense of self, of who you are, is self, of who you are, is inseparable from inseparable from stillness. This is the I Am stillness. This is the I Am that is deeper than name that is deeper than name and form.and form.