[viagradiscounttt]

just a thought, here - i would attempt to draw distinction between three things: jesus/yeshua and his message, the bible, and the christian religion.

there's no doubt in my mind that jesus was one of the greatest teachers humanity has ever had the privilege of receiving; his message was divine, and his love was something that brought untold peace, inspiration, joy and succour to many millions.

i believe that the bible is a vast collection of writings spanning millennia - some of it positively divinely inspired, some not quite so positive. luckily for us, although coming through to us through the ages in a distorted and piecemeal form, the bible contains much of the essense of jesus' teachings, as well as other good stuff!

i don't subscribe to the notion that everything in the bible is the 'word of god', and should necessarily be taken as pure undistorted truth, not to be questioned.

then there is the christian religion, which as all religions is a man-made thing. the roman church, for example, have murdered millions. much that is taught today by religious figureheads is fear-based and dogmatic. of course, not all of christianity is so tainted, millions of christians are authentically divinely inspired by love, and act to increase and multiply love throughout the world, as do some adherents of all the world's religions.

in the christian world, millions of loving souls are taught that to question the religious tenets they are taught, such things as the fear of god and eternal damnation, incurring the wrath of god by not following the 'law', the need to war against non-christian peoples and convert them, etc., is forbidden. i know this from personal experience as a young christian. i was taught that free spiritual inquiry, unshackled from religious dogma was an abomination in the eyes of god.

i know that many god-fearing christians bury and deny their own 'shadow sides' for fear of damnation. i don't personally believe that this is what jesus taught, and i do believe that the ra channelings are meant to aid in offering a renewed, less distorted take on the law of one to those souls who wish to pierce the strictures of fear and dogma which has built up throughout much of the world of organized religion.

i believe that the channeling mechanisms used by jesus, cayce, rueckert (ra channeler) and wilcock are much the same. all are messengers, not the message. all i feel have demonstrated a great and abiding love for their fellow man. and above all, the message is ever the same and eternal - i feel and intuit this to the depths of my being.

the message is one of love, and oneness - and is totally devoid of the need to have any fear for our continued being, and becoming. we have no need of an outer authority to dictate the means and ways of our personal journey - each is his own 'saviour', guide, and contains his own inner connection to god. there is no right way or wrong way to live in the eyes of god - each will eventually forge their own path, and none shall be lost.

as always, if this doesn't sit right with you, disregard. this is just my personal take on things, subject to distortion and further clarification, and is not meant to represent the views of divine cosmos. mark