--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Uh, with all due respect, the only thing Jesus > > has ever been "accused of," and in some of the > > Gospels excised from the Bible, no less, was > > that he was *married* to Mary Magdalene. Which, > > of course, would have been perfectly acceptable > > for a rabbi. > > > > One should be careful not to project one's modern > > hangups about sex onto a period of history in > > which they are inappropriate. > > > > As far as I can tell, the myth of Jesus' celibacy > > was made up long after his death by uptight men > > to justify their own inability to relate to half > > of the human race. > > Which brings us back to the theme of the Da Vinci Code. I believe > the author was trying to imagine the possibility of the divine and > humans, a product of the earth or matter, coming together as one. > Then, their descendants will perpetuate a new race of people here > on earth.
Either that or the author (whom I do not defend and who I don't think a lot of as an author, and who stole all the material he based his book upon from other researchers) believes, as I do, that Christ was never "divine." That is, he was not in any way an "avatar." He was Just Another Human who realized the full potential of being human. I know that many people don't like to consider this, and find some comfort or inspiration in believing that Christ was NOT human, and that he was somehow "divine" and the literal Son Of God. I don't find that inspiring. Where is the impetus for someone to follow his example if Christ only got to where he got to, consciousness-wise, because he was "special." I find inspiration in the idea that he was Just Another Human, just like me and you. If he could do the things he did *as* a human, then so can we. If the only reason that he could do them was because he was "special," then we *can't* aspire to doing those things. Natch, I feel the same way towards those seekers who project "specialness" or "avatarhood" onto their modern-day teachers, whether those teachers be Maharishi or Mother Meera or whomever. I do *understand* the desire to believe that your teacher is "special" and be inspired by that thought, but I think that seekers are depriving themselves of a potentially *greater* source of inspiration by taking that route. If the teacher is cool because he or she is "special," that's one level of inspir- ation. But if the teacher is Just Another Human, just like us, and achieved cool *anyway*, then so can we.
