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Hi All!
Thank you Marcy and Ian for the fantastic thread and topics to ponder!
I've been thinking about Marcy's inquiry about the bible (with gratitude for bringing it up)! As someone who was birthed into greater consciousness through the exploration and teachings of the bible, I have respect for what that book brings to the table on earth at this time. As you and Ian (and Lisa) mentioned, there is much coding in the bible which feels akin to reading the Ascension Glossary for the first year or two. Often there is something resonant but you're not really sure what it means. The ego wants to assign meaning and in the case of the bible, most go to their religious leader for interpretation which is where we really go wrong - exalting a human, causing both to stumble.
Shortly after what I now call a "walk-in" in January 2010, I started reading the bible with "new eyes"... it opened up to me in profound ways and became my sustenance...spiritual food. I read through it front to back multiple times and one of those times I was directed to underline many points and passages which did not make sense to me. In the decade that followed, those references were very supportive as my understanding of "truth" took form. I began to see through the doctrines and traditions that were the basis for Christianity. The more I learned, the less I knew. I prayed John the Baptist's words that he (Christ) must increase and I must decrease (John 3:30). I was talking about needing my flesh/ego to decrease so that the spirit of God in me - Christ - the chrisma - the anointing - might increase.
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. - 1 John 2:27
Without the support or direction of any humans, through reading the bible I came to my own understanding (which was NOT supported by any Christians that I came across, by the way, ha!)... but I was shown where the doctrine of a "sinless" Jesus was mistaken, along with the "virgin birth", and indeed, I was shown that Jesus was a man - a brother - and our example... one who went before us to show us the Way and that we DID need to "follow him", but not in the " worship the golden calf " type-of-way that the Christian church was teaching.
I have now cut ties to needing to know if Jesus ever existed at all but I personally LIKE to think so and if so, he courageously stood against the societal expectations of the time, modeling 100% commitment to God through his deep love and compassion for others. I could probably write a book on my thoughts around this based on the many articles, books, and opinions I've read (and my own intuition) but this isn't the time or place. My point is that I feel deep truth can be accessed through the bible as the spirit of God (the divine within) teaches us and prays "with groanings that cannot be expressed with words" -Romans 8:26. (The whole of Romans 8 is a great chapter, IMO.)
I should mention that the revelations that came through happened usually when I was breaking words and verses and chapters down in the original language (Hebrew & Greek) usually using Strong's concordance. Practicing/studying in that way was almost meditative. I suspect it slowed me down enough to allow the truth to breathe through and it was that practice that really elevated my understanding.
At this point I have really broken away from spending much, if any, time with the bible now. My project the last few years has been working with this...Lisa & Tomás'... work. That's been what has been resonant with my soul - healing/negative ego and trauma clearing as well as learning about galactic history and energetic architecture. That brings me to the reason I crawled out of bed to write this response...
The main thing I wanted to ponder with you was the amount of energetic architecture that has been infused into the bible... so many billions of people over thousands of years have poured their life into reading, studying, and living in alignment with their understanding of the teachings found in there (or imposed upon them by clergy - grrr). Ten different people can read the same verse and get 10 different things out of it... and each person is building some sort of energetic field into the whole. I think it's fascinating to imagine what that must look like in the quantum fields.
So that's all. Thank you for the space to share and ponder!
Love,
Carissa
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