Monday, October 20, 2008

The Third Jesus by Deepak Chopra

I have reado many of Chopra's books. He is an incredibley profound person. But I am truly surprised about how much he knows of christianity and the Bible. Sometimes I feel like we are reared to be so ignorant. How can we truly understand others if we know nothing about them or their way of thinking? Last week I saw the first of a series of interviews by a Unity Minister of Deepak about this new book he has written about Jesus. He can recite whole passages of John or Paul by memory! It is amazing! I have heard hin recite Tagore or Rumi by memory, but I thought that one remembers poems or rhymes learnes in childhood, but, even though he said he studies with christian monks when he was a child, his knowledge of the Bible and of historical Bible findings demonstrate a very profound knowledge and a furious curiosity on his part that is truly astounding. As for his theory, he envisions 3 Jesus: the historical, ie, the man that existed and has been documented by Roman historians including his death; the dogmatic Jesus, the one who arose from the Nicean Council and the god consciousness Jesus, which is the one he believes we should be emulatinf and listening to. This third Jesus has pointed to the source, and we, according to Deepak look at his finger and not what he is pointing to.... more thoughts later

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