Jesus of Nazareth is undoubtedly the most known figure in Western civilization.
Christianity as a religion is embraced by one-third of the human population that is based around his life and wise lessons.
This, in and of itself, is an astounding achievement as the teachings of Jesus only lasted around three years prior to his death, and yet in that short amount of time a tremendous world of truth, myth, legend and superstition was built around him.
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Even though Christians share a certain set of beliefs that they hold as essential to their faith, there are a wide range of interpretations and opinions when studying the Bible. For example, there are approximately 30 major Christian creeds or interpretations (from Catholic ritualistic ideas to Amish self-denying notions), and within each, an endless amount of sub-creed churches.
As a young boy, I constantly struggled with this problem when I was being taught the Roman Catholic way of understanding the Bible. Some interpretations I felt to be true, while others felt as though they were not congruent with my understanding of Jesus.
This, I thought, was the essential problem when a living Master dies: when they are alive they cannot speak of truth because truth is an experience, although they can point you in the right direction with their words. When living Master’s die, however, all you’re left with are dead words open to interpretation.
These words were full of wisdom and vibrancy when spoken by this man who had tasted the truth, but once he wasn’t there to correct any misunderstandings, his followers were left with their limited understanding of his message. This continues to happen to this day with his contemporary followers who haven’t necessarily experienced the truth, but continue to spread their ideas of his work with good intentions.
Once I understood all of this, I began looking at the words of Jesus in a new light, as complimentary guidance and wisdom to my own experiential journey.
Here are a few of my own interpretations of his teachings. I don’t claim them to be true, but to those who might be on a similar journey, they may provide deeper understanding.
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But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33 (KJV)
The first 30 years of Jesus’ life were historically uneventful, until the moment came when something suddenly awoke within him to begin his ministry. At last he had found what he’d been looking for, and he wanted to share this with others.
This statement perfectly embodies the awakening cry of someone who has come in contact with their true nature, their own authenticity, someone who listened to their spiritual thirst to find something higher than themselves.
The beginning of this passage is very significant. To transform yourself you must prioritize what you do; your life becomes a reflection of that which you ‘seek’. If money, relationships, sex, status or power are your “God”, then your life will only become as fulfilling as the depth of what you are pursuing.
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Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:3 (KJV)
‘Poor in spirit’ has often been interpreted as a false piety cultivated by either poverty of personality, or material wealth.
Poverty of spirit can be understood as a lack of ‘pride’, of egotism. To be too full of ourselves, of the need to be right, of our arrogant ‘knowledge’ and presumptions about ourselves, others and the world, is one of the greatest barriers to the growth of our beings. There is no room to learn anything new.
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Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Matthew 5:6 (KJV)
‘Righteousness’ is a word I particularly dislike. It has caused so much destruction throughout time in the name of politics and religion. Even in psychology ‘self-righteousness’ is considered to be stubborn-minded behavior and arrogance that corrodes relationships (synonymous with the egotism mentioned above).
However, righteousness originally had the positive meanings of being “genuine” or “excellent”. It comes from the old English (which they used to translate the Bible) word: “rightwise“, meaning to be both trustworthy and wise. This statement can be translated as: To have a deep drive and desire above all else for true wisdom that will bless you with much joy.
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Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Matthew 5:7, (KJV)
Although this is usually seen as a lesson in simple ‘Forgiveness’, it goes much deeper than that.
Forgiveness for many people is just a dutiful task to do in order to appear pious (when deep down we still dislike them), or to go to heaven. But to the person who has awoken to their true nature, they realize the depth of interconnectedness that exists in life. It is at this point that the birth of compassion occurs in knowing that those who haven’t experienced the truth, or God, still live as slaves to their emotions (anger, jealousy, lust, etc.), thoughts (traumas, beliefs, ideals etc.) and reactive natures, that come from perceiving themselves as separate from everything around them.
By giving mercy we’re not just freeing others from the labels we’ve created for others, but we’re freeing ourselves from all that emotional attachment we carry around as the heavy inner energy known as ‘hate’.
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Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:10 (KJV)
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you. Matthew 5:11 (KJV)
In these two sentences, Jesus described perfectly the eternal struggle of the sincere spiritual seeker; that of becoming a social outsider, a Lone Wolf.
Those who aspire to change, to transform themselves, to improve and become better, will constantly have to fight against the entire world, the social collective, and even their families. To strive to be aware and free from your mental chains of beliefs, social values and materialistic desires will make you appear crazy or highly dangerous to the mass of man who are still chained.
Historically we are well aware of these patterns, and keep them around as common sayings, for example: “A prophet is never recognized in his own country” or a “Genius is never recognized while they live“.
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Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye. Matthew 7:5, (KJV)
A man of immense insight, Jesus anticipated the psychological idea of “Projection” in this verse. With our judgments, our hatred, or lack of inner peace, we perceive these same elements in those around us who don’t share our perception.
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For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Matthew 16:25–26 (KJV)
There is a self-preserving nature within us all, an individualistic identity known psychologically as our ‘ego‘ that tries to protect its existence at the cost of denying us the ability to experience our souls.
Our ego fools us into thinking that ‘attaining life’ is accumulating external things like possessions, power, status or indulging in pleasure. To ‘lose our life’ in this sense, is to lose this false reality, this dream we’ve created of who we think we are and where we think we come from.
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If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. Luke 14:26 (KJV)
Jesus was an intense man as we can clearly see in Biblical accounts such as the story of the “Cleansing of the Temple”. He was a man who was radically uncompromising in his search for truth, and he expected no less from his disciples.
To prioritize the search for truth above all was an essential ingredient to be a sincere seeker. ‘Hating’ your father, mother, etc. was a metaphor for placing everything beneath the intention to be aware in order to awaken to your higher divine self.
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Superficially it may sound like a selfish act to place your quest for truth and liberation above your family, but deep down it is an act of pure Self-love. To be able to help anyone, you must first be able to help yourself. To free yourself from the enslavement to your thoughts and emotions will transform you into a person that is centered and experiencing inner peace in order to help others. Without helping yourself first, you live a selfish life of indulging your ‘Pride’, or egotistical desires.
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Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. Luke 17:21 (KJV)
In these few words, Jesus was trying to solve the timeless problem many spiritual seekers encounter; that of thinking God, Heaven, or Divinity is an external place or entity.
“Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there!” Don’t believe anyone who is telling you to look here or there, because the only way you will find God is within, through self-exploration, of exploring your heart and your soul.
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At the core of any religion are lessons that help you become a better and wiser person. It is important not to let our interpretations be tainted by others understanding of them, and to only apply to our lives that which rings true to our own experience. These teachings of Jesus (as well as many other Masters), have helped me accomplish that.
Are there any interpretations from Jesus, or any other spiritual or religious Master, that have aided you in your own inner work path?
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Matthew 5:28: “But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
Wouldn’t this feed our Shadow Self rather than fostering a true integration in our being?
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I was steeped in Roman Catholicism beginning from a very early age. I bought the story hook, line and sinker. How does a 7 year old know any different? The real message Jesus intended has been so distorted and misused by organized religion that it is unrecognizable.
Thank you for so elegantly revealing the deeper meanings of his words!
Hi Sol I love the Gnostic sayings personally they expose the dark side of the arrogant Christian, and remind me of what to be and focus on who I am and continually becoming one saying that I can definitely see truth in it from the Gnostics is the saying ‘Know Thy Self’ it may seem little but very much says it all the concept of sin to traditional exoteric christians, translate as don’t break the law, but the Gnostic esoteric interpretation: “to sin is not to do evil, with all its absolute Catholic connotations, but to mess up, to fail to express our true nature, and instead do something stupid. Our true nature is the Good quoted from the book ‘Jesus And The Lost Goddess’. The idea as in to sin being translated from the Greek word, hamartia ‘to miss the mark’ comes from archery. thanks for a great article Sol all the best!!!
Having spent 20 years in the Christian church and religion, I can definitely relate to this article. And I live in what’s been called the “Bible belt” area of the USA, where’s there’s churches on every other corner, and at least one church down a back road out in the rural areas. Okay, so I may be exaggerating a bit about this :P I’ve noticed myself “waking up” spiritually a few years ago, back in 2012, although I’ve went through a lot of changes in years before that which helped me get to where I’m at now. I used to have all the fundamental church taught beliefs about God, Jesus, the afterlife, etc., as the churches interpreted the bible. A certain email sent to me in 2001 that refuted the traditional church beliefs about “Hell”, salvation and stuff was a big pivotal point in my life got me on the road more closely examining those and all my other beliefs about God, Jesus, the afterlife, and so on. And 15 years later, here I am, believing, thinking and feeling much different about things now than I did prior to 2001. What I believe and feel now would be considered blasphemy… Read more »
Yeah.But we must know some are selfish and will misintepret the bible for their own favour. Thats why i dont bind into christianity. its been rewritten so many times to favour so many leaders, or rather dictators of the world. War , personal beliefs and profit created the New Bible that every christian holds. I wont tell you to believe me. Do your research. By the way, this website is a really good platform for those confused of life to step up. Thanks to Luna and Sol for providing so many Information and quizzes. Last but not least, I hope that this platform will provide more about shamanism cause i am very interested in occultic information. Finally, thanks for looking into my comment.
Insightful and more than anything, true soul food