Jesus of Nazareth: Christ, the Christ
About This Book
Jesus of Nazareth: Christ, the Christ presents Ramtha's unique perspective on the historical and mystical dimensions of Jesus of Nazareth — approaching the question of who Jesus was and what his life and teaching mean from the vantage point of a consciousness who, Ramtha claims, lived as a contemporary of Jesus and knew him personally before achieving his own enlightenment and departing from the physical realm. This claim gives Ramtha's account a very different quality from the academic-historical or theological treatments: it is presented not as a reconstruction of limited evidence or a doctrinal defence of a preformed conclusion but as direct testimony from a witness.
The book addresses both the historical Jesus (what his actual life was like, what his actual teaching was, and how both differ from the accounts that have been transmitted through official Christianity) and the mystical Christ (the universal principle of Christ consciousness — the awakened awareness of one's divine nature — that Jesus embodied and that his teaching pointed toward as available to all human beings rather than uniquely expressed in himself). Ramtha's understanding of Jesus' core teaching is that 'the Father and I are one' was not a claim of exclusive divine status but a teaching about the universal availability of the consciousness that Jesus had realised.
What You'll Learn
• Understand Ramtha's account of the historical Jesus: what Ramtha describes about Jesus' actual life, teaching, and circumstances — including the traditions and travels that shaped his understanding, the nature of his core teaching, and how the transmission of that teaching through official Christianity has both preserved and distorted it
• Grasp the Christ consciousness teaching: the distinction Ramtha draws between Jesus (the historical individual) and the Christ (the universal principle of awakened divine awareness) — and why he insists that Jesus' most important teaching was that Christ consciousness is the birthright of every human being rather than a quality unique to himself
• Recognise the resurrection teaching: Ramtha's understanding of what the resurrection represents — not a supernatural violation of natural law but a demonstration of the power of consciousness over matter that the fully self-realised being can access, and that every human being has the potential to access through the process of genuine self-mastery
• Learn the connection to the Ramtha teaching: how the Jesus teaching, as Ramtha presents it, relates to the core of his own teaching — the understanding of human beings as divine intelligences who have forgotten their nature and are remembering it — and why he regards Jesus as a teacher of exactly the same path of self-mastery that the Ramtha School offers
• Appreciate the cross-traditional perspective: how Ramtha's reading of Jesus' teaching resonates with the non-dual readings of other teachers (Deepak Chopra's 'Third Jesus,' Osho's 'Mustard Seed' commentary, the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas tradition) while reflecting his own specific framework and his unique claimed vantage point as a contemporary of the historical Jesus
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