Tribute to a man who changed the world

Appreciated. Thanks.

I totally agree. And politics and those who use him for their own agenda have warped it all beyond recognition. Honestly, I wish all politicians on all sides would stop using him to get votes. He would not approve.They are the moneychangers of modern times and they haven't a clue to what he was talking about in his teachings.

I think you are so right on with that comment. "They are the moneychangers of modern times....." Classic!

What is Q & T?

Thanks, same here.

http://current.com/groups/quetzalcoatl-tezcatlipoca/

Good group.

Thank you. There are some interesting things posted there!

Quetzalcoatl & Tezcatlipoca is my new group about visualizing and creating a better future.
I consider myself to be a gnostic Christian which is why I can appreciate the spirituality of aboriginal cultures who seem a lot closer to God than modern man.
Please join!

Beautiful response. Thank you.

I think they had a great love.

I'm convinced she was "the beloved disciple" of John's Gospel.
The story of Mary anointing Jesus with lavender, tears and her hair in front of the High Priest is incredibly powerful and underappreciated. It is still revolutionary!

She may well have also been his wife. It was tradition for Jewish men of his age to marry. And I do also believe that is why the Council of Nicea left out all of those gospels. They did not want women heading their church and they also did not want Jesus to be seen as the man he was. If they could keep him "divine" only with them being the only way to salvation, this was how they hoped to control the masses... and it has worked pretty well for the past two thousand years. I think more people are starting to see the cracks in that as well.

Well, at the Wedding at Cana in the Gospel of John, Jesus is referred to as "the bridegroom" numerous times. That should give Christians a big clue but it doesn't seem to.
And according to Jewish law at the time it was required that a Rabbi be married. Several times in the Four Gospels Jesus is addressed as "Rabbi."

Yes and in the Gospel of Philip I do believe Mary is referred to as his "companion" which was also a term used for spouse. And you are so right. I remember when I was a teen in confirmation class I asked my minister if Jesus was married. His reaction to the question was as if I had called him a mass murderer. I knew then I wanted to learn more and get away from that closemindedness. So glad I did.

I think the entire problem is that Catholocism turned the Son of Man into a Roman god. Jesus was remade in the image of Apollo.
And Protestants still follow that model.
I became Gnostic in 1980 when I read the Gospel of Thomas (the oldest of all the Gospels). The verse that still resonates with me most is when the disciples asked him about heaven and when the end of the world would come.

"The kingdom of heaven is spread out upon the earth and men do not see it."

I catch glimpses every now and then and increasingly realize the importance of this statement. Heaven is not some future state after death or in outer space. It is right here all along. It's only the demons of our desires and distractions that prevent us from experiencing it.
Some of us see it.