Jesus Appearing to the Disciples After the Crucifixion

Thomas speaking to Gary...

 

Picture this. J was crucified. We were wanted by the Romans. Most of us, especially Peter, were demoralized. Even Thaddaeus and I were very challenged. We understood the message of J, as did Mary, Phillip, Stephen, and a few others; but this was still an extremely hard time for most of us. Did we have faith? Did J really overcome death? Certainly none of us was in a frame of mind to go out and claim to the people that he did.

This is where you need to put two and two together. There’s no way that all the disciples would have gone out into the world and attempted to teach the meaning of what J was saying except for one fact: He really did appear to us as a body, just as real, or unreal, as anyone else’s body, after the Crucifixion. Anyone who doubts that J overcame death needs to consider that point carefully. How else can you explain the behavior of the disciples unless J actually was resurrected? There would be no logical explanation for our transformed enthusiasm.

Yes, his teachings and example before he died were extraordinary and inspiring, but the Holy Spirit knew we were ready for a demonstration to encourage us. Sometimes the Holy Spirit will work with you in a way that will encourage you to keep going on your path. We got the encouragement that we needed. Eventually, the world would change J’s message from a spiritual one to a religious one. But that didn’t matter to us at the time. There was no such thing as Christianity. We understood and believed that J had returned to God.   ~ Love Has Forgotten No One   

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Heaven Does Not Exist Within the Realm of Perception

J was teaching that the Kingdom of Heaven is something that is PRESENT, if not presently in your awareness. "The disciples said to him, 'When will the Kingdom come?' He said, 'It will not come by watching for it. It will not be said, 'Behold here,' or 'Behold there.' Rather, the Kingdom of the Father is spread out upon the earth, and people do not see it."

J is not saying here that the Kingdom of the Father is IN the earth. Indeed, he knew that the earth was in our minds. He was speaking about something that people do not see because the Kingdom of Heaven cannot BE seen with the body's eyes, which are only capable of beholding limited symbols. Heaven does not exist within the realm of perception, but is the genuine form of life that you will eventually become completely AWARE of.   Facebook.com/DWMJF/photo
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Must Retrace Your Steps

You WILL return home again, but in order to do so you must retrace your steps back to your original decision to be separate from God. ~ The Disappearance of the Universe   
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Advantages of Being a Student of Jesus Now than 2000 Years Ago

Right now on this earth, there is a spiritual document that comes as close as anything possibly can to expressing what Jesus actually wants to say. There is an excellent reason for this. It is because he spoke it, word for word, to the person who took seven years of her life to write it down. There are no opinions in it from anyone but Jesus. It was not edited to suit any religion, nor changed in order to appeal to a generic audience. Its final editing was directed by Jesus through this woman. It is a complete presentation as well as a comprehensive training. It is not meant to be the handbook of a religion or a code of moral behavior. It is a system of thought proposing that if you take care of the mind, all else will follow naturally.

Happily, this teaching known as A Course in Miracles, is not designed to bring forth yet another organization obsessed with changing a world of dreams instead of the mind of the dreamer. It is a self-study, one-on-one metamorphosis into Christ that is done at the level of the mind between you and Jesus, or you and the Holy Spirit, if you prefer to think of it that way. Either one will do. This puts you in the fortunate position where you can learn much more from the master than you could have two thousand years ago - if you are prepared to take advantage of it. 
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What is the Resurrection?

Here are a few passages from the Manual for Teachers on the resurrection. "Very simply the resurrection is the overcoming or surmounting of death. It is a reawakening or a rebirth; a change of mind about the meaning of the world. It is the acceptance of the Holy Spirit’s interpretation of the world’s purpose; the acceptance of the Atonement for oneself." 

It goes on to say, "The resurrection is the denial of death, being the assertion of life. Thus is all the thinking of the world reversed entirely. Life is now recognized as salvation, and pain and misery of any kind perceived as hell. Love is no longer feared, but gladly welcomed."

When you have completely awakened from the dream of death and attained your resurrection, "Christ’s face is seen in every living thing, and nothing is held in darkness, apart from the light of forgiveness." Once you have seen the face of Christ, "Here the curriculum ends. From here on, no directions are needed. Vision is wholly corrected and all mistakes undone. Attack is meaningless and peace has come. The goal of the curriculum has been achieved. Thoughts turn to Heaven and away from hell. All longings are satisfied, for what remains unanswered or incomplete?"

The time will come when each seemingly separated mind has attained its enlightenment or resurrection. When everyone – not everybody, mind you – but every mind that has dreamed thousands of lifetimes has reached this state of awakening from the dream, that is the Second Coming of Christ. As the Course teaches, "The Second Coming is the one event in time which time itself can not affect. For every one who ever came to die, or yet will come or who is present now, is equally released from what he made. In this equality is Christ restored as one Identity, in which the Sons of God acknowledge that they all are one. And God the Father smiles upon His son, His one creation and His only joy." 
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Judmentalism

Gary: I get tired of listening to these unforgiving right-wing politicians who call themselves Christians but probably wouldn't know Jesus if he came up and bit them on the ass.

Pursah: Yes, but that's a subtle trap, and you fell headfirst right into it. It may be accurate on the level of form to say that most Christians could easily change the name of their religion to Judgmentalism. But if you judge their judgment then you're doing the same thing as them, which puts you in the same position - chained to a body and a world that you're making psychologically real for yourself by failing to forgive. 
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The NOW is for Forgiveness

Time is over; you just can’t see it. The way to experience the truth is to forgive what’s in front of you NOW. ~ The Disappearance of the Universe   Facebook.com/DWMJF/photo   Facebook.com/DWMJF/photo   Facebook.com/DWMJF/photo

Mikey's Note: That’s the only relevant thing you can do with the NOW, like the Course says, “Forgiveness is the only function meaningful in time.”

Allow Yourself to Grieve

The breakup of a long-term relationship sometimes involves going through some of the same grieving stages you endure with the death of a loved one. At first there may be anger and then denial, and other stages that hopefully will lead to acceptance. Even if you’ve engaged in true forgiveness, any one of those stages can pop up again unexpectedly, until they are completely healed. People should take the time to grieve. There are going to be so many memories in your mind, especially if you had a long relationship, and you need to come to terms with everything. 
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God Isn't Human

God is not wrathful or vengeful and is not the slightest bit interested in punishing His Son (that's you.) This is what God is really like! God doesn’t think like humans because He isn’t a person. ~ The Disappearance of the Universe
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God is not Responsible

God didn't banish you from paradise, and He is not responsible in any way, shape, or form for your experience of being apart from Him. ~ The Disappearance of the Universe   Facebook.com/DWMJF/photo   Facebook.com/DWMJF/photo

It Takes Commitment

The truth isn't going to change. But you must have the willingness to accept it. At first, it's the little willingness to listen to the Holy Spirit. But later, it's the abundant willingness to want the peace of God beyond anything else that appears to exist, and that takes commitment.  ~ Love Has Forgotten No One   Facebook.com/DWMJF/photo   Facebook.com/DWMJF/photo

You've Got to Want It

The full awareness of the Atonement is that the separation never occurred. So if the ego's idea of separation never happened, you can choose to NOT believe the ego, believe the Holy Spirit instead, and remember the light of truth that is beyond the veil. It takes a lot of determination to do that though, you've got to want it. The Course says about the words, "I want the peace of God: To say these words is nothing. But to mean these words is everything."  ~ Love Has Forgotten No One   Facebook.com/DWMJF/photo   Facebook.com/DWMJF/photo   Facebook.com/DWMJF/photo

Don't Fall for the Ego's Tricks of Victimhood

Once you're thinking with the Holy Spirit, you can remember that what you're seeing in a tragedy or natural disaster is a trick to perceive the victims as bodies instead of spirit, and thus, think of yourself as a body instead of spirit. But now, because you know better, you can choose the Holy Spirit's miracle instead. J says, "A miracle is a correction. It does not create, or really change at all. It merely looks on devastation, and reminds the mind that what it sees is false."  ~ Love Has Forgotten No One   Facebook.com/DWMJF/photo   Facebook.com/DWMJF/photo   Facebook.com/DWMJF/photo

Holy Spirit Recognizes Your Illusions

A Course in Miracles says that the Holy Spirit recognizes your illusions without believing in them. So listen to Him, that you might see like Him. The Course says, "The Holy Spirit understands the means you made, by which you would attain what is forever unattainable. And if you offer them to Him, He will employ the means you made for exile to restore your mind to where it truly is at home." ~ The Disappearance of the Universe   Facebook.com/DWMJF/photo
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Choosing God over the Mind that Made the Illusion

The concept of oneness is hardly an original one. However, the question few people ever ask is: What am I really one with? Although most of those who do ask this question would say the answer is God, they then make the error of assuming they and this universe were created in their present form by the Divine. That is not true, and it leaves the seeker in a position where even if he masters the mind, as Buddha certainly did, he will still not reach God in a permanent way.

Yes, he will achieve oneness with the mind that made the duality waves. This mind, in a non-place that transcends all of your dimensions, is completely outside the system of time, space, and form. This is the logical and proper extension of non-duality, yet it is still not God. It is, in fact, a dead end. Or better yet, a dead beginning.

This explains why Buddhism, which is obviously the world's most psychologically sophisticated religion does not handle the issue of God. It's because Buddha didn't handle the issue of God while he was still in the body you call Buddha. It's also the reason we'll be making distinctions between non-dualism and pure non-dualism. When Buddha said, "I am awake," he meant he realized that he was not actually a participant in the illusion, but the maker of the entire illusion.

Still, there is another step required, where the mind that is the maker of the illusion chooses completely against itself in favor of God. Of course someone of Buddha's tremendous accomplishment had a snap of it, quickly going on to the exact same awareness as J. But this was done by Buddha in a lifetime the world doesn't even know about. 
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Relinquishment of Personal Identity

One of the things that Jesus had to realize was not only that the universe doesn't exist, but that he didn't exist on any level other than pure spirit. That's something that practically no one really wants to learn. It's terrifying to all people on an unconscious level because it means the relinquishment of any individuality or personal identity, now and forever. ~ The Disappearance of the Universe   
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Made Up for a Damn Good Reason

It should be self-evident that if there is only oneness, then anything else that appears to exist must have been made up. Furthermore - and this is an issue that no teaching has satisfactorily supplied the motivation for until very recently - it must have been made up for what appeared to be a damn good reason. Thus, instead of judging the world and everything in it, perhaps it would be more helpful for you to ask what value you saw in making it up in the first place. It may also be wise to ask yourself what would be a more appropriate response to it now. ~ The Disappearance of the Universe
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Forgiveness it the Way Out of Being Afraid

Gary: It occurred to me that I drink because I think I'm guilty, even though I'm not really guilty, and I'm afraid of God, even though my fear shows up as worry about other things.

Arten: Yes, but that doesn't mean that people who don't drink, smoke or use drugs aren't afraid. They just find other ways of dealing with it or denying it. Forgiveness is the only way out for everyone. 
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The Universe is not Here

Without you to perceive it, the universe is not here, but logic would have to dictate that if the universe is not here, then you are also not here. ~ The Disappearance of the Universe
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It's Not What You Know...

It's not what you know - it's what you do with what you know. It's the application that matters, which is why the mind-training aspect of A Course in Miracles is paramount. Without applying it, it's just another theory. As the Course itself says, "This not a course in philosophical speculation, nor is it concerned with precise terminology. It is concerned only with Atonement, or the correction of perception. The means of the Atonement is forgiveness." Without utilizing the means, there would be no end to the ego. ~ Love Has Forgotten No One
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HE is a Metaphor

Technically, God is an It. When A Course in Miracles uses the word HE for God, Christ, or the Holy Spirit, it serves as a metaphor. As the Course clearly teaches, there is no male or female in spirit because there are no differences, opposites, or counterparts. There is only perfect oneness.
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No Such Thing as an Individual

A Course in Miracles speaks on a much bigger level than most people realize at first. Yes, the application is done by a seeming individual, but the men and women who get it have to realize that there's no such thing as an individual, except in a dream. ~ Love Has Forgotten No One   Facebook.com/DWMJF/photo
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Chicken or the Egg?

Arten: Do you have any questions before we proceed?

Gary: Yeah, which really DID come first, the chicken or the egg?

Arten: Obviously they were both made simultaneously, along with the rest of the universe. Within the illusion they appear to be separate, even though they’re not. 

~ The Disappearance of the Universe   

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We Still Do Bodily Things

As long as you appear to be in a body, you're going to do things that bodies appear to do. Just because you're a Course student, it doesn't mean you don't exercise or brush your teeth. ~ Love Has Forgotten No One
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Salvation from Change

A Course in Miracles teaches that Heaven is changeless and eternal. Also, the Holy Instant is that second when you choose the Holy Spirit instead of the ego. Remember, then, these words from the chapter of the Text called The Holy Instant, "Time is inconceivable without change, yet holiness does not change. Learn from this instant more than merely that hell does not exist. In this redeeming instant lies Heaven. And Heaven will not change, for the birth into the holy present is salvation from change." ~ Love Has Forgotten No One
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No Pricks in Heaven

Pursah: Everyone is going to the same place. No one will be left out of Heaven, or else it wouldn’t be whole.

Gary: But what about these pricks who don’t deserve it?

Arten: These brothers aren’t going to Heaven as pricks, because they’re not going to Heaven as bodies. They will eventually forget all about bodily identification, It was just a dream, and where is a dream when you wake up from it? It disappears. They will return to their home, which is perfect oneness. Remember something, there’s no one here on Earth who wasn’t a murderer at one time or another. That’s duality. Do you think you should all remain in dreams of hell, as the Course puts it? 
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No Guilt, No Pain

If you have absolutely no unconscious guilt in your mind, which would be the case if your mind has been completely healed by the Holy Spirit, which it would be if you have finished all of your forgiveness lessons successfully, then you would literally not be able to feel any physical pain.
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They Just Think They're Right

Give people a chance to project, and they'll take it! Of course, they don't know that they're projecting, THEY just think they're right. ~ Love Has Forgotten No One   Facebook.com/DWMJF/photo

Grieve, then Laugh

Gary: What about people who go through tragedies. Certainly you don't expect them to laugh.

Arten: Not at the time. That's when you should remember Ken's advice, "Don't fotget how to be normal." Let them grieve. Let them have their experience. Eventually they'll be able to forgive the tragedy, when they're ready. In the meantime, it's YOUR job to forgive, and instead of seeing people as victims, think of them as what they truly are, which is perfect spirit.    ~ Love Has Forgotten No One   Facebook.com/DWMJF/photo

Animals also Make Spiritual Progress

The Holy Spirit also works with animals, who have their own way of thinking from species to species. Like people, they make spiritual progress - or not - from lifetime to lifetime. And like people, they're all going to the same place with you. ~ Love Has Forgotten No One
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Overcoming Egocentricity

If you can't say no to the requests of others, then you haven't yet overcome egocentricity. You're making it real. You're saying, "That's a real body with a real problem, and I've got to help." It totally misses the point. They're NOT bodies, they don't have a real problem, and they're NOT there. They are spirit, the same as God, and that can never change. As the Course teaches, the body isn't even alive. 
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