Post by dattaswami on Oct 2, 2012 8:29:08 GMT -8
It is easy to understand the preaching of Jesus, but, the most difficult part is to understand Jesus as the human incarnation of the unimaginable God in which both the human being and God co-exist like current and wire. This concept is not digested by the majority of the public, which crucified Him due to ego and jealousy. The majority always likes Jesus to be one among them and the existence of God in Him can never be tolerated. Of course, people do not mind much to give a little specialty as the messenger of God.
Some people, who are filled with ego and jealousy from top to bottom will not agree even to this little specialty and such people are almost atheists or demons. The messenger means a human being existing in the kingdom of God like any other human being, selected by God for service. This reflects the first statement ‘I am in the light’. This corresponds to the dvaita philosophy of Madhva. This is dualism insisting on the total difference between God and human being even though the human being is possessed by God. This is correct in the sense that God is unimaginable and the human being is imaginable. But, this difference is not opposing the truth that such a human being is possessed by God. Current is the stream of electrons and the wire is the chain of metallic particles. Both are totally different. But this difference does not oppose the truth that a specific metallic wire is possessed by current. Every wire need not have the current and hence every human being is not possessed by God.
Again, this point provokes the jealousy of the people. The second statement ‘the light is in me’ is that a specific devoted human being selected by God is possessed by God. This corresponds to the Son of God in whom only the blood of the Father is flowing. Everybody is not the Son and so every human being is not possessed by God. Even though Father and Son are different individuals, the Son cannot be isolated from the Father due to the blood. The separable and inseparable concepts co-exist and this is the Vishishta Advaita of Ramanuja, which is a bridge between Madhva and Shankara. The advaita belongs to Shankara, which is the oneness of the two inseparable items like current and wire during the period of flow of current in the wire.
Hence, the human being possessed by God is treated as God for all practical purposes. This is reflected by the statement ‘I am the light’. This is supported by other statements like ‘I am the truth’ and ‘I and my Father are one and the same’. The human being possessed by God is also an ordinary human being like anybody else before the possession. This human being is selected by God to spread His message and is called as messenger. The jealousy in others starts here itself since others are not selected. This is zero level of people. Such people, who could not tolerate Jesus even as messenger, shocked to hear second and third levels crucified Him.
The jealousy further grows if the messenger is possessed by God and becomes Son of God. Mohammad, the next Prophet stopped at the level of messenger itself, to avoid the further growth of the jealousy and opposed the concept of human incarnation. The second stage, which is the entry of God into a specific human being and the third stage, which is treating the specific human being as God are more and more provoking to the zero level and are dangerous. Mohammad avoided the second and third stages and hence was saved from crucifixion. Jesus announced the three stages separately to the three levels of people. The problem is that the zero level people also hear the statements of the first, second and third levels.
The zero level people, who cannot tolerate even the first level will be upset more and more to the higher and highest levels. People of different levels are not isolated by walls. The small cat will also enter the big hole of Newton! Therefore, Mohammad thought that it is better to stand on the first level itself. The first level is inevitable because the message of God should be spread standing as the messenger. The zero level people will be hurt by the first level also, but, there is no much danger in absence of the second and third levels. The reaction will reach climax when the zero level receives the statement of third level!
Some people, who are filled with ego and jealousy from top to bottom will not agree even to this little specialty and such people are almost atheists or demons. The messenger means a human being existing in the kingdom of God like any other human being, selected by God for service. This reflects the first statement ‘I am in the light’. This corresponds to the dvaita philosophy of Madhva. This is dualism insisting on the total difference between God and human being even though the human being is possessed by God. This is correct in the sense that God is unimaginable and the human being is imaginable. But, this difference is not opposing the truth that such a human being is possessed by God. Current is the stream of electrons and the wire is the chain of metallic particles. Both are totally different. But this difference does not oppose the truth that a specific metallic wire is possessed by current. Every wire need not have the current and hence every human being is not possessed by God.
Again, this point provokes the jealousy of the people. The second statement ‘the light is in me’ is that a specific devoted human being selected by God is possessed by God. This corresponds to the Son of God in whom only the blood of the Father is flowing. Everybody is not the Son and so every human being is not possessed by God. Even though Father and Son are different individuals, the Son cannot be isolated from the Father due to the blood. The separable and inseparable concepts co-exist and this is the Vishishta Advaita of Ramanuja, which is a bridge between Madhva and Shankara. The advaita belongs to Shankara, which is the oneness of the two inseparable items like current and wire during the period of flow of current in the wire.
Hence, the human being possessed by God is treated as God for all practical purposes. This is reflected by the statement ‘I am the light’. This is supported by other statements like ‘I am the truth’ and ‘I and my Father are one and the same’. The human being possessed by God is also an ordinary human being like anybody else before the possession. This human being is selected by God to spread His message and is called as messenger. The jealousy in others starts here itself since others are not selected. This is zero level of people. Such people, who could not tolerate Jesus even as messenger, shocked to hear second and third levels crucified Him.
The jealousy further grows if the messenger is possessed by God and becomes Son of God. Mohammad, the next Prophet stopped at the level of messenger itself, to avoid the further growth of the jealousy and opposed the concept of human incarnation. The second stage, which is the entry of God into a specific human being and the third stage, which is treating the specific human being as God are more and more provoking to the zero level and are dangerous. Mohammad avoided the second and third stages and hence was saved from crucifixion. Jesus announced the three stages separately to the three levels of people. The problem is that the zero level people also hear the statements of the first, second and third levels.
The zero level people, who cannot tolerate even the first level will be upset more and more to the higher and highest levels. People of different levels are not isolated by walls. The small cat will also enter the big hole of Newton! Therefore, Mohammad thought that it is better to stand on the first level itself. The first level is inevitable because the message of God should be spread standing as the messenger. The zero level people will be hurt by the first level also, but, there is no much danger in absence of the second and third levels. The reaction will reach climax when the zero level receives the statement of third level!