Jesus Christ

Thought One

The 14th of April, 2006 is Good Friday, the day on which Jesus fulfilled His mission.

The day on which after having undergone humiliations beyond human endurance, He gave up His life, only to rise , in full glory on Easter Sunday.

It is said that Jesus died for us!  It is said that He died to save humanity!  How?

Jesus claimed  that one could  gain access to the Lord without the mediation of priests and their complicated, and often expensive rituals.

Jesus thundered: "Why have you turned the house of my father into a den of thieves?"  His life might have been spared had He conceded to the Jewish priests' demands to continue to belong to the old popular beliefs.

Jesus declined to conform. That was His only 'crime'.

I believe that He was crucified because he continued to claim the TRUTH.

That all we need to do to achieve the "Kingdom of Heaven"  is to Serve, Love and Pray. "Knock and the door will open" He said.

He gave up His life to give to Humanity the above simple message. He gave up His life for us. Could we in return try to follow His teachings? Could we start tomorrow?

You know, it is possible for us to to ascend, just like Jesus Christ did.

Ascension, for most of us could also mean that we raise our consciousness with prayer, faith and affirmations.

Jesus said: "I AM the resurrection and the Life, whosoever believes in Me shall Live forever"

Christopher Mendonca writes:

Death is an abstraction we fear. Dying however is a daily reality that we can learn to accept...Fear of death is largely linked to the ego. We are afraid of losing what we are most attached to... The crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, celebrated each year at springtime is all about death and dying, to take away the 'sting of death'...to invite his disciples to follow the way of daily dying to self... The central message of Easter is that if the process of 'dying' is integrated into one's life, we need not be afraid of death when it comes. Death becomes an event in life...Jesus accepted death with not a sense of bitterness or anger but with a sense of anticipation and joy in the full realization that it would be His hour of triumph...

Read: Easter Sunday