The Birth Of Christ In You
See Through the Illusion of Separateness
"Will Jesus come again? Metaphysically, he is already omnipresent. He smiles at you through every flower. He feels his cosmic body in every speck of space. Every movement of the wind breathes the breath of Jesus. Through his oneness with the divine Christ Consciousness he is incarnate in all that lives. If you have eyes to behold, you can see him enthroned throughout creation."
—Paramahansa Yogananda
Jesus of Nazareth broke the veil.
It’s a worthy celebration to honor that big brother of humanity. A man who came from a working class background in a relatively insignificant corner of the world, stepped into accessing the Totality.
He saw through the illusion of separateness.
He understood on a heart-level, on a body-embodiment-level, that We Are All One. How can there be enemies, when the enemies are you? How can there be judgment and shame, when all we’re doing is putting handcuffs on ourselves?
"If therefore your eye is One, your whole body will be full of light."
—Jesus, Gospel of Matthew 6:22-23
I’m very fortunate to have two contextual backgrounds that add to my humble understanding of the man from Nazareth, and neither of them are American Christianity.
Yes, I was raised an Easter-Christmas Christian in Texas, but 1) I’ve been studying the mystics across all religious traditions for twenty years. The mystics speak Jesus’ same language of awakening. Yogananda is a great example. That modern yoga master and prolific mystic, understands Jesus as lucidly as any Christian commentator. And 2) I spent time in university, studying the New Testament and Formative Christianity. What both of those two separate fields pointed me to is the awareness of Jesus as a liberated, nondual, mystic master. As an embodiment of love—not as an exclusive king of an elitist institution. Ironically, he was anti-institution. Not only is this present in his teachings, like the Parable of the Good Samaritan for example, but it’s also present in his death. The departure of the incarnation was brought about by the state.
“If you bring forth what is within you,
what you bring forth will save you.
If you do not bring forth what is within you,
what you do not bring forth will destroy you."
—Jesus, Gospel of Thomas, Saying 70
We’re all children of the Creator. We’re all equally beloved in the eyes of God. And at the same time, it’s completely valid to tribute our fellow human beings who have fully polished their mirrors. I still have a few specks on mine. That’s okay. We can learn from these veil-breakers; their wisdom, and their love.
So this Christmas, may we honor the teachings of our big brother, who seemed to want nothing else aside from sharing his state of liberation with everyone and everything he was in contact with.
May we all find it. OM. Amen.
“The First Coming of Christ is merely another name for the creation, for Christ is the Son of God.
The Second Coming of Christ means nothing more than the end of the ego's rule and the healing of the mind.
I was created like you in the First,
and I have called you to join with me in the Second.”
—A Course in Miracles, T-4.IV.10:1-3
Recommended reading on the Christ Consciousness aspect of the Nazarene:
Speaking of breaking the veil…
My podcast returns. After a break to finish my book, in ‘21-‘22, it’s time to reawaken the Be Where How? Show. S2 of BWH is now Let’s Break The Veil: a podcast focused on spiritual philosophy and deconstructing religion, alongside meanderings through creativity, scholarship and activism. This is Life After Ego Death.
We filmed an excellent episode 1 at Austin Public with James McCrae (@wordsarevibrations) and I have several more thought-provoking guests coming up this year. Listening links & viral reels coming in hot at @letsbreaktheveil.
Thanks for being here.
Let’s Break The Veil Of Maya And Remember Our True Identity of Unity And Love.
—Bob