This is my first post here; while I am not a "Christian", I am interested in the teachings of Jesus because they (seem to me) to involve very basic yogic principles.
#1. Your body is a lamp; you are the light of the world.
If your body is a "lamp" which is emitting its own "light", and "you" are the light of all that you perceive "the world", is this not the first yogic concept introduced to any initiate, that he/she experience everything as a part of themselves? It seems to me this analogy involving a lamp is rather straightforwardly suggesting the basis of your whole entire life experience is essentially yours / within you.
Science: Now knowing the "universe" contains no matter (it is all one energy), time (causality) is relative to the observer, consciousness itself is what collapses waveform potential into a definite state (observation), the cosmos is one gigantic hologram etc. does it not follow that every single individual *is* the light of their own world/experience?
#2. The kingdom of heaven is within you.
If your five sense organs are all external bound (thereby only showing you creation as a means of comparison to you; not the way it actually is) then is not the only way to the "kingdom of heaven" to enter within yourself?
Science: The kingdom (as Jesus stated) is not a place you can point to (geographical place) as Jesus claimed; if individuals actively "create" their own experience through their own choices, does this not seem appropriate?
#3. The light of the body is the eye; if it be single/good, your whole body will fill with light.
If your "light" (perception) can only be increased by practicing the "single eye" (treating the whole of creation as one energy), is this not a fundamental yogic principle?
Science: If the holographic universe you perceive is being "projected" outward from your own body, would it not follow that whatever manifests before you is merely a product of your own light?
#4. Nobody comes to the father except through me.
Given the fundamental yogic principles above, is it not proper that nobody comes to the "Father" unless he/she treats the whole of creation as one energy? Is this not why Jesus said he alone has no power or authority, only that which is granted by his "Father"? So, to the one who is "following" the God of Abraham narrative, when Jesus proclaims himself as the only way out of it all; could it not be true in the sense that one must understand the essential yoga associated with even learning to "pay attention" to creation? If you see the whole of creation as if it were a "Father" trying to teach you, how many are actually paying attention?
Science: It doesn't matter what "prompts" you to change your perspective and perceive the whole of creation as one; there is buddhism, taoism, yoga etc. Within the context of the God of Abraham narrative, Jesus' "yogic" principles are the same as any school of thought; you must treat the whole of creation as if it were occurring within yourself.
#5. The Father is me; you are in me, and I am in you.
Jesus claimed he alone is just one man; indeed this is probably the most important point people seem to miss: by glorifying him beyond the status of "just a man", this teaching in particular becomes irrelevant. Jesus is saying the only difference between you and him is that he is "one with the Father", and that if you follow his teachings, you too will become one with the Father and perform works even better than he. What I find interesting here is Jesus (all throughout his ministry) insists that he is in you. If Jesus is in you, and everybody is waiting for the "second coming", why are you looking anywhere outside of yourselves? Is not the second coming to coincide with your own personal realization that you are as Jesus said you are; the one to be personal witness to the truth of his teachings if you seek it?
Science: This trinity idea is simply outlining that The father(1) is in Christ(2) who is also in you(3), thereby creating the one and only "link" to come to know "the Father". It is entering within yourself.
#6. I am the Alpha and Omega; that which is in me is also within you.
If you ask somebody to explain exactly "what" they are, they might tell you their name, occupation, heritage etc. But when Jesus was asked, he simply said alpha and omega; beginning and end; first and last etc. I take this to mean "I am born (as the first), I will die (as the last), and you are the same thing relative to your own experience". If this is true, then every man is his/her own "christ" which culminates into he/she experiencing their own "end" relative to their own life experience/choices.
Now here is the point I want to leave with:
If you are a "person of the book" or following the God of Abraham narrative, you must treat it carefully; it is like a high school course: you must understand what came first in order to understand what comes after.
Regardless of what religion one might follow (based in the God of Abraham), the Genesis story demonstrates precisely the human predicament.
Adam/Eve were given authority to eat from any tree they wanted (what do you want to do with your life?) but were told to never touch the tree of knowledge of good and evil? Why?
"Good" and "Evil" is completely subjective and relative to the individual; it is only ever a person "I believe this is..." thus creating an "illusion" or "Maya" that is specific to you. By eating from this tree, you are effectively disobeying the "first" commandment from God and, as a result of eating from a tree which produces nothing but death (illusion), people fall to their own ignorance.
The tree thus represents (an internally manufactured) duality; which is why Jesus said your eye must be single in order to become full with light. Nobody gets to the father except through Christ because the christening is an internal process that is meant to happen to everyone; it is a part of the natural order itself. The various religions attempt to apply narrative/context to this internal phenomena, but as you can tell, not without profound dogmas associated with them.
It seems to me that the ten commandments hold rather strongly if you understand what they mean.
For example, your mind is comprised of 4 main parts. The first is intellect, which is like a sharp knife, allowing you to dissect the creation. The second is identity, which is whatever you have become identified with in this (or past) incarnations. Your intellect will only operate to protect whatever identity you have taken, thus your identity is closely related to the phenomena of idol worship.
If you identify with a particular individual and his/her traits (Jesus as the Romans portray him; Muhammad is the Arabs portray him etc) then your intellect will only operate based on this identification, thereby giving the inventors of these idols control over your intellect. This is how empires control their masses; for example claiming a 1400 year old book is the perfect inerrant word of God is idolatry because it elevates it to such a high place (I dare say the same is true for the Bible in my experience, but nowhere near the extend as Muhammad's Islam and the Qur'an). When you understand the importance of such a commandment as to never, ever become victim to idol worship, you begin to see why; because entire empires are established through such a means, and war thus becomes unavoidable.
If you truly look at the "last" religion (Islam), in order to join this religion, you must confess yourself as a personal witness that there is no God but God and Muhammad is his final prophet. The only problem with this is Muhammad is dead, and has been for 1400 years. As such you must effectively break a commandment (thou shall not bear false witness) to join a religion which proclaims the same God who issued that commandment as their God. It is such stupidity that modern "empires" are based and, indeed, it seems that illiterate people (as Muhammad was) seem to gravitate toward the rather baseness of Islam.
As such I perceive the teachings of Jesus (not the dogma, the sciences) as indeed the only real way for one to come to know "the Father".
With that said (I mean no offense with this) I do not gravitate toward typical Christian positions such as Jesus is Lord, Savior etc. While he may have went to many towns "healing" people (I do not trust the Gospel accounts for this, I believe it was said of him that he "healed the blind" in a symbolic way - his teachings would have healed inner blindness), I do not buy into the additional fluff tacked on by the authorities to keep people arguing/debating over things which seem trivial when you understand the simple fact: your life is like one big dream, you are creating it as you go, you may not perceive all as one, but as Jesus said, every single man will come to know.
As such, your own inner realization of these things is what will "collapse" all of the false Churches; the religious narrative runs concurrent to you, depending on how focused you become on the single eye - perception of everything as one, and constantly be a student to it.
Thank you for reading, please if you have any ad hominem (most people don't actually discuss things anymore without it) you can pm it to me rather than posting.
O I see, you're very gullible.
