History
Among the many tantalizing “what ifs” of the Christ era (AD)— what if
the high priests (Annas, Caiaphas, the Sanhedrin), and the teachers of
the law, understood what Moses, Isaiah, Jesus, the Buddha, Niels Bohr,
Erwin Schrödinger, David Bohm, Albert Einstein, Mother Teresa of
Calcutta, John A. Wheeler, and the leading scientists in quantum theory
understand today? What if the chief officials, scribes, and the elders
of the people in their quest for truth, knowledge, and values
understood the nature of God, the secret teachings of the Nazarene, and
our Oneness: “all one in Christ Jesus” (Gal 3:28)? What would our human
health, music in our minds, fragrance from our hearts, and planetary
life be like today if Hitler, Stalin, Mao Ze-dong, husbands and wives,
parents and children, employers and employees were encouraged to think
of themselves as an absolute family and to call each other “brother”
and “sister” who are “filled with the Spirit” of God (Eph 5:18), the
wisdom, compassion, and happiness absolute?
The
quality of our life (freedom, peace, human dignity, health, cognition,
communication, opportunities for individual and social flourishing)
would be stunningly higher. There would be no Crucifixion, no Mel
Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, no Inquisitions, no Crusades, no
World War I, no World War II, no Hitler-Stalin-Mao Ze-dong death
factories or Holocaust, no 9/11, no nuclear, biological, chemical, and
conventional weapons, no jihad (a holy duty obligatory on Muslims to
spread Islam by waging war), and no struggle against military Islam. We
would have profound peace, unrestrained altruism, heartfelt freedom,
great prosperity, and great happiness on earth.
For decades eminent scientist, their troubadours, and the most
accomplished scholars of bold vision, daring, and boundless love from a
variety of disciplines, knew about our connectedness with everyone and
everything. Now you have the opportunity to peer into the minds of
brilliance and examine what a galaxy of wisdom teachers, mothers, and
fathers have attempted to answer for thousands of years. Now this
information can find its way into all reaches of our humanity—help us
recover our memory and become conscious of our identity, celebrate our
life and our divinity.
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