This content explores the historical and theological complexities surrounding Jesus, contrasting the traditional Christian narrative with scholarly and alternative interpretations, particularly focusing on Jesus's core teachings of self-discovery, love, and forgiveness as a path to the divine.
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Today we uh discuss the most famous
person who has ever lived. There are
about two billion people in the world
today who believe that Jesus is God. And
so a question then is
there have been many famous individuals
in history. Alexand the great, Julius
Caesar, Socrates, Zorahustra,
Homer, but it is Jesus that most people
worship. And the question we will look
at today is why? Okay. So, what I want
to do first is discuss the religion of Christianity.
And
as you know, I grew up in Canada and I
studied United States. And so my entire life,
life,
um, Jesus was part of the culture. It
was part of the society. [clears throat] And
And
growing up in Canada, not being
Christian, I really didn't understand Christianity.
Christianity.
I really didn't understand the ideas.
Um so let's go over some of the major
ideas of Christianity. Uh first of all
it's important to remember that there
are many denominations in Christianity.
So there's a lot of disagreements. Okay.
But these are the major ideas that most
Christians agree on. First thing is that Jesus
Jesus
and God himself. Okay. And he's king.
Okay. [snorts] This this already is very confusing.
confusing.
Um second thing is they believe that
Jesus died for our sins.
So remember that we got kicked out of
the garden of Eden because we disobeyed
God and we ate from the tree of um
knowledge. Okay. So Jesus died for our
sins and so Jesus redeemed us.
Okay. Um the third thing that they
believe is that eventually Jesus
Jesus
will return
something called the second coming. He
died, then he was resurrected, then went
to heaven. But eventually he will return
and this will result in the last judgment
judgment
in which all individuals
are judged whether they will reign in
heaven or burn in hell. Okay? He will
bring heaven to earth. And this is where
Christianity is most controversial.
What this says is that if you believe in
Jesus, if you're a Christian,
you will go to heaven.
But if you do not believe in Jesus,
you will burn in hell. And this is and
this goes against all other religious
traditions. Every religious tradition is
basically like be a good person and
that's all you have to do. But
Christianity demands that you must
believe in Jesus or you will burn in
hell. Okay? So in other words,
Christianity is a missionary religion in which
if you're a Christian, not only do you
believe not only do you must believe in
Jesus, but you must go out and try to
convert other people because if they
don't convert to Christianity during the
last judgment, they will burn in hell.
And that is why Christianity is one of
the most aggressive religions that we
have today. So this is all very strange
and there are a lot of questions in
Christianity and that's why Christianity
also proposes the idea of miracles. Okay.
How did Jesus die for our sins? Why is
there a second coming? It's all a
miracle. Okay? Meaning don't question
it. Just believe in it. Right? So Christianity
Christianity
is a very problematic uh religion. It
raises a lot of questions. Okay. So then
the question then is given all the
confusion around Christianity, why do so
many people believe in Jesus? All right.
So what I'm going to do now is I'm going
to explain to you what we know for sure
about Jesus. This is not um religious
people. It's scholars who spent decades
researching the evidence, looking the
Bible, looking at the archeological
evidence, looking at all the writings of
that period. And this is what we know
for sure about Jesus. Okay. All right.
So, the life of Jesus.
Okay. So, the first thing that we know
is he was born maybe about 4 BCE.
Okay. In a place called Galilee.
I know in the Bible it says he was born
the year zero, but he's actually um born
four years before then. All right,
that's the first thing that we know for
sure. Most people agree on. I'm talking
about like mainstream academics.
Second thing that we agree on is that
his teacher was John the Baptist. And
John the Baptist is what we call an apocalyptic
preacher. Okay? An apocalyptic preacher
basically says, "I will reveal the
future to you." And the future is that
God is coming and God will destroy the
evil people in the world. So right now
is your opportunity to redeem yourself
from your sins to start a new life
because God is coming and we must
prepare for the return of God. That is
the message of John the Baptist and
Jesus was one of his students, one of
his disciples. But at some point Jesus
started to create his own following. So
Jesus was preaching a message that is
different from John the Baptist. Okay.
So that's the second thing we know. The
third thing that we know is the crucification
crucification
the crucifixion. Okay. So we know that
the Romans crucified Jesus. We don't
know why. We know that the Romans killed
Jesus. And crucification is when the
Romans nail you onto a wooden cross.
Okay? And it's an awful way to die
because how you're dying is actually not
through the bleeding. Okay? You got
nails uh hammered to the cross. You're
dying because you have no energy. So
your your your head hangs low, which
means you're suffocating slowly. And it
takes about 3 days for you to suffocate
to death. And so this is like one of the
worst punishments that the Romans could
ever inflict on you. And really there's
only two sets of people that the Romans
will use crucification as punishment.
Okay? The first type are thieves and
bandits. All right? These are considered
like the lowest type of people. The
second type of people are rebels.
People who are trying to overthrow the
Roman state. Okay.
Um, so Jesus, in other words, was
probably a rebel or the Romans
considered him a rebel. Okay, so that's
the third thing that we know for sure.
Now, the last thing that we know for
sure is that a brother called James the Just.
Just.
And James the Just would inherit Jesus'
movement after the death of Jesus. And
this movement was called the poor or
another word for this is Ibionites.
Okay, don't worry about the name. Just
remember the idea. Okay, so these are
only the four things that we know for
sure about Jesus. Now, what I'm going to
do is I'm going to explain to you what
the Bible says about Jesus, what the
official story of Jesus is in the Bible,
and you can see how different it is from
what we know for sure. Okay, so this is
what the Bible says. Something to keep
keep in mind is that there are at least
four different biographies of Jesus in
the Bible. Uh Mark, Matthew, Luke, and
John. And they say different things, but
these but we'll talk about the main
story of Jesus. Okay. So the main story
of Jesus is that um Jesus
is the son of God.
And at this point in history,
we have disobeyed God. And God is angry
at us. And Jesus being the son of God
wants to redeem us in the eyes of God.
Remember, we try to become God. We try
to kill God by eating from the fruit,
eating the fruit from the tree of
knowledge. Okay? And so now God's angry
at us and we can't forgive ourselves. So
God so Jesus decides he must come to the
planet earth and and take a human form
and then sacrifice himself as a
scapegoat in order to redeem us in the
eyes of God. Okay, that's the plan. So
what he does is he comes and then he
starts a ministry.
All right? And what the ministry is is
it basically is healing people. Okay? So
he goes around healing people. If you
touch him, you're cure of cancer, you're
cure of all your diseases. Okay? He also
dispels demons. So there are some demons
inside of us. And what Jesus will do is
get rid of these demons and cleanse us.
Okay? And then he preaches the gospel,
the good news. So he teaches how to be
good people basically. The problem
though is that a lot of his teachings go against
against
Judeaic authority. Okay? So at this time
remember he is in um Judea, the Roman
province of Judea and Jewish priests are
in charge and Jewish priests teach
people to follow the law to follow the
Sabbath. Okay, do not work on Saturdays,
obey the law of Moses, obey the customs
and traditions of the Jewish tradition.
And what Jesus says is no, what's
important is to um follow the spirit of
God. So there's a conflict here, okay?
Where Jesus is rebelling against the
authority of the Jewish priest, okay?
And so what happens is the Jewish
priests uh start to plot against Jesus
and eventually Jesus is betrayed by one
of his disciples, Judas Escariat. And
Jesus is um detained by the Jewish
priests who then give him over to the
Roman authorities. Okay. At this point,
Pontius Pilate is
um
the governor of Judea. And so he asked
Jesus, "What did you do wrong?
Why do the Jewish priests want uh you to
be executed? And Jesus refuses to
answer. Pontious Pilot doesn't really
want to kill him, but there's anger from
the Jewish people who demand his head.
So, um Pontious Pilate orders Jesus to
be crucified
and then and then he dies. Okay. Jewish
Jesus dies
and then he's resurrected
after 3 days and then and then he
returns and appears before his disciples
and tells them, "I will come back. I
need to go to heaven, but I will come
back when I am most needed. Before I
come back, tell them the gospel. Tell
them the good news that I will one day
return and that I've redeemed people
from their sins." And therefore, it
doesn't matter if you're Jewish or not
Jewish. You can all celebrate God. Okay?
I brought God to you because I've
redeemed you from your sins. So tell
everyone the good news. All right? And
so this begins the very idea of Christianity.
All right? Okay. So this is the official
story that you see in the Bible and this
is what most Christians believe. But
again, the problem of course is there
are lots of issues with this story.
Okay, so let's go over some of the major
issues. The first major issue is [snorts]
[snorts]
what does God have a son?
How does how does God produce a son?
Aren't we all God's children? Why is
Jesus different from everyone else?
Okay. So, in Greek mythology, the gods
come down and impregnate a woman, but
that's not what happened here. It's just
the Bible says that God had a son and we
don't know where he came from. Okay, so
this is very confusing. But not only
that, but but the Bible also says that
Jesus is God. And so this is like really
confusing. Is he a son of God or is he
God? Okay, so this this is the first
major problem. Second major problem is
um why is he choosing to sacrifice himself?
himself?
How does that resolve the issue? Right?
We disobey God and now Jesus will um
um
redeem us by sacrificing himself. But
how does that work? Okay, the logic is
is kind of confusing. The third problem
and this actually very problem
problematic is the Bible is explicit. It
says that the Jewish priests plotted
against Jesus and the Jewish priests
were responsible for the death of Jesus.
And it's problematic because
for 2,000 years, Christians have used
this as a reason to persecute Jews
because you killed our Lord, our Savior.
Okay? You Jews are evil. Okay? Um but if
you look at Jewish history, I will argue
that this could not have happened. Okay,
it could have it could have happened for
like three reasons. The first reason is
okay, let's just say that Jesus was
rebelling against the Jewish priest.
Jesus was in disagreement with the
Jewish priest. That's not enough reason
for the priest to want to kill Jesus.
The reason why is within the Jewish tradition
tradition
it is okay to argue. Okay. So at this
time in history there are at least three
different Jewish groups. Okay. They are
called the seduces.
Who are the seduces? The seduces are the
royalty of the religion. These are
priests that go back generations.
Okay. So this is like the Jewish
nobility. They call the seduces. Then
you have the Pharisees.
The Pharisees
are believe themselves to be reformers.
The seduces they maintain ritual. Okay?
So if you are to sacrifice an animal in
the temple, you have to go through them.
The Pharisees says sacrifice is not
what's important. What's important is
obeying the law. Okay? So there's a
major disagreement between the the
Pharisees and the seduces. Okay? But
then you also have the Essenes. who the
scenes these scenes are people who
become monks and they believe like John
the Baptist we believe that John the
Baptist was in a scene that God is
coming and there'll be a final war and
we must prepare for that so we must
abandon all materialistic belongings
okay guess what guys there are also
other groups within these different
groups and all three groups hate each
other okay so just because you disagree
with the Jewish authority is doesn't
mean they kill you. They just it's it's
in the Jewish tradition to argue all the
time. In fact, if you go to Israel
today, even though that they're at war,
they're still arguing with each other.
Okay, that's the first thing.
Disagreement, rebellion, uh debate is
just part of Jewish tradition. That's
the first thing. Second thing is like
there are certain customs and laws of
the Jewish people. Okay? The Jewish
people see themselves as distinct and
separate from everyone else because they
are the chosen people. And as we
discussed before, they're the Jewish
people um they must rest on Saturdays
and they do not marry foreign men or
woman. They don't marry outside their
tribe. Okay. So these are two uh major
customs. But they also as we discussed
before they also don't charge interest
when they give loans to each other.
Okay. Another thing that that is not
written down but which is commonly
commonly accepted is
you do not betray other Jews to the
Roman authorities. Okay. Does that make
sense? Okay. We can argue amongst
ourselves but we will not betray each
other to non-Jews.
Okay. we will not fight among
um the Romans.
That's just is an unwritten law at this
time. So um I don't think ever in
history have we had a case where the
Jewish people betrayed a Jew to the
authorities that was non-Jewish. Okay.
The Jewish people again see themselves
as separate and distinct from other
people. So they would not do this. The
third thing,
the third piece of evidence that that
this didn't happen is remember James the
just is a brother of Jesus. And after
Jesus died, James the just stayed in
Jerusalem protected by the Jewish authorities.
authorities.
That makes no sense, right? If Jesus, if
his teachings went against
Jewish law and that's why the Jewish
priest had him killed, then why did why
was James the just who was teaching the
same thing as Jesus allowed to stay in
Jerusalem? And not only allowed to stay
in Jerusalem, but protected by the Jews.
Okay. So, I'm not convinced that the
Jews betrayed him. Also remember we
discussed this last class but the Romans
are just brutal people. They killed
people for no particular reason. So um
they killed Jesus. They didn't care.
Okay. All right. So I think it's much
more likely the Romans killed Jesus for
their own reasons as opposed to the um
Jew Jews killed Jesus. Yes. Uh, so the
real group that killed Jesus is the Jews
or the Roman.
>> So yeah, I'm saying it's the Romans who
killed Jesus. And we all agree it was
the Romans who killed Jesus. What the
Bible says is that it was the Jews who
conspired against Jesus and the Jews
encouraged the Romans to to kill Jesus. Okay.
Okay. >> Okay.
>> Okay.
>> All right. All right. So that's another
question. Why did the Jews conspire
against uh Jesus? And again, I think the
story is not true. Then you have the the
idea of like Jesus dies. So the question
then is if you're a son of God, you're
divine, how do you die? And does death
have any meaning? Okay. And then of
course you have the resurrection. Like
why would you resurrect yourself? And
the second coming, okay,
why would you want to come back? Why do
you need to come back? You've already
redeemed humanity. Why do you have to
come back? And then uh why do you have
why do you have to let people know who
you are? You're going to redeem
humanity. Why do people have to worship
you? Why do people have to celebrate
you? Okay. So this this raised a lot of
questions and again no other religion
has this many questions. And so what the
explanation is is
uh miracle, mystery,
mystery,
magic. Okay, this is the standard
explanation if you talk to Christians.
Why is this all happening? Don't
question it. Just believe it. Just
embrace it. Okay? But in our class, we
don't really do that. We ask questions.
We speculate. So, um, I know there are
two billion Christians in the world and
I'm sure they love Jesus, but in our
class, we're really trying to figure out
who he is. Okay? So, what I'm what we
want to figure out today is first of
all, what did Jesus believe? Okay,
what did he teach? Because it's not it's
not really clear. Okay? I'm sure Jesus
did not preach, did not teach, believe
in me and you, you'll be saved. Okay? He
probably did not do that. Christians
tell you that but Jesus himself probably
did not teach that. Okay, that's the
first thing. Second question is why did
he become so popular? What was it about
his belief that made him popular?
Okay. And the third thing is why did the
Romans kill him?
Right. So these are the three big
questions we're looking at today. First
of all, what did Jesus really believe?
Second is why was he so popular? And the
third question is whether Romans have to
kill him. And so um the argument I want
to make you today is what Jesus taught
is what every poet prophet we studied
this semester taught as well. Okay. So
you look at Homer, you look at the
Yahweh, you you look at Zorathustra,
Plato. What do they all teach? They all
teach that there is a source. Okay. The
source is the vine, the good, God, the
universe, the monac, whatever name you
have for it. Okay. And this the source
emanates and it creates the entire
universe and we come from the source.
Now our bodies are material. Okay. So
our our bodies come from a process of
evolution but our consciousness our soul
is a divine spark
and it comes from the source. So after
our experience here on earth, after we
die, our source, our spark goes back to
the source. Okay? And there's a constant
cycle until we at at the end merge to
the source. Okay? This is what Buddhism
teaches. This is what Hinduism teaches.
This is what uh Zoroastrianism, this is
what all major religions teach. Okay? So
Jesus was just teaching it for his
times. So the question then is if he is
teaching what every person every port
prophet taught why is he special? He's
special because the Roman Empire was
particularly evil. Okay so remember
before the Roman Empire um
um
remember the problem of the Iliad. Okay
remember the Iliad where Achilles cannot
forgive himself and his prime who
forgave him. Right? And we discussed how
uh during the Iliad
uh during that time
we all did good and we all did evil. And
so what's important is for forgive
ourselves, right? As long as we find the
power to forgive ourselves, we will save
the world. But by the time of the
Romans, okay, the Romans are just pure
evil. They're demonic. And so you don't
forgive yourself, right? And so the
question then is how do you explain the
fact that the Romans are able to conquer
the world for pure evil and you a person
they're all good but you're a slave. How
do you explain that? How do you find
comfort? How do you find source on the
fact that you've done good in your life
but at the same time evil triumphs?
Okay. And the message that Jesus came is
to help people understand why the Romans
triumph. Okay. And what Jesus will say
is this. The Romans triumph because the
world that we live in is a false world.
It is a corpse. It's a dead world. This
is not the true world. So those who most embrace
embrace
death and evil and hatred will win in
this world. But this is a false world.
What matters is up there. Okay?
So and so what you need to understand is
this. The Romans have won
by being evil. So in the grand scheme of
things, they've lost.
Okay, so think about Achilles. How did Achilles
Achilles
get what he wanted? He betrayed
Petroles, right? He sacrificed Petroas.
But because he knows he did evil, he
can't sleep. He can't eat. He He cannot
rest. All he has all he can do is
mutilate Hector's body. And that's just
the Roman way. What Jesus is telling us
is this. I know the world is evil. I
know that the rich, the powerful
oppress us and we hate them. But use our
imagination, use our heart, use our
empathy and look into
their minds and you can see how
tormented they are. how every day they
live with demons that haunt them, how
they can't sleep, how how they hate
themselves, and how they hate hate the
world around them. And then when you see
that for yourself, what you will see is
they're more pitiful than you are. You
may be poor,
but you're at least you're not haunted
by demons. Okay?
And so if you really want to do good in
the world, you have to forgive your
enemy. You have to love your enemy
because only by loving your enemy can
you release your enemy from his demons
and that will save the world. Okay? So
what Jesus is telling us is this. The enemies,
enemies,
the people who oppress us, the rich, the
powerful, they are Achilles. Okay? They
are Achilles after they've killed Hector
and they have absolutely no purpose in
life. They're haunted by demons. And we
have to be ply. We have to kiss Achilles
hand, submit before him so that he can
be released from his demons. And this
will make the world a better place.
Okay, that is the message of Jesus. And
that is our mission in our in this world
in a time of evil in a place of evil to
look at our hearts to look in the hearts
of other people to forgive our enemies
to let go of our hatred and to forgive
our enemies and then that will save the world.
world.
Okay, that is the central message of
Jesus. All right,
any questions before we look at the
evidence? Okay. So, I present to you the
argument. Okay. The argument is this.
Jesus taught a message of love and
forgiveness. And that's what made him
popular because
it reminds people of who they are.
Right? You may be a slave. You may think
you're worthless. But Jesus is telling
you there's still a spark inside of you
that connects you to the monad. And as
long as you use love, forgiveness,
compassion, this spark will activate and
it will release you from your slavery.
Okay, this is a false world. Once that
spark is activated, you will see the
world as false and that will free you.
Okay, and why the Romans kill him? The
Romans killed him because Jesus was a
rebel. He was trying to subvert the
natural order, right? The natural order
is the Romans at the top, the slaves at
the very bottom. And Jesus is saying,
"No, it's the opposite. Slaves at the
top, Romans at the bottom." Okay?
Because the Romans are trapped and
cursed by the evil in their hearts.
Whereas the slaves are free and they can
liberate everyone through their
compassion, through their love, through
their forgiveness. Okay? And that's why
the Roman psalm is a threat.
Does that make sense, guys? Okay? And
that's why they had to kill him.
All right? Right? And then they made up
the sto the the Bible in order to um
um
um justify what they did. Okay? Because
as we discussed last class, that's what
Romans do. Okay? They do evil and then
they get get the Greeks or the Jews to
write the history to explain why it was
good. Okay? So in other words, and this
this is something that I will discuss
next class is all right. And I I I know
this is hard to understand, but I'll
explain it next class. Is
this story guys,
it was the Romans who wrote this story.
Okay? Because as you can see, this story
convened conveniently excuse the Romans
from all blame even though it was the
Romans who killed Jesus. And it puts all
the blames on Jews. Okay, that's the
intention of the Bible,
right? So Christianity is not an
invention of Jesus.
Christianity is invention of the
romance. Okay. And that's something I
will show you next class. Okay. [clears throat]
[clears throat]
All right. But are we clear before I go
All right. So the line spark of Jesus.
Okay. So the idea here is this.
Um if you read Homer, the Iliad, the
Odyssey, if you read Dante, Divine
Comedy, if you read any of the great
books, you will you will
see the divine spark reflected in you.
Okay. The these great books are a portal
into the divine. The problem though is
most people cannot read the Iliad or the
Divine Comedy. Okay. So the question
then is what do the common people do and
the answer is Jesus is a portal into the
vine right so if you just remember the
life of Jesus if you just recite his
sayings that will give you access to the
vine that will remind you of who you are
so yes Homer and Dante are great I love
Homer and Dante but you have to be very
educated in order to read Homer and
Dante well whereas Jesus anyone can know
the story of Jesus anyone can um um say
what he says and then that will give you
access to the vine. Okay.
So Jesus is really about the democratization
democratization
of the divine. Okay. Jesus allows anyone
to access the divine whereas before um
you have to access the vine through
poetry. Okay. All right. So um the life
of Jesus. Okay. So again
Jesus is Jewish. So the center of Jewish
life is uh Jerusalem. Okay. Right here.
Jerusalem. And in the center of
Jerusalem is a temple which was rebuilt
uh under the Persians. Right. Uh and
Herod will will will rebuild this. We
renate this. Okay. Um so we know that
Jesus was born in this area Galilee. As
you can see, Galilee is by the coast,
which makes this region extremely
cosmopolitan. So from an early age,
Jesus is experiencing different
religions, different cultures, Hinduism, Zorashinism,
Zorashinism,
All right. So, uh, this is an AI
depiction of the crucification,
crucifixion of Jesus. Jesus is in the
middle and as you can see it is a brutal event.
Okay. Um so we don't know much about
Jesus. We only know um um Jesus from the
Bible. Then in 1945
in a place called N Hamadi. Okay this is
in Egypt. We discovered lots of books
with sayings of Jesus that we didn't
know existed before. So what's important
to understand is that after Jesus died,
there were many different sects of
Christianity that believed different
things and they argued with each other
and ultimately it was the Catholic
Church who won. Why? Because the
Catholic Church is run by the Roman
Empire. Okay. Um so one major book that
was discovered in in the uh in 1945 in
Hamatti that was lost to us is called
the gospel of Thomas. And what I believe
is the gospel of Thomas
uh records the true teachings of Jesus.
Okay. So let's first let's first look at
the true teachings of Jesus and then we
I'll explain to you why I think this is
actually his true teachings. All right.
So um can you read the highlighted part? Okay.
Okay.
>> And he said whoever finds interpretation
of these saying will not experience death.
death.
>> Okay. All right. So okay listen this
already makes sense right because in the
universe death doesn't exist because
after you die your soul goes up to the
astral plane to the vine. Okay? So you
your soul can never die. But you have to
recognize that you are the divine spark.
Okay? You first need to recognize that.
Once you recognize that, you'll be
immortal. But if you don't recognize
that, then you fear death. Okay?
Jesus said, "Let him who seeks continue
seeking until he finds. When he finds,
he will become troubled. When he become
troubled, he will be astonished and he
will rule over the all." Okay, so this
goes back to the Plato's allegory of the
cave, right? Right. Plato's algo of the
cave is this prisoner who escapes his
chains, he goes up into the real world
where there's sunlight and he sees the
truth, right? And now he's able to see
whereas everyone else is still chained
as prisoners in the cave. And now he
rules overall because he knows the
truth. Whereas everyone else is still in
prison in darkness. But remember that
this is a painful process. When you go
in the light, you're blinded by it. You
feel absolute pain. You feel uh
confusion. But over time, if you
persist, you will see the truth. Okay.
So this is the cave. Okay. Keep on
going. Jesus said, "If those who lead
you say to you, see the kingdom is in
the sky, then the birds of the sky will
precede you. If they say to you, it is
in the sea," then the fish will precede
you. Rather, the kingdom is inside of
you and it is outside of you. When you
comes to know yourself, then you will
become known and you will realize that
it is you who are the sons of living
father. But if you will not know
yourselves, you dwell in poverty. And is
it is you who are that poverty.
>> Okay. So this is really important idea.
Okay. Going back to the cave. When you
escape the the cave and you see the real
world and you come back, it doesn't
matter if you tell them what the real
real world is. Okay? It doesn't matter
if they believe you. They themselves
have to go out and see the world for
themselves. Okay? They have to break the
chains themselves and then venture out
into the light and experience pain and
torment for themselves before they
recognize the truth. Okay? That's what
Jesus is saying. They people
[clears throat] who tell you this stuff
don't listen to them. Okay? They can
only guide you. But you can't trust
them. You can't believe in them. You
have to believe in yourself. You have to
look into yourself because the truth
divine spark is inside of you. Okay? So
what Jesus is saying is this organized
religion does not work guys. So there's
no way Jesus would say follow me and
you're good. Believe in me and you're
good. He would never ever say that
because he knows you can't follow
someone else. You have to believe in
yourself. The divine spark is in you.
Okay? Doesn't make sense.
So they are lying to you. When they say
the kingdom is in heaven, don't believe
them. Okay? Another thing that you will
notice is
we're all sons of the living father. You
understand? Jesus is not like I'm the
son of God and you're not. I'm superior
to you. They're saying we're all
sons of the living father. Okay. Also,
and this is really important, he
actually doesn't throughout the gospel
of humus, he actually doesn't refer to
the Bible. Okay? He doesn't talk about
Adam and Eve. He doesn't talk about
Yahweh. He doesn't talk about David.
doesn't talk about Moses because for him
it's all fake. Okay. The Bible is fake.
What's true is divine spark in you. Okay.
Okay.
All right. So again, all this is
contradictory modern day Christianity
because Jesus was not a Christian. Okay.
Keep on going.
Oh, sorry. Uh let's let's keep on going.
And again guys, what what what you're
seeing is this the similar between the
go of Thomas and Plato's algorith of the
cave and the Iliad and Zorustra his
teachings as well as Niti. Okay, you see
how all these poor prophets, they all
think alike. They're expressing things
differently. They're talking to a
different age and a different audience,
but basically saying the same thing.
Okay, this is really important. All
right, continue reading, please.
>> Jesus saw infants being suckled. He said
to his disciples, "These infants being
suckled are like those who enter the
kingdom." They said to him, "Shall we
then as children enter the kingdom?"
Jesus said to them, "When you make the
two one, and when you make the inside
like the outside, and the outside like
the inside, and the above like the
below, and when you make the male and
the female one and the same, so that the
male not be male, nor the female. And
when you f when you fashion eyes in the
place of an eye and a hands in place of
a hand and a foot in place of a foot and
a likeness in place of a likeness then
will enter the kingdom.
>> Okay. So um again this is similar to
what we've learned before right what
he's saying is this we are born into
this world and as we grow older we
believe in the falseeness that we see
around us. Okay. But once we develop our
imagination and once we recognize that
this world that we live in is our
hallucination, it is just a projection
of our imagination. Then we can take
control over this world and then that
will allow us to access the vibe. Okay?
It is through the imagination which
allows us to access the vine and it will
allow us to create this world in a new
place. We're able to see fashion eyes in
the place of an eye, a hand in the place
of a hand. We're able to be our true
selves. Okay? And what we will
understand is that we're all connected
by the vine. The separation of like
male, female,
okay? Chinese, American,
black, white, it's all made up. It's not
true. Once we able to see reality as it
is, we'll all be one and the same. When
you make the two one, we make the inside
like the outside and the outside the
inside and the above like the below.
We're all interconnected together. Okay?
We're all part of the same source. We we
have to train ourselves to see the truth
from this falsehood.
Okay. So again the idea of asha and
douch right this is asha moving towards
the interconnectedness of all things the
harmony of all things. The is the
division of all things. Okay. [snorts] [clears throat]
[clears throat]
All right.
His disciples said to him, "Show us a
place where you are since it is
necessary for you to si for us to seek
it sack seek it." He said to them,
"Whoever has ears, let him hear. There
is light within the man of light and he
lights up the whole world. If he does
not shine, he is darkness."
>> Okay. So the disciple says to Jesus,
"Tell us how to be like you." And Jesus
says, "Be yourself. There's a light
inside of you." Okay? look for the light
and and like shine the world. Okay.
All right. Keep on going. Jesus said, "I
took my place in the midst of the world,
and I appeared to them in flesh. I found
all of them intoxicated. I found none of
them thirsty. And my soul become afflict
afflicted for the sons of men because
they are blind in their hearts and do
not have sight. For empty they came into
the world and empty too they seek to
live the world but for the moment they
are intoxicated. When they shake off
their wine then they will re repeat
repent. Jesus said if the flesh came
into being because of spirit it is a
wonder. But if spirit came into being
because of the body it is a wonder of
wonders. Indeed, I am amazed at how this
great wealth have made its home in its poverty.
poverty.
>> Wait, so he's talking about the
materialistic world. Okay, we came into
this world with nothing. And guess what?
When we die, we're going to go back with
nothing. Okay, so this pursuit of
materialism, this pursuit of wealth,
this pursuit of power makes no sense.
Why are you here pursuing all this
stuff, this gold, this wealth, this
money that you can't take with you? it
it seems as though you're drunk. Okay,
so this line, the flesh came into being
because of spirit is a wonder. Okay, so
the idea is that it is the
consciousness, the mind that creates the
the material world, the body, right?
That makes sense. And what Jesus is
saying is this. If you think that the body
body
creates the spirit, you're crazy. It's
impossible. It's a wonder of wonders.
That's impossible, guys. Why? Because
the spirit is full of wealth. The body
is impoverished. How is it possible that
that an impoverished body is able to
create so much wealth? Okay. And this
makes sense, right? Our mind, our
consciousness is so vast, so abundant,
but our bodies are so limited. So how is
it possible that our smaller brains is
able to create a universe of ideas and
experiences? Okay.
All right. So the idea of intoxicated,
we're here and we're just drunk, but we
are not thirsty for the truth. We're
happy for the way it is. Okay.
All right. And this idea is mirrored in
a poem that we read before by Roomie,
right? So you may remember uh Roomie,
the Persian poet. He also says this, the
world that we live in is a prison for drunks.
drunks.
Okay. So, I'm pretty sure roommate did
not read Jesus Gospel of Thomas. But
they're able to think the same thoughts
because they're all being inspired by
the same source. Does that make sense?
All right. Continue, please.
>> Yeah. Jesus said, "The phrases and the
scribes have taken the keys of
knowledge." Uh, this is
>> Nostis. Nostis means knowledge. Okay.
and hidden them. They themselves have
not entered, nor have they allowed to
enter those who wish to. You, however,
be as wise as serpents and as innocent
as dogs. Okay, so Jesus hates organized
religion. Okay, the Pharisees remember
are Jewish priests, Jewish leaders, and
they create a hierarchy of religion
where they say to people, only I know
the truth, only I have knowledge, so
listen to me. And what Jesus is saying
is they themselves are ignorant because
you cannot access knowledge through
hierarchy. Okay, through oppressing
other people. You can only access
knowledge by looking into yourself. So
you have to become like the serpent and
pretend you don't know anything in order
to access knowledge yourself because
otherwise if you are capable accessing
knowledge then the priest will see as a
threat and they will kill you. All
right. And what he's the serpent
remember it was a serpent who told Eve
to eat from the fruit. And so what Jesus
is saying is it is good and natural to
seek knowledge even if it means those
disobeying God.
Okay? That's what we're meant to do
here. To seek knowledge, to seek the
truth, to seek love. If the the gods, if
the priests stop you from doing so, it's
because you're evil.
All right? Because remember the true
God, the monad is pure love, pure
compassion, pure forgiveness. He can do
no wrong. He's perfection. And if you
have the desire to seek knowledge and
you believe that knowledge makes you a
happier, more fulfilled person, then you
should seek knowledge. Even if God tells
you don't do so, because if that God
tells you don't do so, it means he's a
false god.
Okay, keep on going.
Jesus said, "Whoever has come to
understand the world as found only a
corpse, and whoever has found a corpse
is superior to the world." Okay, so this
is this is what's going to get Jesus in
trouble, right? He's saying the Roman
Empire, this great empire that you've
built that ranges across the
Mediterranean, it's a corpse. It's
dying. It's dead. It's nothing.
All right? Right? And once you recognize
this, once you refuse to comply, once
you refuse to obey, they have no power
over you. Right? And so that's a threat
to power. That's a threat to the Roman
Empire. Keep on going. Jesus said, "The
kingdom is like a shafir who had
shepherd who had a hund sheep. One of
them, the largest went astray. He left
the 99 sheep and looked for that one
until he found it. When he had gone to
such trouble, he said to the ship, I
care for you more than the 99.
>> Okay? So God, the true God, does not
want obedience. He wants us to be
creative. He wants us to seek knowledge.
He wants us to discover. He wants us to
explore. He wants to try new things. And
if we do this, he cares for us than
those who obey him. Because those who
obey him, those who do nothing,
contribute nothing to the universe.
Okay. When we love, when we imagine, we
are making the universe a brighter
place. We are shining our light. We just
sit back and just do what we're told.
We're doing nothing. Okay. We're We're
like NPCs. Do you guys know NPCs?
Non-playable characters in in video
All right. Keep on going.
Jesus said, "A man had received
visitors, and when he had prepared the
dinner, he sent his servant to invite
the guys. He went to the first one and
said to him, "My master invites you." He
said, "I have claimed again some
merchants. They are coming to me this
evening. I must go and give them my
orders. I asked to be excused from the
dinner." He went to another and said to
him, "My master have has invited you."
He said to him, "I have just bought a
house and and am required for the day. I
shall not have any spare time." He went
to another and said to him, "My master
invites you." He said to him, "My
friends is going to get married and I am
to prepare the banquet. I shall not be
able to come. I ask to be excused from
the dinner." He went to another and said
to him, "My master in advised you." He
said to him, "I have just bought a farm
and I'm on my way to collect the rent. I
should not be able to come. I asked to
be excused." The servant returned and
said to his master, "Those whom you
invited to the dinner have asked to be
excused." The master said to his
servant, "Go outside to the streets and
bring back those whom you happen to meet
so that they may dine." businessmen and
merchants will not enter the places of
my father.
>> Okay? So again, this goes against the
empire. What Jesus is saying is the
worst people in this world are the rich
people. Okay? Think think about today
how we're supposed to worship Elas,
right? Because he's he's he's rich. What
Jesus is saying is no, Elmas is the
worst person in the world. Why? Because
the divine, the monad has prepared a
great feast for us. When we die, when we
go with to to a monad, we will
experience the greatest happiness, the
greatest joy. Okay? The monad's inviting
us, but the business people are saying,
"No, I'm too busy. I'm too busy making
money. I'm too busy doing evil in this
world. So, I don't want to go to the
stupid feast."
So, they're the ones who will lose out
in the end, even though today we think
they've won out. Okay? So, that's what
Jesus is saying. Jesus is like, "Don't
worry about the rich and the powerful.
They may look happy, but they're not."
At the end of days, when we all go back
to the Monad, we all go back to the
vine, they're the ones who will not be
invited to the grand feast. Yeah.
>> Uh I have a question that God let us to
be creative and like do our thing that
we want to do like seek for the spark.
But since we are born, how can we really
know the things that what we want to do?
Uh like I think that requires
socialization between other people. But
if you socialize, they will brainwash
you and affect to let you to seek for materialism.
materialism.
>> Yeah. Okay. That's a great question and
and it's a problem, right? Because as
you say, your parents, the school,
society brainwashes you to believe that
only money matters, only grades matter.
Okay. And the answer is you have to be
brave. You have to be true to yourself
because you yourself know what is true.
Right? If we didn't know then Jesus
would not matter. Why do two billion
people believe in Jesus? Because they
know that Jesus spoke the truth.
Okay? So listen to your heart. I know
it's hard and most of us cannot do it.
Okay? And that's why um in many
traditions like like Buddhism and
Hinduism reincarnation is important
because maybe in this lifetime we don't
figure it out. Maybe in the next
lifetime but maybe then you know 50
lifetimes away but eventually you'll
figure it out. Eventually you'll figure
out that what other people say does not
matter because this world we live in is
a false world. Eventually you'll figure
that out and then you're like you know
what I should do? I should do what I
believe to be true. And then and then
what you recognize is, oh, when I
actually do what I like, what I enjoy,
it makes me a more fulfilled person. And
guess what? It connects me to the vine.
Okay? I am a much more spiritual person now.
now.
And you can know because look at
people's faces, right? When you meet a
rich person,
his face is kind of, I don't know, evil.
When you when you meet a person who's
generous, who volunteers his time, who
is a good teacher, his face is
different. Okay? So remember Achilles,
when you do evil, evil comes into you
and it corrupts your soul. When you do
good, good comes to you and it brightens
your soul and you brighten the world
with it. Okay?
But without like education and
socialization like if we are an infant
how do we know what is right or wrong
and what should we seek for? Because of
the spark in you right because of the
spark in you. You know and it glows.
When you love someone
and that person loves you back your
spark glows. When you become a teacher
and you teach students, your teach your
students learn well, your spark glows.
>> So like you try different things until
the you find the things that make your
spark glow.
>> Yeah. And and say the important idea is
that our lives are infinite. Okay. So we
will die and die is like a game reset.
Okay. It's just like you suck at this
game, you die, you come back and you try
again. Okay. But it's your choice. The a
really important idea here is free will.
It's your choice to do whatever you want
with your life. No one's going to force
you. Okay? So, the idea of when you die
is you go back uh to the astral plane
and then you're able to reflect on your
own life and then you come back and you
start over. Eventually, you'll figure it
out. It may take a million years. It may
take a thousand years. Who knows? But
eventually, you'll figure it out. Okay?
Because because the world is infinite.
Does does that make sense? Okay.
What's really important to understand is
you have to figure out it by yourself.
No one can teach you. I can give you the
idea. Jesus can tell you what he thinks,
but you have to figure out by yourself.
Okay? And that's why this is so hard for
people to accept because people don't
want to accept individual responsibility.
responsibility.
Okay? [snorts]
All right. Okay. So this this gives us
um um so so the problem is this. The
problem is that Jesus says that you
there's a spark inside of you and it's
your responsibility. You don't have to
but it's your responsibility
to let it grow. If you let it grow you
will bring happiness to the world.
You'll bring happiness to yourself and
then you will able to feast with a mon
with a vine um in heaven. Okay. And as I
said um as we discussed it's hard man
it's really hard you think individual
responsibility you have to ignore people
around you. You have to uh learn for yourself.
yourself.
So you know this idea maybe a few people
thousands tens of thousands will love
this idea
but what about the millions of other
people who just want to like live normal
lives? what can we do about them? Okay,
so this is uh the book the brothers Kara
Mazoff by Theodor Dossi.
He's talking about the problem left by
Jesus. Jesus comes to the world. He
tells us the truth. He tells us freedom
is what will enable us to seek the vine.
But this creates this anxiety in people
because like oh my god now I have to
like think for myself. Now I have to
like go out into the light and feel all
this pain. But I don't want to. I just
want to live a happy life. I just want
to watch TV every day, man.
And then so
um and and so then the church is like,
okay, we need to create an organized
religion and we need to fool people.
Okay, how do we fool people? By teaching them
them
that Jesus didn't actually say these
things. And we're going to not we will
we will not worship Jesus. We worship
Satan instead. Why? Because Satan
encourages us to enforce our will on
people. Okay? We need to be evil in
order to do good in the world.
Okay? Think about this. These children
are naughty, right? Now, we can say to
them like Jesus, hey man, you'll grow up
one day and then you won't be naughty.
So, okay. But in this process, you're
going to hurt each other. You're going
to do stupid things. So, we have to be
the strict father. We have to create
this church in order to enforce the law
on people to make sure the children
don't hurt themselves so that children
can just be children. Okay? And quite
honestly, most of you guys, 99% of you
guys will never ever grow up. So, we
have to be Satan. Okay? So, the church,
the Catholic Church, will pretend to
worship Jesus, but actually we're going
to worship Satan.
And so, we're going to enforce the law
on people. We will now be the evil
empire. The Roman Empire is dead. Okay?
But now the Catholic Church will be the
evil empire and we're going to go around
and we're going to persecute people who
disobey the law so that everyone can
live in peace. People want to be sheep.
And you know what? People have the right
to be sheep. And so we're going to be
the shepherd. We will be Satan. And we
will enforce
goodness on people whether they like it
or not. And this is good for people
because now they don't have to accept
individual responsibility. Right? If my
life sucks, it's not because of me. It's
because of the devil. It's because of
the Catholic Church. is because of Satan
and that's what's good. Okay,
so Dasc is saying this is how the
Catholic Church came into being and
we'll discuss this next class in more
detail. Okay, because Jesus left a huge
problem a void in the hearts of people.
People want to obey. People want to be
told what to do. People don't want to
think for themselves. If you make people
think for themselves, they'll feel
nothing but fear and anxiety. Okay?
Right? So we need to impose order.
So in this story what happens is the
Catholic church is being is being the
evil empire. It is oppressing people.
And so one day Jesus comes from heaven
and he walks among the people and people
will know oh my god he's Jesus he's come
back and he's curing people and they're
all happy and but because the Catholic
church worships Satan they need to
arrest this guy. Okay. And the grand
inquisitor the leader appears before
Jesus. They have a conversation that
Jesus is called a prisoner in the story
and he says to the prisoner, "We know
who you are. You are Jesus and we're
supposed to worship you, but we're going
to have to kill you because you are a
threat to the people. You're a threat to
the happiness of the people." Okay? And
what the grandchild will say to Jesus is,
is,
"We create good in this world by being
evil and your presence will destroy this
and therefore we must destroy you."
Okay. So this is from the brothers K
maz. Okay.
Thou this. Okay. Thou does not love them
at all. Thou who does come to give thy
life for them. Instead of taking
possession of man's freedom, thou does increase it and burden the spiritual
increase it and burden the spiritual kingdom of mankind with its suffering
kingdom of mankind with its suffering forever.
forever. >> Okay. So what he's saying is is you came
>> Okay. So what he's saying is is you came to this world to free people to tell
to this world to free people to tell them that the not exists that there's a
them that the not exists that there's a spark inside them that they don't have
spark inside them that they don't have to be slaves they can they can go
to be slaves they can they can go wherever they want but that just
wherever they want but that just confuses people that traps people in
confuses people that traps people in their own fear and anxiety.
their own fear and anxiety. Life now becomes complicated.
Life now becomes complicated. Okay, keep on going. Thou did desire
Okay, keep on going. Thou did desire man's free love that he should follow
man's free love that he should follow thee freely enticed and taken captive by
thee freely enticed and taken captive by thee. In place of the rigid Asian law,
thee. In place of the rigid Asian law, men must uh hereafter with free heart
men must uh hereafter with free heart decide for himself what is good and what
decide for himself what is good and what is evil. Having only thy image before
is evil. Having only thy image before him as his guide.
him as his guide. >> Okay, this is okay. Sorry. This is like
>> Okay, this is okay. Sorry. This is like really annoying, okay, for people
really annoying, okay, for people because before your teacher would tell
because before your teacher would tell you what is good and what is evil. Now
you what is good and what is evil. Now the teacher is saying you guys decide
the teacher is saying you guys decide now it's complete chaos. Okay. And again
now it's complete chaos. Okay. And again it creates anxiety in people. People
it creates anxiety in people. People just want to be told what to do. Okay.
just want to be told what to do. Okay. People were like, you know, at 5:00
People were like, you know, at 5:00 we're going to have dinner um at Pizza
we're going to have dinner um at Pizza Hut. Okay. People don't want to be like,
Hut. Okay. People don't want to be like, "Uh, what what should I what should I
"Uh, what what should I what should I have for dinner?" Okay. People don't
have for dinner?" Okay. People don't want to think, man. Okay. Keep on going.
want to think, man. Okay. Keep on going. But this thou dot know that he would at
But this thou dot know that he would at last reject even thy image and thy truth
last reject even thy image and thy truth if he is w uh weigh down with a fearful
if he is w uh weigh down with a fearful burden of free choice. They will cry
burden of free choice. They will cry aloud at last that the truth is not in
aloud at last that the truth is not in thee. For they could not have been left
thee. For they could not have been left in greater confusion and suffering than
in greater confusion and suffering than thou has caused laying upon them so many
thou has caused laying upon them so many cars cares and unanswerable problems.
cars cares and unanswerable problems. >> Okay. Right. You're creating all this
>> Okay. Right. You're creating all this anxiety in people for no particular
anxiety in people for no particular reason. People were happy just being
reason. People were happy just being slaves and now you free them and they're
slaves and now you free them and they're completely confused as what to do next.
completely confused as what to do next. >> All right, keep on reading.
>> All right, keep on reading. >> Only some thousands.
>> Only some thousands. >> Okay. So, so what he's saying again is
>> Okay. So, so what he's saying again is your freedom is only good for the
your freedom is only good for the minority of people who can think for
minority of people who can think for themselves
themselves who aspire
who aspire uh to the divine. What about everyone
uh to the divine. What about everyone else? And what of the rest? And how are
else? And what of the rest? And how are the other weak ones to blame? Because
the other weak ones to blame? Because they cannot endure what the strong have
they cannot endure what the strong have endured. How is the weak soul to blame
endured. How is the weak soul to blame that it is unable to receive such
that it is unable to receive such terrible gifts? Can thou have simply
terrible gifts? Can thou have simply came come to the elect and for the
came come to the elect and for the elect? But if so, it is a mystery and we
elect? But if so, it is a mystery and we cannot understand it. And if it is a
cannot understand it. And if it is a mystery, we too have a right to preach a
mystery, we too have a right to preach a mystery and to teach them that it's not
mystery and to teach them that it's not the free judgment of their hearts, not
the free judgment of their hearts, not love that mattered, but a mystery which
love that mattered, but a mystery which they must follow blindly even against
they must follow blindly even against their conscience. So we have John.
their conscience. So we have John. >> Okay. All right. So what he's saying is
>> Okay. All right. So what he's saying is this. Okay. I understand Christianity is
this. Okay. I understand Christianity is complete complete chaos. Okay. But this
complete complete chaos. Okay. But this complete chaos means people will never
complete chaos means people will never understand what your true teachings are.
understand what your true teachings are. And if people don't understand what your
And if people don't understand what your true teachings are, they don't have to
true teachings are, they don't have to follow it. They don't have to think for
follow it. They don't have to think for themselves. Okay? So we created complete
themselves. Okay? So we created complete chaos so that people will not be forced
chaos so that people will not be forced to obey us. Okay? That's why we
to obey us. Okay? That's why we corrupted your teachings. Keep on going.
corrupted your teachings. Keep on going. We have corrected thy work and have
We have corrected thy work and have funded it upon miracle, mystery, and
funded it upon miracle, mystery, and authority. And manly joy that they were
authority. And manly joy that they were again led like sheep, and that the
again led like sheep, and that the terrible gift that had brought them such
terrible gift that had brought them such suffering was at last lifted from their
suffering was at last lifted from their hearts. Were we right teaching them
hearts. Were we right teaching them this? Speak. Do we not love mankind so
this? Speak. Do we not love mankind so might meekly acknowledging their
might meekly acknowledging their feelessness, lovingly enlightening their
feelessness, lovingly enlightening their burden and permitting their weak nature
burden and permitting their weak nature even sing or sanction? Why has thou come
even sing or sanction? Why has thou come now to ponder us?
now to ponder us? >> Okay, do you understand this idea? They
>> Okay, do you understand this idea? They understand is why is there evil in the
understand is why is there evil in the world? Because people don't want to
world? Because people don't want to think for themselves. So you need evil
think for themselves. So you need evil people to command people to enslave
people to command people to enslave people to force them against their will.
people to force them against their will. Now people are like, "Well, I don't have
Now people are like, "Well, I don't have a choice in the matter. I can't think
a choice in the matter. I can't think for myself. Sorry, man." Okay. If you
for myself. Sorry, man." Okay. If you actually give people complete freedom,
actually give people complete freedom, it'd be complete chaos in the world.
it'd be complete chaos in the world. That's why there's Satan. That's why
That's why there's Satan. That's why there's Satan in this world. This is why
there's Satan in this world. This is why Satan must rule this world.
Satan must rule this world. Okay,
I meant to end it like this. When the inquisitor ceased speaking, he waited
inquisitor ceased speaking, he waited some time for his prisoner to answer
some time for his prisoner to answer him. His silence weighed down upon him.
him. His silence weighed down upon him. He saw that the president had listened
He saw that the president had listened intently all the time, licking gently in
intently all the time, licking gently in his face and evidently not wishing to
his face and evidently not wishing to reply. The old man longed for him to say
reply. The old man longed for him to say something, however bitter and terrible,
something, however bitter and terrible, but he suddenly approached an old man in
but he suddenly approached an old man in silence and softly kissed him on his
silence and softly kissed him on his bloodness age lips. That was all his
bloodness age lips. That was all his answer. The old man shuddered. His lips
answer. The old man shuddered. His lips moved. He went to the door, opened it,
moved. He went to the door, opened it, and said to him, "Go and come no more.
and said to him, "Go and come no more. Come not all, not at all. Never, never."
Come not all, not at all. Never, never." And he led him out into the dark alleys
And he led him out into the dark alleys of the town. The prisoner went away. And
of the town. The prisoner went away. And the old man, the keys close in his
the old man, the keys close in his heart, but the old man adheres to his
heart, but the old man adheres to his idea.
idea. >> Okay, so the prison of course is Jesus,
>> Okay, so the prison of course is Jesus, right? And so the inquisitor has these
right? And so the inquisitor has these great arguments and the inquisitor is
great arguments and the inquisitor is right. And what he's saying is, "Okay,
right. And what he's saying is, "Okay, Jesus,
Jesus, what's your response to this?" And
what's your response to this?" And Jesus' response is basically, "I forgive
Jesus' response is basically, "I forgive you. I love you and I forgive you." Same
you. I love you and I forgive you." Same thing as what Prime did to Achilles,
thing as what Prime did to Achilles, right? And as you can see, by kissing
right? And as you can see, by kissing the the Inquisitor rather than fighting
the the Inquisitor rather than fighting him, the Inquisitor loses. He knows he's
him, the Inquisitor loses. He knows he's lost. He knows he's been humbled. So he
lost. He knows he's been humbled. So he lets Jesus go. Says, "Just get out of
lets Jesus go. Says, "Just get out of here. Please don't bother us again."
here. Please don't bother us again." Okay? This is not your world. This is
Okay? This is not your world. This is Satan's world. And the kiss glows in his
Satan's world. And the kiss glows in his heart, but the old man aderes to his
heart, but the old man aderes to his ideas. Okay? So Jesus did not change the
ideas. Okay? So Jesus did not change the old man's mind. Okay? But there's a
old man's mind. Okay? But there's a spark in him that now glows. Okay? the
spark in him that now glows. Okay? the spark that he killed that he tried all
spark that he killed that he tried all this time to kill with reason with evil
this time to kill with reason with evil is still able to grow glow. Okay? And
is still able to grow glow. Okay? And that's the power of forgiveness.
that's the power of forgiveness. Even though the person seems to be the
Even though the person seems to be the most evil person in the world and this
most evil person in the world and this guy really is the most evil person in
guy really is the most evil person in the world, as long as you're able to
the world, as long as you're able to show him the possibility of love, the
show him the possibility of love, the spark will glow. Okay. Now what's the So
spark will glow. Okay. Now what's the So the Inquisitor poses this problem like
the Inquisitor poses this problem like okay people uh don't want to think for
okay people uh don't want to think for themselves. People lack free will.
themselves. People lack free will. People don't want free will. What's the
People don't want free will. What's the solution? The solution is the soul is
solution? The solution is the soul is eternal. Okay? And you have to give
eternal. Okay? And you have to give people time. We're talking about like
people time. We're talking about like millions of years. Maybe not in 50 years
millions of years. Maybe not in 50 years people will figure it out, but in about
people will figure it out, but in about a million years people will figure it
a million years people will figure it out for themselves. Okay? And Jesus, God
out for themselves. Okay? And Jesus, God is patient. He's loving. He's forgiving.
is patient. He's loving. He's forgiving. He's generous. He's compassionate. So,
He's generous. He's compassionate. So, take your time. Okay. What's important
take your time. Okay. What's important is that people learn for themselves.
is that people learn for themselves. Eventually, you'll figure out being a
Eventually, you'll figure out being a slave sucks. You know what? It may seem
slave sucks. You know what? It may seem as though watching Netflix, playing
as though watching Netflix, playing video games, being online all the time
video games, being online all the time is fun. But if you go outside and play,
is fun. But if you go outside and play, that's a lot more fun, guys. Eventually,
that's a lot more fun, guys. Eventually, you'll figure it out. All right? and you
you'll figure it out. All right? and you have fear by yourself. So God is forever
have fear by yourself. So God is forever patient. Okay, does that make sense?
patient. Okay, does that make sense? Okay, so next class we'll talk about the
Okay, so next class we'll talk about the Catholic Church and how it came into
Catholic Church and how it came into being and why it is it really is the
being and why it is it really is the church of Satan. All right, why it's
church of Satan. All right, why it's going to go go against this teaching of
going to go go against this teaching of Jesus. But do actually point this out
Jesus. But do actually point this out how the Catholic Church and Jesus are
how the Catholic Church and Jesus are com are competing forces. Okay.
com are competing forces. Okay. All right.
All right. Now, let's go on to Divine Comedy by
Now, let's go on to Divine Comedy by Dante. And again, Dante is trying to
Dante. And again, Dante is trying to answer the question, why did Jesus have
answer the question, why did Jesus have to kill himself? What's the logic of
to kill himself? What's the logic of that? That makes no sense. Okay? And
that? That makes no sense. Okay? And traditionally, what the Catholic Church
traditionally, what the Catholic Church teaches people is
teaches people is it's because when we do evil, we become
it's because when we do evil, we become slaves of Satan.
slaves of Satan. So Jesus made a deal with Satan.
So Jesus made a deal with Satan. Basically Jesus says, "I will die
Basically Jesus says, "I will die and then I will and then you can take my
and then I will and then you can take my body, okay? And then you will have to
body, okay? And then you will have to free my people." And Satan is like,
free my people." And Satan is like, "That's a really good deal, man. God for
"That's a really good deal, man. God for exchange in exchange for the slaves.
exchange in exchange for the slaves. Sure, I'll make that deal." But the
Sure, I'll make that deal." But the thing is that Jesus when he died and he
thing is that Jesus when he died and he freed us, he cannot ever truly die.
freed us, he cannot ever truly die. Okay, does that make sense? So this is
Okay, does that make sense? So this is called a ransom theory. And this is how
called a ransom theory. And this is how during Tan's time most people understood
during Tan's time most people understood why
why uh Jesus had to die. Jesus died so that
uh Jesus had to die. Jesus died so that we would stop being slaves of Satan and
we would stop being slaves of Satan and now we are slaves to Jesus and that's
now we are slaves to Jesus and that's why we must worship Jesus. And Dian's
why we must worship Jesus. And Dian's like no no no that can't possibly be
like no no no that can't possibly be right. Okay. God did not come to free us
right. Okay. God did not come to free us so that we become slaves to God. God
so that we become slaves to God. God came to free us so that we could be
came to free us so that we could be free. Okay. All right. So this is Dante.
free. Okay. All right. So this is Dante. And what's what's going to happen here
And what's what's going to happen here is in heaven there's going to be a
is in heaven there's going to be a conversation between Dante and Beatrice
conversation between Dante and Beatrice who he loves. Okay? And they're going to
who he loves. Okay? And they're going to discuss the nature of the universe. And
discuss the nature of the universe. And this is Beatric talking to Dante.
The greatest gift the magna magnanimity of God as he created gave the gift most
of God as he created gave the gift most suited to his goodness. Gift that he
suited to his goodness. Gift that he most prices was a freedom of the world.
most prices was a freedom of the world. >> Okay. So the underlying principle of the
>> Okay. So the underlying principle of the universe is freedom of will. If God is
universe is freedom of will. If God is love, okay? And he loves people, then he
love, okay? And he loves people, then he must trust people. Therefore, freedom
must trust people. Therefore, freedom freedom of will is the most important
freedom of will is the most important principle. Okay? Same thing if you're a
principle. Okay? Same thing if you're a parent. If you truly love your child,
parent. If you truly love your child, you will let your child go and make his
you will let your child go and make his own mistakes. You will not protect your
own mistakes. You will not protect your child. Okay? Even if it means that your
child. Okay? Even if it means that your child goes to the park and might get
child goes to the park and might get kidnapped or whatever, okay? You have to
kidnapped or whatever, okay? You have to let him go. You have to let him or her
let him go. You have to let him or her go because true love means trusting
go because true love means trusting other people. Okay,
other people. Okay, keep on going.
keep on going. You say what I have heard is clear to me
You say what I have heard is clear to me but this is hidden from me. Why God weld
but this is hidden from me. Why God weld precisely this pathway for redemption?
precisely this pathway for redemption? >> Okay. So again the Catholic Church
>> Okay. So again the Catholic Church teaches you that Jesus redeemed us from
teaches you that Jesus redeemed us from our for redeemed us from our sins. Okay.
our for redeemed us from our sins. Okay. But then the question is why did you
But then the question is why did you have to kill himself again? That makes
have to kill himself again? That makes no sense. Keep on going
no sense. Keep on going >> brother. This ordinance is buried from
>> brother. This ordinance is buried from the eyes of everyone whose intellect has
the eyes of everyone whose intellect has not ma matured within the flame of love.
not ma matured within the flame of love. >> So Peter is saying to Dante, yes I know
>> So Peter is saying to Dante, yes I know this makes makes no sense because you're
this makes makes no sense because you're thinking with your mind but the mind is
thinking with your mind but the mind is not where the spark is. Okay. The divine
not where the spark is. Okay. The divine spark is in the heart. So stop thinking
spark is in the heart. So stop thinking with your mind and feel with your heart
with your mind and feel with your heart and let the spark the divine spark glow
and let the spark the divine spark glow in you and then you will see the truth
in you and then you will see the truth for yourself.
>> Sorry. Okay. >> The godly godness that has banished
>> The godly godness that has banished every envy from its own self burn in
every envy from its own self burn in itself and sparkling soul. It shows
itself and sparkling soul. It shows eternal beauties. All that derives
eternal beauties. All that derives directly from this godness is
directly from this godness is everlasting. Since the sale of godness
everlasting. Since the sale of godness impressed an imprint that ever alters.
impressed an imprint that ever alters. >> Okay. So God is perfect. He's forever
>> Okay. So God is perfect. He's forever good. He's forever love. He's forever
