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Secret History #22: The Divine Spark of Jesus

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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

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

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

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 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

good. He's forever love. He's forever compassion, forever forgiveness. Okay.

compassion, forever forgiveness. Okay. And there's there's a spark of God in

And there's there's a spark of God in us, right? The divine spark which is our

us, right? The divine spark which is our hearts. So there's always a this

hearts. So there's always a this perfection in us. Okay.

perfection in us. Okay. Keep on going. Only man sing annoys

Keep on going. Only man sing annoys man's liberty makes him unlike the

man's liberty makes him unlike the highest good. So that in him the

highest good. So that in him the brightness of its light is dimin.

brightness of its light is dimin. >> Okay this is important. Okay. Even

>> Okay this is important. Okay. Even though the spark is forever in us we can

though the spark is forever in us we can cover it up with mud. We can cover it up

cover it up with mud. We can cover it up with dirt. We can forget about it. Okay.

with dirt. We can forget about it. Okay. Why? How? By doing evil. By disobeying.

Why? How? By doing evil. By disobeying. All right. If we do more and more evil,

All right. If we do more and more evil, we forget the spark more and more and it

we forget the spark more and more and it it dims in us. So the spark can glow or

it dims in us. So the spark can glow or it can dim depending on our actions but

it can dim depending on our actions but the spark will ever always be there.

the spark will ever always be there. >> So if like [snorts] you said that

>> So if like [snorts] you said that parents the true love is to trust right?

parents the true love is to trust right? So if parents trust their kid they will

So if parents trust their kid they will let their kids to make mistakes. But

let their kids to make mistakes. But what if kids are for example being

what if kids are for example being kidnapped and they're being killed? Is

kidnapped and they're being killed? Is that still count as the love of trust?

that still count as the love of trust? Okay, obviously if your child is in

Okay, obviously if your child is in danger, you go save your child. Okay,

danger, you go save your child. Okay, but you cannot let your fear and anxiety

but you cannot let your fear and anxiety of your child being kidnapped

of your child being kidnapped destroy the child's freedom. Does that

destroy the child's freedom. Does that make sense? You cannot impose your fear

make sense? You cannot impose your fear on your child.

on your child. >> Like you need to let your child to feel

>> Like you need to let your child to feel the anxieties.

the anxieties. >> No, no, no, no, no. You have to let your

>> No, no, no, no, no. You have to let your child do what your child wants to do.

child do what your child wants to do. your child wants to go play in the go

your child wants to go play in the go play in the playground, you let the

play in the playground, you let the child go play in the playground. Okay?

child go play in the playground. Okay? And if you feel like there's a danger,

And if you feel like there's a danger, then you go and make sure that your

then you go and make sure that your child is safe. You understand?

child is safe. You understand? >> But still doing but still letting him to

>> But still doing but still letting him to do what they want.

do what they want. >> Yeah. Okay. Look, when you when you're

>> Yeah. Okay. Look, when you when you're actually a parent, you know what is safe

actually a parent, you know what is safe and what is not safe. Okay? Sending your

and what is not safe. Okay? Sending your child to the playground where there are

child to the playground where there are other children, there are adults

other children, there are adults around is safe. Do you understand?

around is safe. Do you understand? Sending your child outside at midnight

Sending your child outside at midnight to one of the streets is not safe. Do

to one of the streets is not safe. Do you understand?

you understand? >> Okay. You know, you don't have to think

>> Okay. You know, you don't have to think about this.

about this. All right.

All right. All right.

All right. Okay. Keep on reading.

Okay. Keep on reading. >> And man cannot regain his dignity unless

>> And man cannot regain his dignity unless within left emptiness man fills a void

within left emptiness man fills a void with just a mans for evil pleasure.

with just a mans for evil pleasure. >> Okay. So the problem is this. We

>> Okay. So the problem is this. We do all this evil and now we can't

do all this evil and now we can't forgive ourselves. So we're stuck where

forgive ourselves. So we're stuck where we are. Okay? We cannot compensate for

we are. Okay? We cannot compensate for the evil that that we do. So what we do

the evil that that we do. So what we do is do more evil to ignore the fact that

is do more evil to ignore the fact that we cannot forgive ourselves. Does that

we cannot forgive ourselves. Does that make sense? So evil creates more evil.

make sense? So evil creates more evil. Evil compounds on evil. So now we're

Evil compounds on evil. So now we're just stuck. Okay. So the first so by

just stuck. Okay. So the first so by disobeying God by eating that that fruit

disobeying God by eating that that fruit by trying to be like God we created evil

by trying to be like God we created evil and this evil forces us to be more evil

and this evil forces us to be more evil now we're just stuck. Okay

for when your nature sings so totally within its seed then from these

within its seed then from these dignities just as from paradise that

dignities just as from paradise that nature parted.

nature parted. >> Okay. So we left the garden of Eden not

>> Okay. So we left the garden of Eden not because we broke the law. We left the

because we broke the law. We left the garden of Eden because

garden of Eden because we cannot forgive ourselves from the

we cannot forgive ourselves from the evil that we've committed and so we keep

evil that we've committed and so we keep on doing more and more evil. Okay. So

on doing more and more evil. Okay. So the garden of Eden is metaphorical. Keep

the garden of Eden is metaphorical. Keep on going. And they can never be regained

on going. And they can never be regained if you consider carefully. By any way

if you consider carefully. By any way that did not pass across one of these fs

that did not pass across one of these fs either through nothing other than his

either through nothing other than his mercy. God has to pardon man or of

mercy. God has to pardon man or of himself. Man has to prefer payment for

himself. Man has to prefer payment for his folly. Okay. So now that we've

his folly. Okay. So now that we've broken the law, now that we've disobeyed

broken the law, now that we've disobeyed God, now that we've there's evil in our

God, now that we've there's evil in our hearts, how what can we do? Okay. And

hearts, how what can we do? Okay. And what Beatric says is there's two

what Beatric says is there's two possibilities. The first possibility is

possibilities. The first possibility is that we compensate for the first evil

that we compensate for the first evil for the first act of disobedience. And

for the first act of disobedience. And what Petric says is you can't do that

what Petric says is you can't do that because you try to be God. You try to

because you try to be God. You try to kill God. So you cannot ever compensate

kill God. So you cannot ever compensate God for the evil that you've done. Okay?

God for the evil that you've done. Okay? And then she says, "Well, the other

And then she says, "Well, the other possibility is that God forgives you."

possibility is that God forgives you." The problem though is that if God just

The problem though is that if God just forgives you, you won't learn anything.

forgives you, you won't learn anything. Okay,

Okay, you want to go. Man in his limits could

you want to go. Man in his limits could not recmp recompense

not recmp recompense for no obedience, no humility he offered

for no obedience, no humility he offered later could have been so deep that it

later could have been so deep that it could match the heights he made to reach

could match the heights he made to reach through disobedience. Man lacked the

through disobedience. Man lacked the power to offer satisfaction by himself.

power to offer satisfaction by himself. >> Okay. Good. Okay. So, do you understand

>> Okay. Good. Okay. So, do you understand this idea? Okay. You try to be God. So,

this idea? Okay. You try to be God. So, you can't ever ask for forgiveness for

you can't ever ask for forgiveness for that. Keep on going.

that. Keep on going. >> For God show greater generosity in

>> For God show greater generosity in giving his own self that man might be

giving his own self that man might be able to rise than if he simply pardoned.

able to rise than if he simply pardoned. For every other means fell short of

For every other means fell short of justice except the way whereby the son

justice except the way whereby the son of God humbled himself where he became

of God humbled himself where he became incar incarnate.

incar incarnate. >> Okay. Incarnate just means human. Okay.

>> Okay. Incarnate just means human. Okay. So this is why Jesus had to kill

So this is why Jesus had to kill himself. All right. So the problem is

himself. All right. So the problem is that God has to forgive us. But he has

that God has to forgive us. But he has to forgive forgive us in a way that

to forgive forgive us in a way that allows us to learn from our mistakes and

allows us to learn from our mistakes and be better people. Okay? And so let's

be better people. Okay? And so let's let's use an analogy. The analogy is

let's use an analogy. The analogy is this. Um I'm a father and I have a

this. Um I'm a father and I have a daughter named Eve. And I have a dog.

daughter named Eve. And I have a dog. And I say to Eve, "I love you, Eve, so

And I say to Eve, "I love you, Eve, so much." And then Eve says to me, "Do you

much." And then Eve says to me, "Do you love me or do you love the dog more?" I

love me or do you love the dog more?" I said, "I love you both equally. Love is

said, "I love you both equally. Love is infinite." Of course, I love you, but I

infinite." Of course, I love you, but I also love the dog. And Eve goes and says

also love the dog. And Eve goes and says to herself, "Yeah, but how do I know he

to herself, "Yeah, but how do I know he truly loves me?" So what Eve does is she

truly loves me?" So what Eve does is she kills the dog. Okay. And then Eve, Eve

kills the dog. Okay. And then Eve, Eve says to me, "Hey, do you love me or do

says to me, "Hey, do you love me or do you love the dog more?" And now I'm kind

you love the dog more?" And now I'm kind of stuck the father, right? Because if I

of stuck the father, right? Because if I punish her, that shows her I love the

punish her, that shows her I love the dog more, right? But if I don't punish

dog more, right? But if I don't punish her, she's going to do this again. Okay?

her, she's going to do this again. Okay? She's going to kill kill another animal.

She's going to kill kill another animal. So I'm stuck. So what do I do? So what

So I'm stuck. So what do I do? So what God decides to do is this. The only way

God decides to do is this. The only way out of this conundrum, the only way out

out of this conundrum, the only way out of this paradox is if I punish myself.

of this paradox is if I punish myself. Okay? Because I should have said to her,

Okay? Because I should have said to her, I love you as much as the dog. All

I love you as much as the dog. All right? So what I do is I take a whip and

right? So what I do is I take a whip and I hit myself. All right? And Eve watches

I hit myself. All right? And Eve watches this. And now Eve knows, first of all, I

this. And now Eve knows, first of all, I do love her because I'm punishing myself

do love her because I'm punishing myself for her sake. And second of all, she

for her sake. And second of all, she won't do it again because she doesn't

won't do it again because she doesn't want to see me punished. And that's why

want to see me punished. And that's why Jesus had to kill himself. Do you

Jesus had to kill himself. Do you understand? That's the logic here. Now

understand? That's the logic here. Now it makes sense, right? God had to punish

it makes sense, right? God had to punish himself so that we would be humbled by a

himself so that we would be humbled by a sacrifice. We would feel so much reg

sacrifice. We would feel so much reg remorse and regret for making God die

remorse and regret for making God die that we would never ever disobey him

that we would never ever disobey him again. We would never ever try to become

again. We would never ever try to become God ourselves. And that's why

God ourselves. And that's why this had to happen. Okay? And because of

this had to happen. Okay? And because of this, Jesus freed us from the evil in us

this, Jesus freed us from the evil in us and led us to the path of good. Because

and led us to the path of good. Because now all we have to do is remember Jesus,

now all we have to do is remember Jesus, remember what he said, remember what he

remember what he said, remember what he taught and we ever forever will forever

taught and we ever forever will forever be on the path towards the light. Yes.

be on the path towards the light. Yes. >> Uh do we like for example if I had done

>> Uh do we like for example if I had done a extreme mistakes in previously do I

a extreme mistakes in previously do I can I completely make it up or just uh

can I completely make it up or just uh forgive myself because I think I can't.

forgive myself because I think I can't. >> Okay, that that that's a great point.

>> Okay, that that that's a great point. Okay, so yeah, so the problem is this.

Okay, so yeah, so the problem is this. The problem is that there are people who

The problem is that there are people who do real evil in this world. Okay, it's

do real evil in this world. Okay, it's possible like a man kills your daughter

possible like a man kills your daughter uh and then he's put in prison for the

uh and then he's put in prison for the longest time and it's he does all this

longest time and it's he does all this evil and so can he be forgiven? And the

evil and so can he be forgiven? And the answer is yes. Because the only way for

answer is yes. Because the only way for this world to work is if people are

this world to work is if people are allowed to be forgiven. If people are

allowed to be forgiven. If people are not allowed to be forgiven, this entire

not allowed to be forgiven, this entire world, this entire universe breaks down.

world, this entire universe breaks down. That's why God is a God of forgiveness.

That's why God is a God of forgiveness. Okay? Because if you think about it, if

Okay? Because if you think about it, if you think, okay, if we don't have

you think, okay, if we don't have forgiveness, what world do we live in?

forgiveness, what world do we live in? We live in a world of vengeance, right?

We live in a world of vengeance, right? If you kill my daughter, then I have to

If you kill my daughter, then I have to have to go kill your daughter and then

have to go kill your daughter and then you're going to have to go kill my

you're going to have to go kill my family and I have to go kill your

family and I have to go kill your family. Okay? So, the only way for this

family. Okay? So, the only way for this world to work, the only way for just to

world to work, the only way for just to prevail is if we're allowed to forgive

prevail is if we're allowed to forgive each other. And previously we don't have

each other. And previously we don't have a tool to forgive each other because we

a tool to forgive each other because we ourselves don't have the wisdom. And now

ourselves don't have the wisdom. And now with the arrival of Jesus, we remember

with the arrival of Jesus, we remember that if Jesus forgive us, Jesus will

that if Jesus forgive us, Jesus will forgive me always. And so if I turn

forgive me always. And so if I turn towards Jesus, then I will be forgiven.

towards Jesus, then I will be forgiven. But like currently I think I still could

But like currently I think I still could not forgive myself for making that

not forgive myself for making that mistake. Like I think whatever things

mistake. Like I think whatever things that I do to make make up the mistake I

that I do to make make up the mistake I think I could not forgive me at that

think I could not forgive me at that time making that mistake

time making that mistake >> right but at the same time you went to

>> right but at the same time you went to prison right you you've been punished

prison right you you've been punished already so justice hasn't served so you

already so justice hasn't served so you can now forgive yourself okay just

can now forgive yourself okay just because you've you uh believe in Jesus

because you've you uh believe in Jesus doesn't mean you won't go to prison for

doesn't mean you won't go to prison for killing someone you're still going to go

killing someone you're still going to go to prison but now you can forgive

to prison but now you can forgive yourself because you've done your time

yourself because you've done your time And also because you remember that Jesus

And also because you remember that Jesus Jesus forgives you. Okay? But the only

Jesus forgives you. Okay? But the only way for you to move on in your life, the

way for you to move on in your life, the only way for society to move on is if

only way for society to move on is if you're able to forgive yourself. Okay?

you're able to forgive yourself. Okay? That doesn't make sense. If in a world

That doesn't make sense. If in a world there's no forgiveness, this world would

there's no forgiveness, this world would break down really quickly because

break down really quickly because everyone would just kill each other.

everyone would just kill each other. Okay? So, and again, what what's

Okay? So, and again, what what's happening is this, and this is what

happening is this, and this is what Dante teaches us. You're thinking of

Dante teaches us. You're thinking of your head. Okay? because you're still

your head. Okay? because you're still young. When you grow older and your

young. When you grow older and your heart matures and you have more life

heart matures and you have more life experience, then you'll be able to feel

experience, then you'll be able to feel your heart. Once you feel your heart,

your heart. Once you feel your heart, all this will make sense to you. Okay?

all this will make sense to you. Okay? But but but I completely understand

But but but I completely understand where you're coming from because at your

where you're coming from because at your age, if someone told me this, I'd be

age, if someone told me this, I'd be like, you're crazy. This makes no sense

like, you're crazy. This makes no sense because if you do evil, then you should

because if you do evil, then you should be then your entire life should be one

be then your entire life should be one of evil. If you do evil, evil should

of evil. If you do evil, evil should come to you. Okay. But what Jesus is

come to you. Okay. But what Jesus is saying is is like no no in that world no

saying is is like no no in that world no one can be happy. Okay. Because the

one can be happy. Okay. Because the people whose evil has been done to them

people whose evil has been done to them are so focused on vengeance, on hatred,

are so focused on vengeance, on hatred, on anger

on anger that you can never ever be a happy

that you can never ever be a happy person. Okay? You leave the monad. You

person. Okay? You leave the monad. You leave the divine. Okay? So when you hate

leave the divine. Okay? So when you hate someone, you're actually hitting

someone, you're actually hitting yourself as opposed to that person.

yourself as opposed to that person. Okay. All right. So now that we

Okay. All right. So now that we understand the

understand the uh this idea, now what Don is gonna

uh this idea, now what Don is gonna explain is why are we here? Okay. What's

explain is why are we here? Okay. What's the purpose of the universe? Okay. Can

the purpose of the universe? Okay. Can you read uh Alan? You say, I see that

you read uh Alan? You say, I see that water, see the fire and air and earth

water, see the fire and air and earth and all that they compose harm to the

and all that they compose harm to the corruption and endure so briefly. And

corruption and endure so briefly. And yet these two were things created. If

yet these two were things created. If what has been said above is true, then

what has been said above is true, then these things never should be subject to

these things never should be subject to corruption.

corruption. >> Okay? So the idea is like God is

>> Okay? So the idea is like God is perfect. Everything he creates is

perfect. Everything he creates is perfect. So if that's the case, then why

perfect. So if that's the case, then why do we die? And so what Peter says is

do we die? And so what Peter says is this. God is perfect. He creates

this. God is perfect. He creates perfection. But he creates the laws of

perfection. But he creates the laws of the universe. He creates the game. Okay?

the universe. He creates the game. Okay? That's perfect. The things within the

That's perfect. The things within the game

game enter a cycle of destruction and life.

enter a cycle of destruction and life. Life and death. Okay, because that's the

Life and death. Okay, because that's the only way for the game for the universe

only way for the game for the universe to work properly. Okay, does that make

to work properly. Okay, does that make sense? Okay, keep on reading.

sense? Okay, keep on reading. >> Brother, the angels and the pure country

>> Brother, the angels and the pure country where you are now, these may be said to

where you are now, these may be said to be created and they are in all their

be created and they are in all their being. Whereas the elements that you

being. Whereas the elements that you have mentioned, as well as those things

have mentioned, as well as those things that are made from them, receive their

that are made from them, receive their form from a created power.

form from a created power. The matter they contain has been created

The matter they contain has been created just as within the stars that well about

just as within the stars that well about them. The power to give form had been

them. The power to give form had been created. The race and motion of the holy

created. The race and motion of the holy light draw forth the soul of every

light draw forth the soul of every animal and plant from matter able to

animal and plant from matter able to take form.

take form. >> Okay. So understand the world the laws

>> Okay. So understand the world the laws of the universe are created. Okay. But

of the universe are created. Okay. But your life is breathed forth immediately

your life is breathed forth immediately by the chief god good who so enormous

by the chief god good who so enormous enamemers it of his own self that it

enamemers it of his own self that it desires him always. So reasoning you

desires him always. So reasoning you also can deduce your resurrection. You

also can deduce your resurrection. You need but remember the way in which your

need but remember the way in which your human flesh was fashioned when both of

human flesh was fashioned when both of the first parents were created.

the first parents were created. >> Okay. So the world that we live in is a

>> Okay. So the world that we live in is a world in which we can make mistakes in

world in which we can make mistakes in which we can learn, we can grow. Okay.

which we can learn, we can grow. Okay. And we don't have to worry about making

And we don't have to worry about making mistakes because when we die, all that

mistakes because when we die, all that will happen is we'll just return to the

will happen is we'll just return to the good and we will be reincarnated. Okay.

good and we will be reincarnated. Okay. We'll come back. Jesus was resurrected.

We'll come back. Jesus was resurrected. But so but we will be resurrected as

But so but we will be resurrected as well. We have infinite opportunity to

well. We have infinite opportunity to grow as souls and that's the purpose of

grow as souls and that's the purpose of life to learn to make mistakes to be

life to learn to make mistakes to be creative to imagine new possibilities.

creative to imagine new possibilities. That's why we were created. Okay? And to

That's why we were created. Okay? And to ensure that we can continue to grow,

ensure that we can continue to grow, there's death. Okay? Death allows for a

there's death. Okay? Death allows for a reset. Death allows us to rejuvenate

reset. Death allows us to rejuvenate ourselves and learn from mistakes.

ourselves and learn from mistakes. So don't think about this lifetime.

So don't think about this lifetime. Think about all possible lifetimes and

Think about all possible lifetimes and live your life accordingly to that.

live your life accordingly to that. Okay? Make the most of your life here by

Okay? Make the most of your life here by making as many mistakes as possible

making as many mistakes as possible because only by making mistakes can you

because only by making mistakes can you actually grow as a soul. Okay?

actually grow as a soul. Okay? All right.

All right. So, this is uh Leon Leonardo da Vinci's

So, this is uh Leon Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting, the last supper. Now,

famous painting, the last supper. Now, this depicts Jesus before his uh

this depicts Jesus before his uh betrayal, before he is crucified by the

betrayal, before he is crucified by the Romans. Okay. What's really interesting

Romans. Okay. What's really interesting about this painting is you can see

about this painting is you can see there's there's a number here, right? 33

there's there's a number here, right? 33 1 33. When you go to the Bible and you

1 33. When you go to the Bible and you look for the passage

look for the passage 33133

33133 in Lamentations, you have this

in Lamentations, you have this quotation.

For no one is cast off by the Lord forever through he brings grief, he will

forever through he brings grief, he will show compassion. So great is his

show compassion. So great is his unfolding love. for it does not willing

unfolding love. for it does not willing willingly bring affle affliction or

willingly bring affle affliction or grief to anyone.

grief to anyone. >> Okay, that's who Jesus is. Okay, Jesus

>> Okay, that's who Jesus is. Okay, Jesus came to remind us that

came to remind us that we will all be forgiven in the end. So,

we will all be forgiven in the end. So, forgive other people. Okay, love your

forgive other people. Okay, love your enemy.

enemy. All right. Okay. So, um let's look at

All right. Okay. So, um let's look at what actually the Bible says. Okay. So,

what actually the Bible says. Okay. So, this is what Jesus taught. And again um

this is what Jesus taught. And again um I believe this is what Jesus taught

I believe this is what Jesus taught because one

because one gospel of Thomas is a unique voice.

gospel of Thomas is a unique voice. Remember the thing about poetry is that

Remember the thing about poetry is that it is unique. It is divine spark itself.

it is unique. It is divine spark itself. So it cannot be replicated. Okay. So

So it cannot be replicated. Okay. So when we read the gospel Thomas you can

when we read the gospel Thomas you can see this is poetic. This is beautiful

see this is poetic. This is beautiful and it touches you. It's a divine spark.

and it touches you. It's a divine spark. That's number one. Number two is what he

That's number one. Number two is what he teaches aligns with every other poor

teaches aligns with every other poor prophet that that that we've studied so

prophet that that that we've studied so far, right? Number three is these other

far, right? Number three is these other poor prophets like Dante, Dashki, they

poor prophets like Dante, Dashki, they they go back and they're able to see

they go back and they're able to see exactly what Jesus was teaching us.

exactly what Jesus was teaching us. Okay? So that's why I'm convinced that

Okay? So that's why I'm convinced that the gospel of Thomas

the gospel of Thomas um is the true teachings of Jesus. There

um is the true teachings of Jesus. There are also other teachings of Jesus that

are also other teachings of Jesus that we find in the Bible that also conforms

we find in the Bible that also conforms to our theory. Okay. So this is from the

to our theory. Okay. So this is from the gospel of Matthew and this is called the

gospel of Matthew and this is called the uh sermon on the mount where Jesus

uh sermon on the mount where Jesus stands on a hill and he's preaching the

stands on a hill and he's preaching the secrets of the universe to people. Okay.

secrets of the universe to people. Okay. So can you read please Alan?

So can you read please Alan? >> Yeah. Blessed are the poor in spirit for

>> Yeah. Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed

theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn for they will be

are those who mourn for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for

comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are

they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger this and thirst for

those who hunger this and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the mer merciful, for they

Blessed are the mer merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the

will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Blessed

will be called children of God. Blessed are those who are pre persecuted because

are those who are pre persecuted because of righteousness. of theirs is the

of righteousness. of theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

kingdom of heaven. >> So this is his message to people, right?

>> So this is his message to people, right? What matters is the spark inside of you.

What matters is the spark inside of you. It doesn't matter how wealthy you are.

It doesn't matter how wealthy you are. It doesn't matter how powerful you are.

It doesn't matter how powerful you are. In fact, it is probably those who are

In fact, it is probably those who are slaves that will benefit who who are

slaves that will benefit who who are more virtuous and as such they will

more virtuous and as such they will inherit the kingdom. Okay, keep on

inherit the kingdom. Okay, keep on reading.

reading. >> You are the salt of earth. But if the

>> You are the salt of earth. But if the salt loses its saintness, saintness, how

salt loses its saintness, saintness, how can can it be made salty again? It is no

can can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be

longer good for anything except to be thrown out and tramped underfoot. You

thrown out and tramped underfoot. You are the light of the world. A tongue

are the light of the world. A tongue built on a hill cannot be hidden.

built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put

Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on

it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand. And it gives light to

its stand. And it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way,

everyone in the house. In the same way, let light shine before others. that they

let light shine before others. that they may see you good deeds and glorify you

may see you good deeds and glorify you father in heaven.

father in heaven. >> Okay. So be the light. Okay. Every one

>> Okay. So be the light. Okay. Every one of you has a light [clears throat] in

of you has a light [clears throat] in you. Every one of you has a power to

you. Every one of you has a power to change the universe. Every one of you

change the universe. Every one of you has a power to do good in this world.

has a power to do good in this world. Okay. Keep on going. You have heard that

Okay. Keep on going. You have heard that it was said, "Love your neighbor and

it was said, "Love your neighbor and hate your enemy." But I tell you, love

hate your enemy." But I tell you, love your enemy and pray for those who

your enemy and pray for those who persecute you that you may be children

persecute you that you may be children of your father in heaven. He causes his

of your father in heaven. He causes his son to rise on the evil and the goods

son to rise on the evil and the goods and sends rain on the righteous and

and sends rain on the righteous and unrighteous. If you love those who love

unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not

you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And

even the tax collectors doing that? And if you great only your own people, what

if you great only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not

are you doing more than others? Do not even p pack pagans do that. Be perfect

even p pack pagans do that. Be perfect therefore as your heavenly father is

therefore as your heavenly father is perfect.

perfect. >> Okay, we are in this world to do as much

>> Okay, we are in this world to do as much good as possible. Thank evil people

good as possible. Thank evil people because it opp gives you opportunity to

because it opp gives you opportunity to do good. Okay, there's no evil in the

do good. Okay, there's no evil in the world. How do you possibly do good?

world. How do you possibly do good? Right?

Right? Keep on going. Do not store up for

Keep on going. Do not store up for yourself treasures on earth where mouth

yourself treasures on earth where mouth moth and vermin destroy and where

moth and vermin destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but store up

thieves break in and steal, but store up for yourself treasures in heaven where

for yourself treasures in heaven where moth and vermin do not destroy. And

moth and vermin do not destroy. And where thieves do not break in and steal.

where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Okay? So focus on

heart will be also. Okay? So focus on your own spiritual enlightenment. Focus

your own spiritual enlightenment. Focus on making your heart pure, good, and

on making your heart pure, good, and virtuous. Don't worry about other

virtuous. Don't worry about other people. Don't worry about money and

people. Don't worry about money and these things because when you die, you

these things because when you die, you can't take these things with you. But

can't take these things with you. But your heart will always follow you

your heart will always follow you wherever you are. Okay, keep on going.

wherever you are. Okay, keep on going. >> The eye is a lamp of the body. If your

>> The eye is a lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will

eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye are

be full of light. But if your eye are unhealthy, your whole body will be full

unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within

of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that

you is darkness, how great is that darkness?

darkness? >> Okay, so this is really important idea.

>> Okay, so this is really important idea. Okay. But we imagine reality. So what

Okay. But we imagine reality. So what matters is how you imagine this reality.

matters is how you imagine this reality. What matters is how you see the world.

What matters is how you see the world. Okay. And how you see the world is a

Okay. And how you see the world is a reflection of the spark inside of you.

reflection of the spark inside of you. If you see goodness, if you do goodness,

If you see goodness, if you do goodness, the then goodness will come. Okay. This

the then goodness will come. Okay. This also called um the law of attraction.

also called um the law of attraction. Okay. Keep on going. No one can serve

Okay. Keep on going. No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the

two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other or you will be

one and love the other or you will be devoted to the one and dis despise the

devoted to the one and dis despise the other. You cannot serve both God and

other. You cannot serve both God and money.

money. >> Okay, this this is a really important

>> Okay, this this is a really important idea. What is Satan? Satan is money.

idea. What is Satan? Satan is money. It's power.

It's power. Okay, so this world belongs to Satan.

Okay, so this world belongs to Satan. This rule, this world is ruled by Satan.

This rule, this world is ruled by Satan. There's nothing you can do about it.

There's nothing you can do about it. When you leave that world is the world

When you leave that world is the world of God. Okay, so it's your choice. Okay,

of God. Okay, so it's your choice. Okay, your choice is to triumph in this world

your choice is to triumph in this world or to triumph in the spiritual world.

or to triumph in the spiritual world. It's your choice. But you cannot have

It's your choice. But you cannot have both, guys. Okay, you can either you can

both, guys. Okay, you can either you can be Alan Musk. You can you can have all

be Alan Musk. You can you can have all this wealth in this world, but we'll see

this wealth in this world, but we'll see what happens to Ellen Musk, you know,

what happens to Ellen Musk, you know, after he dies. So, he won't die. Okay.

after he dies. So, he won't die. Okay. So, his plan is I won't die, then I'm

So, his plan is I won't die, then I'm good.

good. Okay. All right. Um,

Okay. All right. Um, keep keep on going.

keep keep on going. >> Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord,

>> Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but

will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my

only the one who does the will of my father who is in heaven. Many will say

father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, did we

to me on that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophecy in your name, and in your

not prophecy in your name, and in your name drive out demons, and in your name

name drive out demons, and in your name perform many miracles? Then I will tell

perform many miracles? Then I will tell them plainly, I never knew you. Away

them plainly, I never knew you. Away from me, your evadors. Okay, so this is

from me, your evadors. Okay, so this is a really important idea. The Christian

a really important idea. The Christian religion tells us that you must believe

religion tells us that you must believe in Jesus to be saved by Jesus. All that

in Jesus to be saved by Jesus. All that matters is believe in Jesus. Doesn't

matters is believe in Jesus. Doesn't matter what you do. Doesn't matter what

matter what you do. Doesn't matter what you say. What matters is your belief in

you say. What matters is your belief in Jesus. And what Jesus himself is telling

Jesus. And what Jesus himself is telling us, no, no, no. Don't use my name. Okay?

us, no, no, no. Don't use my name. Okay? Don't follow me. Follow your heart. In

Don't follow me. Follow your heart. In fact, if you use my name, it's because

fact, if you use my name, it's because you mean to do evil in this world.

you mean to do evil in this world. So the question then is how do we get

So the question then is how do we get from this to the Catholic Church, which

from this to the Catholic Church, which is no, you must obey us otherwise you'll

is no, you must obey us otherwise you'll be condemned to hell. Okay? And that's

be condemned to hell. Okay? And that's the topic we'll discuss next class. How

the topic we'll discuss next class. How the Catholic Church was created. And the

the Catholic Church was created. And the argument I will make to you is it was

argument I will make to you is it was created by the Roman Empire.

created by the Roman Empire. Okay. And not Jesus himself. Okay. So

Okay. And not Jesus himself. Okay. So any questions guys? Yeah.

any questions guys? Yeah. >> I think like you said that people have

>> I think like you said that people have infinite lives and like death is a reset

infinite lives and like death is a reset of your life and you can learn many

of your life and you can learn many times but I think death will just clear

times but I think death will just clear a person's memory and they won't

a person's memory and they won't remember the mistakes and the things

remember the mistakes and the things that they learn.

that they learn. >> Yeah that's a great point. Okay. Yes.

>> Yeah that's a great point. Okay. Yes. Exactly. So the idea is the divine spark

Exactly. So the idea is the divine spark right so the divine spark either glows

right so the divine spark either glows brightly or it dims. So when you die,

brightly or it dims. So when you die, what goes is not the brain. You won't

what goes is not the brain. You won't remember anything, the memories, but

remember anything, the memories, but what goes is the is the spark. Do you

what goes is the is the spark. Do you understand? The spark if it glows really

understand? The spark if it glows really brightly, it goes up to a higher plane.

brightly, it goes up to a higher plane. You're closer to the monad. You're

You're closer to the monad. You're closer to God. And therefore, you feel

closer to God. And therefore, you feel more pleasure,

more pleasure, right? But if your spark has been dim,

right? But if your spark has been dim, it goes to a lower place.

it goes to a lower place. And so what you want to do is obviously

And so what you want to do is obviously glow that um spark as much as possible.

glow that um spark as much as possible. All right? And and so again, um I know

All right? And and so again, um I know this is hard to understand, but most

this is hard to understand, but most people will not figure this out. Okay?

people will not figure this out. Okay? You understand? It may it may take take

You understand? It may it may take take like 50 lifetimes before you figure out,

like 50 lifetimes before you figure out, you know what, I should really try to

you know what, I should really try to glow my my spark. It may take a thousand

glow my my spark. It may take a thousand lifetimes, a million lifetimes, who

lifetimes, a million lifetimes, who knows? But it's your choice. Do you

knows? But it's your choice. Do you understand? some will figure out quick

understand? some will figure out quick more quicker than others.

more quicker than others. Okay, so this this this is the thing

Okay, so this this this is the thing that you must remember. Every religion

that you must remember. Every religion teaches teaches teaches us like when you

teaches teaches teaches us like when you die, you won't you won't remember how

die, you won't you won't remember how much money you have. You won't remember

much money you have. You won't remember anything. Okay, but what will what you

anything. Okay, but what will what you what you but what you will uh remember

what you but what you will uh remember what you will leave behind is the amount

what you will leave behind is the amount of goodness you did or the amount of

of goodness you did or the amount of evil you did. Okay, does that make

evil you did. Okay, does that make sense? Okay, any more questions, guys?

sense? Okay, any more questions, guys? Okay, great. So, next class we do the

Okay, great. So, next class we do the rise of the Catholic Church.

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