Pope Benedict XVI: "Knowledge of God's Son is obtained through the Holy Spirit.”
"After the customary greetings he asked if She could fulfill his wish of visiting Shri Jesus. Shri Adbhutta-caritra Shri Nirmala Devi replied that of course She would, and got down from Her Throne. She then stretched Her Hands towards him, with palms facing upwards, and requested him to do the same just above them, but with palms turned downwards. He followed Her instructions. Immediately he found himself being lifted a few inches above the carpet of clouds on which he had been standing earlier. Both then started traveling at super-warp speed into the Universe.”- Shri Adi Shakti: The Kingdom Of God
The Resurrection of the Christ within You
“A scripture is mute [unspoken] testimony of spiritual truth; a
divine personage is veritably a living scripture. Like tiny seeds
that produce mighty trees, scriptural truths reveal their power and
wisdom-yielding qualities in the most inspiringly useful way when
manifested in the lives of God-realized souls.
That the eternal verities were embodied in Jesus was declared by him
when he said of his Christ Consciousness," I am the way, the truth,
and the life.”At once divine and human, Jesus lived among God's
children as a nurturing"big brother," beloved of the Father of all,
sent on earth to redeem his desire-deluded brothers and sisters by
urging them to become like him. In the Gospel record of his life we
find his path to the kingdom of God taught not only by precept [by
principles given] but by example.
The veracity of the Biblical stories of Jesus is regarded skeptically
by many in the modern age. Scoffing at supernormal capacities that
challenge common prejudices about what is humanly possible, some
staunchly deny that the God-man of the Gospels ever lived. Others
concede a measure of historicity to Jesus, but depict him only as a
charismatic ethical or spiritual teacher. But to the New Testament
account of the Christ of Galilee I humbly add my own testimony. From
personal experience I know the reality of his life and miracles,
for I have seen him many, many times, and communed with him, and
received his direct confirmation about these matters.
He has come to me often as the baby Jesus and as the young Christ. I
have seen him as he was before his crucifixion, his face very sad;
and I have seen him in the glorious form in which he appeared after
his resurrection.
Jesus did not have a light complexion with blue eyes and blond hair
as many Western painters have depicted him. His eyes were dark brown,
and he had the olive-colored skin of his Asiatic heritage. His nose
was a little flattened at the tip. His moustache, sparse beard, and
long hair were black. His face and body were beautifully formed. Of
all the pictures I have seen of him in the West, the rendering by
Hofmann comes closest to showing the accurate features of the
incarnate Jesus.”
The Second Coming of Christ (The Resurrection of the Christ within
You) Volume I, Introduction-Part 3, pg. xxvi-vii
Paramahansa Yogananda
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The First Sight Of Christ
"The voluntary celebration of Christmas was an expression of inner Joy in a nation of social security, racial peace, and religious harmony; even it's coldest nights comforted, warmed and rested the heart, mind and soul. There was always a sense of peace on Earth, an atmosphere that remains truly and uniquely Canadian. Again we have to proclaim: This is indeed a Blessed Land!
Christmas was celebrated for the very first time in 1992 and the reasons worth repeating: there were no parents, friends or relatives to ridicule the family, impose culturally correct views, rebuke religious shortcomings, or engage in collective gossip for observing the birth of Christ.
A Christmas tree was decorated nearly a month in advance, and the lights left to twinkle entire nights, a bold statement to all that the family had accepted the Universal Savior. Christmas carols were played practically every day and"Silent Night"became everyone's favorite. A circle of mistletoe was hung on the door. This was the first Christmas.
It was the Christmas Day of 1993, just weeks after Kash had met the Great Spirit of The Almighty Creator, that turned out to be the most special ever. He was told to request Shri Adhiparasakthi Shri Nirmala Devi if it was possible to visit Shri Jesus and wish Him a Merry Christmas.
He meditated and the Power of the Holy Spirit (Kundalini) coiled in his sacrum bone snaked up the Tree of Life into the Kingdom of God. The Everlasting Light shone ever so dazzlingly from above the Golden Throne of the Great Celestial Mother as Al-Muntazar (The Hidden Imam Mahdi) Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi sat in Bliss and Joy.
Divine Feminine - The Holy Spirit After the customary greetings he asked if She could fulfill his wish of visiting Shri Jesus. Shri Adbhutta-caritra Shri Nirmala Devi replied that of course She would, and got down from Her Throne. She then stretched Her Hands towards him, with palms facing upwards, and requested him to do the same just above them, but with palms turned downwards. He followed Her instructions. Immediately he found himself being lifted a few inches above the carpet of clouds on which he had been standing earlier. Both then started traveling at super-warp speed into the Universe.
Upon reaching Shri Jesus' place they stopped at a short distance away. The whole area was glowing softly, as if charged by a Divine presence.
Shri Jesus, who was waiting, walked on the soft clouds to greet them. He was wearing a long, whitish-gray robe that reached His ankles, with another piece of cloth across His right shoulder and draped diagonally down to the left waist. He was tall, big boned and muscular. He had a beard, with wavy hair cascading into curly locks. The eyes were either dark brown or black. Kash noticed that His skin was light brown. Jesus Christ looked very fresh and youthful, as if He had just stepped out of a shower and groomed Himself.
Kash then wished Him Merry Christmas and the same greetings returned by the Universal Savior. The Great Mater Christi (Mother of Christ) also conveyed Her season greetings and Shri Jesus bowed to Her with folded hands in deference.
They then walked back to His place and sat down to meditate. This time Kash clearly noticed the immense size and strength of Shri Jesus, for in that squatting position His biceps and thighs really stretched the fabric taught. There was no doubt that Shri Jesus was physically a very strong person, a towering hunk of massive masculinity.
All raised their Kundalinis and went into meditation. When they had finished Kash bowed with folded hands to the Universal Savior in obeisance, again wishing Him a 'Merry Christmas,' and left with the Spirit of the Living God to the Supreme Abode of Truth. He then requested permission to return. As he closed the eyes of his spiritual body he left the Templum Spiritus Sanctus within and returned to this greedy world of consumption conscience and class consciousness.
Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou will manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words:
And my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: And the word which ye hear is not mine,
But the Father which sent me. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name,
Shall teach you all things, and bring you all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said to you.
John 14:22-26
"Baptism gives us the grace of new birth in God the Father, through his Son, in the Holy Spirit. For those who bear God's Spirit are led to the Word, that is, to the Son, and the Son presents them to the Father, and the Father confers incorruptibility on them. And it is impossible to see God's Son without the Spirit, and no one can approach the Father without the Son, for the knowledge of the Father is the Son, and the knowledge of God's Son is obtained through the Holy Spirit.”3 (3. St. Irenaeus, Dem. ap. 7: SCh 62, 41-42.)
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Interdicasterial Commission),
Catechism of the Catholic Church, U.S.C.C. Inc., Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1994 p. 179.)"
Shri Adi Shakti: The Kingdom Of God, 1999, page 306-307
THE APOCALYPSE OF THE SPIRIT-PARACLETE
The fulfillment of the promised divine eschatological instruction
"Jesus therefore predicts that God will later send a human being to Earth to take up the role defined by John .i.e. to be a prophet who hears God's words and repeats his message to man.”
M. Bucaille, The Bible, the Qur'n, and Science
"And when Jesus foreannounced another Comforter, He must have intended a Person as distinct and helpful as He had been.”
F. B. Meyer, Love to the Utmost
"The Paraclete has a twofold function: to communicate Christ to believers and, to put the world on trial"
Robert Kysar, John The Meverick Gospel
"But She—the Spirit, the Paraclete...—will teach you everything.”
Danny Mahar, Aramaic Made EZ)
"Grammatical nonsense but evidence of the theological desire to defeminize the Divine.”
Lucy Reid, She Changes Everything
"The functions of the Paraclete spelled out in verses 13-15... are all acts of open and bold speaking in the highest degree.”
David Fleer, Preaching John's Gospel: The World It Imagines
"The reaction of the world to the Paraclete will be much the same as the world's reaction was to Jesus.”
Berard L. Marthaler, The Creed: The Apostolic Faith in Contemporary Theology
Bultmann calls the "coming of the Redeemer an 'eschatological event,' 'the turning-point of the ages.”
G. Ladd, A Theology of the New Testament
"The Paraclete equated with the Holy Spirit, is the only mediator of the word of the exalted Christ.”
(M.E. Boring) Benny Thettayil, In Spirit and Truth
"The divine Paraclete, and no lessor agency, must show the world how wrong it was about him who was in the right.”
Daniel B. Stevick , Jesus and His Own: A Commentary on John 13-17
Stephen Smalley asserts that "The Spirit-Paraclete ... in John's Gospel is understood as personal, indeed, as a person.”
Marianne Meye Thompson, The God of the Gospel of John
"The Messiah will come and the great age of salvation will dawn (for the pious)"
Eric Eve, The Jewish context of Jesus' Miracles
"The remembrance is to relive and re-enact the Christ event, to bring about new eschatological decision in time and space.”
Daniel Rathnakara Sadananda, The Johannine Exegesis of God
"The Spirit acts in such an international situation as the revealer of 'judgment' on the powers that rule the world.”
Michael Welker, God the Spirit
The Paraclete's" appearance means that sin, righteousness, and judgment will be revealed.”
Georg Strecker, Theology of the New Testament
"While the Spirit-Paraclete is the true broker, the brokers they rely on are impostors.”
T. G. Brown, Spirit in the writings of John
"The pneumatological activity ... of the Paraclete ... may most helpfully be considered in terms of the salvific working of the hidden Spirit.”
Michael Welker, The work of the Spirit
"The pneuma is the peculiar power by which the word becomes the words of eternal life.”
Robert Kysar, Voyages with John: Charting the Fourth Gospel
"The gift of peace, therefore, is intimately associated with the gift of the Spirit-Paraclete"
Francis J. Moloney, The Gospel of John
"This utopian hope, even when modestly expressed, links Jesus and the prophets to a much wider history of human longing.”
Harvey Cox, The Future of Faith
"Because of the presence of the Paraclete in the life of the believer, the blessings of the end-times—the eschaton—are already present"
Robert Kysar, John
"They are going, by the Holy Spirit's power, to be part of the greatest miracle of all, bringing men to salvation.”
Robert E. Picirilli, The Randall House Bible Commentary
"The Kingdom of God stands as a comprehensive term for all that the messianic salvation included... is something to be sought here and now (Mt. 6:33) and to be received as children receive a gift (Mk. 10:15 = Lk. 18:16-17).”
George Eldon Ladd, A Theology of the New Testament
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