A View of Christianity
(By Vic Buaquen)
Christ came to show a way of love and being to man and in his ascension from this world, he clearly said that man shall thenceforth be doing works of wonder even greater than those he did while on earth. He also said that for man to be so enabled, he has to love God with all his soul, with all his heart, and with all his strength; and that man must also love his neighbor as he loves himself. What then transpired from the time of Christ to today? The growth, evolution, and metamorphosis of Christianity were then handled and led no longer by Christ but by man. The foremost figure that appears to have decided most of what Christianity is today, is Emperor Constantine, a world ruler, and conqueror, who convoked and presided over the Council of Nicaea in the year 325 which formulated from extant scriptures, arbitrarily including some and rejecting some others, basically forming what the Bible is today. Dogma and doctrine were supposedly passed and decided on and reincarnation was rejected as part of the teachings of the church. Luminaries of the church not favored by the Emperor were excluded from the Council.
So where is that universal love that Christ envisioned for the world? Where are the spiritual masters working wonders and miracles spearheading the spiritual growth and evolution of mankind? The world today appears to be the making of a power-hungry ruler and conqueror instead of a loving God. Did a plumber do a job meant for an electrician? Why do we have the mindset of a sinner, undeserving of the love of God and bound for hell, utterly forgetting that it is God himself that animates, enlivens and empowers us?
It appears that Christ was used as a means to gain worldly power and control of people. The church got used not for the spiritual welfare of man but for conquest and enslavement of man. Would this explain why we are in a mess we do today? I wonder. Perhaps this happened for a better-ingrained transformation and sweeter victory of the light, eventually? And even so, whatever happens from here, due to the free will of man, depends on us. The ball is really and truly in our hands and the decision for the next occurrence is up to us. Shall we then engage ourselves to the task beckoning before us?
Christ consciousness is not extinguished and will soon dissipate whatever darkness that remains in this world. A lighted matchstick dissipates and drives away darkness in a room but not the other way around. No darkness can dissipate or drive away light unless we allow ourselves to be fearful for whatever reason. Cultivating and sowing fear in the world has been the very effective tool that was used in the enslavement of unaware humans. Understanding this and never allowing ourselves to be fearful, the days of darkness in the world, are numbered and will soon be gone. So indeed we do appear very silly at times professing to the almightiness of God yet being fearful at times that His ways could somehow be obfuscated or defeated.
There supposedly will be a forking of the path for all of us. Those refusing to abandon the old ways and in denial of the light shall experience armageddon while those others who will embrace the advent of the light, supposedly devolving right now, shall ascend to a more beautiful and amazing world of beauty, love, and harmony. Which way to go for each one of us shall be an intimately personal decision and not a result of judgment of God or anyone else. So, quo vadis human? Where goest thou? Those taking the fork to darkness shall have another chance to choose the light. We don’t condemn our children who disobey us to eternal damnation but continue loving them and give them another chance to do right. Expectedly, so does a loving God.