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Is it possible to be both a Buddhist and a Christian?


Dear Dr Bartholomew,  a question was raised at a Mass at the mother
cathedral in Cape Town on Sunday morning. The Archbishop of
California, representing Pope in RSA, said someone at a gathering
asked him, Is it possible to be both a Buddhist and a Christian? He
referred the question to the Arbishop of China, who answered, No,
salvation is external, from the Cross and Buddhism is an internal
process. Please assist me Dr Bartholomew. Healing commences from
within. God is within all of us. Only then can we expect salvation.
Please comment.


Mary

Answer

Dear Mary,

I think many Christians are more now more open to other Spiritual
Philosphies, and take truths from all religions. Many scriptures were
available long before the Crucifiction, and we can study this Ancient Wisdom
by reading other books.

Reincarnation is a more responsible approach (everything about reincarnation
was taken out of the bible approx 430 years AD), as the bible says 'you have
to reap what you sow'. It is impossible to become a perfect being in only
one lifetime. These lifetimes are often a very hard struggle, by which we
change & grow spiritually bit-by-bit. A fair, loving God will therefore not
create a person (or savage) who cannot even write is name, while on the
other hand extremely advanced people eg. Professors etc. In my humble
opinion, it is a process of evolution of the soul, and we need another
chance.

The further you walk on the path of spiritual evolvement, the more you will
realize the wonderful truths of the Bible, and also in a much deeper sense,
the teachings of Jesus, but also the teachings of other Masters who walked
on the earth, like Buddha and others. If we could only take the truth and
goodness out of every religion, and be the best Christian, Buddhist, Muslim,
Hindu or other devotee!

I do not agree with the Archbishop that salvation is from outside. Jesus
walked the earth like any other man, but was spiritually, and through many
incarnations so advanced, that he could host the Christ energy and therefore
did all the wonders. He says that we, too, can do what he did.

Jesus spoke to us through a client last year, and told us that his life was
very hard until the age of 30. Then he discovered who he really was and
'stood in awe' of the greatness of god, and who he really was. He still
stands in awe of the greatness of God.  He says that, one day we will also
sit by the feet of our father, and stand in awe of the greatness of God.

God is not a person. He is energy, love, intelligence and more & greather
than we can ever imagine.

'Christ' is the son of God, in a sense that He represents a part of the
Trinity, which is The Father, The Son & The Holy Spirit, also called the 1st
Logos, 2nd Logos & 3rd Logos, or the Will, Love& Wisdom & Active
intelligence part of God.

Like any management system, God has many departments & beings 'working'
under him. Our 'management team' if you can called it such, is the spiritual
hierarchy, which great, advanced souls have 'jobs' to do. They are the
Masters of the Seven Rays (or seven aspects of God). The second ray, or
stream of energy is Love & Wisdom, of which the 'Christ' is the title of the
being 'in charge'. Jesus is now the Master of the sixth ray, which has to do
with devotion etc & organized religion. One of these rays, or aspects rule
for approx 2500 years. The sixth ray is moving out, and the 7th ray is
coming into effect. Thus we see magic & rituals and indigo children & many
other things changing around us.

You can read much about this in the Alice Bailey books, and also Saraydarian
Books. There are some chapters from these wonderful teachings around Ancient
Wisdom and Philosophy on our website: www.translife.co.za. See Other Worlds.

The Christ energy (or God) is within us, and if we can focus on the love,
truth, honesty, fairness, service to humanity, wisdom, knowledge and purify
our bodies (physical & spiritual), while moving away from fear, hate, anger,
materialism, greed, gossip, slander and more ..., we will be able to tap
into the huge source of knowldge. God is within us, and we are within God!.

I teach quite a lot of Ancient Wisdom during our
Hypnotherapy/Ethnopsychology modules, and specifically during past-life
regression, because it is important to know where we are spiritually, and
where your client is (and those spiritually attached to him). We look much
deeper into the wisdom of the soul, our contracts, karma etc.

Hope this shed some light on your question. Please remember that the
teachings of the church is for the ordinary person, who does not have the
faculty or higher mental & even higher bodies developed to understand what
goes on beyond our physical reality. The brain does not have the connection
with the higher self to transmit information from the higher self, spiritual
masters etc. Many do 'channellings' from the 'Masters', who are in most
cases 'Astral Lords' posing as Ascended Masters. Always look at the life of
the person channelling, and check the information with your soul (from
within!). If there is any selfishness, haste, sarcasm etc, the being who is
being channelled is not from the 'light'. Often they pose as angels & light
beings, but actually are earth-bound souls or dark-force entities, who can
be assisted through love to the light.

Love
Dr. Trudie

translife@telkomsa.net
0823393266


09/05/2008

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