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Title: The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore
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| The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore by Harmony Nothing new here . . . | | I didn't find anything new or revolutionary in this book that I've not read elsewhere over the years, although in the last chapter I did find one thing I wasn't expecting . . . Liberty University is churning out Evangelical lawyers who are getting absorbed into the Bush administration. This wasn't news either, but I was pleasantly surprised to see it written within the context of this book. While it may be closing the barn door a little late, this is surely something we should all be paying attention to! I applaud Chopra for including this in the book. | | The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore by Harmony Offensive Christian Bashing | Bullying is defined by the victim and never by the bully. So, please, do not rate or comment on this review unless you are a "born-again" Christian who reads the Bible daily, attends church weekly, and have baptized your family and at least two others (as Abraham was expecting from Lot) - or - you want to leave your condolences and apologize. If you're not a Christian, then this book is not a direct insult to you and you should keep silent (if you have any manners). Not that I expect it - I see anyone who dares post a one star rating gets an overwhelming "not helpful" rating with many just told Christians all look alike, they deserve the beating, and just to lie back, open up, and enjoy it - how typical!
To deconstruct Christianity, Chopra finds it necessary to undermine the credibility of the Gospels but then somehow turns around to use those same "unreliable" Gospels (quoting Matthew 42 times, Luke 28 times, John 27 times, and Mark 5 times) to create his hot-off-the-presses brand new Jesus. His resulting "Third" Jesus is really the "kidnapped" Jesus, just a figment of a small imagination, for which there is no evidence. "So unknown that even the most devout Christians don't expect he exists," states the book, until, that is, Chopra made him up. Chopra does not in any way set out to tell the facts of a life but only to convert unbelievers to his own divinity. He claims that a self-seeking Catholic Church invented Christ, but his greatest well of evidence is one already heavily used this days by the new age movement: "I said to myself." Concerning his motives: He's just wants blood for the psychopathic pleasure of a paying audience. He's the type who'll gladly charge $25,000 for a lecture on the ill effects on materialism and then drive his green Jaguar back to his $2.5 million house in La Jolla, CA. No divinity or messiah here (just an old fashioned lynching - it's not the first time Jesus has been hung from a tree) and his latest "I am" isn't!
While this newer and much smaller Jesus (as Chopra always has been) seems easy to ignore, he (and he) shouldn't be. If the same statements, so blinded by hate, envy, and a new age "light" where only wholly supportive reviews are permitted validation were made about any other race, minority, or religion, the person (and any follower) making them would be correctly branded as a narrow-minded, bigoted, hate monger while figuratively stoned in the mainstream media. But, picking on Christianity has unfortunately become a safe target for any kind of abuse these days. Chopra claims Christians are "people who hate" and have "made a lie of Jesus's (sic) promises." Chopra's (and his fan's) intolerance and laughable poor reasoning are no new consciousness... in fact, nothing new at all.
Chopra once claimed on Larry King after the 2004 Tsunami there's evidence the Earth is a living being (even though its creator is not) that speaks a secret language. Then, Chopra made the miraculous claim that no animals anywhere were harmed (here are three official quotes for anyone who is not already laughing: "thousands of dead animals - the smell is overwhelming," "there are tens of thousands of dead animals," "the human bodies are mixed in with dead animals like dogs, fish, cats, and goats") due to a connection to the Earth's language and stated 230,000 people died only because man had lost this consciousness. Doesn't he have this connection - why didn't he warn us? What, no profit or truth in it?
As a doctor (BTW, if Indian Ayurveda and TM are such miraculous cures against aging and the American lifestyle is so unhealthy, why do Americans live 10 years longer than Indians whose country is rated 134th in overall health by the WHO?), he has often been criticized for displaying a severe lack of understanding of genetics and neurology while still willing to state opinions in such areas (much like his willingness to translate the Bible despite admitting he doesn't understand it). The criticisms of his pseudoscience medical advice by mainstream professionals became so great 15 years ago that Chopra tried suing the editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association and the AMA for $194 million (who knows how this number was calculated), but the suit was dismissed. Then in 1998, Chopra was awarded the satirical lg Nobel Prize in physics for "his unique interpretation of quantum physics as it applies to life, liberty, and the pursuit of economic happiness." Well, I also used to be greatly amused by Chopra - he was always good for a few laughs. But, after reading this book, I'm not laughing any more. | | The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore by Harmony Excellent | | Once again, Deepak Chopra sheds much needed light on what Jesus taught, what is written in bible, and what the church has put into place. This audio book is an easy listen complete with instruction and life changing step exercises to help those on the path of transformation! | | The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore by Harmony Insightfuk and inspiring. | | I've bought four copies for friends and recommended it to anyone I think would be interested. I've read over a dozen books by Dr. Chopra, and I believe this is by far my favorite. It challenges us to examine what it means to live a Christ like life, and presents insights as to how to do so in a way that is current and relevant. If you've ever pondered what allowed Christ to live as the divine master he was, and have desired to live a similar path, this book will shed light where before there were only vague ideas about what it means to live connected to the Divine. | | The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore by Harmony Other BOOKS on the Subject may be more satisfying. | Let me start by saying that I am a devout Deepak Chopra fan and have read just about everything he has authored and I have learned much from this great mind. However, in this book, I think that Deepak was rushed and somewhat annoyed at perhaps the Catholic Church and all the dogma, the recent dictates of the Pope, which are on the verge of hysterically funny, it's true. But, the hysterical rantings of the Pope, an old fart by even the most generous of criticisms, is not enough to merit an entire book.
Any thinking person already intuits that Jesus didn't really walk on water or heal the sick or bring anyone back to life as his apostles have written in the Bible for the purpose of beginning a church. However, Deepak of all people should know better than to criticize someone for their beliefs. I have always said, "If you want to call God Jesus, Mohammed or Buddha, as Deepak likes to call God, then more power to you. At least you're talking to God and asking him for guidance in your life. That's really what Religion is all about. People band together to teach each other how to ask God to come into their lives. The fact that none of our groups of friends or churches have it 100% right, doesn't matter. As long as your talking about GOD as the INFINITE FORCE of LOVE in this universe, it matters not a whit what other names you give to him or her.
God really doesn't care what you call him, in other words, as long as you're calling him once in a while into your life. This I know more than anything else that I know.
Another book that I have found on Amazon that expresses this interest in Religion and the impact it can have on the world, is entitled: "BORN AGAIN, The 2nd Greatest Story Ever Told!" It's thriller. Should be on the TOP of the Best Seller List and perhaps soon it will be.
This book asks the question, what would happen if we found the DNA of Jesus and then CLONED him into this modern world. Well, the answer will amaze you. Give it a read and then write your own review.
| | The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore by Harmony Product Description | Who is Jesus Christ?
In The Third Jesus, bestselling author and spiritual leader Deepak Chopra provides an answer to this question that is both a challenge to current systems of belief and a fresh perspective on what Jesus can teach us all, regardless of our religious background. There is not one Jesus, Chopra writes, but three.
First, there is the historical Jesus, the man who lived more than two thousand years ago and whose teachings are the foundation of Christian theology and thought. Next there is Jesus the Son of God, who has come to embody an institutional religion with specific dogma, a priesthood, and devout believers. And finally, there is the third Jesus, the cosmic Christ, the spiritual guide whose teaching embraces all humanity, not just the church built in his name. He speaks to the individual who wants to find God as a personal experience, to attain what some might call grace, or God-consciousness, or enlightenment.
When we take Jesus literally, we are faced with the impossible. How can we truly “love thy neighbor as thyself”? But when we see the exhortations of Jesus as invitations to join him on a higher spiritual plane, his words suddenly make sense.
Ultimately, Chopra argues, Christianity needs to overcome its tendency to be exclusionary and refocus on being a religion of personal insight and spiritual growth. In this way Jesus can be seen for the universal teacher he truly is–someone whose teachings of compassion, tolerance, and understanding can embrace and be embraced by all of us. |
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