Pros and cons of religous forums

[2PhiloVoid]

Your not alone. I've become a Universalist as well.

Here’s an abbreviated version of what an “Expanded Christ” looks like to me…

I intentionally used the word "Christ" instead of the word "Jesus". Christ as I experience it is the Divine Light with in Life itself. Its way beyond and so cannot be contained or bounded by any historic figure in its Cosmic wide reach and depth of breath. Yet at the same time it’s within every Soul as well as every element of Creation. An expanded Christ is a kind of Life force that I take as that part of God that shows itself in physical form. It's such that we can see God and participate in God in the world we live in. I see it in some sense as the Christ mystery. It’s where the visible world and invisible world are put together. Being a Penenthest and not a Dualist, what that means for me is that everywhere I look, there God is.

Let the calls of Heresy begin.

I don't know how others here on CF will feel about your honesty in answering my question, but there won't be any cat-calls of heresy coming from me. Not today, anyway, since I'm all out of rhetoric and chutzpah for the moment.

 

[cloudyday2]

Your not alone. I've become a Universalist as well.

Here’s an abbreviated version of what an “Expanded Christ” looks like to me…

I intentionally used the word "Christ" instead of the word "Jesus". Christ as I experience it is the Divine Light with in Life itself. Its way beyond and so cannot be contained or bounded by any historic figure in its Cosmic wide reach and depth of breath. Yet at the same time it’s within every Soul as well as every element of Creation. An expanded Christ is a kind of Life force that I take as that part of God that shows itself in physical form. It's such that we can see God and participate in God in the world we live in. I see it in some sense as the Christ mystery. It’s where the visible world and invisible world are put together. Being a Penenthest and not a Dualist, what that means for me is that everywhere I look, there God is.

Let the calls of Heresy begin.

That version of Christ matches well with what I have seemed to experience a few times. I don't see Christ and God in creation as much though. I see Christ more as a keyhole where the light of God is shining through on a created world just hatched from primordial darkness.

 

[cloudyday2]

Your not alone. I've become a Universalist as well.

Here’s an abbreviated version of what an “Expanded Christ” looks like to me…

I intentionally used the word "Christ" instead of the word "Jesus". Christ as I experience it is the Divine Light with in Life itself. Its way beyond and so cannot be contained or bounded by any historic figure in its Cosmic wide reach and depth of breath. Yet at the same time it’s within every Soul as well as every element of Creation. An expanded Christ is a kind of Life force that I take as that part of God that shows itself in physical form. It's such that we can see God and participate in God in the world we live in. I see it in some sense as the Christ mystery. It’s where the visible world and invisible world are put together. Being a Penenthest and not a Dualist, what that means for me is that everywhere I look, there God is.

Let the calls of Heresy begin.

Where do you see the historical Jesus of Nazareth fitting into the Expanded Christ model?

 

[dlamberth]

Where do you see the historical Jesus of Nazareth fitting into the Expanded Christ model?

I can only speak for myself. I believe what Jesus was saying is I'm showing you what the dance looks like. Join me in the dance in relationship with the Divine Life force of everything.