During the extremely religious season of my life spanning 22 years, I was asked a question by a new Christian that has haunted me for decades! I really don’t think he was trying to challenge my Biblical knowledge, I think he was sincerely trying to grow in his understanding of scripture, and simply could not figure out the answer, and neither could I! Since everyone is our teacher and student, I think Holy Spirit used him as my teacher, to cause me to always wonder about the validity of my beliefs.
The question was: “After Cain killed Able in the Bible, it says he went and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden and there met his wife and started procreating. Where did these people come from, if we all descended from Adam and Eve?”
The only plausible answer is; that it’s all a dream!
Jesus says In A Course in Miracles;“What is seen in dreams seems to be very real. Yet the Bible says that a deep sleep fell upon Adam, and no where is there reference to his waking up!”
In fact A Course in Miracles is based on this premiss that the world we are living in is Adam’s Dream World of; fear, judgment and separateness! We are essentially spiritual beings participating in Adam’s collective dream, declaring that we are separate – sinful humans.
The truth Jesus teaches in A Course in Miracles is that; we weren’t really born, and we don’t really die, we simply fall asleep and awaken. The fall of mankind, wasn’t a fall at all, it was a belief in separation. Therefore we are either perpetuating Adam’s dream or we are helping spiritual beings awaken to God’s happy dream of unity, wholeness and perfection, rather than staying tormented in Adams dream of duality.
I believe when Jesus said in the Bible to ” Be perfect, therefore as your heavenly father is perfect,” so we can unconditionally love people, he meant; know your true identity in Christ, that you are not a sinful human, but rather a perfect son of God, like everyone is and perfectly capable in Christ to Divinely love one another. Jesus says in the Bible that “the world will know we are his disciples if we love one another.” Which is impossible if we are asleep in Adam’s dream world of fear and judgment.
As the Dali Lama said; “Love is the absence of judgment!”
“The world has not yet experienced it’s rebirth or re-awakening. It is impossible as long as you continue to project or mis-create.” ACIM
When Christians have asked me if I’m a Christian, I haven’t really known what to say up until now, because I do have a relationship with Jesus – Christ and continually follow his guidance! I see him as my guru, but I don’t follow the Christian teachings of the Bible that are perpetuating Adam’s dream of guilt.
Christians believe that the Atonement is the payment for our sins. As a Spiritual Guide helping beings to awaken from Adam’s dream, I’ve come to realize that to believe this theology of The Depravity of Man, is one of the most harmful beliefs there is. Most importantly it robs us of our true identity as one with Christ, and keeps us from believing we are the self centered – egotistical mind, which in turn causes most people to be blinded to their passions, purpose and mission. Believing they are just flawed humans having a spiritual experience, they don’t experience or are unaware of the supernatural powers they possess and are needed for the purpose of helping humanity!
The Doctrine of Depravity asserts that people are, as a result of the fall, not inclined or even able to love God wholly with heart, mind, and strength, but rather are inclined by nature to serve their own will and desires and reject his rule.
In A Course in Miracles, Jesus teaches us what the Atonement is really about; It’s the undoing of the egotistical thought system, that is continually trying to convince us that we are separate, guilty, humans, rather than one with the Divine/Christ and innocent.
“The world is in the mind. Always present with us is God’s voice, calling us back. When His voice is heard and heeded, the journey back can begin.” ACIM
The second coming of Christ is our awakening in the Divine.
Gypsy (aka: Rhonda Ferguson)
Guiding people out of the darkness of their egotistical mind and into the light of what they truly are; a spiritual being; one with the Divine!