The Information Channel Felist.Com
-*--------------------------------------------------------------------------


UNITY WAY

April 11, 2004

------------------------------------------------------

Happy Easter!

Christ the Liberator

by Andrei Yashurin

Spring is the great season of awakening in the world of nature. 
It signifies our awakening to the deeper realization of our 
true nature, and its bold and fearless expression. This is 
why we celebrate Easter this time of the year. 

We've been told that Jesus was risen from the dead by the power 
of God, and sometimes the whole idea of resurrection seem to 
us unbelievable. But the truth is, resurrection always happened 
to us, and it will continue to happen in increased measure if 
we will give it the proper attention. To put it briefly, 
resurrection is the power to transcend. If we have ever made 
a new beginning, if we have ever left the dead past behind 
and stepped forward with faith and enthusiasm, if we have 
ever experienced victory over negative mentality and 
destructive habits, if we have ever trained our skills 
and abilities into perfection, we have been resurrected. 

I would like to say it again, without fear of repeating myself, 
that resurrection is not an event. It is the process of 
transcending of ourselves, of becoming greater than we are 
now. The power of the resurrection within urges us forward 
and upward. It helps us to break our mental inertia and 
laziness, and to move to our true destiny freely and 
unrestrictedly.   

This is the message of Easter and the triumph of Jesus over 
death. This is also the message of Jewish Passover and 
the deliverance of the Israelites from the captivity of Egypt.

Speaking on Biblical symbolism, Rabbi Tzvi Freeman writes:

"In each one of us there is an Egypt and a Pharaoh and 
a Moses and Freedom in a Promised Land. And every point in 
time is an opportunity for another Exodus. Egypt is a place 
that chains you to who you are, constraining you from growth 
and change. And Pharaoh is that voice inside that mocks your 
gambit to escape, saying, "How could you attempt being today 
something you were not yesterday? Aren't you good enough just 
as you are? Don't you know who you are?"

Although the message of Easter/Passover is for all of us, it 
is especially significant for those individuals that find 
themselves suffering, entangled by all kinds of bonds and 
limitations. It is the announcement of their liberation. 
It conveys to them the truth that there is the way to freedom, 
to joy, to lasting and abiding happiness.

Just as Moses in the Bible lead out the children of Israel out 
of Egypt into the Promised Land, so the Christ within leads 
now all those who listen to His voice out of mental darkness 
into the land of God's promised "abundant life".

Resurrection is not something that is arbitrary imposed on 
life from the outside. It is the Life itself - the divine life 
in its essence, which is also our life. As we accept the 
consciousness of resurrection, we open ourselves to greater 
inflow and outflow of that Life. We are made new in mind, 
body, and spirit, and thus demonstrate the ultimate victory 
of God.

------------------------------------------------------

Andrei Yashurin: pczine@yandex.ru

If you like our list, please recommend it to others.

All messages (c) 2004 by Andrei Yashurin
-*--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unsubscribe: http://felist.com/member/unsub?grp=lit.unityway&email=

http://felist.com/                                   mailto:ask@felist.com