false 1678033 7 Who is Jesus Christ? <br><br>In <i>The Third Jesus</i>, 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.<br><br>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. <br><br>When we take Jesus literally, we are faced with the impossible. How can we truly &#8220;love thy neighbor as thyself&#8221;? But when we see the exhortations of Jesus as invitations to join him on a higher spiritual plane, his words suddenly make sense.<br><br>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&#8211;someone whose teachings of compassion, tolerance, and understanding can embrace and be embraced by all of us. 2801870 19 2 2008 The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore total:258|5:63|4:92|3:70|2:23|1:10| 258 949 563 80 3 2 false false Sun Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 11:08:15 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 09:11:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Sat Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 15:55:07 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 15:55:07 -0800 2008 Much of the book encourages sort of Buddhist ideas -
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"You must f...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Feb 29 06:44:38 -0800 2008 Sun Jul 27 08:41:34 -0700 2008 video interviews with Dr. Chopra. The controversy surrounding the book piqued my interest even more. The Third Jesus was published on February 19; I wonder how many people who reviewed it around that date on amazon.com, for example, have even read it.

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