If you put aside what you think you know about Jesus and approach the Gospels as though for the first time, something remarkable happens: Jesus emerges as a teacher of radical wisdom and compassion, whose aim is nothing less than the transformation of human consciousness. His methods are as bold and surprising as a Zen master's. And his aim is to break through our habitual thinking and to effect a complete conversion of our minds and hearts. Cynthia Bourgeault is our guide to rediscovering Jesus as a wisdom master in the tradition of the Buddha and other teachers. She looks to the Gospels, to contemplative experience, and to recently discovered ancient Christian documents (such as the Nag Hammadi scriptures and the Gospel of Thomas) to reveal a fresh new understanding of Jesus and his teaching. What Jesus experienced, she says, was a profound understanding of nonduality-the essential oneness of all things-and his aim was to transmit this truth to others experientially. She provides instruction in simple practices from the Christian contemplative tradition that leads to the kind of transformation Jesus taught.These include Centering Prayer, a form of Christian meditation, and Lectio Divina: "Divine reading," a meditative practice unique to Christianity that intersperses slow and deliberate reading of a text with silence, contemplation, and prayer.
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By D. OMURCHU
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This is a refreshing read on the Jesus story, full of insightful gems, leading the reader and spiritual seeker into another realm of faith and wisdom. So much Jesus scholarship is devoted to historical and theological analysis. We need the scholarly analysis, but the deeper integration of our faith also requires the mystical insight and vision which Cynthia Bourgeault illustrates so vividly in this inpsiring read.
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This is a very interesting take on Jesus as a mystic teacher and has a wonderful insight on very familiar teachings such as the beatitudes and the parables.
The author interprets very nicely the figure of Mary Magdalene and puts in context the Gospel of Thomas found in Egypt in recent times.
The book needs a reasonable previous knowledge and one might need a Bible to refer to for some of the chapters.
The figure that emerges from the book is a Jesus with a far more deep and meaningful message than previously though , Jesus as a Zen master with a hint of Oriental philosophy .
Very well written and enjoyable to read.
The author interprets very nicely the figure of Mary Magdalene and puts in context the Gospel of Thomas found in Egypt in recent times.
The book needs a reasonable previous knowledge and one might need a Bible to refer to for some of the chapters.
The figure that emerges from the book is a Jesus with a far more deep and meaningful message than previously though , Jesus as a Zen master with a hint of Oriental philosophy .
Very well written and enjoyable to read.
27 of 30 people found the following review helpful
By Joseph Cash
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This is an amazing perspective on Jesus from the context of Wisdom, which wonderfully brings out how his message is about a transformation of consciousness. Radical, yet aligned with the heart of tradition, this is one of the best books - perhaps the best - I have read on mystic Christianity.
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