Only two PERSPECTIVES. (Brian Lawrence)
Jesus is our true identity, not a separate being. When we are baptized, immersed into Christ, that does not imply that we invite some exterior being into us, but rather ressurect that which lays dormant in us. When we “receive” the identity of being a son of God, we “step into” all that Christ is. Christ is the state of being that is the new creation. It is the end of living by what our five senses dictate, and entering into a world in which we believe unto. The true self is Christ. The false self is the ego, which is driven by lack, separation, and sensory experience. To live as Christ, is to live in one’s imagination. Not that Christ is imaginary in the traditional sense, but experiential life is born out of our thoughts and beliefs. So when I say perspectives, I mean that we only have two ways of “seeing” things. We can either go on believing that we are some entity that is dropped into some drama or play that has been ongoing since the beginning of recorded history, and we are subject to what surrounds us, or we can live from the knowledge that we live FROM our beliefs, and once we are attuned to the foundational belief that we are sons of God, and that creation is only an outpicturing of what we hold true, we can create our experience out of love, and do the same for others. However, this understanding is “held back” if you will, until Christ is fully formed in the individual. If not then an immature believer could “weaponize” it, and destroy themselves and others. Bottom line is that you create your world. It is the forming of Christ, in us, that is the theme of life.
There is only one true perspective, but as many experiences as there are people. I have my own interpretation of what this life is for, but I by no means teach it as absolute truth. The foundational belief that is the rock that is irrefutable is that I AM a son of God. Many people live all of their lives without this revelation. They strive and strain, never resting. We don’t have to die physically to live in the peace of God. Our egos have to die though. This third part of our being is characterized in the story of Lucifer and the third of heaven falling to the 3D realm. This deception causes us to respond to what we see as if we
are not the creators of all that we see.

I could go on about this, but I have to paint my outdoor shower. Thank you for sharing my post Robin Starbuck. We share a common understanding of the gospel. Blessings.
Brian Lawrence