Episode 4 of Contemplate This with Dr. Michelle Medrano asks us to contemplate 'Is New Thought Christian.' What do we believe about Jesus and the Bible. In this video we discuss Christianity, the New Thought Movement and spirituality. Please ask your spiritual questions in the comments below and they may make it onto a future episode.
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Transcription:
Hi, welcome to another episode of Contemplate This, where we discuss your spiritual questions. In episode one I discussed ‘What is New Thought?’ And a question that comes up that is very much related to that often is ‘Are we Christian or not?’ Do we rise up out of the Christian tradition? I remember years ago when I was educating my about religion and holidays, that when Christmas rolled around, and we were talking about it being the birth of Jesus, he realized at some point that Jesus was not Christian. Jesus was Jewish and it was a big shock to him. And it’s interesting that the founder of our teaching, Science of Mind and Spirit, Ernest Holmes, who we speak a lot about here at Mile Hi, he said to us very clearly that we weren’t Christian, he also reminded us that Jesus, himself, was not Christian. Jesus was not promoting Christianity, that came later. Jesus was promoting a life where he promoted people to be in touch with the Divine within them, the Father within that doeth these good works. And so Ernest Holmes would even say to us that he doesn’t know of any tradition that was actually practicing what Jesus taught because people have gotten wayward in their interpretation of the message of Jesus and in their practices as related to Jesus’ ministry. So while Ernest Homes would say that we are part of the Christian tradition, it is mostly because we believe that Jesus was one of the greatest prophets, if not the greatest prophet, to ever walk the earth. That he taught us about love, and he taught us about the connection that we all have to the Divine Presence. Where we are not Christian like is that we have not fallen into, or feel that the traditions that have us putting Jesus up on a pedestal, putting Jesus up to be something special and different than us. That’s not something that New Thought or Science of Mind and Spirit really resonates with. While we support and love people who feel that way, and we don’t criticize them and we don’t make them wrong, we just have a different way of interpreting and seeing the words in the gospel, that Jesus reportedly said, where he invited us all to remember who we are and reminded us that ‘it is the Father within us that doeth the works’ and reminded us that these things he was doing that we could do and even greater. Those phrases are really important to us and seem to me to be the key of our relationship with that wonderful prophet Jesus. I also recognize that, for myself personally, that a lot of the ideals that we attribute to Jesus and God and other prophets are often separating and make them out to be up on a pedestal and for me, any great spiritual teacher that I’ve ever come in contact with who’s really grounded and centered in the love of this universe doesn’t want to be put up on a pedestal like that. Wants to help people understand the notion of the truest love that’s available to all of us, which is within us. That’s what we believe Jesus taught and that’s why we are Christian in that we absolutely support and believe in Jesus, but we’re not traditional in our Christian beliefs. And so that’s kind of where we stand with this one. I hope this week that you’ll give this some contemplation and if you have comments, please put them down below. I would love to hear from you. If you have other questions you’d like to ask, we’d love to hear them. Thanks so much for tuning in. Have a great week.
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