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Part 2 is entitled The Gospel of Enlightenment and consists of quotations from the Bible as well as gnostic texts, with the authors commentary following each quote.

Start by marking The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore as Want to Read.

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.

When we take Jesus literally, we are faced with the impossible.

How can we truly love thy neighbor as thyself But when we see the exhortations of Jesus as invitations to join him on a higher spiritual plane, his words suddenly make sense.

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 issomeone whose teachings of compassion, tolerance, and understanding can embrace and be embraced by all of us.

Do NOT read this book if you are a Christian fundamentalist who cannot abide interpretations of Jesus different than the traditional one you receive at church.

A non-traditional view of Jesus is what this book is all about.

Most of those negative reviews were likely inspired by the last chapter of the book which directly criticizes the Christian righ.

Be warned. However, if you can handle different ideas about Jesus, even if you dont fully embrace them spiritually, the this book might be for you.

Especially if youve never been exposed to the gnostic view of Jesus.

From the jacket flap: There is not one Jesus, Deepak Chopra writes, but three.

Part 1 is an introduction section, and sets up the premise quoted above.

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