"The psyche is not of today; its ancestry goes back many millions of years. Individual consciousness is only the flower and the fruit of a season, sprung from the perennial rhizome beneath the earth." 'Symbols of Transformation, CW 5
Basic Writings of C G Jung - V S DeLasslo, editor
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"I see myself as part of the process of retelling the story of Christ and the meaning of the incarnation – a retelling which millions of others are engaged in, consciously and subconsciously."
Living Christianity
(Martin Palmer)
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“On the cross, Jesus’ immortal plea as recorded in Luke 23:34 was ‘Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.’…He made no exception for those who had wrongfully abused him; theirs too was the promise of heaven.”
Lives of the Masters: The Rest of the Jesus Story
(Glen Sanderfur)
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"The future progress of humanity is aided and hastened because of the attainment and activity of the Christ."
The Rays and The Initiations
(Alice A. Bailey)
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"That Christ is the self of man is implicit in the gospel, but the conclusion Christ = self has never been explicitly drawn. This is an assignment of new meaning, a further stage in the incarnation or actualization of Christ."
C. G. Jung: Letters, 1951-1961
(Gerhard Adler and Aniela Jaffe, editors)
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"He (Christ) shows a way to reimagine existence radically where we come into this world not to defend our egotism and separateness but to express our commonality with nature and with other human beings, where we are not anxiously trying to improve and succeed but rather embody the eternal realities of beauty and love."
The Soul's Religion, Cultivating a Profoundly Spiritual Way of Life
(Thomas Moore)
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"It is Christ himself, in the very depths of our being, who seeks to be born and grow greater in our bodies and souls."
Science and Christ
(Pierre Teilhard deChardin)
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"Again and again, as in the parable of the Prodigal Son, Jesus makes clear that reality is a banquet to which everyone is always invited – a wedding banquet at which the marriage between the spirit and matter, earth and heaven, reason and passion, intellect and divine love is always continually being celebrated in a blaze of divine beauty and glory."
Son of Man, The Mystical Path to Christ
(Andrew Harvey)
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"The birth hour may be long and the form may be 'in labour' for much time, but the Christ will be born and the nature of the Christ and His consciousness will permeate and colour all human affairs."
The Rays and The Initiations
(Alice A. Bailey)
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"Christ is present in the whole order of nature, drawing the universe into unity with himself, 'filling all things with his presence', as St. Paul says."
Christ in India: Essays Towards a Hindu-Christian Dialogue
(Bede Griffiths)
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"Christ is the still living myth of our culture. He is our culture hero who embodies the myth of the divine Primordial Man. He is in us and we in him." 'Aion'
Collected Works
(Carl Jung)
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"We are all to become, experientially, members of the living body of Christ, each unique, each equally valuable and needed." Barbara Marx Hubbard, 'Discovery of a New Ordering of the Future'
New Thoughts for a New Millennium
(Michael A. Maday, editor)
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"The message of Jesus issued directly from being possessed by a definite experience of God and a notion of the divine will."
Heaven, A History
(Colleen McDannell & Bernhard Lang)
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"Jesus Christ never met an unimportant person." M. C. Cleveland
Living Quotations for Christians
(Sherwood Eliot Wirt and Kersten Beckstrom, editors)
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"Mary symbolizes the feminine within us all, who is impregnated by spirit. Her function is to say yes, I will, I receive, I will not abort this process, I accept with humility my holy function. The child born from this mystical conception is the Christ within us all."
A Return to Love, Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles
(Marianne Williamson)
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“To the Gnostics, the Christ was the personification of the Divine Mind.”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages
(Manly P. Hall)
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"Christ is related to the individuation process in the psyches of contemporary men and women because of the pivotal role that the historical Jesus played in the development of human consciousness. Christ represents a significant breakthrough in the slow growth of consciousness in humanity."
Spiritual Pilgrims, Carl Jung & Teresa of Avila
(John Welch, O. Carm.)
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"Christ Jesus is the representative, the embodiment of the power which imparts to mankind the full consciousness of the 'I am'." Rudolf Steiner, 'The Gospel of Matthew'
The Imagination of Pentecost: Rudolf Steiner & Contemporary Spirituality
(Richard Leviton)
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“Jesus’ creed and theology is simple. It is the love of God and all persons which was his hallmark.”
Lives of the Masters: The Rest of the Jesus Story
(Glen Sanderfur)
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"The Christ in me salutes the Christ in you. The Christ in me understands the Christ in you."
Drawing the Larger Circle, How to Love and Be Loved
(Jack and Cornelia Addington)
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"Indeed, the Saviour endured His sufferings so that 'He should gather together into one the scattered children of God' (John 11:52)." St. Maximos the Confessor, 'Fourth Century on Love'
The Philokalia, volume 2
(various authors, compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain)
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"The Original Christ Child of us is closer than fingers and toes, closer than breathing, waiting to be reacknowledged, called forth and rediscovered."
The Child Within Us Lives!, A Synthesis of Science, Religion and Metaphysics
(William Samuel)
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"As early as the period of primitive Christianity, the idea of the incarnation had been refined to include the intuition of 'Christ within us.' Thus the unconscious wholeness penetrated into the psychic realm of inner experience, and man was made aware of all that entered into his true configuration."
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
(Carl Jung (edited by Aniela Jaffe))
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"The way through to the vision of the Son of Man and the knowledge of God, which is the heart of contemplative prayer, is by unconditional love of thy neighbor, of the nearest THOU to hand." Bishop John Robinson, 'Honest to God'
Macmillan Dictionary of Religious Quotations
(Margaret Pepper, editor)
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"The mind of Christ is synonymous with the mind of Light and characterizes one whose attunement is specifically directed to the Higher Intelligence."
Saint Germain on Alchemy
(Mark L. and Elizabeth Clare Prophet)
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"The true self in each and every one of us is the true self that Jesus of Nazareth realized – 'I and the Father are one.'" Ken Wilber, Foreword
Entering the Castle: An Inner Path to God and Your Soul
(Caroline Myss)
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