Jesus does not equal God per se, which is for us the Trinity. Jesus, much better and more correctly, is the union between God and the human

That is the core meaning of faith—to dare to trust that God could, will, and does have an eternal compassion toward you.

consciousness to one of compassion, it is more a part of the problem than any solution.

If your religion does not transform your

It will think up a thousand other things to be concerned about or be moralistic about—anything rather than giving up “who I think I am” and “who I need to be to look good.” Seeking any kind of higher moral ground, as we are almost all trained to do, is often a way of avoiding the death of the False Self, which is why Jesus so often mistrusts moral

What the ego (the False Self) hates and fears more than anything else is change.

If we were truly being honest, God is both a scandal and a supreme disappointment to most of us. We would prefer a God of domination and control to a God of allowing, as most official prayers make clear.

The True Self always has something good to say. The False Self babbles on, largely about itself.

couple putting their newborn in the nursery for the night. Their four-year-old son said to them, “I want to talk to the baby!” They said, “Yes, you can talk to him from now on.” But he pressed further, saying, “I want to talk to him now and by myself.” Surprised and curious, they let the young boy into the nursery and cupped their ears to the door,