There were three crosses on Calvary that day. And I don’t mean the ones on which Jesus and the two “thieves” were hanged. No, I don’t mean those at all. There were three other crosses there that day. I had seen two of them years ago, but the third one I just saw for the first time today. So I will briefly mention the first two and then speak in more detail of the third one.
The first cross, which I saw years ago, was not the tree to which Jesus was nailed but rather the figure formed by its two beams: a horizontal one representing the connection among all living forms. Wherever there are sentient beings, this horizontal beam invites us to recognize the brotherhood/sisterhood of them all. This was symbolized by his outstretched arms, embracing all of the Father’s children.
And the vertical element of that first cross, symbolized by the flow from his head to his toes, represented the connection between heaven and Earth, between the transcendent and the immanent, between the mystical and the mundane.
And the intersection point between the vertical and horizontal elements is the SELF. I can only find my true core by finding where I lie in this dance of dimensions. This cross I call, the cross of re-member-ing. The fractured body of Life has all of its members reconnected into the original family.
And the second cross, which I saw some years later and which I call, the cross of re-surrect-ing, was formed as the disciples of Jesus wrestled with the problem of trying to explain to those who hadn’t yet met the risen Jesus, what that experience of meeting him was like. Since it was basically an ineffable experience they resorted to paradoxically complementary accounts which bible scholars have called, “The before/after and the below/above images.”
And here you can visualize the second cross I saw: the before/after images are the horizontal arm in which they sought to impress upon their listeners that it really was the self-same Jesus they encountered after his death as they had known before his death.
The below/above images are symbolized by the vertical arm. Here the objective is to show that although it was the same Jesus he was now radically transformed. This cross, then, makes any Avatar (Buddha, Jesus, Krishna…) a master of time (before/after) and of space (below/above). Since modern science claims that we live in a space/time universe, this makes any truly awakened one a master of all reality.
But I really want to focus on the third cross of Calvary, the one I saw for the first time today. Whereas the first two crosses were two-dimensional, having simply a vertical and a horizontal arm, today’s was a three-dimensional cross with, to use a simple mathematical image, an X-axis, a Y-axis and a Z-axis. And it represented the cosmic energies in which we live out our evolution into enlightenment.
So imagine three orthogonal axes, each of which is an infinite line, all three of them intersecting at a single point which we can call, Zero. One axis represents the spectrum of Relationships (how we view others), one represents the spectrum of Behavior (Virtues and Vices) and the third represents the influence of Non-human Entities (from Angels to Demons). Let me explain those.
If zero is the “neutral” measure on each of these scales then, beginning at zero and going in a negative direction, on the Relationships axis, we find, progressively: annoying people, negative people, enemies, sworn enemies… Going in the positive direction on the Relationships axis, we encounter acquaintances, friends, family, soul mates…
Beginning at zero on the Behavior scale and going in the negative direction, we find progressively: disinterest, disregard, hostility, pleasure in the discomfort of another, willingness to impose discomfort on another, willingness to impose pain on another, willingness to torture another, willingness to intentionally kill another… Going in the positive direction on the Behavior axis we find concern for others, love for others, compassion for others, willingness to lay down one’s life for another. Incidentally, no one lays down his life for an enemy, because if you are willing to lay down your life for him, you have already made him your friend.
Beginning at zero on the Non-human Entities scale and going in the negative direction, we find, progressively: discombobulated recently-deceased astral travelers, Earth-bound entities addicted parasitically to living humans, energy vampires who seek chaos on which to feed, psychic bottom-dwellers who create suffering in order to feed on it… Going in the positive direction on the Non-human Entities axis, we encounter spiritual cheerleaders, disincarnate mentors, angelic beings, and Seraphic guides for the evolutionary path of love that began in God’s womb and ends in God’s heart.
Each of us is situated somewhere in this three-dimensional matrix, composed of this web of Relationships, Behavior and Non-human Entities. As always, the mission is to come fully awake to where in this matrix you operate, and to strive to move towards full enlightenment which is, with the prayer-requested assistance of Seraphic guides, to develop life-bestowing compassion on all beings, thus turning them from “enemies” or “neutrals” into soul mates on safari. In the kingdom, there are none who are not the I AM.
This is the most important of the three crosses: soul mates compassionately merging, under the tutelage of the Avatars, into the One-ness of the No-thing-ness. It is the sin of separation finally dissolving under the sun of Source.
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