The Third Jesus (Paperback)

• Category:  Books  »  Religion & Spirituality  »  Spirituality - General
• Format: Paperback   Learn more about the Paperback format using Tower WIKI.
• Number of Pages: 256
• ISBN: 0307338320
• WAPI (Tower ID): 112471654
• Release Date: May 19, 2009
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #51892 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
• #2021 in Religion & Spirituality (See Top 100 Religion & Spirituality Bestsellers)
• #52 in Spirituality - General (See Top 100 Spirituality - General Bestsellers)

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Bestselling author Deepak Chopra presents his own unique take on the life of Jesus and its meaning. Through the words of Jesus as found in the gospels, and through Chopra's own commentary on them, a portrait of Jesus emerges that is both refreshing and challenging. Chopra sees Jesus as a unique man of wisdom and a powerfully spiritual teacher.

Who is Jesus Christ?
In "The Third Jesus," bestselling author and spiritual leader Deepak Chopra provides an answer to this question that is both a challenge to current systems of belief and a fresh perspective on what Jesus can teach us all, regardless of our religious background. There is not one Jesus, Chopra writes, but three.
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 is-someone whose teachings of compassion, tolerance, and understanding can embrace and be embraced by all of us.

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