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Chapter 7: Seems to Work
7.1 As noted before (Part I, Act 3, #40), stories seem
to speak directly to our right hemispheres…
7.2 The Jesus story is a good example. In fact, it could be our best example.
It could be the Mozart of the human story (Click here)…
7.3 By becoming more and more familiar with the Jesus story, we can be
transported into a magical, transcendent world of humility, love and forgiveness
– to a sense of this is what life is all about, and that nothing
else matters…
7.4 Not only can we begin to sense this idea full-blown, but we can do
something even more extraordinary – we can sort of … commit
ourselves to the idea; give ourselves up to it; turn ourselves over to
it; we can sort of whole-heartedly subordinate our other driving forces
to this one… We can sort of let it take over our lives – and,
we can thereby feel saved from drowning; we can feel “born again,”
and at peace with the world. Through the Jesus concept (Jesus), we can
turn our lives over to the G-d concept (G-d).
7.5 We can “ask Jesus into our lives.” We can “die in
Christ.” We can be “born again.” We can “take
Jesus as our Lord and Savior” – and make everything right
with the world (for only a time, but revive-able, time after time).
7.6 This is a real, physiological phenomenon, of which, at least, many
of us humans can partake. If it is only a hallucination, it is still beautiful.
7.7 And, one thing for sure, this biblical character of "Jesus"
introduced a real idea that works the way he said it does … whether
he was real or not – which makes his reality that much more likely…
7.8 His story seems to massage an idea, or feeling, up out of our inner
being (the right hemisphere).
7.9 And then, we can do something like commit, or devote, ourselves to
that idea.
7.10 Which can be extremely rewarding for at least the rest of our lives.
7.11 These things are real and extraordinary, whether the alleged author
was or not…
7.12 Which again, makes his reality that much more likely.
(Genetic Jesus)
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