What was Jesus' first recorded teaching? It may not be what we think.
Category: scriptures
The Duality of Consciousness Remains Nondual: Jesus’ Intercessory Prayer, John 17 (BHT)
The duality of the world is nested within the nonduality or oneness of Ultimate Reality. Sages have been teaching and praying this for millennia, that we are this One, despite our apparent duality.
The Talismanic “Gold” Plates of Joseph Smith
I suggest that the physical object that Joseph had in his possession was not literally ancient gold plates, but plates of his own creation which talismanically represented the "gold plates" of his visions, aiding his mystical translation of those visions.
Genesis 1 BHT: God’s Incarnation in Creation
A new translation of Genesis 1, updating many ideas in terms of modern cosmology, but also in mystical terms of God's own Incarnation in and as the cosmos, and in all Life as well.
Joseph Smith’s First Vision in “Lehi’s” Vision of the Tree of Life: Part 1
Lehi's dream in the Book of Mormon might be an esoteric mystical-allegorical account of Joseph Smith's own First Vision.
Matthew 13:10-17 BHT: Why Jesus Teaches in Metaphors
A translation where Jesus talks about why he teaches using metaphors and other symbolic tools, like stories, etc.
Gospel of Thomas 3 BHT: Knowing the Kingdom in Your Self
A translation of a non-canonical saying from Jesus about the location of the kingdom and how to find it there.
1 Corinthians 12:12-31 BHT: The One and the Many
Paul talks about "Christ" as the One, and persons as the parts that make up that One.
D&C 121:34-46 BHT: The Ego and Spiritual Influence
A translation of Joseph Smith's insights, about the power of spiritual influence, and how it can easily be lost by ego.
Does God have a Face? A Mystical Perspective
What does it mean to see God's "face"? To see God "face to face"? Perhaps it is not the literal meaning that we often think it means.