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it would have been exactly the same.
To me, what Thomas has written -- which is not included in The Bible because Thomas was not available there; he had gone to India with Jesus, he had written his gospel in India; I have spoken on it -- his words seem to be truer, more authentic, closer, for the simple reason that he himself must have attained to a certain state of light. That light filters through his words. It is not in the New Testament that you find that light.
Okay Sheela?
From Unconciousness to Consciousness
Chapter #7
Chapter title: From Crossianity to Jonestown
5 November 1984 pm in Lao Tzu Grove
Archive code: 8411055
ShortTitle: UNCONC07
Audio: Yes
Video: Yes
Length: 96 mins
Question 1
BELOVED OSHO,
I HAVE BEEN ASKED AGAIN AND AGAIN BY JOURNALISTS AND POLITICIANS: 'IS THERE SOME POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER JONESTOWN IN YOUR COMMUNE?'
It is absolutely impossible. Even to think of it is absurd, because my whole philosophy of life is just the very opposite of Jim Jones'. What happened in Jonestown can happen anywhere in the world -- but not here. One thing is completely forgotten: Jim Jones was a Christian priest. He was a reverend, and nobody has tried to discover the roots of his philosophy in Christianity -- where they are! If he is related to anybody, he is related to Jesus, not to me.
Because you have been brought up conditioned in Christianity.... To me, Christianity is not Christianity, but Crossianity. Its symbol is the cross, not Christ. It is based in the crucifixion. If there had been no crucifixion there would have been no Christianity; nobody would have remembered even the name of Jesus. It was the foolishness of the Jews that they crucified him and created Christianity. If he had been simply ignored by his people... and there was nothing much in it. What he was saying were very simple truths which have been known for thousands of years. There was nothing new in it, there was nothing dangerous in it.
To crucify him was absolutely baseless. But it seems Jesus wanted it to happen, because before the crucifixion he was aware
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