Is there any good bible version to read?

[Kalki Avatar]

Is there any version out of bs to extract the wisdom directly?

Edited May 6, 2022 by Kalki Avatar

[Vincent S]

A Course In Miracles (Leo’s booklist)

Martinus Cosmology (The Third Testament) (Also known as Book Of Life)

Edited May 7, 2022 by Vincent S

[WelcometoReality]

On 2022-05-06 at 9:18 PM, Kalki Avatar said:

Is there any version out of bs to extract the wisdom directly?

It's not the bible but Adyashanti has written a book called "resurrecting jesus" which is his interpretation of the Jesus story in an awakening context.

[Husseinisdoingfine]

LOL, I 'm currently figuring this out as well. I'm still on the book of Genesis, Chapter 25. 

 

[Mafortu]

Looking for wisdom in the bible is like looking for nutrition in a Domino's pizza.

Sure, you can find some somewhere in there... but why bother?

[JuliusCaesar]

The bible contains teachings of the true nature of the universe as well as things designed to create power structures that are totally irrelevant to the highest truths. Any bible version you read, even if you had the original copies written by the authors would still have this limitation. So quite frankly it doesn't really matter which version you read as they are all about 98% the same anyway(the 2% is mostly due to translational errors).

[Aaron p]

NLT has the best accuracy to modern intelligibility ratio 

The "Message" translation is less accurate than NLT but could easily be understood by children

KJV is the oldest, Shakespeare styled, poetic [and subsequently memorable] version, but is hardest to understand.

 Or if you want to read it from the original Hebrew and Arabic you can use a Bible Interlinear (https://biblehub.com/interlinear/)

There are also extra books in the catholic bible called "Books Of The Apocrypha" which were rejected in protestant reformation. There are further books that were written that weren't included at all called "The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Books_of_the_Bible_and_the_Forgotten_Books_of_Eden)

You also have the book of mormon which is the only one i havent cared to look into as much (https://abn.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm?lang=eng&adobe_mc_ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fscriptures%2Fbofm%3Flang%3Deng&adobe_mc_sdid=SDID%3D43545309C66023D8-238A26FE66D17777|MCORGID%3D66C5485451E56AAE0A490D45%40AdobeOrg|TS%3D1652026355)

Mormonism is a offshoot of mainstream christianity, as are Jehovah's witnesses who each have their own translations of what would be considered by protestants the "original" bible.

All christianity is based on Judaism and is a continuation of such. Typical jews only believe the first 5 books of the bible which they call the "Torah". Each sect and offshoot regards other sects and offshoots as heretical, with Catholicism and Protestantism the two most powerful strains currently in existence.

 

However you will not extract the bullshit by using one version of the bible over the other...to extract the bullshit you have to allow the spirit to bring about direct revelation in your heart as to the hidden symbolism and mysteries that lie in biblical texts. Revelations like the baptism of the holy ghost (which i feel resembles awakening) which was seen to be a second experience with the spirit of God after faith was established (acts19:1-6) the baptism of fire and power. Or why the tree of damnation in eden was called the "tree of the knowledge of good and evil" and reference back to leos video about how good and evil are dualities based on the illusory sense of ego. 

A good guide to christian mysticism would be listening to who i would call a christian half-mystic andrew wommack on youtube (and combine it with what you hear leo talk about, but still prioritizing Leo).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DufFDG6up0o

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side note: there is power in the bible and undeniable truths that the spirit has sustained through its refinement. Direct truths like "God is love" 1 John 4:8 or recognising that jesus is a symbol of yourself. Historical documentation does heavily suggest that jesus existed, but i have yet to witness any first hand miracles, and ive tried...ive tried hard (with an exception to very occasional and loose healing and prophecy). Psychedelics are the only real miracles ive witnessed...but im always going to remain open minded and after 5meo a miracle doesent seem that big

Edited May 8, 2022 by Aaron p

[Adamq8]

septuagint

[Husseinisdoingfine]

 

[TK2021]

On 07/05/2022 at 10:49 PM, WelcometoReality said:

It's not the bible but Adyashanti has written a book called "resurrecting jesus" which is his interpretation of the Jesus story in an awakening context.

This is a good one.

Christ Sutras by Bart Marshall is exactly what you are describing though. The book compiles the complete recorded sayings of Jesus Christ from twenty-five different gospels, not just the four canonical. The teachings which are expressions of his true message and are most likely to be the words of Jesus and not the follower or the church putting words in his mouth which fit their narrow agenda.

Here's a sneak peek: https://sethbalthazar.com/2014/06/10/the-teaching-of-jesus-of-nazareth/

However, even the "bs" parts in the bible are good for making sense of the relative world and how it functions at different levels.