So My Friend Wants To Find Jesus

[stevegan928]

a good friend of mine just asked me to accompany him on a hike to get more in touch with God. funny enough we'll be hiking in an area where i myself have seen the Colorado River Toad.  but no we're not gonna disturb them. i was actually just gonna ask you guys what i should do to help guide him on his journey? he's not super into spirituality although he told me he does pray every night. where could i point him to help him have a powerful experience? keep in mind it should fit within' a vaguely catholic/christian belief structure. or should i just stay quiet and let him find his way on his own? i just think this could end up being very interesting. like what if he had an enlightenment experience? i know it sounds crazy but he doesn't need to deal with any of the inconvenient preconceived notions of enlightenment that we all struggle with. he has no understanding of non-duality thus freeing him of the concepts surrounding it and that could end up turning out very well for him.    

[Prabhaker]

10 minutes ago, stevegan928 said:

keep in mind it should fit within' a vaguely catholic/christian belief structure.

Download and tell him to read following books. (Osho talks on Jesus)

Come Follow To You

http://www.oshorajneesh.com/download/osho-books/western_mystics/Come_Follow_To_You_Volume1.pdf

http://www.oshorajneesh.com/download/osho-books/western_mystics/Come_Follow_To_You_Volume2.pdf

http://www.oshorajneesh.com/download/osho-books/western_mystics/Come_Follow_To_You_Volume3.pdf

http://www.oshorajneesh.com/download/osho-books/western_mystics/Come_Follow_To_You_Volume4.pdf

I Say Unto You

http://www.oshorajneesh.com/download/osho-books/western_mystics/I_Say_Unto_You_Volume1.pdf

http://www.oshorajneesh.com/download/osho-books/western_mystics/I_Say_Unto_You_Volume2.pdf

The Mustard Seed

http://www.oshorajneesh.com/download/osho-books/western_mystics/The_Mustard_Seed_My_Most_Loved_Gospel_on_Jesus.pdf

[Toby]

I love the hiking scene in "Peaceful Warrior" where "Socrates" shows Dan "God".

 

[Toby]

You could also read a few things in the Bible and discuss with him what certain things mean to him and mean to you. I wouldn't throw advanced christian mystics at him like Meister Eckhart or Bernadette Roberts as they are overwhelming even for people on the path.

[stevegan928]

@Prabhaker he's not much of a reader but i'll suggest them. i was mostly just wondering what maybe i could say to him that could get him to experience something. but thanks for the book recs i'll check those out even if he doesn't. 

[Prabhaker]

2 minutes ago, stevegan928 said:

he's not much of a reader

If he doesn't likes to read , audio books are available for free download.

For example :

Come follow to you Volume1

http://www.oshoworld.com/discourses/audio_eng.asp?album_id=30

[Prabhaker]

Links to audio discourses on Jesus (free download)

Come Follow Yourself

http://www.oshoworld.com/discourses/audio_eng_cat.asp?album_id=30

http://www.oshoworld.com/discourses/audio_eng_cat.asp?album_id=31

http://www.oshoworld.com/discourses/audio_eng_cat.asp?album_id=32

http://www.oshoworld.com/discourses/audio_eng_cat.asp?album_id=33

I Say Unto You

http://www.oshoworld.com/discourses/audio_eng_cat.asp?album_id=34

http://www.oshoworld.com/discourses/audio_eng_cat.asp?album_id=35

 

Excerpts from Osho's book 'I Say Unto You, Vol 1')

No other book starts that way, no other book can start that way. The Bible is 'the book of the books': that is the exact meaning of the word 'Bible' -- the Book. It is the most precious document that humanity has. That's why it is called 'The Testament', because Jesus has witnessed to God in it: Jesus has become the witness to God, a testament. It is the only proof possible. God cannot be argued, but only a man like Jesus can become a proof for him.

The Gospel carries all that is beautiful in Jesus' flowering, the Beatitudes. Those statements are the most beautiful ever made. Not even Buddha, not even Lao Tzu, have spoken that way. Buddha is very philosophic, very refined; Jesus is very plain, simple. Jesus speaks like a villager, a farmer, a fisherman. But because he speaks the way common people speak, his words have a solidity, a concreteness, a reality. Buddha's words are abstract; they are very very high words, philosophical. Jesus' words are down-to-earth, very earthly. They have that fragrance of the earth that you come across when the rains have started and the earth is soaking up the rains and a great fragrance arises -- the fragrance of the wet earth, the fragrance that you find on a sea beach, the fragrance of the ocean, the trees. Jesus' words are very very earthbound, rooted in the earth. He is an earthly man, and that is his beauty. Nobody else can be compared with that beauty. The sky is good, but abstract, far away, distant. So I say to you, no other book starts the way the Gospel starts; no other book talks the way the Gospel talks.

The word 'gospel' comes originally from a word GODSPEL. God has spoken through Jesus. Jesus is just a hollow bamboo. The song is of God, and Jesus' metaphors are very true to life. He is not spinning concepts, he is simply indicating the truth as it is.

[cetus]

@stevegan928 Your friend may find this Mooji video valuable.

 

[Loreena]

The only way to get in touch with God is through prayer. At least I found it that way.

[cetus]

49 minutes ago, Loreena said:

The only way to get in touch with God is through prayer. At least I found it that way.

You are God pretending to be you.

[Dodo]

http://www.wakingtimes.com/2014/11/14/god-true-teachings-jesus/

Found this on my Facebook feed today and it was a good read. Give it to your friend so he can find Jesus

[Shin]

Tell him to go there

@Martin123 I am a good doge, good doge learn from every kind masters :3

EDIT: HOLY SHIT EVERYTHING IS ALIVE !

Edited April 6, 2017 by Shin

[Martin123]

9 minutes ago, Shin said:

Tell him to go there

Damn son you follower of Bentinho! Proud of you Padawan!

[AlwaysBeNice]

Why not just be honest about your beliefs? Jeez

[aurum]

Everybody comes to this stuff in their own way, let Spirit guide them. I follow the golden rule: if you don't ask, I don't push.

Of course, he may not know what to ask for. In which case I'd just offer some suggestions. Meditation or yoga is an easy place to start getting into this kind of stuff.