Tag: Mark

Jesus ~ Thomas ~ Mary Magdalene


The following is taken from part of Chapter 4 from my 2024 International Impact Book Awards winning book, MY RED BAG OF COURAGE, subtitled, SURVIVAL WISDOM; which is the second book in this award-winning trilogy including, IN THEIR IMAGE AND LIKENESS, subtitled, UNIVERSAIL WISDOM; and the third book in this trilogy, NATURE SPIRIT WISDOM, subtitled, LIGHT WITHIN THE ANGEL, MINERAL, PLANT, AND ANIMAL KINGDOMS.

“As uncomfortable as it was to learn what had been kept away from me, I continued studying all I could about the life of Jesus that had been kept from me, such as the book, The Christ of India, The story of Original Christianity [1], by Abbot George Burke (Swami Nirmalananda Giri). I discovered that the Apostle Thomas visited the Essene communities of Israel urging them to go with him to India so they could escape the imminent destruction by the Romans, as well as to help him with the spiritual work Jesus had commissioned him to do post crucifixion. Jesus and Thomas worked side-by-side in India post crucifixion.

“Are you aware that Basilides of Alexandria, Mani of Persia, and Julian the Emperor said that Jesus had gone to India after his crucifixion? [2] I had never heard this before.

“Many in the Essene community followed Thomas, arriving in Kerala in South India in 52 AD. Abbot George Burke wrote, “It is noteworthy that Saint Thomas is described as a Hindu monk (sannyasi), which he would have to have been if he truly followed in the footsteps of Jesus.

“Ancient records say that frequently Jesus was seen in South India and mistaken for Saint Thomas. He and Saint Thomas were sometimes seen speaking together, and it could not be known which was which. Apparently, Jesus occasionally came down from his Himalayan abode to visit Saint Thomas and supervise his work,” [3] said Abbot Burke.

There are numerous accounts of Jesus’ resurrection and ascension. Mary Magdalene said Jesus was alive and spoke to him.

Yes, Jesus was alive because many say they saw him and spoke to him, including Mary Magdalene, and the apostles walking along the road with him after the crucifixion when they invited him to eat a meal with them before he went on.

There are also numerous accounts of Jesus in India as well as in Naisbain (called Naisbus in English maps), which is a place between Mosul and Syria towards Persia. This is a distance of 450 miles from Jerusalem.

Jesus also traveled through Afghanistan, and from Herat up to the Khyber Pass on one journey to Kashmir and the mountains of Tibet. He also traveled to India furthering his journey and working with Apostle Thomas. This was long after those 40 days between Jesus speaking with Mary Magdalene long after his ascension.

What is the truth?

First of all, Mary Magdalene was never a prostitute. Mary was the beloved life partner of Jesus. This is also accounted for in my recent book, MY RED BAG OF COURAGE, which is currently being turned into an audio book this week. Keep checking on https://lindahourihanhhcp.com in the audio book section for the latest information on it.

“The most reliable early manuscripts of the Gospel of Mark ended at (Chapter 16) verse 8. Other manuscripts include various endings of the Gospel. A few include both the ‘shorter ending’ and the ‘longer ending.’ The majority of manuscripts include the ‘longer ending’ immediately after verse 8,” according to the footnote in the Life Application Study Bible, Mark 16:8, page 2226.

Women and men are equal in the sight of the Creator. Both sexes are vital in expressing the Divine Feminine and the Divine Masculine in equal measure, the perfect balance of Yin and Yang energies. God is Energy. All humans manifest this within human Spirits/Souls, according to Jesus in Luke 17:20-21 when he said that the Kingdom of God, which is the Light of God, is WITHIN you.

“I bought and read the Life Application Study Bible and learned from reading the notes at the bottom of the page that the most ancient Greek manuscripts do not include John 7:53 – 8:11, which is the story about the woman (numerous religions attribute to Mary Magdalene) caught in the act adultery. In that account, the Jewish law required both the man and the woman to be stoned to death. But for the story’s sake only the woman was charged as guilty by the leaders but was forgiven by Jesus. Mary Magdalene never was a prostitute.[4]

“I noticed the suppression and degradation of the role of women from the stories on the origin of the world from the Nag Hammadi Scriptures, and throughout human history make a stunning backdrop as Jesus cuts through all prejudice based on a person’s gender.

“Still, juicy gossip about prostitutes and loose women fascinates loose tongues that are addicted to slandering people, especially women, since the dawn of time. I could relate to the vicious character assassinations of the loose tongues of gossip circles.

“The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures also ends Mark’s account at Mark 16:8. This is the bible used by Jehovah’s Witnesses, who try to keep the scriptures as close to pure as they can, according to their interpretation. This is also the reason why this bible begins John 8 with verse 12, because the first 11 verses, those attributing Mary Magdalene as being a prostitute, are not in the oldest manuscripts of John’s Gospel, and were not included, from my research.

“I mention this because as you will read, many bibles do put down women by slandering them and stating that they were or are loose women, prostitutes, or diminishing their roles in their temples, churches, and society. I have heard leaps of possibility from religious leaders saying that that among those seven demons cast out of Mary Magdalene included prostitution.

“The Catholic Living Bible says in Mark 16:9-11, ‘It was early on Sunday morning when Jesus came back to life, and the first person who saw him was Mary Magdalene – the woman from whom he had cast out seven demons. She found the disciples wet-eyed with grief and exclaimed that she had seen Jesus, and that he was alive! But, they didn’t believe her!’

“The Holy Bible Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSV) Mark 16:9-11 reads, “Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. She went out and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.”

“The Holman Study Bible NKJV (New King James Version) Edition, includes footnotes regarding Mark 16:9-20 saying, “These verses do not appear in the oldest manuscripts of Mark’s Gospel. Therefore, one should be cautious about building a doctrine based only upon these verses and not supported by other scripture.”

“It is very interesting to note that Matthew and John’s Gospel accounts of Jesus’ departure from this world do not mention his supposed ascension because they knew he returned to India. Mark and Luke, who were not there to witness the well-known story of the ascension of Jesus, have writers saying that Jesus was simply taken up to heaven.

“I study accounts of Jesus, not only what religions teach, but also what they hide. I study those 18 years of the life of Jesus, from his ages 12 to 30, which all Christian denominations dare to call apocryphal. (The word apocryphal means hidden, not anti-Jesus nor anti-Christ). It is important to have mercy on them because the only way to straighten out the misinformation that has plagued humanity since the beginning of time is to allow new information in without the colored glasses of previous indoctrination.

“Abbot George Burke also says, ‘The truth is that he departed to India, though it is not unlikely that he did rise up and ‘fly’ there. This form of travel is not unknown to the Himalayan yogis even today.’

“The same is true for human metaphysical Spirits who astral travel in meditation and dreams. This is also how the energy of the human Spirit departs the physical body at the moment of death, and evidently in the case of Jesus, just before physical death. This is not new to the initiated.

“The Vatican of the Roman Catholic Church is said to have 63 manuscripts from India, China, Egypt, and Arabia, all giving information about Jesus’ life, as documented by Abbot George Burke, quoting from Russian traveler Nicholas Nitovitch who discovered the written record of the teachings of Jesus in 1887 during his wandering in Ladakh. He had it translated from the Tibetan text since the original, usually kept in the Marbour monastery near Lhasa, was in Pali.

“This caused intense opposition from the Christians in Russia and Europe when Nitovitch published his book, The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ, a copy of which sits in my personal library. Strong opposition always occurs when the heavily indoctrinated do not know that they are indoctrinated, even among well-meaning teachers. If they could listen before putting up mental walls, perhaps there could be hope for their continued learning. Usually, though, the ego rears up so violently that many simply stay indoctrinated. This is ignorance.

“’Heresy!’ is the first word out of indoctrinated mouths. Yes, relatively new finds of secret and buried documents from monasteries about accounts of Jesus Christ have been found in unearthed Nag Hammadi caves of ancient unknown Old Testament Sacred Scriptures found on papyrus scrolls in sealed clay jars, This can be very disconcerting, especially when they tell of the difference between the Almighty Father of the universe and the father of humanity. There is a devious reason for withholding this information to my observation.

“Isn’t it better to fill in the missing gaps usually called “the missing years of Jesus” rather than go without them just because they go against human theology, as if each denomination knows more about the life of Jesus than Jesus knows himself?

“Jesus was not silent for those 18 years from his ages 12 to 30, nor from his ages 33 to 120. What is truly apocryphal is the silence of the Christian churches who dare to profess their own version of the life of Jesus over what Jesus lived and taught.

“Why would the Vatican have such a hard time with the truth of where Jesus was and what he said?

“Eternal Universal Life Force Energy is keenly at work through the interactions of the angels, guardian angels, archangels, masters, and ascended masters, just as in you and me, all incorporated in various vibrational frequencies of one and the same origin, Eternal Universal Life Force Energy.

“Self-Realization is what makes you a master of yourself. Some of us arrive here on Earth with the full realization of who and what we are. Most of us, though, struggle a bit until we get to the vibration, that mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual enlightenment space that resonates with pure Love, radiating peace and joy through every fiber of our being.”

[1] ISBN 9780998599892

[2] The Christ of India, The story of Original Christianity, page 14

[3] The Christ of India, The story of Original Christianity, pages 27-28

[4] Who Was Mary Magdalene? And Why Do People Think She Was a Prostitute? (christianity.com)

The Twelve Days of Christmas ~ Twelvetide


12 days of christmas

In the year 567 A.D., the Council of Tours proclaimed the 12 Days of Christmas, lasting from Christmas until Epiphany, as a sacred and festive season. The song, The Twelve Days of Christmas, was published in England in 1780 without music, as a chant, or rhyme. It is thought to be of French origin. Though the melodies have changed over the years, the standard tune now comes from a 1909 arrangement of a traditional folk melody by English composer, Frederic Austin, who introduced the prolonged “five gold rings.”

How many of us are familiar with the Christian meanings behind the song, The 12 Days of Christmas? When do the 12 days of Christmas start and when end within the Christmas Season of celebrations?

The 12 Days of Christmas begins with the Christmas Feast Day, which the Church put on December 25, and concludes 13 days later, when the Church celebrates the Feast of Epiphany.

Why was the Christian song written in such veiled language?

Christians within the first centuries were often persecuted, even to death, which is why The 12 Days of Christmas was written with ordinary things masking extra-ordinary meanings. Let’s take a closer look at the song, The 12 Days of Christmas, and meditate on the deeper reflections behind each one:

1) The Partridge in a pear tree: represents Jesus, Son of the Father in heaven, whose birthday we celebrate on the first day of Christmas. Jesus Christ is symbolically present as a mother partridge, the only bird that will die to protect her young.

2) Two Turtle Doves: represents the Old Testament and the New Testament, so the gift of the singer finds the complete story of the Judeo-Christian faith and God’s plan for the world.

3) Three French Hens: represents faith, hope and love.

4) Four Calling Birds: represents the our Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

5) Five Gold Rings: represents the first five books of the Old Testament, also known as the Torah, or the Pentateuch.

6) Six Geese a Laying: represents each “egg” as a new day in creation, a time when the world was “hatched,” as in formed by God.

7) Seven Swans a Swimming: represents the seven signs of the Holy Spirit:

1.prophecy
2. ministry
3. teaching
4. exhortation
5. giving
6. leading
7. compassion

As swans are one of the most beautiful and graceful creatures on earth, they seemed to be the perfect symbol of the spiritual gifts.

8) Eight Maids a Milking: As Christ came to save even the lowest of the low, this gift represents the ones who would receive His word and accept His grace. Being a milkmaid was about the worst job one could have in England during this time. This showed Jesus cared as much about servants as He did those of royal blood. The eight who were blessed were:
1. poor in spirit
2. those who mourn
3. the meek
4. those who hunger and thirst for righteousness
5. the merciful
6. the pure in heart
7. the peacemakers
8. those who are persecuted for righteousness sake

9) Nine Ladies Dancing: represents gifts of the Holy Spirit:
1. love
2. joy
3. peace
4. patience
5. kindness
6. generosity
7. faithfulness
8. gentleness
9. self-control

10) Ten Lords a Leaping: represents the judges as lords following the law, the Ten Commandments

11) Eleven Pipers Piping: represents the disciples minus Judas, since there were 11 men who carried out the gospel message

12) Twelve Drummers Drumming: represents the 12 points of doctrine in the Apostles Creed:
1. I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth
2. I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord
3. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and was
4. Born of the Virgin Mary
5. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried
6. He descended into hell
7. On the third day He rose again
8. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father
9. He will come again to judge the living and the dead
10. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints
11. The forgiveness of sins
12. The resurrection of the body and life everlasting.

My Christmas wish for you is that your heart is filled with as much faith, hope and love that it can possibly hold; and that you be a beacon of this good cheer so that it overflowers your heart, into your families, neighborhoods, countries and the world.

God Bless Everyone Everywhere

Jesus Said It But Mankind Knew Better Jesus Said The Kingdom Is Inside Of You~ Mankind Said It Is Outside Of You


So many Christians think and say they follow the words of Jesus. The reality is, many of us follow the words of Jesus that agree with our thinking and disregard the rest of Jesus’ words. Either that, or some of us contrive the words of Jesus to mean other things than what the words of Jesus actually say. It is quite enlightening to read only the words of Jesus in the New Testament, without any spin, and take those words at literal value. Most of us would be very surprized at what Jesus actually said. Jesus meant what he said, not what got translated to mean what humans wanted these same words to mean.

Here is a prime example of this, where Jesus said, “nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.” In Luke 17:21, the New King James Version, Jesus does not say the kingdom of God, or the Light of God, or the Love of God, or the Life of God is outside of you, something to be grasped at, fasted for, penance to be done or sacrifice so you can be made worthy. Rather, Jesus says the kingdom of God is within you.

Consider also that Jesus is specifically telling this to the Pharisees, not just his apostles and disciples. Yet some bibles changed those words ‘within you’ to ‘among you.’ This changes the entire meaning of what Jesus said. However, the oldest translations, according to the Hebrew-Greek-English Interlinear Bible, says the actual words translate to “within you.” Now many newer Bibles are reverting back to the orginal words, prior to bible translation tampering.

Jesus also said in John 14:12, “Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.”

How are you doing at doing greater works than Jesus? These words apply to everyone, not just those of us with Jewish, Christian, or other beliefs.

Jesus is our model in this life, one to be emulated. We were getting it wrong and missing the finer truths about his Father, himself and us. He came to show us, first hand, how to manifest the spiritual life, the life of our soul, which he instructed us, then and now. People were drawn to his words because they were and still are the words of eternal life. This eternal life, as he points out in the parable of the vine and the branches mentioned below, is not something outside of us. Jesus came to teach us about his Father, but also teaches us that he is not separate from his Father.

John’s gospel accurately states in John 1:1 (Revised Standard Version-Catholic Edition): “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

There is more to what Jesus taught, written in today’s bibles that writers conveniently forgot to mention, or interpret accurately. They pulled out the words of empowerment for your soul and turned you into victims by your own agreement with this erroneous doctrine. Jesus said the problem was people’s lack of faith. That too has been mutilated into yet another control system of beliefs. The lack of faith Jesus was teaching us, then and now, is that the Light of God that is within him, the Love of God that is within him,  and the Kingdom of God that is within him, is also in each and every one of us.

He came to teach us. We are to be like him. This has been such a hard concept to grasp, given the fear-induced guilt coupled with eternal damnation threats if we do not go along with humanly contrived control systems. Jesus came to correct this erroneous thinking. He even gave us the parable of the vine and the branches, demonstrating that everything, including you and me, connects to God. Without this God-connection, we are dead souls. Without this God-connection, all Life ceases to exist.

This is the parable of the Vine and the Branches, in John 15:1-13 (Revised Standard Version-Catholic Edition):

  1. I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
  2. Every branch of mine that bears no fruit; he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
  3. You are already made clean by the word which I have spoken to you.
  4. Abide in me; and I in you.
  5. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
  6. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit; for apart from me you can do nothing.
  7. If a man (any human being) does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into a fire and burned.
  8. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.
  9. By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be my disciples.
  10. As the Father has loved me; so have I loved you; abide in my love.
  11. If you keep my commandments (The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have done unto you), you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father Commandments and abide in his love.
  12. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
  13. This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”

Here we see the Intimate Life of you, me, Jesus and God is universally One through LOVE; the LIGHT, and the LIFE and BREATH of the Soul. This is our I AM Presence. We all have it. We can choose to tap into it and use it or not. We have free will. Jesus did not lie to us when he said he is in the Father and the Father is in him. He also did not lie when he said you and I are in him and he is in us. Again, we are all One. We can choose to be productive or not. We can choose to be the victim of our lives, or not. We can choose to believe in what Jesus said, or not.

John’s First Epistle in 1 John 4:16: “God is LOVE, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.”

Jesus bases all of his instruction on LOVE.

Let’s take a closer look at the words of Jesus, and actually believe what he is so desperately trying to tell us, without threat or fear as his motive.

Luke 4:16-30 says, “When he (Jesus) came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to let the oppressed go free,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

“And he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. Then he began to say to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?” He said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Doctor, cure yourself!’ And you will say, ‘Do here also in your hometown the things that we have heard you did at Capernaum.’” And he said, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in the prophet’s hometown. But the truth is, there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a severe famine over all the land; yet Elijah was sent to none of them except to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. There were also many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.” When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with rage. They got up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they might hurl him off the cliff. But he passed through the midst of them and went on his way.

Why was Jesus prohibited from curing sick people in his hometown? Some biblical scholars put the the fault on the people, or their sins, or their lack of faith in God. But this is not true. Jesus is pointing out their lack of faith in his teaching, THAT THE LOVE OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU, THAT THE LIGHT OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU, THAT THE LIGHT OF JESUS IS WITHIN YOU.

No, this is not heresy, nor blasphemy, nor antichrist doctrine. The antichrist is any person, place or thing that lies in denying the Father and the Son. Jesus is teaching the REALITY of his Father, and that the Father lives in him, the Son; and that this LOVE lives in you and me as well.

The problem Jesus encountered in his hometown is the same problem that exists in our thinking still today. We need to hear and understand ALL the words of Jesus, void of the bias of many of our previous indoctrinations, and threats to our immortal souls.

Matthew 13:53-58 says, “When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there. Coming to his hometown, he began teaching the people in their synagogue, and they were amazed. “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?” they asked. “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? Aren’t all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town and in his own home.” And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith. New International Version (NIV) Bible

The problem was in their thinking. Their thinking and feeling was so strong that this Jesus that they all knew and grew up with, could not possibly be the great Master of healing they had heard about. Their thinking and intense feeling is what prohibited most healings. Thoughts and feelings, as well as our belief systems are energy. They are an intricate part of our bioenergetic systems.

Remember, what you think about, you bring about. This works in limitations, such as Jesus not being able to heal many of their illnesses in his hometown. The problem was not in the lack of power of Jesus, nor in their lack of faith in God, Father of Jesus. The problem was in the lack of faith in the actual words of Jesus, that the kingdom of God, the kingdom of Love and Light is in each ane every one of us.  Jesus preached about the Kingdom of God over 100 times in the gospels. He meant exactly what he said.

The principle is a true principle, which also works in the positive. Those that believed they would be healed, were. Check out all of the healings in the New Testament, which are too numerous to mention here.

After all his teaching and preaching work with his many disciples, Jesus is shocked that they still seem to not get it.

Mark 6:5-6 says, “He could not do any miracles there, except lay hands on a few sick people and heal them. And he was amazed at their lack of faith.”

So this lack of faith, is not a lack of faith in the hijacked, manmade twist of present scriptures and human explanations of present control-systems of thought. This lack of faith refers to the lack of faith in each and everyone one of us who denies the Love and Light of God within us, and the Life-generating power of our I AM Presences.

You are much more powerful in the Love, Light and Life of God within yourself than you may realize. Meditate on this and grow in the faith of who and what you truly are.

Namaste