Today, I was reminded of a few experiences I had about Jesus. They were within the last 15 years.
1) I was new to USA and had no idea or concept about Good Friday. I was deep in meditation and I had a very clear and concise vision of Jesus. Later that day, while driving I heard on the radio, it was Good Friday
2) The love of Jesus is beyond comprehension. I was deep in Samadhi and saw the first encounter of Jesus with Judas. What is not known is that even on the day Jesus saw Judas, he knew that Judas would betray him. However, the love of Jesus was so intense that love became objectified – it was no longer an abstract or emotional feeling but had become a solid reality even in the gross physical world. I remain immersed in that environment till my Samadhi was broken. For the following few weeks, any thought of Jesus brought intense tears to my eyes! I can say with certainty that Jesus was an avatar of Love!
The places where Jesus roams still vibrate with the divine love. However, it is so amazing that inspite of all the love in those areas, it remains a source of many a violent conflict right now! One can only imagine how violent a place it would be if Jesus had not roamed those areas and had not left the vibrations of love there. If only the people living there could turn within and feel that love, all violence in the area would cease.
Jesus forgave all those who crucified him. However for Judas, his words were, “It would have been better for mankind if he was never born” A warning for all those who betray! It is not a sin that is looked upon lightly by God. As per Yogananda, Judas finally achieved salvation 800 or so years later. He was born again in India and was in Orissa near Jagannath Puri. Even in that birth, Judas continued to have a strong love for money. It had to be overcome before final salvation came to him.
According to Yogananda, during the missing 15 years (duration?) of his life, Jesus was in India. There is a picture of him on the walls of Jaggnath Puri.
3) I have in the past mentioned my other encounter about Jesus. However, I will recapture it here. I had a fairly long and unbroken experience of his love. He appeared before me but his feet never touched the ground. His love and the light on his face and my own unworthiness (more on this later) made it impossible for me to see anything but his feet. He started telling me a story where he guided a lost girl from danger. She happened to be a Jewish girl who was lost and in danger. She prayed ardently to God (her concept of the Jewish God, not Jesus). Jesus told me how he affectionately guided her and got her out of danger. I was perplexed a little.
I asked, “But she did not pray to you!”
His answer, “Did she not pray to God?” Then he transmitted without words the immense understanding, that no matter how someone prays to God, it makes no difference to him, he will help and answer. This is very similar to what is said in the Gita, “Oh Arjuna, no matter how someone prays to me, in any form, I accept his prayer and answer him”
My second question, “Why are there so many sects in Christianity?”
His answer, “Do they not all pray to God?” Once again, without any exchange of words, he subsequently said, “I permit all faiths to exist because they all lead to me” Once again, this is very reminiscent of the Gita.
My last question was, “When will I be pure, like you?” Obviously, the time was not ripe and he disappeared with that question! The level of purity Jesus had took several births. As per Yogananda, in his previous birth or life, Jesus had already reached perfection as Elijah! Even in that birth, when it was time to depart, he had taken “akash Samadhi”, his body was seen to rise in the skies in a blaze!
4)I have had other minor visions of Jesus but none as profound as the above.
This is all I can remember now. Perhaps, more will come to me in the future. These are all experiences in the remote past, burried now by many more current experiences.
Bhavin