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Theology of Christ/Universal Consciousness

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Section One Christ Consciousness

Appendix I: On General Semantics and the Logos

Given: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. (John 1:1-5)
- Proposition 1. The Word (Logos) transcends but includes linguistic formulation.
- Proposition 2. Consciousness of Christ requires silence beyond symbol, though is awakened through right relation to symbol.
- Proposition 3. Christ Consciousness is the phenomenological fulfillment of the word "I AM" across languages, cultures, and disciplines.
Summary:
- Ontology: Christ Consciousness is the nondual awareness of Being-as-Love.
- Path: Realized through kenosis, silence, and radical attention.
- Psychophysiology: Supported by neuroplastic states linked to stillness and interoception.
- Language: Paradoxically points beyond itself via mystical-poetic apprehension.
- Science: Quantum entanglement offers metaphors (not proof) of divine interconnection.
- Ethics: The awakened one, like Christ, acts in compassion without self-reference.
Summary Theses:
- Christ Consciousness is not belief, but direct, transpersonal awareness beyond egoic identity.
- Its realization is facilitated by silence, contemplative structure, and linguistic deconstruction.
- Phenomenology offers the tools to map the how of awakening.
- Language must be re-semantized to point to experience, not abstraction.
- In other words, we have to get out of our own way, our so-called ego.

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