Saturdays, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. CT
November 15 – December 6 (4 classes)
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esus Christ was one of the very few people in human history who could truly say, "I and the Father are one." However, the whole external cosmos is mirrored inside each one of us, meaning that the Highest Divinity resides within us; we seek to connect with this Divine Energy. During this course, we will explore the teachings of Christ that call us to realize our “oneness with the Father.”
According to the Gospel of Philip, “Christ came not to make us Christians, but to make us Christ.” No serious teaching is easy to follow, and a true Christian disciple practices Christ’s teachings seriously. Christ taught with fire and spirit, calling for a complete freedom from me-my-mine. As he said, “He who is near me is near the fire; he who is far from me is far from the Kingdom.” (Gospel of Thomas)
Teachings can be understood at different levels. For example, almost all the portraits of St. George show him killing a physical, external dragon. There is a different painting that hangs in a Serbian monastery, however. Here the painter depicts the head of the dragon as the searcher’s own head, which he submits to the Christ, who blesses him.
Many people accept the teachings of Christ, as well as concepts like “born again” and a “virgin birth,” in a literal way. In this course, we will try to explore these teachings at a subtler level. As Meister Eckhart said, “Every Christian is called to be Mary and give birth to the Word.”
Registrants will receive on-demand access to recording(s) that can be viewed for four weeks following the conclusion of the program. Late registrants will receive recording links to all missed sessions.
TS members: $65 • Nonmembers: $80
Ravi Ravindra, Ph.D., is an author and professor emeritus at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he served as a professor in comparative religion, philosophy, and physics. A lifetime member of the Theosophical Society, Ravi has taught many courses at the School of the Wisdom in Adyar and at the Krotona Institute of Theosophy in Ojai, California. He was a member of the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton, a fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study in Shimla, and the founding director of the Threshold Award for Integrative Knowledge. For more information, please visit ravindra.ca.
Program Format
This is a live, interactive online program that will also be recorded. Registrants will receive on-demand access to recording(s) that can be viewed for four weeks following the conclusion of the program.
Join online via a Zoom link that will be emailed upon your registration. Please download Zoom for free at zoom.us/download and test your connection at zoom.us/test. For further information, check out www.theosophical.org/FAQ or email webinars@theosophical.org.