Contents

Foreword by Scott Wisler

Introduction

Part I: Why We Resist the Truth

Free will, Christ, and the power of choice

1 The good Lord willing: The mystery of free will | Podcast

We often say, "The good Lord willing." Yet behind that simple phrase lies one of life's deepest mysteries: free will.

Are we truly free? Or is everything guided by God's will?

The answer, it turns out, is both simpler—and more profound—than we might expect.

2 Who is Christ? A divine being of light—and a man named Jesus | Podcast

Who, then, is Christ? Over the centuries, people have answered this question in very different ways.

Some Christians claim that Christ is God himself. According to these teachings, that understanding is not quite accurate.

Others say Jesus was simply a wise man or great teacher. Yet these teachings suggest something quite different.

3 Must we? Our resistance to Christ | Podcast

Naturally, the question arises: Can we only get back to God through Jesus Christ?

Many people today resist that idea. For some, it sounds narrow or exclusive.

Yet when we look more closely at spiritual development, we begin to see something interesting.

The answer turns out to be both yes and no. It's a paradox, but indeed, both answers are correct.

Part II: Why Life Is a Struggle

The spiritual meaning of conflict and duality

4 Submitting and Rebelling Christians: Two very different responses to untruth | Podcast

Why do so many people react strongly to the name "Jesus Christ"?

The short answer is this: we have become allergic to it after biblical words were misused by organized religion for so long.

But that does not make our reaction right—or Jesus wrong. Let's explore how this reaction to the name Jesus Christ happens on two levels: personal and collective. 

5 Grappling with duality: The hidden source of all our struggles | Podcast

Every human life is shaped by a struggle between opposites—good and bad, pleasure and pain, hope and despair. Why does life seem to be built this way?

The story of Jesus Christ speaks directly to this struggle. Everything about his life—his teachings, his trials, even the purpose of his incarnation—addresses the same inner conflict we all face.

To understand why, let's look at the world in which this struggle takes place: the world of duality.

6 Facing death and finding life: Moving from duality to Oneness | Podcast

The main issue we must face is death. This is what we must truly get our arms around.

And it's a mystery. An unknown. No matter how much we think we know, much of it is still conjecture.

It's our fear of death that creates the world of duality. This is the reality we live in. There is no way around it: death is a problem for us.

If we want to break its grip on us, we need to deal with it directly.

Part III: The Cosmic Story

Creation, the Fall, and humanity's rescue

7 God and creation: How divine life first unfolded | Podcast

These topics touch the greatest questions in existence. The information is therefore difficult both to present and to grasp.

In this chapter we will talk about the two faces of God—the active and receptive. This explains why people in the East and West have different experiences of God.

We will also look more closely at the Fall of the Angels, learning about this tragedy in which God created new conditions that would allow us all to return to him.

8 Fall of the Angels: How divine life first unfolded | Podcast

After God created countless spiritual beings, something very unexpected happened. How did a perfect creation ever fall into disharmony?

According to these teachings, the answer lies in what is known as the Fall of the Angels.

We are about to see what caused the Fall and how foreign layers of distortion came into being—layers that now separate us from God and from the Kingdom of Heaven.

9 Plan of Salvation: How the way back to God was created | Podcast

After the Fall, countless spirits found themselves separated from God. A way had to be found for those who longed to return to God.

Yet it had to honor everyone's free will—even Lucifer's.

This became the great Plan of Salvation, in which Christ played a central role.

10 Christ's mission: Christ's role in the Plan of Salvation

Many believe Christ died on the cross for all our sins. Therefore, no one is accountable for their own sins anymore.

Christ, they believe, has atoned for all of them through his death. Of course, this cannot be so.

As we look at the real story, it will become obvious how such a comfortable misunderstanding could have come about. But also, why this would be senseless.

11 The temptation of Jesus: The nearly impossible odds

Bringing his teachings, was not the full reason that Jesus came.

Beautiful as those teachings are, they weren't new. Others had come before him saying much the same things.

The big reason was this task to resist the temptations of Lucifer.

12 War of the worlds: The spiritual battle that changed humanity's destiny | Podcast

Immediately after Christ died—having completed the decisive act of his mission—a profound turning point occurred in the history of humanity.

A major phase had ended. A new phase was beginning.

After he died, Christ returned to the world of spirit. There he gathered up his army of a relatively small number of specialized spirits. Together, they went on to fight a spiritual battle in the world of darkness.

Part IV: Living the Path

How we walk the way back to God

13 The good fight: Aligning our will with God's will | Podcast

It's important to understand how deeply Jesus loves us. But where do we go from here?

One place to begin is by removing the inner barriers that prevent us from feeling this truth.

Because when we search for a realization of Jesus Christ, we may come face-to-face with our inner barrier instead. This can be a problem.

To move in this direction, we must surface the genuine guilt we carry for failing to love.

14 A true trinity: The paradox of salvation | Podcast

If we truly ask to know ourselves—to recognize our lovability and the beauty of our true spirit—we will receive that knowledge.

For that is what salvation truly means. And Christ made this possible.

This process of transformation takes place within the world of duality. So it can be hard for us to grasp that the personal aspect of salvation—this notion that Jesus is here to help us—contains three paradoxical truths.

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Read original Pathwork^® lectures:

18 Free Will
19 Jesus Christ
20 God: The Creation
21 The Fall
22 Salvation
81 Conflicts in the World of Duality
82 The Conquest of Duality Symbolized in the Life and Death of Jesus
143 Unity and Duality
247 The Mass Images of Judaism and Christianity
258 Personal Contact with Jesus Christ – Positive Aggression – The Real Meaning of Salvation