Siddhartha and Jesus (5/7)

This Sunday, we will delve into the transformative power of love, inspired by the stories of Siddhartha and the teachings of Jesus. Together, we will explore the depths of unconditional love, forgiveness, and the liberation that comes from releasing attachment. Drawing from Siddhartha's journey through love and Jesus' radical teachings on love and compassion, we will discover how to cultivate relationships rooted in selflessness and experience the freedom that comes from loving without expectation.

Join us as we continue our journey, and enjoy uplifting music and time breaking bread with fellow Unitics at our second Sunday potluck.

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Sermon Notes

Quotes

“This water ran and ran, incessantly it ran, and was nevertheless always there, was always at all times the same and yet new in every moment! Great be he who would grasp this, understand this! He understood and grasped it not, only felt some idea of it stirring, a distant memory, divine voices.“ (ch. 9, p. 82)

“The river has taught me to listen, from it you will learn it as well.” (ch. 9, p. 85)

“I have transported many, thousands; and to all of them, my river has been nothing but an obstacle on their travels.” (ch. 9, p. 85)

“But for some among thousands, a few, four or five, the river has stopped being an obstacle, they have heard its voice, they have listened to it, and the river has become sacred to them, as it has become sacred to me. Let’s rest now, Siddhartha.” (ch. 9, p. 86)

““No, Vasudeva. I sat here, I was listening to the river. A lot it has told me, deeply it has filled me with the healing thought, with the thought of oneness.” “You’ve experienced suffering, Siddhartha, but I see: no sadness has entered your heart.” (ch. 9, p. 93)

“Oh yes, he too is called upon, he too is of the eternal life. But do we, you and me, know what he is called upon to do, what path to take, what actions to perform, what pain to endure?” (ch. 10, p. 96)

“Don’t you see what your son is trying to tell you? Don’t you see that he doesn’t want to be followed?” (ch. 10, p. 101)

“Nevertheless, he ran without stopping, no longer to save him, just to satisfy his desire, just to perhaps see him one more time. And he ran up to just outside of the city.” (ch. 10, p. 101)

Main Scripture

The Greatest Commandment

“When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, an expert in the law, asked him a question to test him. ‘Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?’ He said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 22:34–40)

Supporting Scriptures

The Cross and Self-Denial

“Then Jesus told his disciples, ‘If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?

For the Son of Man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay everyone for what has been done. Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.’” (Matthew 16:24–28)

Forgiveness

“Then Peter came and said to him, ‘Lord, if my brother or sister sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, 'Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.’” (Matthew 18:21–22)

Metaphysics

Charles Fillmore (Revealing Word)

Love—Divine love is impersonal; it loves for the sake of loving…Love is an inner quality that sees good everywhere and in everybody…Love is the great harmonizer and healer…Divine love will bring your own to you, adjust all misunderstandings, and make your life and affairs healthy, happy, harmonious, and free.”

Forgiveness—A process of giving up the false for the true…When you forgive yourself, you cease doing the things that you should not do…It is through forgiveness that true spiritual healing is accomplished. Forgiveness removes the errors of the mind, and bodily harmony results in consonance with divine law.