DID JESUS TEACH REINCARNATION AND YOGA?
Rev. Father A. Maximiadis
[ This article first appeared on this web site in the 'Forum' section in May 2007 regarding Chris Butler’s claim that “...Jesus Christ was directly and indirectly teaching the reality of reincarnation" ( sic ). This posting has been transferred to the 'Articles' section and assigned the above title. The original subject matter and typographical layout has, for the most part, remained unaltered, with the exception of a few very necessary deletions and additions for the purposes of clarification, and to render the article more readable for visitors. ]

This article was written with the express purpose of calling into question Chris Butler's assumptions that : "Jesus Christ was directly and indirectly teaching the reality of reincarnation ... [ and ] that there is a very great possibility he did teach more in-depth signs in Bhakti-yoga, the signs of Ashtanga-yoga for that matter, for the Kundalini-yoga even, Mystic-yoga" (sic). I transcribed this discourse from www.cultofbutler.com web site, prior to its forced closure, ensueing from matters heard at the Victorian Supreme Court in Melbourne Australia, and publish it on this site accompanied with my confutations, with evidential supports from Bibical sources et al., to disprove the veracity of his assumptions.
"Everything that Jesus Christ taught ... that can be actually be contained in thirty pages, you tell me, is that possible, that he engages in activities and gave the amount of instructions to the equivalent of ... to ... one of my two hour lecture ... and that was his whole ministry ... who can believe that! Therefore, we can conclude, that the information that is contained in what we call the New Testament is extremely limited, partial, it's not anywhere near everything that Jesus Christ, huh, taught or did. And also in the New Testament itself you'll find that everything ... huh ... all the teachings of the Lord are not contained in this book. So, we'll just leave it there, because ... we do not know what Jesus taught that is not in there and I'm not going to engage in speculation ... which many people try to do they try to speculate, "Well, we think Jesus taught this, we think that Jesus taught that" We're not going to bother with that, all we know is that, huh, there is a very great possibility that he did teach more in-depth signs in Bhakti-yoga, the signs of Ashtanga-yoga for that matter, for the Kundalini-yoga even, Mystic-yoga, we don't know, we can speculate all we want, and the teachings of reincarnation. Now, let's just ... huh ... look at a few things that ... huh ... was said to Jesus Christ that are contained in this small little book and ... huh ... which will help us appreciate ... huh ... that Jesus Christ was directly and indirectly teaching the reality of reincarnation"( sic ). Firstly, Butler asks: "... is that possible ... that everything that Jesus taught, his activities and instructions, can be contained in thirty pages?" I'm bemused as to the particular "thirty pages" in which Jesus' teachings ...
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