Liberating Christ

"They gave him a manger for a cradle, a carpenter's bench for a pulpit, thorns for a crown, and a cross for a throne. He took them and made them the very glory of his career." W.E. Orchard Most of the Churches in the world today with their exclusive colonial mindsets constitute a great 'block' in the path of the grace and truth of God revealed in, with and through Jesus Christ. There is an urgent need to liberate Christ from the bondage of such Christian churches so that God's most precious gift to human kind is not denied to the vast majority of human beings in the man-made religions. The central message of Lord Jesus Christ and His mission on earth is the eternal truth that forgiving, enduring and self-sacrificing love, Sahana yoga, is the path of liberation, unity and peace. Sahana yoga 'mukthi marga' (path of liberation), sahanayoga 'aikya marga' (path of unity) and sahana Yoga 'shanti marga' (path of peace) constitute the three 'Laws of Christ'. Whoever accepts suffering willingly and consciously, and with no malice towards those who inflict upon him/her such suffering, becomes an agent of liberation, unity and peace in this world. In, with and through such men and women, whatever be their religious or church affiliation the grace and truth of God continue to work in human history. They supplement and compliment 'What is lacking in the cross of Christ', as St. Paul of Tarsus, the great disciple of Lord Jesus Christ, puts it. They become co-redeemers of the world, following the footsteps of Lord Jesus Christ, their Divine Master. Through them and their Sahana Yoga, the seeds of grace are sown again and again on earth. Grace is at work wherever there is suffering love, wherever there is non-violent struggle for justice and peace. Mahatma Gandhi was perhaps the greatest proponent of this 'Law of Christ' in the modem world. Martin Luther King is yet another example in our own time. In and through people like them God continues His redemptive work. Saints and Sages are living proofs to show that God still loves the human race. Every opportunity to suffer for a cause contains within it seeds of grace. Once we understand this truth, suffering, even death, will lose its hold on us. We shall become jeevan mukthas (liberated souls). This is our call and divine destiny and this is the power of the cross too.