2075 is coming!

?此段摘自《灵魂永生》第二十一章  宗教的意义

在任何一个历史时期，某个宗教剧可能作为外在的代表而最终浮现出来，但也有许多次要的戏剧——“投射”——没有被完全采用。自然，他们代表了可能的事件，其中任何一件都可以取代实际发生的外在戏剧。在基督时代有许多类似的演出，因为许多人都觉知到内在实相的力量并对其作出反应。

换言之，用你们的话说，有“可能的基督”生活在当时。这些投射未能足够忠实地反映内在事件，个中缘由我不会在此详述。不过，大致在同一地区里，有二十来人响应了内在的心灵气候，而亲身感受到了“宗教英雄”的吸引力与责任。

其中一些人过于被那个时期的痛苦和热忱所感染、羁绊而未能超越。他们被文化所利用，而未能利用各种文化作为新理念的发射场，反而迷失在时代的历史中。

有些人则继续基督所用的模式，表演灵异神技和疗愈，他们也拥有成群的信徒，但却无法一直维持住那必不可少的心灵注意力的强大焦点。

所谓的“正义之主”就是这样一个人，但他过分狂热的天性扯了他的后腿。

他的死板妨碍了任何真正伟大的宗教解放所必须的自发性。他反而陷入了乡土主义的陷井。如果他演好了那个可能的角色，他本可以对保罗有所帮助。他是基督存有里保罗那部分的一个可能人格。

这些人天生就了解他们在这场戏中的角色，也了解他们在“一切万有”中的地位。他们都具有很强的千里眼和心电感应能力，能看到异象，听到声音。

他们在梦中相互联系。保罗有意识地记得许多这种梦，直至他感到被基督穷追不舍。正因为这一连串反复出现的梦，保罗才去迫害基督徒。他认为基督是一个在梦中追赶他的魔鬼。

但是，在一个无意识的层面，他明白这些梦的意义。而他“皈依”基督教，当然也只是追随内在经验之后的一个具体事件而已。

施洗约翰、基督与保罗都在梦里相互联系，而约翰却在基督尚未出生之前就早已觉知基督的存在。

因为责任的特殊，保罗需要最强大的、以自我为中心的力量。因此，他对自己的角色更缺乏有意识的觉察。当然，这内在知识在实际的皈依经验里爆炸了。

现在来回答鲁柏的问题。

（罗伯特：在这章的前头，第586节里，赛斯说到了公元2075年，第三位基督——保罗或扫罗——将会演出“基督再临”，并对宗教与世界产生更深远的影响。珍认为不到一个世纪的一段时间却包含了这么多的戏剧性转变，是不是太短促了些。她要我问赛斯，她是不是在传述时曲解了这资料）。

赛斯：那诞生将在给定的时间发生：到2075年的时候。其他变化大致发生在一个世纪的时间段里，但结果早在2075年以前就会显示出来了。

由于所谓“未来”的可塑性，那个日期不能视为是不可更改的。不过，所有的可能性都指向那个方向，因为内在的原动力已在形成这些事件。

（罗伯特提问：“为了满足好奇心，你能说说“ 正义之主”是如何死的吗？”这是赛斯读者来信的一个问题。）

赛斯：我所给的名字是正确的，虽然它本身是个译名。在一次战斗里，他躲进一个山洞，与一小群人一起被另一派的人所杀。杀人者带走了在那儿找到的一些文稿，但他们没有找到其它文稿，而那些尚未出土。

这最后的避难山洞靠近大马士革。有一段时间，“正义之主”试图藏身城里。可是他的身份被发现了，于是，他和一队人逃到大马士革与邻近小镇之间的山洞里，那山洞曾被用作堡垒。他们在那儿被斩首。

为那些有兴趣的人再加一个小注。犹太“狂热派”也分成两个主要团体，其中之一最终从另一个主要团体中分裂出来。将来会找到那些其他的文稿，它们将澄清有关历史时代的几件要事。保罗在他人生中某段很短的时期内参加过一个“狂热派”团体。这是不为人知的，因为没有记录。

事实上，有一段时间，保罗作为“狂热派”的一员过着双重生活。不过，他转而激烈地反对他们，就如他后来转而反对罗马人而成为基督徒。在他皈依之前，他知道他有目的与使命，并全情投入到他自认为已找到的答案中。

In any given historical period, one religious drama may finally emerge as the exterior representation, but there will also be many minor dramas, “projections,” that do not entirely take. These represent, of course, probable events. Any of them could supersede the actual exterior drama. In the time of Christ there were many such performances, as many personalities felt the force of inner reality and reacted to it.

There were probable Christs, in other words, living in your terms at that time. For several reasons that I will not go into here, these projections did not mirror inner events faithfully enough. There were, however, a score of men in the same general area, physically, who responded to the inner psychic climate and felt upon themselves the attraction and responsibility of the religious hero.

Some of these men were too tinged, too caught in the torment and fervor of the period to rise sufficiently above it. The cultures used them. They could not use the various cultures as launching ground for the new ideas. Instead they became lost in the history of the times.

Some carried on following the same pattern taken by Christ, performed psychic feats and healings, had groups of followers, and yet were not capable of holding that powerful focus of psychic attention that was so necessary.

The Lord of Righteousness, so called, was such a person, but his over-zealous nature held him back.

His rigidity prevented the spontaneity necessary for any true great religious release. He fell, instead, into the trap of provincialism. Had he performed the role possible, he could have been of benefit to Paul. He was a probable personality of the Paul portion of the Christ entity.

These men innately understood their part in this drama, and also their position within All That Is. They were all highly clairvoyant and telepathic, given to visions and hearing of voices.

In their dreams they were in contact. Consciously Paul remembered many of these dreams, until he felt pursued by Christ. It was because of a series of recurring dreams that Paul persecuted the Christians. He felt that Christ was a kind of devil who pursued him in his sleep.

On an unconscious level, however, he knew the meaning of the dreams, and his “conversion,” of course, was only a physical event following an inner experience.

John the Baptist, Christ, and Paul were all connected in the dream state, and John was well aware of Christ’s existence before Christ was born.

Paul needed the strongest egotistical strength because of his particular duties. He was far less aware consciously of his role for this reason. The inner knowledge, of course, exploded in the physical conversion experience.

The birth will occur at the time given: by the time given （the year 2075）. The other changes will occur generally over the period of a century, but the results will show far before that time.

Because of the plastic nature of the future, in your terms, the date cannot be considered final. All probabilities point in its direction, however, for the inner impetus is already forming the events.

The name given was correct, though it is itself a translation. He died with a small group of men in a cave that he held as a point of refuge in the middle of a battle, killed by members of another sect. The murderers took with them certain manuscripts that they found there; but others they did not find, and these have not as yet come to light.

The final place of refuge was near Damascus. For some time the Lord of Righteousness tried to hide himself within the city. His identity was discovered, however, and he and a band of men took to caves that were between Damascus and another nearby town, much smaller, that had been used at one time as a fortress. They were heading there.

One small note for those interested. The Zealots, the sect, were also divided into two main groups, one splitting finally from the other main one. Other documents will be found that will clear several important matters concerning the historical times. During one short period of his life. Paul joined a Zealot group. This is unknown. It has not been recorded.

In fact, for a period he led a double life as a member of the Zealots. He turned against them vehemently, however, as he was later to turn against the Romans to join the Christians. Before his conversion, he knew he had a purpose and mission, and flung himself with all the passion of his being into whatever answers he thought he had found.

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