The following is taken from part of Chapter 4 from my 2024 International Impact Book Awards winning book, MY RED BAG OF COURAGE, subtitled, SURVIVAL WISDOM; which is the second book in this award-winning trilogy including, IN THEIR IMAGE AND LIKENESS, subtitled, UNIVERSAIL WISDOM; and the third book in this trilogy, NATURE SPIRIT WISDOM, subtitled, LIGHT WITHIN THE ANGEL, MINERAL, PLANT, AND ANIMAL KINGDOMS.
“As uncomfortable as it was to learn what had been kept away from me, I continued studying all I could about the life of Jesus that had been kept from me, such as the book, The Christ of India, The story of Original Christianity [1], by Abbot George Burke (Swami Nirmalananda Giri). I discovered that the Apostle Thomas visited the Essene communities of Israel urging them to go with him to India so they could escape the imminent destruction by the Romans, as well as to help him with the spiritual work Jesus had commissioned him to do post crucifixion. Jesus and Thomas worked side-by-side in India post crucifixion.
“Are you aware that Basilides of Alexandria, Mani of Persia, and Julian the Emperor said that Jesus had gone to India after his crucifixion? [2] I had never heard this before.
“Many in the Essene community followed Thomas, arriving in Kerala in South India in 52 AD. Abbot George Burke wrote, “It is noteworthy that Saint Thomas is described as a Hindu monk (sannyasi), which he would have to have been if he truly followed in the footsteps of Jesus.
“Ancient records say that frequently Jesus was seen in South India and mistaken for Saint Thomas. He and Saint Thomas were sometimes seen speaking together, and it could not be known which was which. Apparently, Jesus occasionally came down from his Himalayan abode to visit Saint Thomas and supervise his work,” [3] said Abbot Burke.
There are numerous accounts of Jesus’ resurrection and ascension. Mary Magdalene said Jesus was alive and spoke to him.
Yes, Jesus was alive because many say they saw him and spoke to him, including Mary Magdalene, and the apostles walking along the road with him after the crucifixion when they invited him to eat a meal with them before he went on.
There are also numerous accounts of Jesus in India as well as in Naisbain (called Naisbus in English maps), which is a place between Mosul and Syria towards Persia. This is a distance of 450 miles from Jerusalem.
Jesus also traveled through Afghanistan, and from Herat up to the Khyber Pass on one journey to Kashmir and the mountains of Tibet. He also traveled to India furthering his journey and working with Apostle Thomas. This was long after those 40 days between Jesus speaking with Mary Magdalene long after his ascension.
What is the truth?
First of all, Mary Magdalene was never a prostitute. Mary was the beloved life partner of Jesus. This is also accounted for in my recent book, MY RED BAG OF COURAGE, which is currently being turned into an audio book this week. Keep checking on https://lindahourihanhhcp.com in the audio book section for the latest information on it.
“The most reliable early manuscripts of the Gospel of Mark ended at (Chapter 16) verse 8. Other manuscripts include various endings of the Gospel. A few include both the ‘shorter ending’ and the ‘longer ending.’ The majority of manuscripts include the ‘longer ending’ immediately after verse 8,” according to the footnote in the Life Application Study Bible, Mark 16:8, page 2226.
Women and men are equal in the sight of the Creator. Both sexes are vital in expressing the Divine Feminine and the Divine Masculine in equal measure, the perfect balance of Yin and Yang energies. God is Energy. All humans manifest this within human Spirits/Souls, according to Jesus in Luke 17:20-21 when he said that the Kingdom of God, which is the Light of God, is WITHIN you.
“I bought and read the Life Application Study Bible and learned from reading the notes at the bottom of the page that the most ancient Greek manuscripts do not include John 7:53 – 8:11, which is the story about the woman (numerous religions attribute to Mary Magdalene) caught in the act adultery. In that account, the Jewish law required both the man and the woman to be stoned to death. But for the story’s sake only the woman was charged as guilty by the leaders but was forgiven by Jesus. Mary Magdalene never was a prostitute.[4]
“I noticed the suppression and degradation of the role of women from the stories on the origin of the world from the Nag Hammadi Scriptures, and throughout human history make a stunning backdrop as Jesus cuts through all prejudice based on a person’s gender.
“Still, juicy gossip about prostitutes and loose women fascinates loose tongues that are addicted to slandering people, especially women, since the dawn of time. I could relate to the vicious character assassinations of the loose tongues of gossip circles.
“The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures also ends Mark’s account at Mark 16:8. This is the bible used by Jehovah’s Witnesses, who try to keep the scriptures as close to pure as they can, according to their interpretation. This is also the reason why this bible begins John 8 with verse 12, because the first 11 verses, those attributing Mary Magdalene as being a prostitute, are not in the oldest manuscripts of John’s Gospel, and were not included, from my research.
“I mention this because as you will read, many bibles do put down women by slandering them and stating that they were or are loose women, prostitutes, or diminishing their roles in their temples, churches, and society. I have heard leaps of possibility from religious leaders saying that that among those seven demons cast out of Mary Magdalene included prostitution.
“The Catholic Living Bible says in Mark 16:9-11, ‘It was early on Sunday morning when Jesus came back to life, and the first person who saw him was Mary Magdalene – the woman from whom he had cast out seven demons. She found the disciples wet-eyed with grief and exclaimed that she had seen Jesus, and that he was alive! But, they didn’t believe her!’
“The Holy Bible Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSV) Mark 16:9-11 reads, “Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. She went out and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.”
“The Holman Study Bible NKJV (New King James Version) Edition, includes footnotes regarding Mark 16:9-20 saying, “These verses do not appear in the oldest manuscripts of Mark’s Gospel. Therefore, one should be cautious about building a doctrine based only upon these verses and not supported by other scripture.”
“It is very interesting to note that Matthew and John’s Gospel accounts of Jesus’ departure from this world do not mention his supposed ascension because they knew he returned to India. Mark and Luke, who were not there to witness the well-known story of the ascension of Jesus, have writers saying that Jesus was simply taken up to heaven.
“I study accounts of Jesus, not only what religions teach, but also what they hide. I study those 18 years of the life of Jesus, from his ages 12 to 30, which all Christian denominations dare to call apocryphal. (The word apocryphal means hidden, not anti-Jesus nor anti-Christ). It is important to have mercy on them because the only way to straighten out the misinformation that has plagued humanity since the beginning of time is to allow new information in without the colored glasses of previous indoctrination.
“Abbot George Burke also says, ‘The truth is that he departed to India, though it is not unlikely that he did rise up and ‘fly’ there. This form of travel is not unknown to the Himalayan yogis even today.’
“The same is true for human metaphysical Spirits who astral travel in meditation and dreams. This is also how the energy of the human Spirit departs the physical body at the moment of death, and evidently in the case of Jesus, just before physical death. This is not new to the initiated.
“The Vatican of the Roman Catholic Church is said to have 63 manuscripts from India, China, Egypt, and Arabia, all giving information about Jesus’ life, as documented by Abbot George Burke, quoting from Russian traveler Nicholas Nitovitch who discovered the written record of the teachings of Jesus in 1887 during his wandering in Ladakh. He had it translated from the Tibetan text since the original, usually kept in the Marbour monastery near Lhasa, was in Pali.
“This caused intense opposition from the Christians in Russia and Europe when Nitovitch published his book, The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ, a copy of which sits in my personal library. Strong opposition always occurs when the heavily indoctrinated do not know that they are indoctrinated, even among well-meaning teachers. If they could listen before putting up mental walls, perhaps there could be hope for their continued learning. Usually, though, the ego rears up so violently that many simply stay indoctrinated. This is ignorance.
“’Heresy!’ is the first word out of indoctrinated mouths. Yes, relatively new finds of secret and buried documents from monasteries about accounts of Jesus Christ have been found in unearthed Nag Hammadi caves of ancient unknown Old Testament Sacred Scriptures found on papyrus scrolls in sealed clay jars, This can be very disconcerting, especially when they tell of the difference between the Almighty Father of the universe and the father of humanity. There is a devious reason for withholding this information to my observation.
“Isn’t it better to fill in the missing gaps usually called “the missing years of Jesus” rather than go without them just because they go against human theology, as if each denomination knows more about the life of Jesus than Jesus knows himself?
“Jesus was not silent for those 18 years from his ages 12 to 30, nor from his ages 33 to 120. What is truly apocryphal is the silence of the Christian churches who dare to profess their own version of the life of Jesus over what Jesus lived and taught.
“Why would the Vatican have such a hard time with the truth of where Jesus was and what he said?
“Eternal Universal Life Force Energy is keenly at work through the interactions of the angels, guardian angels, archangels, masters, and ascended masters, just as in you and me, all incorporated in various vibrational frequencies of one and the same origin, Eternal Universal Life Force Energy.
“Self-Realization is what makes you a master of yourself. Some of us arrive here on Earth with the full realization of who and what we are. Most of us, though, struggle a bit until we get to the vibration, that mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual enlightenment space that resonates with pure Love, radiating peace and joy through every fiber of our being.”
[1] ISBN 9780998599892
[2] The Christ of India, The story of Original Christianity, page 14
[3] The Christ of India, The story of Original Christianity, pages 27-28
[4] Who Was Mary Magdalene? And Why Do People Think She Was a Prostitute? (christianity.com)