The nailing of Jesus to the cross is a metaphor for the humble surrender, commitment and service of the conscious mind – I – to the innate wisdom, creativity and healing power of the subconscious mind – body.
The crucifixion is the ‘nailing’ of the conscious mind into the body. The conscious mind merges with the immediate sensory experience of the subconscious mind / body. Iesus represents your conscious mind. The cross represents your subconscious mind / body.
When you’re with a dog and point your hand somewhere, it will look at your hand, not in the direction you’re pointing.
The power of spiritual teachings is not in the words, but in the direction they are pointing. We are required to listen with full intelligence – rational discernment and intuitive ring of truth complementing and completing what each alone cannot grasp.
Taoist sage Lao Tzu began the Tao Te Ching, “Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know”. He followed this mind bomb with 80 more verses, but had made himself clear. Don’t get caught in the words: use them as pointers towards something which silences the questioning mind.
I awoke one morning fully understanding the true meaning of the crucifixion of Christ. Everything had changed and I had a deeper love and respect for life than ever before. Since the 1990’s I’ve loved and appreciated life and lived in nature. Simultaneously I had a chronic health condition which wouldn’t shift, no matter what I tried. I was able to help others as a healer, hypnotherapist and numerologist but couldn’t heal myself. I didn’t fully innerstand that by trying to control the process, I was stifling the natural effortless healing power of my body.
I had woken up in pain many nights and could usually surrender and allow sleep to return. The night before understanding came, I awoke around 3am feeling wretched. I’d believed I had surrendered to God’s Will, but was engulfed in feelings of abandonment and despair.
Without thinking I spoke the words “Father, why hast thou forsaken me?”
Immediately relief came and I slept. On awakening there was a deeper sense of surrender and acceptance than I’d ever felt. The day was summer solstice and I felt blessed and aligned. Without having thought about it before, I began a dry fast and abstained from food and water for 6 and a half days.
This was a time of complete surrender. I couldn’t take supplements and had no energy to do fancy exercises. Instead my body’s wisdom was allowed to come online and I listened. There was a feeling to do the Taoist inner smile, 6 healing sounds and microcosmic orbit. I’ve practiced these over the years, but never before felt such positive results. I allowed the fasting process to follow its course without interference.
This metaphorical crucifixion happened at the precise point where my conscious and subconscious mind were willing to work together. The inner marriage of conscious masculine and subconscious feminine truly began, as the subconscious finally felt listened to and valued, rather than being railroaded from one invasive intervention to the next.
By the end of the fast I was infused with mental clarity and inner peace. The familiar discomfort was still there, but now accompanied by 100% acceptance. I didn’t need to do anything. Everything that needs to be done will be done through surrender of control and the allowing and facilitating of the body’s desire for Life.
This is the true meaning of the crucifixion. It’s not just something that happened 2000 years ago. It’s a natural part of human awakening: the humbling of the willful, arrogant conscious mind to the inbuilt perfection of God’s design.