Introduction

I have been a seeker for truth practically all my life. Since I was very young Christ has been dear to me, and I have always found His teachings deep and practical at the same time. Christ as a teacher may not be the way we normally think of him but to me it has been obvious. He is familiar to us, and his teachings and life are already in our Western culture.

We think we know his teachings, but in fact Christ as a teacher is mostly neglected today and teachers and gurus are sought elsewhere. Why not bring Christ's teachings to our day, because they are, after all, extremely modern and at the same time subtle in content? Nothing new teaching has really come since Christ, and he brought the Kingdom of Heaven (the knowledge of our own reality) closer to us.

Christ spoke with the voice of the Eternal One, who is our true self. We do not know ourselves, but the light of self, 'I am', filled Christ. Advaita means 'not two', so it is a doctrine of unity. Christ said; 'I and the Father are one'. (John 10:30)

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The idea of this study is to bring Christ closer to modern times and people who are ready to accept his non-dual teachings without changing or removing any content from the four Gospels. This can be done by using Sri Ramana Maharshi’s teachings on self-investigation/surrender as “spectacles” with which Christ’s true message is understood.

Another thing is that we should use Christ’s own original language, Aramaic, as a reference in some unclear cases. It is important to understand the true meaning of the words. This way we can put the teachings into practice.