Jesus Crucified Again: This Time in Ronald Reagan's America

Pages: 285From the JacketThe story is repeated again. I was crucified - this time in Americaand these seven weeks I have been struggling against the poison. And I am happy to declare to you that the crucifixion is over and I am resurrected.It is symbolic that Jesus is crucified this time in America and is resurrected in India. It is symbolic in many dimensions. It is the victory of love over hate. It is the victory of life over death. It is the victory of East over West. It is the victory of truth over criminals like Ronald Reagan. It is the victory of consciousness over body.It is certainly of tremendous importance that even after twenty centuries a man like Jesus will be crucified by Christians themselves. It was a conspiracy of the fundamentalist Christians of America and Ronald Reagan. Perhaps civilization is still an idea - it has not happened in reality.I would like my people to transform themselves and through them I would like to bring authentic civilization and humanity to this beautiful planet.There is only one religion, and that is the religion of love. There is only one God, and that is the God of celebration, of life, of rejoicing.This whole earth is one and the whole humanity is one. We are parts of each other.ForewordOn May 30, 1988 - shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal challenging the incorporation of the City of Rajneeshpuram in Oregon, thereby validating the legality of the now-destroyed city, - Bhagwan spoke the following words to His evening discourses for the previous two weeks - one of many such periods which have occurred since His arrest and incarceration by the Am