But Jesus had to speak through a public-address system — the only one available — which distorted his words, so that they came forth as the bombastic… - Alan Watts

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But Jesus had to speak through a public-address system — the only one available — which distorted his words, so that they came forth as the bombastic claim to be the one and only appearance of the Christ, of the incarnation of God as man. This is not good news. The good news is that if Jesus could realize his identity with God, you can also — but this God does not have to be idolized as an imperious monarch with a royal court of angels and ministers. God, as “the love which moves the sun and other stars,” is something much more inward, intimate, and mysterious — in the sense of being too close to be seen as an object.