Misinterpretation. Happy Accidents.

You may recall, 125 posts or so ago, I discussed my extremely productive misunderstanding ofThe Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the ChristIn the story, Jesus arrives to a sacred temple essentially to take the test to get the title of the ChristAnd once settled, a couple of men secret into his room and say,“The temple masters are jealous and plan to kill you. Play along until we can break you out”And for two decades at least, I interpreted Jesus’ response as,“You come asking me to follow you in fear. Fear doesn’t motivate me. Go ahead, be on your way”And that story realigned my thinking 1,000 timesReminding me not to move from fearBut, as it turns out, I had the story wrong all along, and hadn’t noticed until rereading to write the Sincerity ScrollWhat actually happened was:These guys encouraged Jesus to play along, pretending to be copacetic but planning to leaveAnd Jesus was like, “How dare you ask me to lie”Which is a related but distinct admonitionSo, bonus for meI got the very valuable lesson of my original understanding “I do not act from fear”The precise lesson of the actual intention of the story “I will not deceive”And some meta lessons about the fallibility of interpretation, openness of mind even when you think you know, and happy accidentsAll of them useful and contributory.I love The Aquarian Gospel because it humanizes Jesus and demonstrates divinity through choicesAnd that the title of the Christ was waiting for someone to actually live into, not bestowedIt’s one of those books that I still carry even though it’s kind of a slog to readWhen I published “The Sincerity Scroll” my dear mother commented“Please do more stories like this”Four months later, here I am, finally fulfilling that request.There were seven scrolls awarded Jesus in accomplishing the title of the Christ in this tellingAnd here as we march towards ChristmasI’m planning on retelling the circumstances of each of the scrolls next weekTo remind myself and inspire all of usAbout how simple choices distinguish a life lived in connection and integrityFrom a life navigating fear and positioningI think we’re faced with tiny choices every dayAnd we all do our best to choose wiselySo remembering that wisdom is alignment to loveNot constructed resultFeels timely for me, and I hope for youBecause as cool as it would be to turn water into wineLiving fully aligned to loveIs something we can doChoice by choice This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fallingtenderly.substack.com