A few weeks after the Kalachakra empowerment, Rama assigned the book, The Last Temptation of Christ. He said he didn’t particularly like the book, especially the whole bit with Mary Magdalene, but saw that it was correct for us. That makes sense because the book is “fan fiction.” It’s not about the enlightenment of Christ, rather the author uses the story of Christ’s life to explore his own struggle for enlightenment. In short, it’s not a story about a buddha’s enlightenment, it’s a story about ours.
I was slipping in and out of consciousness when she came to me. My guardian angel. She gently removed the long iron nails from my hands and feet, kissed my wounds and helped me down from the cross. She said God was a god of Mercy, and took me to Mary, and we wed. Our union was full of joy, and relief, after so many years of denial and separation.
When Mary died, my angel took me to another. She said there was another to love. We had children and grew old together, slow and content. And as I was approaching the end of my life, the old disciples appeared. Judas, in particular, was furious. He berated me for living the life of a man, “What are you doing here? What business do you have here with women, with children? What’s good for a man, isn’t good for God. Why weren’t you crucified?” His disappointment was deep that I had chosen to live a human life, instead of establishing the Dharma.
I was stunned by his words. I hadn’t realized that the work had not been done. All the effort, all the joy, all of it, not completed. My angel revealed in that moment to be Satan.
“No! No! Nooo! This cannot be! NO—IT CANNOT BE! I want to be the Messiah!” And from this place of crystalized intent, I woke up, still on the cross. All of it a dream—the last temptation—conquered! “It is accomplished!”
It is accomplished.
Enlightenment Fan Fiction 