TOPICS: Portrait for people who need compassion – be not attached to any image of Jesus – not idolatry – Jesus does not fit into any mental box – experience Jesus in your heart –
Question: Jesus, Would you speak about a picture of you as you apparently appeared to Dewy and Veda Mauk, painted by Fern Beckham?
Answer from ascended master Jesus through Kim Michaels:
It is a viable portrait of me. The people who initiated the creation of this picture did have a true vision of me. The artist was indeed overshadowed by the Holy Spirit, and therefore the portrait is viable. However, it is a portrait that is specifically designed for people who need to feel my compassion. Obviously, people are in many different states of consciousness, and for those who are not facing a crisis, there is limited value in using this picture as a focus for tuning in to my vibration. It would be better to use other pictures of me, as you get direction from within.
What I am saying here is that you should not allow your outer mind to become attached to any particular image of me. You should always be open to letting your intuition, your Christ self, direct you to the image of me that you need at your current level of the spiritual path.
I hope you will also remember that I am more than any picture that could possibly be created in this world. No picture can capture the totality of my Being. This does not mean that it is wrong to use a picture in order to tune in to my vibration. Some Christians claim that according to the Bible’s command not to have any graven images, it is wrong to use any image of me. However, this command applies only to God and not to members of the ascended masters. It is perfectly legitimate to use a picture as a focus for your attention while you attempt to attune your consciousness to my vibration. Simply listen to your heart in order to find the image that appeals to you at your present level of the path. And then do not forget that I am more than the image.
I am indeed the real Jesus Christ who is more than any image, be it a physical image or a mental image, that human beings have created. The dualistic mind loves to create neat little mental boxes and then attempt to fit reality into them. Over the past 2,000 years, human beings trapped by the dualistic mind have created numerous boxes and have put the label “Jesus Christ” on them. Some boxes give a completely false image of me, while others are more accurate. Yet no box ever created by human beings can contain the totality of my Being.
I am not saying you should throw away your box. I am saying that you should constantly seek to expand your box and that you should allow your Christ self to give you the truth about me, the truth that will set you free from any mental images so that you can know my true Being within your heart. I am Jesus Christ, and you cannot fit me into a box in your head, but you can experience my Presence in your heart. If an image helps you have the direct experience, then that is good. If the image blocks the experience, it is time to recycel the paper.
Copyright © 2004 by Kim Michaels