Quote from Cache Landing:
And if baptism is not necessary, why does anyone get baptized and why was Christ himself baptized "to fullfill all righteousness"?
Baptism in water is not necessary. I was baptized by John because the Spirit led me to do so on a path to know my Self.
There is only symbolism in baptism.
If you understand the symbol that the Spirit uses, you can use the understanding to know your Self and be saved.
I was baptized
with everyone else meaning, I am the Son of God
with everyone else.
I was not baptized any different from any other of John's baptisms, meaning
I am not different.
The denial of differences in the Son of God is your salvation.
Otherwise, you will never know that there is but
one Son of God, and you are That One.
There was a voice at my baptism that said, "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased." Many who heard it took that to mean just me. But I took it to mean all who were seeking the truth through the light that John was sharing.
There is yet other symbolism in baptism. But if you don't understand the symbol, it is worthless to your salvation.
For baptism to be meaningful toward your salvation, you will want to understand that it symbolizes the washing of the mind of the concept of guilt.
From a metaphysical point of view, the body cannot exist without the concept of guilt held in the mind.
So baptism also symbolizes the washing away of the body from the mind of Christ. For the body is a symbol of guilt. It would never even seem to exist were it not for the idea of guilt that lodges in the mind of Christ. It is this unfounded concept of guilt that gives rise to the phenomenon of birth in a body.
Guilt lodges itself in the deep crevices of the unconscious mind. Water symbolizes the way to wash it out until it is completely gone.
John symbolizes one who looks for light from beyond this world. He was not yet completely aware that the light comes from within, and not from without. And this is because guilt blocks the awareness of light within your mind.
John still held a belief in guilt. And while he was busy washing that mind symbolically through baptism, the "light of the world" came to him, and he recognized it.
Symbols are for teaching. In and of themselves they do nothing.
I, Jesus, am a symbol. I cannot save you unless you are willing to understand what symbols mean. And then it is your willingness that saves you...your willingness to clear guilt from your mind.
The way to wash guilt from your mind is to forgive. When you forgive "others", you reverse the law of perception and you begin to see yourself as innocent. This is because "others" are still within your mind, acting out the guilt that you think is yours. As you forgive them - see them as innocent - your mind is washed of guilt. With practice, you can wash it all out. Baptism means you are committing to a process of washing, no matter how long it may take.
This is the baptism that saves you because it restores your mind to its natural God-given state of innocence. Here is where you find your power restored.
This is a process. The process is called "Atonement". It is not until you wash away guilt from your mind that you will accept the guiltless awareness of atonement completely, and know yourself as
one with the Father.
If you baptize a baby, all it means is that you are aware that there would be no such thing as birth in bodies without a concept of guilt in the mind of Christ. By baptizing a baby, you are merely committing yourself to raising the child in a way that washes this concept of guilt from their mind. You commit to seeing them as the Christ child instead. You are committing to the process of forgiveness. And in this way, you forgive yourself for what you have not done, and wash your mind clear.
Jesus
