Breaking the Chains

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Most traditions agree that Jesus wanted his followers to ‘love one another’. Jesus maintains that there is a God, that people should believe him when he says there is a God, and that love is the way to everlasting life. Jesus became convinced there was a God after being baptized: ‘he saw the heavens opened, and that Spirit like a dove descending upon him’. Although there is very little in the religion of YHWH (other than the winged chariot seen by some prophets) that can be associated with a supernatural bird, such a bird is often associated with a sun god or sun goddess. In ancient Egyptian religion the bird spirit is shown as a white circle with white wings. It seems the religion of Jesus could be connected to ancient religions that feature a sunbird. Such religions are amongst the earliest known. In some places they were replaced by dragon religions.

In part one of Breaking the Chains emphasis followed Indo-European threads. They led to humankind’s first religion. That religion may have featured a sun goddess or sun mother. In part two of Breaking the Chains emphasis followed Hebrew and Christian traditions. All Christian traditions assume Jesus is the Jewish Messiah mentioned by the prophets. Jewish tradition rejects the idea that Jesus is the Messiah. There appears to be no discernable connection between Judaism and ancient solar religions. However, the supernatural bird spirit encountered by Jesus is probably identifiable as the sunbird. Jesus could actually have seen an abstract form: a white circle with working white wings; a unique kind. The Hindu Rig Veda contains a poem entitled The Bird. It purports to be a sighting of the sunbird. The religion of Jesus appears to connect more significantly with religions similar to the solar religion of ancient Egypt than it does with Judaism.

Bruce Lee valued Taoism and Buddhism over Christianity. Buddhism and Taoism are religions generated by men. Christianity is presented as a religion generated by a divine being. Symbols generated by Christianity suggest its roots reach back to solar religions of ancient times. The first religion appeared in Europe more than 24 000 years ago. The sun was important in that religion. Had Bruce Lee been aware of the apparent connection between Christianity and ancient solar religions similar to the religion of ancient Egypt, he would have had to place a different value on Christianity. That would probably have forced him to amend his decision: it is doubtful Bruce would have remained a Christian, but he may have been inspired to investigate its symbols (morning star and bird spirit), which seem to appear by paranormal or supernatural means, more thoroughly. Would Bruce have knowingly settled for less than the truth?