Being Prepared for Death

Well, in fact, there are two remarks of Christ, which very much cover this in my understanding. One remark of is there are in two separate gospels. One remark is give one to Caesar. What is Caesar? What does that mean?

That there is the ordinary kingdom. Life goes on. And one needs to undertake the actual corresponding life practices. But then the other remark of his, which is very important is my kingdom is not of this world. So he's calling us to another level, another realm, whatever we mean by these words.

Of course, one can put this in a very low level. My kingdom could simply for some people, I'm a Christian. I'm gonna conquer the world, which is what actually happened from the sixteenth century onwards. The whole planet was ruled by people, a Christian background. Because in Christianity, more than in any other religion, secular and spiritual powers got very intimately connected with each other, starting actually with April constantine in the fourth century. But in any case, the point I'm more making is if we look at these two remarks of Christ, One is hardly to be against Caesar. I don't mean by Caesar, just the king.

That's I'm just using that as an expression. The world. Gave on to Caesar, what is Caesar? One needs to undertake the actual livelihood. And if I have children, I need to take care of their education, their clothing, etcetera, etcetera.

But if at the same time, the people here could also remember that my kingdom is not of this world. This is not a remark of just an ordinary person. We are speaking about somebody who, even within the whole Christian tradition, would be regarded as one with god. So in my judgment, those are really the two calls, by absolutely no means to be against the requirement in the world. Which is why I say to be what is required for that is a reasonably good mind, good body, and more and more freedom from me me me.

At my own level, I need to understand how do I assist whatever I can assist. But also then to remember that whatever I'm calling Ravi, is only temporarily here, and my kingdom is not of this world, as Christ said.