In The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore, spiritual author and teacher, Deepak Chopra, sets forth an evocative notion that in addition to the “historical” Jesus and “the one appropriated by Christianity,” there is a third Jesus, “who taught his followers how to reach God-consciousness.” This focus on Consciousness will likely be a new way for Christians to think about Jesus, and Chopra provides a wonderful context for thinking about Jesus in a new light. Chopra explores Jesus’s vision for human existence via eight areas, including nature, society, relationships, psychology, emotions, behavior, biology, and metaphysics, and contrasts it with how the reality of existence in these areas was actually experienced.

Chopra cuts through the history and the cloak of organized religion and gets straight to the heart of Jesus’s teachings. He presents ten key topics “that cover every significant teaching about consciousness spoken in Jesus’s own voice.” Chopra provides the teachings (quotes from Jesus or the Gospels) and explains his interpretation of their meaning, shedding light on the how the teachings can be applied in working toward God-consciousness.

A thought-provoking study guide, which you’ll want to return to time and time again to fully grasp the depth of its teachings. Through The Third Jesus, you’ll learn:

• The nine things “Jesus taught to be essentials of a spiritual life”
• Who the Gnostics were, about the Gnostic Gospels, and why they are important in understanding “God-consciousness”
• Chopra’s interpretation of the phrase “The Kingdom of God is Within”
• What Jesus teaches about love, grace, faith, revelation and redemption, meditation, contemplation, prayer, karma, unity, the “World as Illusion,” and about “Jesus and the Self”
• Five arguments regarding who the “real” Jesus is and which argument the author accepts
• Tips on how to live in the present and the qualities that comprise the present moment
• Jesus’s teachings about consciousness
• Key points on the road toward God-consciousness