Jesus – ‘do not love the world or things in the world’

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Also see:

The Non-Dual Vision of Jesus Christ

Jesus and non-duality

The following quotes are taken from the Bible, and whilst they are taken out of context, together they do reveal a certain power of their own, pointing out the need to turn away from the world towards Source Within (‘the Father’):

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 John 2:15

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
James 4:4

And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
1 John 2:17

If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and  children and brothers and sisters, yes, even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
Luke 14.26

…the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.
1 John 5:19

…we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:18

For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Romans 8:13

So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.
Luke 14:33

…the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
John 1:5

Jesus answered, ‘My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.
John 18:36

No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Matthew 6:24

Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you.
1 John 3:13

Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.
Luke 6:26

If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
John 15:18-19

For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world.
1 John 2:16

Tom’s interpretation: whilst all is from ‘the Father’ (ie. Source), this type of teaching exposition is given to show us that these types of desires for sense-objects and object-based happiness actually lead us away from liberation. i.e. all objective phenomena (‘all that is in the world’) are ephemeral manifestations of Maya. It is only when we lovingly attend to the Source Within, ‘the Father’, which is both the path of Knowledge and the culmination of the Path of Love, that we realise our already inherent unity with Him (or Her or That).

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Hebrews 13:5

I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
John 17:14

His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed
Daniel 7:14

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
John 14:27

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
Collosians 3:2

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it. And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.”
Luke 9:23-24

He [Jesus] turned and said to Peter, ‘Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.’”
Matthew 16:23

One day Jesus invited a man to follow Him and become His disciple—but the man refused. He said he would follow Jesus later, but first he wanted to go bury his father. Jesus responded, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead”
Matthew 8:22.

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
1 Corinthians 15:22

6 thoughts on “Jesus – ‘do not love the world or things in the world’

  1. Have you not seen the parody my friend?

    You speak about non duality and beauty of being Nothing. No one.

    And yet i see a lot of ‘Tom das’ stamped on all of these articles.
    Also on Some quotes you share.

    What is the need of stamping your name? Is it not much amazing to be a nobody?

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