Review: 'Be a climber of mountains and collector of pearls!'
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 24, 2014
Klaus E. Berger is a brilliant Danish writer.  What Klaus E. Berger presents in this densely written book is alternative thoughts to those held by most religious groups. He introduces concepts about the Ancient Gospel, that not written in the form of oral tradition like the four Gospels, but the original aspects  - some of which such as Jesus' journey to India that have only recently been unearthed - and ignored by organized religion. Is that crowd control? Mob control? Or worse yet Mind control? Berger speaks up for reexamining truth, the original wonders of the teachings of Jesus.Truth? What is truth? That is the recurring question Berger asks. He returns to the teachings of Jesus and makes those teachings take on new meaning, a meaning not shrouded in pomp and ceremony but instead in love and truth. He removes the trappings history has covered the original truths and asks us to approach everything in a new, realistic light. It will help those who are considering investing time in this book to read a few excerpts. Those are offered here: `WHO IS THE SON OF GOD? Watch out for those religious names! There is so much superstition attached to them. Now, stay calm and keep both feet firmly on the ground! "The Devil" is an emblem of the origin of falsehood, that is, sin (Jesus called the Devil the father of sin) -- it is certainly not some man with horns on his head!! "God" is the origin of truth, the father of truth. When Jesus says, "I am the truth," then in the same emblematic language, he is "the son of God". "The Kingdom of God" is a place that must be sought within ourselves. "Who is the son of God? Who is the daughter of God? Even the company of them who turn from all evil and do righteousness, love mercy and walk reverently with their God. These are the sons and daughters of man who come up out of Egypt, to whom it is given that they should be called the sons and the daughters of God. And they are gathered from all tribes and nations and peoples and tongues." Who then are Israel -- God's chosen people? "My kingdom is not of this world, neither are all Israel which are called Israel. They in every nation who defile not themselves with cruelty, who do righteousness, love mercy and reverence all the works of God, who give succour to all that are weak and oppressed -- the same are the Israel of God." Jesus set things out quite logically! When asked to explain why he called himself "the son of God", he said (John 10,34-36): "Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken, Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God?" Jesus referred to this part in the Psalms of the Bible: "I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High." Why are we never told this kind of thing in church??`LIFE AND MATTER: All matter is composed of molecules, which in turn are composed of atoms. The atoms are composed of protons, electrons and neutrons. Neutrons occur when protons and electrons are combined. Protons are composed of quarks; quarks are composed of something else again. According to a new and quite fascinating theory, all these particles consist of "strings". The particles are classified according to the different oscillatory frequency of these strings. The four, so far incompatible, natural forces (strong and weak nu- clear force, electro-magnetic force and gravitational force), have been assembled in one theory, "the Theory Of Everything" (T.O.E.). But what do these strings consist of? If we were to arrive at a final component, consisting of nothing but itself, and yet the ultimate component of all matter, then we would be able to unite all natural laws in one single law. No one expects that this component, common to all matter, should be the very spirit -- the Unity that I wish to show you! This spirit is not just common to all matter, but also common to all life. It is the root of all things. Scientists will not, however, find it with their usual procedure, for no one is going to find the Unity by dividing it up into different components! The more we divide the Living, the more dark it becomes. The research performed by certain scientists is done in the spirit of Adam, is theft, and division of life, and man dies in Adam. "Woe betide the one who seeks the world within the world." The longer they persist in forcing their way into the divinity, the more dangerous things get. They analyze one note in order to get to grips with the whole symphony. Scientists at CERN in Geneva sometimes manage to transform particle velocity (kinetic energy) into matter. This process may be described mathematically, yet hardly understood. Suddenly, out of a complete vacuum, not only the particles themselves, but new matter materializes. That energy and Spirit should be two sides of the same coin, is also barely comprehensible; but these two make up the All. Energy consists of Spirit. In the past people did not know the concept of energy in the way that we do from classroom physics. Listen to how Jesus spoke for the Spirit: "I am the light that is over them all. I am The All. Everything issued from me, and The All expanded for me. Cleave the firewood, and I am there. Lift up the stone, and there willst thou find me!"  Remarkable! He that can truly master his spirit will thus also have the potential to control matter. The highest Spirit is God, for God is manifest in all things and is in every living form. "In like manner, ye live in God, and yet ye ask of me; "Shew us God!" God is in all things, and all things are in God."The largest of all constitutes the smallest. The largest is the smallest building block of all matter! As it is with the greatest, so it is with the least -- see the greatness and beauty of the universe! Science teaches us that life originates from matter. But quite the opposite is true; matter originates from life!'A long review, yes, but to convey the manner in which Klaus Berger thinks and shares it is only fitting to sample from the book. There is much to be considered in his writing. No, he is not the ultimate fount of knowledge nor does he claim to be. He simply wants us to question. Grady Harp, March 14