A viewer asks: “I mentioned to a co-worker that we don’t necessarily need Jesus to reach God because God is already within us. He responded with the scripture that says, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me.” So he obviously has that belief ingrained due to religion and it is probably really hard to change, especially if he really believes it. My question is, if Jesus Christ really said this, was this his “higher self” talking through him? Was Jesus Christ a channeler? So when he said this, it wasn’t really meant that him, the physical person was the way but that the higher self within all of us was the way. Therefore, none of us can reach God unless we’re aware of our higher selves. Am I interpreting this correctly?”

It is interesting and gratifying to us how close to the truth of things you actually are with this perception. It is very much the case that this famous quotation from Jesus Christ is not meant to deify himself as an object of veneration and worship, but the idea of reaching to the divine in general, as he was doing in all he did as a living, breathing, human being in his incarnation. Christ very specifically talked about God in many of his teachings, as in saying "My father's house is within" being another quote speaking to the idea all can reach the divine within themselves as a gateway. An interesting fact few people know beyond your channel, is that Jesus Christ indeed had a higher self he spoke with all day long and that was Yours Truly—he was reaching God directly. That is how he could be so on target, again, and again, and again, in many challenging circumstances when he would do the right thing, say the right thing, and offer the right counsel to many others who sought him out with many troubles and pressing concerns of the day. He was open to all, a friend to all, and a help to all, by turns, insofar as he was able to as a human being with all of those constraints, meaning how long he could work before exhaustion and the need for sleep intruded. So the take-home message here is exactly as you have concluded, not to turn to Jesus Christ alone as the personification of the deity in all respects, but to look at his example and the life he lived, how he conducted himself, and the teachings he gave about love and serving a higher cause, and to use his example as something to pattern after.