Quantum Mysticism": Part 3, The Eternal Logos According to John

John 1:1-5,14  "In the beginning was the Word/Logos, and the Word/Logos was with God, and the Word/Logos was God.  (2)  He was in the beginning with God.  (3)  All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.  (4)  In Him/the Logos was life, and the life was the light of men.  (5)  And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it......  (14)  And the Word/Logos became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth."

Note: In the above passage from John's gospel, I have added "/Logos" to note that John did not say Jesus of Nazareth, but Logos. I do not point this out to say that Jesus was not the Logos Incarnate, but rather to explain that the Logos is greater.

The first claim that John makes about the Logos is that he was there in the beginning. While John anthropomorphized the Logos, and I am not certain that I think we should, "he" is the metaphor that I will use because it is the term John used. There are two more facts that John states about the Logos in the first verse. He was with God (in the beginning) and he WAS God. In verse two he goes on to explain that all things, every thing that was made was made through him. John then punctuated this fact by insisting that there was nothing made in the material world that was not made by the Logos. This alone makes the Logos an unfathomable source.

John goes on to say that in the Logos was life/zoe. This means that in the Logos was the animating force of the universe. Life as we know it was brought to fruition by him. This means life in the broadest sense, and includes the action of particles that creates the material universe. It also refers to the life that is in the plant and animal world. He goes on to make an abstract observation about life. The life is also the instrumentality of light or enlightenment to humanity. Therefore one can conclude that he is also the source of spiritual life. I think it is beneficial to pause and look at the definition of Logos. Here is the definition from Strong's Greek Lexicon: "From G3004; something said (including the thought); by implication a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension a computation; specifically (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (that is, Christ): - account, cause, communication, X concerning, doctrine, fame, X have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say (-ing), shew, X speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work." It is spoken word, written word, reason, and thought. In other words, it is consciousness. Therefore, it is safe to conclude that the Logos is the consciousness and conscious aspect of God. This is proof to me that God was never without the Logos and it is integral to God's existence. Without the Logos, God would not be God.

Verse fourteen states that the word became flesh and dwelt among men. However, there is another interesting verse in between verse 5 and 14. John 1:10  "He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him." The Logos was in the world before becoming flesh and the world was unaware of him. Could it be that our consciousness is the Logos as well and we just did not realize it? I think that is likely the case. The purpose then of the Logos becoming flesh in Jesus was to reveal to all of us that the Logos was already in the world through us. When Genesis explains that we were created in the image of God, it is likely referring to having Logos consciousness. When you add the idea that John wrote about in his first letter, that as he is, in the world so are we, it adds validity to the idea that we have been the Logos incarnate all along and were simply not aware of it. I still believe that Jesus was unique as the incarnation of the Logos, but it may only be the result of his perfect faith. Also, the fullness of the Logos is everywhere in the entire universe. It therefore is far greater than could be limited to one human being even Jesus. 

I believe this is where the Logos becomes a mediator. Paul taught according to the letter to Titus that there is one God and one mediator between God and humanity. Jesus certainly is that mediator. He mediates a covenant. The covenant that he mediates allows the following: It is possible for everyone to have complete and intimate knowledge of God. Everyone means from the least to the greatest. The second aspect of the covenant is that God is not keeping an accounting of wrongs. There are those who would argue that this covenant is for Israel alone. But the prophet Isaiah says differently. He wrote, Isa 55:1-3  "Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk Without money and without price.  (2)  Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance.  (3)  Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you—The sure mercies of David." The covenant is for EVERYONE! To clarify, what are the sure mercies of David? Well, they are the benefits of the Logos Incarnate. Jesus the mediator is the sure mercies of David. The thing that must be kept in mind is that it is for everyone. Isaiah did not mention the necessity of saying the magic words or praying a magic prayer. Incline your ear.... Listen that is all that is necessary.

This is what John was inspired to write about the Logos and next, I promise, we will look at the Logos revealed to Lao Tzu and see that the Logos and the Tao are synonymous.