The "Ways of Christ" texts are based on decades of theoretical and practical interaction with the various possibilities for pursuing a path with Jesus Christ; they were not simply compiled from various writings. So it exists thanks to God, and Jesus, and everyone who has contributed to it.
Sometimes even accounts known to have been passed along from the history of God-seekers became understandable only through our own meditative walk along this path not simply by adopting the accounts. In particular, our search led us through the various views found in literature to realizations, experiences and developments that could not have been derived simply out of theological literature and the like. It was actually possible to gain such realizations through every situation we encountered in life ("The wind blows where it wishes," John 3) and there was often something different to be learned than what the particular authors or others thought should be learned from it.
So, the issue revolves more around internal
and external realities that can be experienced, rather than an administration of
views that have been published, which are mentioned as a point of reference and
comparison.
Preference
will be given to primary literature. We will not, however, provide extensive
citations such as page numbers, etc., for texts whose studies may have been
conducted decades ago, as this does not affect the results of our text; indeed,
this would involve a considerable amount of work but may be done at some future
point.
The biblical account, in particular, can be seen as a "source"; but
with the help of a meditative trial to get the intuitive connection to a reality behind it,
and not only as a literary reception in the strictest sense.
The purpose of the texts which were not originally planned to be published was to present "illustrations" for those who were open to the material, which were intended to facilitate understanding in a liberating way. The aim was not for the authors to impress readers or to be lauded in any way.
The study of the "Ways of Christ" does not require any prior theological knowledge; in fact, sometimes this can hinder the further pursuit ofknowledge, especially if only one theological line of thought has been studied in depth.
Reference to a complete version for print, and to the Copyright, Project Ways of Christ