It's amazing the backflips people will do to acknowledge Jesus while downplaying what He really said. New-agers attempt to legitimize their own teachings by showing that they grok the whole Jesus thing. It's name-dropping of the highest order.
It may be a stimulating intellectual exercise to equate Jesus with Buddha or any other spiritual leaders, but it can only be done by people who hear what Jesus said second-hand. If you take the time to study the New Testament and what Jesus actually had to say, you will find that He left no middle ground. Michaelbe is quite right. He was either who He said He was, or He was a complete nutcase. Gleaning pearls of wisdom from a nutcase borders on mental masterbation.
He said He was the son of God, not an enlightened man. He said He was the Messiah, not a buddha. He said that He was the ONLY path to God, not just another option on the path to nirvana.
Should we model Him? Sure. Can we achieve what He did? Not a chance. We can only do our best. Everyone should make their own decision about Jesus but they should do it based on their own research into what He said, not based on what some guru-wannabe has decided.
Is there a New Age aura to Photoreading? Absolutely. Is that dangerous? Perhaps, to the extent that you let it lead you deeper into the New Age pablum. Is there a direct problem with Photoreading? Doubtful. It's a technique for dealing with written material. If you pull the New Age hokum out of some of the descriptions, you do not lessen the value of the techniques.
