Did Jesus Suffer on The Cross?

To the extent that he would have been fully “dialed in” to his spiritual connection with “The Father” going into the experience, Jesus may indeed have been in a state of love and power enough to remain pleasantly above the suffering of the crucifixion. No physically incarnate being will be perfect in their communion with God at all times. An interpretation was given in Christ Returns: Speaks His Truth that Jesus experienced moments of turmoil during events leading up to the crucifixion, such as anger in the “cleansing of the temple”, feelings of dismay during the last supper and possibly frustration and abandonment in Gethsemane. Yet he was able to commune with “The Father” there and re-establish his connection powerfully enough to carry him through the crucifixion gracefully in this interpretation. The Jeshua Channelings by Pamela Kribbe says Jesus for one moment allowed himself to experience the full pain of the crucifixion and “It wasn’t fun”.

Whichever interpretation of the crucifixion you take with you should be one that is valuable to you because there is no one truth about the crucifixion. The past is not real but is a projection from out of the present and can be changed from your point of view. When it comes to interpretations of the past, including of the crucifixion, the less dramatic the better.

If it seems impossible to us that Jesus might have been unperturbed during the crucifixion, consider that he may have allowed it to occur in order to demonstrate that it is possible to be fully above this world and the body. Maybe he expected others to strive for this same way of being? Would the Buddha have given the following instruction to his disciples if he didn’t believe such things were possible for them?

"Monks, even if bandits were to savagely sever you, limb by limb, with a double-handled saw, even then, whoever of you harbors ill will at heart would not be upholding my teaching.

“Monks, even in such a situation you should train yourselves thus: Neither shall our minds be affected by this, nor for this matter shall we give vent to evil words, but we shall remain full of concern and pity, with a mind of love, and we shall not give in to hatred. “On the contrary, we shall live projecting thoughts of universal love to those very persons, making them, as well as the whole world, the object of our thoughts of universal love—thoughts that have grown great, exalted and measureless.”

So spoke the Buddha.