Christ is not physical. Christ means ultimate Truth.

Many  biblical  insights  lead to non dual  Self-awareness. Since people  are stuck with the physicalized meaning of  the insights it is becomes difficult to grasp the real essence of the Bible.     

Christ is not physical.  Christ means  ultimate Truth. To know the truth one has to accept the the soul, the innermost self  as Christ . The soul or Christ   has no religion, thus the religion is for those who think Christ   is outside of their soul.    The insights in the Bible, which is in the form of parables, leads  to Self -awareness or Christ consciousness.  

Brahman –means ultimate truth. Sri, Sankara said- Atman is Brahman-, which means soul, is ultimate reality. Thus, he said world is illusion Brahman alone is real and everything is Brahman. –spiritually it means the whole experience of diversity[waking] is created out of the soul, and sustained by soul and finally dissolves as soul. Therefore, there is no second thing other than soul/ Brahman, which is non dual.  

Emptiness means-- Buddha’s nature-  that is the nature of the soul or consciousness, the innermost self.  that is empty of duality (waking). The naked mind is the soul or Christ or  Buddha. 

Thus, every religion is indicating the ultimate truth is the formless soul, the innermost self.  The seeker of truth follows Christ, not Christianity, because Jesus never followed religion to become one with the Christ( ultimate truth). 

 

The soul or consciousness is the cause of the universe and it itself is un-caused. Thus creation and creator are one in essence.   That essence is consciousness.  Thus consciousness is ultimate truth and ultimate truth is Brahman or God. On the stand point of formless soul or consciousness there is neither creator nor creation. 

Every religionists, yogis and theorist (ignorant) are saying their own accepted truth, over and over again. They are merely propagating their truth, but none of them are able to establish it with certainty, which can be verified here and now, not in the next life or next world. 

That is why Sri Sankara, indicated  in Bhaja Govindam says: - [Jnana Viheena Sarva Mathena Bajathi na Muktim janma Shatena] - one without knowledge does not obtain liberation even in a hundred births, no matter which religious faith he follows. 

Simply repeating or reading or hearing what scriptures say or whatever god men or guru says does not make one a Gnani. Seeker should not accept anything as truth without verification. 

Buddhism says: all things are illusory and noting exists.  However, Advaita avers that it is not so.  It says that the universe of course is illusory, but there is Brahman, that exists forming the very substratum of all things.

Luke 17

20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, "The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, 'Lo here! or, lo there!' for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you."

This means that the "kingdom of God" (heaven) is within - it is not a place to be reached, rather the truth of one’s true existence, which is beyond form, time and space. 

The formless soul or consciousness is the innermost self   and it is the cause of the form, time and space and it itself is un-caused. Thus soul or spirit is the ultimate truth or Brahman or Christ or Buddha’s nature. 

  

Corinthians 3:17:  Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

 According to the New Testament, Jesus said to his disciples: ‘To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but for others they are in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand’ (Luke, 8:10). While speaking to the multitude in a veiled manner, ‘privately to his own disciples he explained everything’ (Mark, 4:34), and advised them not to ‘throw your pearls before swine’ (Matthew, 7:6).

Therefore Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is necessary to realize the ultimate truth. Self –Knowledge or Brahma Gnana it is only for those who has intense urge to know the ultimate truth or Brahman or Inner Buddha or Christ.   

That is why Jesus said: - not to ‘throw your pearls before swine’ (Matthew, 7:6). (Swine here means is ignorant).  –FB –FP –BCG

Seeker of truth will follow path of truth not Hinduism to become one with ultimate truth or  Brahman. Seeker of truth will follow Buddha not Buddhism to get Nirvana.