Dr. Dahesh

2008-11-26 05:05:00

Thought I would make a few comments on Dr. Dahesh (whose real name was Salim Moussa El-Achi) who is claimed to be the 20th incarnation of the Christ and has been discussed here for a while.

A seeker's first thought may be to consider him a charlatan. But then when you read the list of miracles he is purported to have performed one has to immediately take him more seriously than the majority of others out there who are claiming to be Christ. Most such claimants have little, but a big ego to back up their words.

His followers claim he is like Christ because of his miracles, but they neglect to examine the areas where he is not like the Master.

Here are some:

Initiation. Christ initiated a movement and teaching that attracted billions of followers. Dahesh has only 40,000 worldwide.

Of course it is remotely possible that he could accumulate a large following over a period of time.

It looks like the main thing he has going for him is his attested miracles. As far as I can tell there are no groundbreaking teachings or works like those presented by Jesus which are necessary to create great change or attract a large following.
Jesus taught his disciples how to make a spiritual connection so they could perform the same miracles that he did. There seems to be no record of followers performing miracles like Dahesh did.
Dahesh was apparently quite wealthy and gathered millions of dollars worth of art and additional millions of dollars worth of books to the 250,000 volumes in his private library.

I think art is an important part of society, but it seems odd that a Christ figure would spend so much money collecting it.

He is called a Doctor even though he has only about a year for formal education. I cannot find an explanation for this.
The followers of Christ were aggressive in taking the Masters message to the world and presenting teachings without cost. Even though Dahesh wrote 150 books I can't find one for sale at Amazon and I can't find a way to order any of his books that are published. You'd think they'd publish a couple of his books on the web and make them available for download.
Suppose you do think he was an incarnation of Christ, what then? There is no plan of action outside of suggesting we accept him as a Christ figure. Seems kind of an odd legacy for a master.
He died at the age of 75 of a heart attack. You'd think a Christ figure would live to be at least 100 before he would die of natural causes.

Conclusion:

It is possible he was closely linked to a Master for he did seem to be a benevolent person as a whole and did seem to perform miracles. It is even possible he was an incarnation of a master, but he has not had the impact on the world that one would expect from the coming of Christ.

It is predicted a religion will be formed around him. We'll see what happens then.