Yes...but there are three kinds of Jesus.
First, there is THE HISTORICAL JESUS, the man who lived more than two thousand years ago and whose teachings are the foundation of Christian theology and thought.
Next there is JESUS THE SON OF GOD, who has come to embody an institutional religion with specific dogma, a priesthood, and devout believers. And finally,
there is the third Jesus, THE COSMIC CHRIST, the spiritual guide whose teaching embraces all humanity, not just the church built in his name. He speaks to the individual who wants to find God as a personal experience, to attain what some might call grace, or God-consciousness, or enlightenment.
When we take Jesus literally, we are faced with the impossible. How can we truly “love thy neighbor as thyself”? But when we see the exhortations of Jesus as invitations to join him on a higher spiritual plane, his words suddenly make sense.