Reconciler: The Gospel of Thomas

Introduction

    The Gospel of Thomas was never meant to be excluded from the collected works that became known as the New Testament. Politics of the times created rivalries, that to “prove” their side, corrupted and led to the exclusion of opposing viewpoints.

     In the first century there were differences of

experiences of Jesus’ life and teachings. They were co-existing ministries, often in the same or near-by neighbor relationships.

     As the rival Apostles dispersed or died, the rivalries lived on in their Disciples. Each rewriting of Gospels according to various students added redactions to strengthen the stand or refute opposing views.

     As Romans used the differing viewpoints as proof of the non-validity of Jesus’ life came to a head in the fourth century a legend of the Apostles Creed was

formulated. This creed was credited to the original

Apostles agreement on Orthodoxy. However the first

historical reference of the Apostles Creed was in a letter from approximately 390 A.D. from a letter of St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan.

     The imagery of Heretics branching from this Creed is in error. The diversity of the Early Years being narrowed more closely resembled a multiple stream system narrowed to a single channel. This channel became a single small spillway when Orthodoxy was solidified. This channel did not split again until The Reformation.

     Victors in most struggles write history. Christian Emperors held the power to appoint or exile Bishops. The Emperor’s favor alternated between Trinitarian and Arian factions. Each power shift was reflected in alternating views of ‘True Orthodoxy’. The role of ‘Heretic’ also alternated with this flux. The power shift happened five times.

     The Nicene Creed was solidified when the

Trinitarian faction was in the Emperor’s favor. Any Gospels that did not agree with the Trinitarians were assigned to the role of ‘Heretical’ from that point onward.

     The followers of the teachings of the Apostle Thomas were put in this category. The Thomas Christians thrived until the sixteenth century in Eastern areas of the Middle East, including but not limited to Syria. At that time Jesuits among others pressured the changes that are now in effect, though the phrase Thomas Christian has survived to this day.

     The additional books of Thomas are as flawed because of redactions as any other Gospel in written form today. The Laws of Man have diluted the words inspired by Jesus’ life and The Ones intent.

     The original work of the Apostle Thomas, The Gospel of Thomas in its original form found in the Greek fragments were meant to be a sort of Adaptive DNA for The New Testament. The time and need for that adaptability of this Gospel has come. For many reasons this interpretation of the Gospel of Thomas will be fought.

     One huge problem with the world today is the

unnecessary schism between reasonable rational use of

intellect and the never-ending search for connection with The One. The One encourages the practice of both in tandem not the current state of acrimony. This needless misunderstanding is stunting the full potential for both spiritual and intellectual growth. This is not benefiting either side of the argument.

     There are many reasons for this job to fall to me, but just know that by bringing it out of its obtuse form, as written by the Apostle Thomas, will help the world reconcile the opposing positions at this point in history. I hope you find something of value in this version.            

 

 Reconciler: Gospel of Thomas

 

     These are the Words spoken by Jesus and written down by Didymos Judas Thomas, twin brother of Jesus and Apostle.

 (1) And he said, “ Whoever finds the interpretation of these sayings will not experience death.”

 (2) Jesus said, “If you seek, do not stop until you find. When you find, you will probably be disturbed, but this will transform into awe, in that awe you will understand that you are part of The One.”

 (3) Jesus said, “ If your leaders say, ’The kingdom is in the sky,’ then the birds of the air will get to Heaven before you.  If the leaders say, “ Heaven is in the sea,” the fish will get to Heaven before you.”  “Instead know that Heaven is inside of you, and Heaven is outside of you. If you learn who you truly are, you will step into the presence of The One, and you will know that you are the children of The One. If you do not seek to find your true self, you live in the dark, you are part of the dark, and you aid the darkness of the world.”

 (4) Jesus said, “An old person who dares to see the wisdom in the eyes of a seven day old infant will know how to know Heaven, and be born again. Many who are first will be last by service to The One.”

 (5) Jesus said, “Become aware of your world, and what was hidden will be obvious for you. There is nothing that was hidden that will not be obvious.”

 (6) Jesus’ students asked him, “Should we fast? How do you want us to pray? Should we give money for the poor? What special food should we eat?”

     Jesus said, “Tell no lies, and do everything with Love, because in this way all that was hidden will be obvious. Do not fast, you will sin; The One knows your bodies need nourishment. Prayer by formula will condemn you, talk to The One from your heart instead. Do not give to the poor indirectly, because this will harm your soul. Give of your heart and self directly.

     When you go to another land be respectful of their customs. Then if they accept you, eat what they offer you. This acknowledges their act of hospitality. Heal anyone with them who in need of healing. What you put in your mouth will not hurt your soul. But what you say can poison your soul if it is not true or said with malice.” 

 (7) Jesus said, “Blessed is the ravening wild animal which becomes a person when consumed by a person. This is the evolution of the Soul. Cursed is the person who the ravening wild beast consumes, and the person becomes a ravening wild animal. This is being ruled by animal passions.”

 (8) Jesus said, “A fisherman who drags his trawling net through the water, and hauling the net up full of scrap fish, but finds a prize fish among the scrap fish would be wise to keep the prize fish knowing that it alone was worth the fuel and trip out. Seek the higher Truth, which is Love.”

 (9) Jesus said, “ The farmer broadcasting seed had some fall on the road; the waiting birds ate them. Some seed fell on rocky soil, which made them sprout but their roots found no soil so they did not bear any grain. Some seed fell in the bramble, which over shadowed the seed and the bugs ate them. Some of the broadcast seed fell on cleared good soil. They alone produced grain. This yielded sixty bushels of grain per acre and with the help of Angels a yield doubled to a hundred and twenty bushels per acre.”

 (10) Jesus said, “I have lit a match to light the world, which I am shielding until it becomes a bon fire.”

 (11) Jesus said, “The Earth and the Solar System will cease to exist. Those who, walking in the dark, are not alive though they walk around. Those who walk in the light and are aware are not dead and will not die. You consume what is dead, but by eating it, it becomes part of you and alive again. When you live in the light, how will you live? When you were born The One in you became two. You became body and soul, how will you reconcile the needs of both?”

 (12) Jesus’ students asked, “Who will lead us when you are gone?”

     Jesus answered, “ Ask The One for guidance. But, my youngest brother James the Just can be of help to because he is the salt of the Earth.”

 (13) Jesus asked his students, “Whom do I remind you of, who do you think I am?”

     Peter said to him, though he recanted later because of pressure from John, “I see you are a righteous angel.”

     Mathew said, “You are a wise philosopher.”

     Thomas said, “You are my Master, more I am not able to say.”

     Jesus acknowledged their answers, “I am all you say and more, but I am not your Master, but a servant like you will become when you fully know The One. Because you have freely consumed my knowledge, you have become drunk from the bubbling spring, which I have shared. I share what you can understand at this time.”

     Taking Thomas with him Jesus walked a little ways off, telling Thomas three things. Jesus stayed to pray. Thomas returning to the other students, they asked him, “What secrets did Jesus share with you?”

     Thomas said, “If I share even one thing with you, you will want to stone me to death for blasphemy. The stones would then turn on you, burning and consuming you in the flames.”

 (14) (Combined with # 6)

 (15) Jesus said, “When you meet one that is born of a woman, but shines from within, they are messengers or Angels from The One. You will know them by their fruit of unconditional Love.”

 (16) Jesus said, “You may think that it is peace that I bring the world. You do not understand. I bring fire to cleanse the disease. I bring the sword of truth, which is Love. I am here to battle for your souls. You may stand alone if you follow me because there will be greed, hate, and lies from others. This will set the three against the two and the father against the son. And the daughter will stand against the mother. And the Clergy against the congregation.”

 (17) Jesus said, “I will show you what no eye has seen. I will tell you what no ear has heard. I will let you feel what no hand has felt. I will inspire you with things that have never been thought in a human mind. Always seek to know more, and it will be given.”

 (18) Jesus’ students asked, “How will the Universe end?” 

     Jesus said, “Why do you seek to know the end when you do not know how everything began? The beginning is where you will discover the end. Someday a person will discover how everything began. With that knowledge they will know the end as well. Knowing the beginning and the end will forever unite them with The One. This knowing will not come from the mind alone, but in the unity of mind and spirit. (Note: String Theory)   

 (19) Jesus said, “Your soul is blessed when you are aware and chose to come to Earth to learn, to become more.  If you listen to my words and become my students, even these stones will teach you about the Earth. There is a separate place that is Heaven; it is a place of learning. It has a library that is never destroyed, where all knowledge is preserved even when strife, darkness, and Evil walk the Earth. The knowledge that is stored there for you will be revealed as people can understand what is shared”

 (20) The disciples said to Jesus, “What is Heaven like?”

     Jesus told them, “A small seed like a mustard seed that falls on fertile cleared soil, like the open mind of a three year old child will produce a great plant. Growing in the light and beauty of The One to maturity becomes shelter to all the souls that like birds fill the sky.”

 (21) The Apostle Mary Magdalene asked Jesus, “What are your students like?

     Jesus said, “They are like children playing in a field which is controlled by bullies.  When the bullies of the field come saying, “We will let you stay if you play by our rules.”  The children seeing the lies, will undress unashamed, and taking nothing the bullies offer with them, they will leave the field. 

     “If a person knows that a thief is going to break in and burglarize their home, they will stay vigilant. You should guard against the World. Guard against Hate and Lies. Protect yourselves well because the danger is always present. The Price of freedom is constant Vigilance.”

     Let there be people of understanding among you, because when the grain is ripe it will be time to preserve the harvest. The One will reap with the sickle. Grain must be harvested before it can be dried. If dried properly it can be reborn. If neglected, and left to dried on the stalk many will mold or spoil.”

 (22) When Jesus saw suckling infants, he said to his students, these suckling infants are from The One. Being like them is the way to enter Heaven.”

     They asked Jesus, “If we are innocent like children can we enter Heaven?”

     Jesus said, “You must reconcile the two becoming one again. You must make the inside like the outside and the outside like the inside. You must make the above like the below. You must make the male and the female one and the same. You must make the male not be only male, and the female not only female. There will come a time when you are able to craft an eye to replace an eye, and a hand to replace a hand, and a foot to replace a foot, and rebuild a likeness in place of a likeness; then will you enter The Kingdom.”

 (23) Jesus said, “There will be a time when I shall choose among you. I will choose one out of a thousand, and two out of ten thousand. Those that I choose will stand with us in the One, as the Next Generation Angels.”

 (24) Jesus’ students said, “We see you standing here but also in Heaven. We seek to stand in your footprints. We want to find that path.”

     He said to them, “When there is light inside a person, it lights up the whole world. When the light does not fill a person they do not shine, they walk in the dark, and can not light the way for others.”

 (25) Jesus said, “Love everyone like your own soul, protect them like the pupil of your own eye.”

 (26) Jesus said, “Forget the sawdust in your brother’s eye, until you can have the wisdom to remove the beam from your own eye.  Then you will see more clearly how to remove the sawdust from your brother’s eye.”

 (27) Jesus said, “If you do not practice moderation regarding the World, you will not find Heaven. Practice moderation in all things except Love. Do good on the Sabbath not the things of man. In this way you will see the glorious shining face of The One.”

 (28) Jesus said, “I came to live in the flesh. I came to live as a man. I found all people were drunk. I found none of them thirsty. No one was seeking truth. My soul cries for the people of the Earth. They are blind in their hearts and they do not see anything. They came into the world to learn and become better. The Liar and that brood empty them. They have become dissipated, stagnant, and self-satisfied. Light will come again, because I will light the way with fire. For the moment they are intoxicated. When they shake off the wine of this lost life, then they will thirst again in regret.” 

 (29) Jesus said, “If the flesh was guided into being because of spirit, it is a wonder. But if spirit is guided to new growth because of the body, it is a wonder of wonders. Indeed, I am amazed at how this great wealth has been made to come about because they are joined in this hard place of the World.”

 (30) Jesus said, “Where there is a trinity of gods, they are a human fabrication. Where The One holds all, there I am, as a child as well as a beloved servant.”

 (31) Jesus said, “No prophet is accepted in their own home town. No physician tries to heal those who know him.”

 (32) Jesus said, “A city built on a high mountain and fortified will not fall, but it also can not be hidden.” “To do the right thing you earn protecting Love, but with visibility it makes you a target.”

 (33) Share from the housetops what I will tell you. Remember what I say in the right ear but also hear me with your left ear. (Note: right and left sides of the brain.)   No one can be a light in the darkness without trying to share that illumination. Everyone who enters this person’s presence will see its light. Not acting on truth gives consent to the lies. Your silence can not shield you.”

 (34) Jesus said, “If a person who is blind tries to lead an other person who is blind, they will both fall into the hands of the Liar. Awaken so that you might see. By being awake and being able to see, you in turn can lead those who are still blinded. Awaken those who are still caught in their own nightmares.”

 (35) Jesus said, “It is not possible for a burglar to enter the house of a strong man unless he binds the strong man, while is not awake, first.”

 (36) Jesus said, “If you trust The One you will have no desire to think about what you will wear, your needs are known.“

 (37) Jesus’ students asked, “How will you come to us? When will we see you and The One after your body dies?”

     Jesus said, “When you are without shame, and facing the world with innocence like little children, because to be innocent is to see The One. When you are freed from fear, leaving your body behind you will see me again, being a true child of The One.”

 (38) Jesus said, “Many times in the past you have hungered to hear what I am saying to you now. You have no one else to hear them from. There will be times when you seek me and you will not be able to find me. Keep seeking, you will find me again.”

 (39) Jesus said, “The Priests and the bureaucrats have stolen the keys for accessing Knowledge and hidden them.  They refuse to enter. They have also blocked those seeking to enter.  You must be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves.”

 (40) Jesus said, “A grapevine planted outside of the One. It is diseased, and being unsound, it will be pulled up by its roots and destroyed. This is the fruit and vine of the Liar.”

 (41) Jesus said, “Those who have my Truth and Love will receive more, but the person who refuses my gifts will be stripped of all else they have. Those who seek only the world will remain like children who never awaken to their potentials. Through their bondage to the Liar they become that brood’s sustenance, because souls are eternal.”

 (42) Jesus said, “Stand outside the World, to see the Whole.”

 (43) Jesus’ students asked, “What gives you the right to say these things to us?”

     Jesus said, “You still do not understand who I am, from what I say to you.  You have become like the Priests, because either they love the tree but hate the meat of the nuts or love the meat of the nuts and hate the tree.”

 (44) Jesus said, “The person who blasphemes against the One will be forgiven.  A person who blasphemes against me will be forgiven, but a person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, My True Twin, will never be forgiven either on Earth or in Heaven unless My Twin forgives the blasphemer.

 (45) Jesus said, “Grapes can not be harvested from brambles. Figs cannot be gathered from thistles, for they do not produce fruit. A good person brings out good from their storehouse, their hearts. An evil person brings out evil things from their evil storehouse, evil filling their heart. What is in the heart always slips out of the mouth. They will say evil things. Out of the evil filling their hearts they bring out all sorts of evil things.”

 (46) Jesus said, “Among those born human, from the first people until John the Baptist my cousin, there is no one more deserving of your respect.  Yet I have said, those of you who come to see the world with the eyes of a child will deserve respect from even John the Baptist. This is because you are evolving to serve as a next generation of Angels. You earn this out of the experiences you have borne.”

 (47) Jesus said, “It is impossible for a person to mount two steeds or stretch two bows at the same time.  It is impossible to serve two Bosses.  A person would respect one and treat the other with contempt. This does not mean that Reason and Spirit are two Masters. Those two should work as a team to reach The One.”

     No one who has a taste for old wine reaches for an unaged new wine. New wine is not put in old wineskins, because it would burst, because it holds life. Aged wine does not hold life, its sugar is expended, would spoil in a new wineskin because the skin is not cured by the fermentation.

     An old patch is not safely sewn onto a new garment, because it will be ripped, because the clothes shrink at different rates.”

 (48) Jesus said, “If two can make peace with each other in this place, becoming one, they may say to a mountain, ‘Move’, and it will be moved. Love will overcome all obstacles. When Love finally rules in Heaven and on the Earth, the human potential will be boundless.”

 (49) Jesus said, “Those who dare to stand alone, solitary and elect, though persecuted, will find The One’s embrace. You are from The One. You will return to The One.”

 (50) Jesus said, “ If someone asks you, ‘Where are you from?’ say to them, ‘I am from the Light, a place where The Light established itself through its own accord. The Light is easily seen through its images for Earth, Angels.’ If they ask you, ‘What proof do you have of this claim?’ say, ‘I Practice and Know unconditional Love.”

 (51) Jesus’ disciples asked him, “When will the resurrection of the dead come? When will the New World come?”

     He said to them, “What you obsess about has already come, but you refuse to recognize it.”

 (52) Jesus’ students said, “Twenty-four prophets came to Israel, and you quote all of them.”

     Jesus said, “You have left out the one living with you. You persist in speaking only about the dead.”

 (53) Jesus’ student asked, “Should your students and followers be circumcised?”

     Jesus said, “No if it were good for a person to be circumcised, they would be conceived circumcised in their mother’s womb. The only true circumcision would be of your spirit.”

 (54) Jesus said, “Blessed are the poor, because your home will be Heaven.”

 (55) Jesus said, “Love begins at home but if it is chained there you can never follow in my path.  Loving all is the only way to be able to bear a cross. Love God first because all other love is hollow without it.”

 (56) Jesus said, “When a person understands the nature of the world, has found mere animated chemicals. A person who has found this corpse is superior to the natural World. Whoever knows themselves, can rise above the hate knowing that their place secure. They can risk the joy and pain of Love that is Unconditional.”

 (57) Jesus said, “The One is like a man who has good seed.  The Liar came by night, planting his Lies like weeds among the good seed.  The One did not allow his Angels to pull the weeds. The One said, ‘I am concerned that some of my good grain will be pulled up along with the weeds. Harvest time will show the weeds plainly. Then we will pull them up and burn them.”

 (58) Jesus said, “Blessed is the person who has suffered. In the suffering find the lessons that are hidden in it, and in finding the lessons acquire life.”

 (59) Jesus said, “Seek the One while you live on earth. If you do not seek before you die The One’s face will be unfamiliar. Being unfamiliar you may not be able to find The One. If you are in Limbo you will not know the way to the Light.”

 (60) Jesus and his students saw a Samaritan carrying a lamb on his way to Judea.  He asked his students, “Why is that man carrying the lamb on his shoulders?”

     The students said, “He will kill and eat it.”

     Jesus said, “If it is alive he will not eat it. When he has slaughtered it and it has become a corpse, he will then find sustenance in it.”

     His students agreed.

     Jesus said, “You to will be a corpse someday. You will be eaten and nothing more if you do not find the Love of the One, that all return to in the end.”

 (61) Jesus said, “Two will sleep in a bed. One will die, the other will live.”

     The student Salome asked, “Who are you to sit on my sofa and eat my food?”

     Jesus said, ”I am part of the One.  I was given some of the things of the One, who is my Creator.”

     Salome said, “Then I am your student, please teach me.”

     Jesus said to her, “Someone is undivided in the Light, they will filled with Light. If they are divided in two, they are alone; they will be filled with darkness. Ridding the world of evil once and for all, all people must live in the Light, even little lies count and feed the Liar.” 

 (62) Jesus said, “Those who are seeking of the Light will receive. When you give, do not let the left hand know what the right hand is doing.”

 (63) Jesus said, “There was a rich man who said, ‘I will use my money to plant and reap. That done I will fill my storehouse with produce. That way I will never want for anything.’  Those were his intentions, but he died that night.”

 (64) Jesus said, “A man prepared a huge dinner feast.  He sent invitations to guests. The first reply was, ’I have standing orders against some merchants.  They are coming to me this evening. I must go and give them my orders.  I ask to be excused.’

     The second invitation’s reply was, ‘I have just bought a house and am required for the day.  I can not find the spare time.’ 

     The third response was, ‘My friend is going to be married; I am supposed to help plan the details of his banquet. I will not be able to come.  I ask to be excused.’

     The fourth reply was, ‘I have just bought a farm, and I need to collect the rent. I will not be able to come.  I ask to be excused.’ 

     When the host heard the replies he told his Daughter, who was helping to prepare the feast, to go outside to the streets and bring back those she happened to meet. They would be filled at the feast.

     “Those who are slaves to money like businessmen and merchants will not enter the presence of The One. Craving things of the world blinds people to the invitation to transcend to the Spirit.”

 (65) He said, “The One was a farmer who owns a large vineyard.  He wants it to be productive so he leased it to share croppers. They promised to work it and pay the rent with a share of the crop. At harvest time the Owner sent his produce trucker to collect the fruit. The sharecroppers grabbed The Ones worker, beating him, nearly killing him.  When the Owner found out he thought, ‘Maybe they did not recognize my sign on the truck.’  So he sent another truck, worker, and letter of identification. The sharecroppers beat the second worker as well, not even waiting for the truck brake to be set.

      The Owner sent his son thinking,‘ Maybe they will respect my son.’  The sharecroppers knew what the Owner’s eldest and heir looked like. They seized him as well and brutally murdered him.

 (66) Jesus said, “Show me the stone that builders cast aside.  That one is the capstone. Without it the arch will fall.”

 (67) Jesus said, “The person who believes that the One is not complete, is a person who lacks everything.”

 (68) Jesus said, “Blessed are people who are hated and persecuted.  The people and places have hated and persecuted you will find no solace in The One.”

 (69) Jesus said, “Blessed are those who have been tortured within themselves, by the Liar.  It is they who will truly come to know The One.  Blessed are the hungry, for the belly that desires to be filled.

 (70) Jesus said, “The Love that you have will save you if you bring it out of yourselves. What you do not have inside of you will kill you.”

 (71) Jesus said, “I will destroy this hollow soulless house, and no one will be able to rebuild it.”

 (72) A man approached Jesus insisting, “Judge my brothers, and make them give me my share of my dead father’s property.”

     Jesus said, “Who has made me a judge and a divider?”

     Jesus told his disciples, “I am not a judge, and who am I to divide? Only my Father judges.”

 (73) Jesus said, “The harvest is bountiful, but the workers are few.  Pray that the One sends us more workers for the harvest.”

 (74) Jesus said, “The One sees how many are around the drinking trough. The One also sees that they do not try to fill the cistern. You can not take God’s Love without trying to give some back.”

 (75) Jesus said, “Many people stand at the threshold, but few will be allowed to enter the bridal chamber.”

 (76) Jesus said, “The place of The One is like a businessman who got a shipment of merchandise. In that merchandise the businessman discovered a pearl. That businessman being shrewd, liquidated all his merchandise and kept the single pearl for himself.  You should seek The One’s unfailing and enduring pearl which no insect can devour.”

 (77) Jesus said, “I who am the Light that is above all the Earth and all the Angels who guard her. I am the one who oversaw the beginning and I am in everything.  The One sent the Earth for me, and for it to be mine.  Saw a log in pieces, and I am there. Cleave a stone, and you will find me there.”

 (78) Jesus said, “ Why do you seek the river reed out in the desert? Why do you seek truth from a man of the Tribe of Levi, clothed in fine garments like your kings and your great men?  Upon them are the finery and clothes bought with the blood of widows and the sweat of slaves. They are blind to the Truth that stands before them.”

 (79) A woman in the crowd said, “Blessed is the woman that gave birth to you and the breasts that nourished you as an infant.”

     Jesus replied, “Blessed are those who have heard the Word of the One and have filled their heart with it. There will great trials and hardships. There will be days when you will say, “Blessed are the wombs that have not given birth and the breasts which never fed an infant.”

 (80) Jesus said, “ A person who recognizes the world has found the body, and having found the body can rise above it. There is more than the here and now.”

 (81) Jesus said, “Let a person who has grown rich in Spirit be your Leader. Let the person who holds great power renounce it. It is because it is better to be Rich in Spirit. It is because Power Corrupts.”

 (82) Jesus said, “A person who is near me is near the warming fire of my Love. A person who is far from me is far from Heaven. They are in the dark bitter cold of Limbo.”

 (83) Jesus said, “The images are shown to people, but the full Knowledge of the images will remain hidden in the brilliance of the One’s Light.  These Images will remain hidden and lack meaning until the One deems people ready to understand them.”

 (84) Jesus said, “A person who sees themselves in a mirror you rejoice.  But will that same person still rejoice when they see images from past lives. Images that do not die nor become solid though they are lessons hard won. Will it be more than that person is able to bear! Know yourself and with that knowledge of past life trials use them for future growth. Build a foundation from them.”  

 (85) Jesus said, “The first people came from the One, but you have grown with your past lives closer to understanding.  What you can understand will be given as you mature as people.”

 (86) Jesus said, “The foxes have their dens and the birds have nests in trees, but this Child of the One has no place of shelter, and no place to rest his head. Being homeless yet nothing to lose” 

 (87) Jesus said, “Incomplete is the body that is dependent on the body and the soul that depends only on the soul. Only in the partnership that builds both will you become Whole.”

 (88) Jesus said, “The Angels and prophets will come to you and renew those things you already have, Love and Truth. As times are right they will offer more. Share what you have. Knowing that even though they leave, they will return as the times are right with their next messages from The One.”

 (89) Jesus said, “You make a big show of washing the outside of the cup. The One made the inside as well as the outside. Body and Soul have the same value, together making a whole.”

 (90) Jesus said, “Come to me because my yoke is easy and my teachings mild. You will find peace inside yourself.”

 (91) People asked Jesus, “We want to believe you. Tell us who you are.”

     Jesus said, “You can tell the weather by watching the sky. You can read the seasons of the earth. But you do not recognize a representative of The One who stands before you. You do not know how to read the importance of this moment.”

 (92) Jesus said, “Seek and you shall find.  You asked me questions before, but I did not tell you because it was not time. Now it is time. I want to tell you but you have stopped asking. Do not give up looking. Ask until you get your answers, as a three year old will persist until they are fully satisfied.”

 (93) Jesus said, “Do not tell Holy Truths to Pharisees who are like dogs. They will roll them in piles of shit to defile them.  Do not share your pearl of visions with closed minds. They are like swine that will grind them to bits to get the ‘Truth’ out of them. In both cases they will just hate you for your gifts.”

 (94) Jesus said, “A person who seeks will find. A person who knocks will be admitted into the presence of The One.”

 (95) Jesus said, “If you have extra money, give it as though you will not be repaid, asking for no interest.”

 (96) Jesus said, “Heaven is like a woman making bread.  She took a little yeast and concealed it with kneading in some dough. It spread to infect the whole loaf making it rise immensely. Love to is contagious.”

 (97) Jesus said, “The world is like the woman who carried a sack of grain that sprang a leak. It was a leak that she did not see.  When she got home all the grain had run out and the sack was empty. Guard against the Thief and the Liar. You never know when they will come to poke a hole in your faith, leaving you empty without understanding how it happened.” 

 (98) Jesus said, “Heaven is like a man who was to defend his home.  Drawing his sword he tested his thrust. He struck with all his will against the wall to test the strength of his hand and the sharpness of his sword’s edge.  Then he killed the aggressor. Angels are tested on earth. They are tested so that they are ready to be wielded at The One’s will.”

 (99) Jesus’ students said, “Your Mother and your brothers are standing outside insisting that they see you.”

     Jesus said, “Those who do the will of the One are my siblings. Blood kin may also share the same spirit of The One, but those of a like mind are already related. Giving your Love to everyone we will be together with The One.”

 (100) People trying to trap Jesus in to breaking Roman Law, showed Jesus a gold coin and said to him, Caesar’s men demand taxes from us.”

     Jesus said to them, “Give Caesar what belongs to Caesar, give to The One what belongs to The One, and do not withhold from me what is mine.”

 (101) Jesus said, “Those who do not know who their true Source can not follow me as a Student.  Mary wife of Joseph gave birth to me, giving me a body, but The One gave me Life.”

 (102) Jesus said, “Beware Pharisees, for they are like snapping cur dogs sleeping in an oxen’s box. They neither eat the hay nor do they let the oxen have their feed.”

 (103) Jesus said, “Blessed is the leader who knows with Dream and Prophesy where the brigands will attack. And being forewarned to gather, well arm and equip his army.”

 (104) Many others said, “Come, let us pray today and let us fast, make amends, and repent our sins.”

     Jesus said, “What sin have I committed? Where have I fallen into temptation?  I say, when the Bridegroom leaves the bridal chamber, then let people fast and pray, because then there will be a reason to repent.”

 (105) Jesus said, “A person who knows the father and the mother will be calling the son, the fruit of a harlot. They will call the child a bastard, which I am not.”  

 (106) Jesus said, “If you make the two one, you will become the true inheritors in The One. When you can reconcile the conflicts, then when you say, ‘Mountain, move away,’ it will uproot and move.”

 (107) Jesus said, “The Kingdom is like a shepherd who had a hundred sheep. The largest one of them went astray.  The shepherd left the ninety-nine sheep because they were safe. The shepherd looked for the one until he found it.  When he had gone to the trouble, he said to the sheep, ‘I care for you more than the ninety-nine because you were lost and now you are found.”

 (108) Jesus said, “A person who satisfied their thirst from the spring of my mouth will become more like me. The things that have been hidden will be Lighted for that person.”

 (109) Jesus said, “The Heaven that is on Earth is like a man who did not know about the treasure hidden in his field. His son also did not know of the treasure in his inheritance that lay buried in the field. This ignorance of the son, thinking it was only a field, sold his inheritance both the priceless and the mundane. The one who bought the field plowed the field having knowledge of the hidden treasure. He used the treasure to become a loan shark with very high interest. This high interest will become a new slavery. The Liar knows how to use this treasure very profitably.” 

 (110) Jesus said, “A person who discovers and becomes rich in the knowledge of the nature of the world should then seek Self-Knowledge as well.”

 (111) Jesus said, “Someday both the Solar system and the Earth will pass away, but living in the One, they will live on in the One.” 

 (112) Jesus said, “Pity the flesh that depends on the soul. Pity the soul that depends on the flesh. They must be an equal Partnership, because they are a matched team of horses. Harness them to become better.” 

 (113) Jesus’ students asked, “When will Heaven come?”

     Jesus said, “It will not come by waiting for it. It will not be a matter of saying, ‘It is here.’ or ‘There it is. Heaven and The One are already spread upon the Earth, and People do not see it. They fill the same spaces.” (Note: two branes)

(114) Peter said to Jesus, “Let Mary and all the other women leave us. They are the root and branch of sin. They are the source of all temptation. Women are not worthy of Eternal Life.”

     Jesus responded, “I say to you males, do not look down on a female because until you are made over to be as a female you will be barred from full Inheritance in the sight of The One.”

     Jesus said, “Until you are like the Lowest of the Angels, being in balance of body and soul. Reconciling of the male and the female, you will remain on the edge of the Full Glory and Joy of the Brilliance of The One. The One is all that was, is, and will be.”

     Being on the edge you will still be Loved, and Beloved. The One knows that it is a hard lesson to learn. Others will rejoice in the affirmation of what they have learned. Or like Angels have always known.”

     Jesus said, “I myself will lead Mary of Magdela in order to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit, resembling you males. Every woman who will make herself male will become a full Inheritor, as well, in Heaven and full Light of The One.”

 

Copyright 2003 by Angel Eliza