When you are able to transform two into one,
then you will become a "Son of Humanity,"
and it will be possible for you
to say to a mountain, "Move," and it will move.
The divine Realm can be compared
to a shepherd who had one hundred sheep.
One of the finest went astray,
so he left the ninety-nine
and went out searching for it until he found it.
Troubled, he said,
"I longed for you more than the ninety-nine."
The divine Realm is like a man
who owned a field with treasure hidden away in it.
Unaware of it he died, leaving it to his son
who also knew nothing about it.
After taking possession of the land
the son practically gave it away for nothing.
But the one who bought it began plowing
and discovered the treasure,
and immediately started lending money at interest
to whomever he pleased.
Heaven and earth will completely disappear
in your presence,
and the one who lives by means of the Living One
will not see death,
because, as Yeshua says,
'The cosmos is not worthy
of the one who discovers the true Self.'
His students asked him,
"On what day will the kingdom arrive? "
"Its coming cannot be perceived from the outside," he said.
"You cannot say, 'Look, it's over there,'
or 'No, here it is.'
The Father's realm is spreading out
across the face of the earth,
and humanity is not able to perceive it. "
Simon Peter said to them all,
"Mary should leave us,
for women are not worthy of this Life."
Yeshua said,
"Then, I myself will lead her,
making her male if she must become worthy like you males!
I will transform her into a living spirit
because any woman changed in this way
will enter the divine Realm."
Welcome to my Illustrated Guide to the Gospel of Thomas
These photographic meditations were developed over three years in response to the Gospel of Thomas. I post them here in hopes that they may help you find your way into the heart of these words of Jesus, and I extend my thanks to Lynn Bauman for his inspirational translation of this seminal work.
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