The Gospel of Thomas

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Final Logion: 114

2010-03-24T07:03:00.000-07:00

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."

This is the Good News According to Thomas

Logion 113: Kingdom

2010-03-23T07:43:00.000-07:00

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. "

Logion 112: Awaken

2010-03-22T08:57:00.000-07:00

Yeshua says...

Wretched is the flesh
that is dependent upon the soul,
and the soul that is dependent on the flesh.

Logion 111: Closer

2010-03-21T09:11:00.000-07:00

Yeshua says...

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.'

Logion 110: Mastery

2010-03-20T06:16:00.000-07:00

Yeshua says...

Whoever finds the cosmos and becomes rich
must ultimately let the cosmos go.

Logion 109: Treasure

2010-03-19T07:18:00.000-07:00

Yeshua says...

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.

Logion 108: Drink

2010-03-18T08:24:00.000-07:00

Yeshua says...

Whoever drinks what flows from my mouth
will come to be as I am
and I also will come to be as they are,
so that what is hidden will become manifest.

Logion 107: Passion

2010-03-17T07:53:00.000-07:00

Yeshua says...

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."

Logion 106: Unity

2010-03-16T07:58:00.000-07:00

Yeshua says...

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.

Logion 105: Grounded

2010-03-15T08:13:00.000-07:00

Yeshua says...

The one who knows his true father and mother
will be called the son of a whore.

Logion 104: Rituals

2010-03-14T07:16:00.000-07:00

They said to Yeshua,
"Come, let's fast and pray."

He said to them,
"Have I sinned? Have I been overcome?
No, only when the bridegroom leaves the bridal chamber,
will it be time to fast and pray."

Logion 103: Fearless

2010-03-13T07:12:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Blessed are those
who are aware of the approach of thieves,
who know when and where they will enter
even before they appear,
for then they may arise and prepare
by gathering their sovereignty about them,
and binding to themselves
that which was from the beginning.

Logion 102: Beware

2010-03-12T08:34:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Cursed are your religious leaders
for they are like dogs sleeping in the feed bin.
They do not eat
nor do they allow the cattle to eat.

Logion 101: Letting Go

2010-03-11T08:00:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Whoever does not reject
father and mother in the way I do
cannot be my student.
Whoever does not welcome father and mother as I do
cannot be my disciple,
for my mother brought me forth,
but Truth gave me life.

Logion 100: Rendering

2010-03-10T07:31:00.000-08:00

They showed him a gold coin and said,
"Caesar's agents demand tribute from us."

He said to them,
"Then give to Caesar what is Caesar's.
Give to God what is God's.
And give me that which is mine."

Logion 99: Family

2010-03-09T07:28:00.000-08:00

His students said to him,
"Your brothers and your mother
are standing just outside the door."

"My mother and brothers are those present right here
who fulfill my Father's desires.
It is they who will get into my Father's realm," he replied.

Logion 98: Breakthrough

2010-03-08T07:31:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

The Father's realm is like a man
wanting to kill someone powerful.
So he draws a sword in his own house
and puts it through the wall
to test whether or not his hand is actually strong enough.
Then he goes out and slays the giant.

Logion 97: Flow

2010-03-07T07:05:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

The Father's realm is like a woman
carrying a jar full of meal.
While she is walking on a path
some distance from her home,
the handle of her jug breaks,
and the meal spills out behind her on the road.
She is unaware of the problem,
for she has noticed nothing.
When she opens the door of her house
and puts the jar down,
suddenly she discovers it empty.

Logion 96: Eternity

2010-03-06T06:44:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

The Father's realm can be compared
to a woman who takes a tiny bit of yeast,
folds it into dough
and makes great loaves of bread out of it.
Whoever has ears for this, listen!

Logion 95: Generosity

2010-03-05T07:24:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

If you have money, do not lend it at interest.
Give it instead
to someone from whom you cannot take it back.

Logion 94: Knock

2010-03-04T07:05:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Those seeking will find what they are looking for.
Doors will swing open for the ones who knock.

Logion 93: Conservation

2010-03-03T06:47:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Do not give what is sacred to dogs
who will only discard it on pile of manure.
Do not cast pearls in front of pigs
who will only trample and ruin them.

Logion 92: Seekers

2010-03-02T07:28:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Seek now, I say,
and you will find that for which you search.
You see, I am ready to tell you
everything you were asking earlier and did not explain,
but at the moment no one is searching out anything.

Logion 91: Recognition

2010-03-01T09:01:00.000-08:00

They said to him,
"Tell us, who you really are
so we may believe in you."

He said to them,
"You have learned to read
the face of earth and sky,
but you do not yet recognize
the one standing in your presence,
nor can you make sense of the present moment."

Logion 90: Perspective

2010-02-27T06:48:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Come to me
for justice is my yoke,
and gentleness my rule,
and you will discover the state of rest.

Logion 89: Completion

2010-02-26T07:52:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

For what reason would you only wash
the outside of a cup?
Do you not realize that the creator of the outside
is the one who made the inside as well?

Logion 88: Connected

2010-02-25T07:03:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

The angels and the prophets will come
and bring you what already belongs to you,
and you will give to them what you have to give.
But ask yourself this:
When may they come and receive back from you
what already belongs to them?

Logion 87: Dependence

2010-02-24T08:25:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Miserable is the body that depends upon a body,
and the soul that depends upon both.

Logion 86: Home

2010-02-23T07:33:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Foxes have dens and birds have nests,
but the son of humanity
has no place to lay his head and rest.

Logion 85: Preparation

2010-02-22T08:11:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Adam came into being
out of great power and fullness,
and yet he is not superior to you.
Had he been prepared for it,
he would not have tasted death.

Logion 84: Interiors

2010-02-21T08:08:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

When you see your own likeness
projected into time
it makes you happy.
But when the time comes
that you are able to look upon
the icon of your own being
which came into existence at the beginning,
and neither dies nor has been fully revealed,
will you be able to stand it?

Logion 83: Brilliance

2010-02-20T07:41:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Images are revealed to humanity
while the light within them is hidden
by the brilliance of the Father's light.
It is God who is being revealed,
but the image of God
remains concealed by the blaze of light.

Logion 82: Avoidance

2010-02-19T08:37:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Whoever comes close to me
dwells near the fire.
Whoever moves away from me
remains far from the kingdom.

Logion 81: Power

2010-02-18T08:08:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Let whoever becomes rich be king,
but let whoever holds power surrender it.

Logion 80: Longing

2010-02-17T08:04:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Whoever knows the cosmos
discovers the body,
but the cosmos does not deserve
the one who makes that discovery.

Logion 79: Attachment

2010-02-16T06:58:00.000-08:00

A woman in the crowd said to him,
"Fortunate is the womb which bore you,
and the breasts which nourished you."

Yeshua turned to her and said,

"The ones who hear the Father's Word
and guard its truth are truly fortunate.
But the days are coming when you will say,
'Lucky is the womb that never bore,
and the breasts that never gave milk!'"

Logion 78: Dive in

2010-02-15T08:21:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Why did you come out into the wilderness?
To see a reed blown about by the wind?
A man dressed in soft raiment
like your rulers and the powerful?
Yes, indeed they are clothed
in fine, luxurious garments,
but what they lack
is the ability to discern truth.

Logion 77: Heart

2010-02-14T07:19:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

I am the light shining upon all things.
I am the sum of everything,
for everything has come forth from me,
and towards me everything unfolds.
Split a piece of wood, and there I am.
Pick up a stone
and you will find me there.

Logion 76: Treasure

2010-02-13T07:05:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

The Father's Realm can be compared
to a merchant who discovered a pearl
hidden in a consignment of goods.
Wisely, he returned the goods
and bought the single pearl instead.

You too must seek out for yourselves
an enduring treasure
in that realm where moths cannot devour
nor insects come to destroy.

Logion 75: Interwoven

2010-02-11T08:05:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Many are standing at the door,
but only the single or solitary
will enter the place of union.

Logion 74: Immersion

2010-02-10T06:54:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

O Lord,
many have gathered around the fountain,
but there is nothing in the well.

Logion 73: Harvest

2010-02-09T07:34:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

The harvest is abundant.
The reapers are few.
Implore the Master of Harvest
to send out workers.

Logion 72: Division

2010-02-08T07:40:00.000-08:00

A man said to Yeshua,
"Speak to my brothers
so they will divide my father's belongings with me."

Yeshua replied to him,
"Sir, who has made me the divider?"

He turned to his students and asked,
"Am I here to divide?"

Logion 71: Upheaval

2010-02-07T10:05:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

I will destroy this house
and no one will ever be able to rebuild it.

Logion 70: Nativity

2010-02-06T06:40:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

When you give birth
to that which is within yourself,
what you bring forth will save you.
If you possess nothing within,
that absence will destroy you.

Logion 69: Hunger

2010-02-05T07:07:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Blessed are all those who are persecuted
down into the depths of the heart.
Only there will they come to know
their true Father and Source.

Blessed are the hungry ones.
Their inner longings will be satisfied.

Logion 68: Untouchable

2010-02-04T06:19:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Blessed are you
who in the midst of persecution,
when they hate and pursue you
even to the core of your being,
cannot find "you" anywhere.

Logion 67: Know

2010-02-03T07:38:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

If you come to know all,
and yet you yourself are lacking,
you have missed everything.

Logion 66: Rejected

2010-02-02T06:55:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Bring me the stone the builders discarded.
That one will be the key.

Logion 65: Coexistence

2010-02-01T07:48:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

A good and fair-minded man had a vineyard that he gave over to tenants to work and make productive. When he sent a servant to collect profit from the vineyard, the tenants took him and nearly beat him to death. When the servant returned he told his master, who said, "Perhaps they did not know him."

So he sent another servant and they beat him as well. Then the master said, "I'll send my son. Maybe that will shame them."

But those tenants, because they knew him to be heir to the vineyard, seized and killed him.

Whoever can hear this, listen!

Logion 64: Avoidance

2010-01-31T06:38:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

A man was throwing a dinner party and when everything was prepared, he sent his servant out to call the guests.

The servant went to the first and said, "My master invites you." But he replied, "I have set aside some funds for merchants who are coming this evening, and I will be placing orders. I beg to be excused from dinner."

So he went to the second and said, "My master has invited you." But he said, "I have bought a house which requires a day of my time. I am too busy to come."

He went to another and said to him, "My master invites you now." He replied to the servant, "My friend is getting married and I am to prepare the wedding banquet. I simply cannot come. I beg to be excused."

He went to another and said, "My master calls you." In reply he said to the servant, "I have just bought a farm and am about to pay taxes. I cannot come. Please excuse me. I must be off."

The servant returned to his master and said, "The ones you invited to the dinner have all excused themselves." And so the master said to the servant, "Then go to outsiders and strangers on the roads. Find folk there and bring them here to eat."

Those busy buying and selling cannot get into my Father's realm.

Logion 63: Changes

2010-01-30T06:37:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

There was a rich man
who had expendable wealth.
He said to himself,
"I will take my money
and use it to plant, sow and harvest,
filling my barns with the produce,
then I'll have everything."
These were the thoughts occupying his mind
The night he died.
Listen, if you are paying attention!

Logion 62: Harmony

2010-01-29T07:01:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

I disclose my mysteries
to those ready for Mystery.
So keep secret from your left hand
what your right hand is doing.

Logion 61: Impermanence

2010-01-28T06:57:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Two will be resting on a bed.
One will die, the other will live.

Salome said,
"Then how is it, Sir,
that you, coming from the one Source,
have rested on my couch and eaten at my table?"

Yeshua said to her,
"I am he who has appeared to you
out of the Realm of Unity,
having been granted
that which belongs to my Father, its Source."

"I will be your student!" she exclaimed.

"Then I say this to you:
if you become whole you will be full of Light.
If you remain fragmented darkness will fill you."

Logion 60: Breathe

2010-01-27T08:06:00.000-08:00

They saw a Samaritan on his way to Judea carrying a lamb.

Yeshua said,
"Notice the Samaritan with the lamb."

His disciples said,
"He must be carrying it in order to kill and eat it."

Yeshua responded,
"As long as it is alive he cannot eat it.
Only after he has killed it and it is dead will it be eaten."

They replied,
"What other way is there?"

Yeshua said,
"You must be careful to find a place for yourselves
in the realm of eternal rest,
lest you too be killed and eaten."

Logion 59: Inspiration

2010-01-26T04:39:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Give attention to the Living Presence
while you are alive
so that when you die
and have the desire to do so,
you may have the power to attend.

Logion 58: Gratitude

2010-01-25T09:03:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Blessed are the troubled.
They have seized hold of life.

Logion 57: Judgment

2010-01-24T09:09:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

God's realm is like this:
A farmer planted good seed in his field,
but at night enemies came and sowed it with weeds.
When he found out
he did not allow them to be pulled up
saying, "No, you might uproot the grain
along with the weeds.
Wait till harvest.
It will be perfectly apparent then
which ones are the weeds,
and you may pull them out easily and burn them."

Logion 56: Worthy

2010-01-23T08:15:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Those who make knowledge of the cosmos their specialty
have made friends with a corpse.
The cosmos is not worthy
of those who know it to be so.

Logion 55: Escape

2010-01-22T07:01:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Whoever does not refuse father and mother
cannot become my student.
Whoever does not reject brother and sister,
accepting the cross as I do,
is not ready for me.

Logion 54: Poverty

2010-01-21T07:37:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

You poor are blessed,
for the realm of heaven is already yours.

Logion 53:Clarity

2010-01-20T08:47:00.000-08:00

His students asked,
"Is circumcision of any help to us?"

Yeshua replied,
"If it were, your fathers would have been born
fully circumcised from their mother's womb.
The only circumcision that will benefit you at all
is spiritual."

Logion 52: Now

2010-01-19T09:48:00.000-08:00

His students said,
"Each of Israel's twenty-four prophets
spoke about you."

Yeshua said,
"You ignore the one living in your presence
and talk only about the dead."

Logion 51: Discover

2010-01-18T09:54:00.000-08:00

His students asked him,
"When does 'rest' for the dead begin,
and when will the new cosmos arrive?

Yeshua replied,
"What you are looking for is already here.
You simply have not recognized it."

Logion 50: Enlightened

2010-01-17T20:33:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...
Suppose you are asked,
"Where have you come from?"
say, "We have come from the Light at its source,
from the place where it came forth
and was manifest as Image and Icon.

If you are asked, "Are you that Light?"
say, "We are its children,
and chosen by the Source, the Living Father."

If you are questioned,
"But what is the sign of the Source within you?"
say, "It is movement and it is rest."

Logion 49: Incarnation

2010-01-15T07:59:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Blessed are those chosen and unified.
The Realm of the Kingdom is theirs.
For out of her you have come,
and back to her you are returning.

Logion 48: Duality

2010-01-14T06:18:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Should two make peace in one house,
they could speak the word,
"Move!" to a mountain,
and it would obey them.

Logion 47: Which?

2010-01-13T09:07:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

No one can mount two horses,
or draw two bows, at once,
and you cannot serve two masters
at the same time.
If you honor one, the other will be offended.

No one drinks a vintage wine
and immediately wants to taste wine freshly bottled.
New wine is not put into old containers
lest it be ruined,
nor is aged wine put into new barrels lest it spoil.

Also, old cloth is not sewn onto new garments
because it only makes the tear worse.

Logion 46: Innocence

2010-01-12T07:58:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says,

Among those born on Earth,
beginning from Adam to John the Baptist,
no-one has reached a higher state than John -
and you should bow in honor before him.

Yet I tell you this:
whoever of you becomes a little child
will not only know the kingdom,
but will be raised to a state higher than John's.

Logion 45: Weeding (Expanded)

2010-01-10T06:42:00.000-08:00

When I posted yesterday's logion I left out a section (again!). So I will leave this here another day so you may get the full impact of Yeshua's words... And now my poem makes more sense, too! So it's all good...

Yeshua says...

Grapes are not harvested from thorns,
nor are figs gathered from thistles.
Thorns and thistles do not produce fruit.

Good people bring goodness
out of a storehouse of inner treasure,
and evil ones bring wickedness
out of the repository of evil collected in the heart.
It is from there that they speak.
For from the heart's overflow evil enters the world.

Logion 44: Choices

2010-01-09T08:35:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

You may speak against the Father
and it will be forgotten.
You may speak against the son
and it will be dropped.
But if you speak opposing the sacred Spirit,
that is irrevocable
both in heaven and on earth.

Logion 43: Inseparable

2010-01-08T09:28:00.000-08:00

His students said to him,
"Who are you to be saying such things to us?"

Yeshua replied,

"Do you not realize who I am
from everything I have said to you?
Have you come to be like the Judeans
who either accept the tree, but reject its fruit,
or welcome the fruit and despise the tree?"

Logion 42: Reality

2010-01-07T06:49:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Come into being as you pass away.

Logion 41: Empty

2010-01-06T06:40:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

To the one who has something in hand,
more will be given.
To the one whose hands hold nothing,
even that "nothing" will be taken away.

Logion 40: Grounded

2010-01-05T06:52:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

A grapevine was planted
away from its Source
where it remains unprotected.
It will be torn out by its roots and destroyed.

Logion 39: Key

2010-01-04T06:36:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Your scholars and religious leaders
have taken the keys of knowledge
and locked them away.
They have not used them to enter in,
nor have they allowed those desiring it to do so.
You, therefore, must be as subtle as serpents
and as guileless as doves.

Logion 38: Lost

2010-01-03T07:15:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

On many occasions
you have longed to hear such words
as the ones that I am speaking to you,
but you had no one to go to.
The day will come again
when you will seek for me,
but will not be able to find me.

Logion 37: Mask

2010-01-01T08:01:00.000-08:00

His students asked him,
"When will you manifest yourself to us?
How long will it be
before we see you as you truly are?

Yeshua replied,

"On the day you strip yourselves naked
like those little children,
and take your clothes and trample them
on the ground under your feet without shame,
then you will be able
to look upon the son of the Living One
without fear."

Logion 36: Appearances

2009-12-31T11:04:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Do not spend your time from one day to the next
worrying about your outer appearance;
what you wear,
and what you look like.

Logion 35: Unbound

2009-12-30T07:52:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

You cannot take a strong man's house by force
unless first you bind his hands and remove him.

Logion 34: Assumptions

2009-12-29T07:54:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

If the blind are leading the blind
they will topple together into a pit.

Logion 33: Proclamation

2009-12-28T08:53:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

What you hear with one ear,
listen to with both,
and then proclaim from the roof tops.
For no one lights a lamp and then hides it away.
It is placed on a lamp-stand instead
where those who pass by may see by its light.

Logion 32: Exposed

2009-12-27T09:33:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

A city built and fortified on a mountain top
cannot fall,
but neither can it be hidden.

Logion 31:Fame

2009-12-26T06:19:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

No prophet is welcomed home.
No healer cures acquaintances.

Logion 30: One and Only

2009-12-25T08:39:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Where there are three divinities,
God is present.
Where one or two exist,
I am there.

Logion 29: Harnessed

2009-12-24T07:39:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

If flesh came into existence for the sake of spirit,
it is a wonder,
but if spirit exists for the sake of flesh,
it is a wonder of wonders.
I am truly astonished
at how such richness
came to dwell in such poverty.

Logion 28: Blind

2009-12-23T08:25:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

I stood to my feet in the midst of the cosmos,
appearing outwardly in flesh.
I discovered that all were drunk
but none were thirsty,
and my soul ached for the children of humanity,
for their hearts are blind.
They cannot see from within.
They have come into the cosmos empty,
and they are leaving it empty.

At the moment you are inebriated,
but when freed from the effects of wine,
you too may turn and stand.

Logion 27: Centering

2009-12-22T08:45:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

If you do not fast from the cosmos,
you will never grasp Reality.
If you cannot find rest on the day of rest,
you will never feast your eyes on God.

Logion 26: Humility

2009-12-21T08:02:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

You detect a speck in your brother's eye,

but fail to perceive the beam sticking out of your own.

Remove the timber from your eye,

and you will see clearly enough

to extract the speck lodged in the eye of your brother.

Logion 25: Excuses

2009-12-20T06:54:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Love your brother and your sister
as your very own being.
Protect them as you would the pupil of your eye.

Logion 24: Glow

2009-12-19T08:35:00.000-08:00

His students said to him,
"Take us to the place where you are,
since we are required to seek after it."

He answered them,
"Whoever has an ear for this should listen carefully!
Light shines out from the center of a being of light
and illuminates the whole cosmos.
Whoever fails to become light is a source of darkness."

Logion 23: Chosen

2009-12-18T07:50:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

I choose you,
one from a thousand,
two from ten thousand,
and you will stand to your own feet
having become single and whole.

Logion 22: Convergence

2009-12-17T06:34:00.000-08:00

Yeshua noticed infants nursing
and said to his students,
"These little ones taking milk
are like those on their way into the kingdom."

So they asked him,
"If we too are 'little ones'
are we on our way into the kingdom?"

Yeshua replied,
"When you are able to make two become one,
the inside like the outside,
and the outside like the inside,
the higher like the lower,
so that a man is no longer male, and a woman, female,
but male and female become a single whole;
When you are able to fashion an eye to replace an eye,
and form a hand in place of a hand, or a foot for a foot,
making one image supersede another --
then you will enter in."

Logion 21: Attention

2009-12-16T08:08:00.000-08:00

Miriam said,
"Then tell us, Master, what your students are like.
How would you describe them?"

He answered,
"They are like small children
living in a field not their own.
When the landlords return and demand,
'Give us back our field!'
the children return it by simply stripping themselves
and standing naked before them.

So then, I must also tell you this:
If a householder knows for sure
that thieves are coming to steal his goods,
he will keep careful watch before they get there
to prevent them from tunneling in and taking his possessions.

You too, from your beginnings,
must keep a watchful eye on the cosmos,
binding great power to yourselves
so that thieves cannot find a way to get to you.
Pay attention then.
Any outside help you look for they will try to seize first.

May there be someone among you who truly understands this.

So listen carefully, if you have an ear for this!
When the fruit was ripe, ready to burst,
the harvester came quickly, sickle in hand, and took it.

Logion 20: Abundance

2009-12-15T07:57:00.001-08:00

His students said to him,
"Tell us about this kingdom of yours in the heavens.
What is it like?"

Yeshua answered them,

"Let me compare it to a mustard seed,
the smallest of all seeds.
When it falls into prepared ground,
it grows into a great tree
capable of sheltering the birds of the sky."

Logion 19: Unchanging

2009-12-14T07:59:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Blessed are all who come to live
at the point of arising--
their "genesis,"
before they came into temporality.

If you become my students,
listening deeply to my words,
even these stones will serve you.

And in paradise five evergreen trees await you.
They do not change in summer
nor shed their leaves in winter.
If you come to know them,
you will not know the taste of death.

Logion 18: Destiny

2009-12-13T09:33:00.000-08:00

His student said to him,
"So, tell us, then, what our end and destiny will be?"

Yeshua answered,

"Have you already discovered your origin
so that you are now free to seek after your end?
It is only at your source that you will find your destiny.
Blessed are those who come to stand
in their place of origination,
for it is there that they will know their end--
never tasting death."

Logion 17: Beyond

2009-12-12T06:56:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

What your own eyes cannot see,
your human ears do not hear,
your physical hands cannot touch,
and what is inconceivable to the human mind--
that I will give to you!

Logion 16: Comfort

2009-12-11T08:51:00.000-08:00

Yeshua says...

Some of you are thinking perhaps
that I have come into the cosmos to bring it peace.
No! You do not yet realize
that I have come to throw it into utter chaos
through burning, blade, and battle.

Five will be living in one household.
Three will face off against two,
and two against three.
Parents will rise up against children,
and children against their parents,
until at last they shall stand as one on their own feet.