The Gospel of Thomas
Jesus said, "Have you found the beginning, then, that you are looking for the end? You see, the end will be where the beginning is.
Congratulations to the one who stands at the beginning: that one will know the end and will not taste death."
Finding the beginning is finding the end, which is the Source of all, what Jesus refers to as the Kingdom of Heaven and this is the result of Self-realization. When this event happens to the Soul while connected to the body, the attached mental identity that developed with body is automatically cleared, and the original identity that stays within Eternity takes over. No longer part of the body and mind, the eternal identity sees itself as independent from that link and inner knowing results from being a part of the Kingdom of Heaven, thus having Eternal life. This is what is meant by “standing at the beginning”, because your identity retracts back to the beginning, before the universe, which ultimately is the end result of all Souls and inanimate objects.
Mary said to Jesus, "What are your disciples like?"
He said, They are like little children living in a field that is not theirs. when the owners of the field come, they will say, "Give us back our field." They take off their clothes in front of them in order to give it back to them, and they return their field to them.
For this reason I say, if the owners of a house know that a thief is coming, they will be on guard before the thief arrives and will not let the thief break into their house (their domain) and steal their possessions.
As for you, then, be on guard against the world. Prepare yourselves with great strength, so the robbers can't find a way to get to you, for the trouble you expect will come.
Let there be among you a person who understands.
When the crop ripened, he came quickly carrying a sickle and harvested it. Anyone here with two good ears had better listen!”
“He said, They are like little children living in a field that is not theirs. when the owners of the field come, they will say, "Give us back our field." They take off their clothes in front of them in order to give it back to them, and they return their field to them.”
This paragraph talks about the journey of the spiritual Soul on earth that does its job and returns home to the Kingdom of Heaven burden free. When it’s time to die, detachment to what transpired is the rule of the road, because you have to relinquish or surrender all links to manifestation in order to move on. These links are temporary attachments provided by the body, mind and world, which only occur down here and they must be severed completely, or you will be bound by your links. You should happily give back all that you acquired in the fields (the world) even the clothes (the ego) on your back if you want to enter the Kingdome of Heaven.
“For this reason I say, if the owners of a house know that a thief is coming, they will be on guard before the thief arrives and will not let the thief break into their house and steal their possessions.”
If you did not do your spiritual duty then you will be ignorant to your own well being and you will guard your possessions (your life and ego, or identity to the mind and world) when death comes by hanging on to them, and this in turn will make you the thief, because you are trying to take something with you that is impossible to take (the temporary identity), and consequently your Soul is robbed of its freedom. This is what happens to the non spiritual person who doesn’t understand the way, and thus they are bound by their desires and fears that emanated from their attachments. Any hording of items or ideologies from the earthly realm are no longer viable when facing the Almighty Pure God, where only the Pure unattached Spirit can be a part of. If you don’t voluntarily give back all, then that what you want to keep will chain you down to the Afterlife, and entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven will be denied by you.
“As for you, then, be on guard against the world. Prepare yourselves with great strength, so the robbers can't find a way to get to you, for the trouble you expect will come.”
As for the disciples; you did your spiritual duty and knew ahead of time, that all must be surrendered and no possessions are worth hording at the time of death, then you will be ready. So, guard your Self (the Soul) against the world for it is a compelling attribute that will bind you and hold you down in the Afterlife creating much trouble, the trouble you expect will come and hope to avoid. The robber is your ego in the world that will ultimately chain your Soul down to the past, to the ingrained human condition that is no longer relevant to the free spirit. The robber is you the mind that thinks it can survive through the process, thus robbing your Soul of complete unity in the Kingdom of Heaven.
“When the crop ripened, he came quickly carrying a sickle and harvested it. Anyone here with two good ears had better listen!”
With no attachments to the field or to person, you are then ripe for the picking by God to enter his Kingdom.
Posted by Kurt at 10/1/2010 7:12 AM 
Categories: Spirituality
Tags: the Source the Soul Enlightenment The Living Father Self-realization the Spirit God The Kingdom of Heaven The seeker Eternal life The Almighty New Testament disciples Jesus the disciple Thomas the Self
Categories: Spirituality
Tags: the Source the Soul Enlightenment The Living Father Self-realization the Spirit God The Kingdom of Heaven The seeker Eternal life The Almighty New Testament disciples Jesus the disciple Thomas the Self
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