Gospel of Thomas
Jesus said, "Look to the living one as long as you live, otherwise you might die and then try to see the living one, and you will be unable to see."
"Look to the living one as long as you live,”
“Look to the living one” is looking to God and Eternal life. He is telling you to be always on the search for Eternal life, the Kingdom of Heaven and God. Be attentive in the world, but always be on the search for God within you. Look for God with all your mind and heart and you will find the Kingdom. This is not an external search, because you won’t find ‘It’ out there, but if you’re sincere and determined enough, look as long as you live and you will find the Living One within you. This type of attitude that looks all the time will find the right literature and teacher that will help lead them to the truth within them. This is the type of determination it takes, and if you can find that searching norm in your daily life then it won’t be long before you find the Living One, and Eternal life within your Soul.
‘The Living One,’ I like this name for the Almighty Father and the Kingdom of Heaven. It never dies, and within this Kingdom we are all One as the Almighty. There, we’re all the same with no divisions of any kind, no forms, no sexes, no minds, no bodies, no universe, no worlds, no energy, just Eternal Awareness (life) in Eternal Pure Space or as; “The Living One.”
My second impression of this phrase is the link between the disciple and the teacher. Look for the Self-realized or enlightened teacher while living and seek their advice, otherwise when you die it’ll be too late, for you’ll have no one to help you then. Even if this is what he intended, which I don’t think so, he still tells us that you have to do the work while living otherwise it’ll be too late.
“otherwise you might die and then try to see the living one, and you will be unable to see."
I believe it’s a lot easier to find enlightenment while living then it is after you die, and here he thinks it’s impossible to see God after you die. In enlightenment you actually see God and the Kingdom of Heaven through the Soul, thus finding ‘The Living One’ while alive. He wants you to keep on looking until you see, otherwise it’s too late when you die, and he could be right about that.
You enter the Afterlife and loose a lot of your freedom there, however I think it can be done during the Afterlife or when it’s all over, and Jesus thinks not at all. He seems to think you’ll have no control over the process, and if you are not spiritually seeking or looking then your vulnerable to the Afterlife and it’ll take control over you. If you’re not spiritually active and meditate (this includes prayer) and contemplate on the Almighty spirit then you’re not trying to see the Living One, and it makes moving on impossible.
I believe at the end of your long and fruitless journey when the Afterlife fades slowly into nothing you’ll have no choice but to abandon your position and find the Kingdom of Heaven.
As a realized teacher we may have different thoughts and theories on the Afterlife; however they will fall in direct line with the characteristics of Eternity and life. And, when speaking about the characteristics of the Kingdom of Heaven, God or the Father there will be only the facts and no theories. If the information your reading about doesn’t revolve around these basic facts on Eternity, then you’re reading about someone who hasn’t seen the Living One.
He saw a Samaritan carrying a lamb and going to Judea. He said to his disciples, "that person ... around the lamb." They said to him, "So that he may kill it and eat it." He said to them, "He will not eat it while it is alive, but only after he has killed it and it has become a carcass."
They said, "Otherwise he can't do it."
He said to them, "So also with you, seek for yourselves a place for rest, or you might become a carcass and be eaten."
When you identify with the body and mind your identity will be violated by the aggressor and wrapped up in the eaten process, intrinsically linked to the killer. Your identity to the carcass and now the killer causes the suffering to continue well into the Afterlife with no hope of moving on. If you did your spiritual duty you wouldn’t be identifying with the carcass at all, and not looking for a reason or antidote about life you would stick tirelessly to the Spirit of the Father. Then the perpetrator can’t eat you at all, for he can’t eat the Living One, just the empty casing that was temporarily connected to the Soul. You were never in the body just connected to it and you don’t need that link anymore, and now you are free to move on. You’re connected to time related products that hinder any progress and you need to move onto a greater way of Being, in the unity of the Fathers embrace.
Death will not kill you nor will the Afterlife harm you, but if you’re afraid to let go of this life then you must suffer the ill effects.
“So also with you, seek for yourselves a place for rest,”
So also with you, seek for yourself a place at rest within you.
Find a quite and restful place to meditate and find the ‘Rest’, or the Kingdom of Heaven within you. On my previous blog I explained Jesus statement on motion and Rest.
Jesus said, "Those who know all, but are lacking in themselves, are utterly lacking."
Good line. You maybe the smartest person with all the money and fame in the world, yet if you don’t know yourself as you really are, then you have nothing at all. Those lofty attributes will perish with time and mean nothing to you, but Eternal Life does not and it means everything. Life is just a blink of the eye, so search and find your Self or Soul and you will have the Kingdom of Heaven forever, there is nothing greater than that.
Jesus said, "There are many standing at the door, but those who are alone will enter the bridal suite."
The ‘bridal suite’ is the Kingdom of Heaven, and here again he talks about the act of Self-realization, which opens the door to the Suite. The door is available to all yet few will enter, because so few know how and few will let go of the past in order to do so. In the same manner you entered you must leave, empty handed ‘Those alone’ means you have to do it alone without carrying any attributes with you except that which you came in with. It’s up to each individual to surrender their individual and worldly characteristics and find their unity at Home in the Kingdom. Let it all go and you will be rewarded with the ultimate gift of Eternal Life, and although you gave up that human individuality during the process, some of it will return to you, because the Self-governing Pure Soul is the result of this action, when you take your spot in the Almighty Father.
Jesus said, The Father's kingdom is like a merchant who had a supply of merchandise and found a peal. That merchant was prudent; he sold the merchandise and bought the single pearl for himself.
So also with you, seek his treasure that is unfailing, that is enduring, where no moth comes to eat and no worm destroys."
The peal, pearl or any priceless gem will do for this metaphor on the Almighty Spirit. A treasure that is unfailing and enduring is the Soul within all of us. Seek and find that, and you’ll need nothing else to comfort you, because nothing else can give you that divine contentment, which only comes from that gem within you. No one can take that from you and its indestructible and everlasting, so be willing to give up everything for the cause and you will find the gem.
Jesus said, "I am the light that is over all things. I am all: from me all came forth, and to me all attained.
Split a piece of wood; I am there.
Lift up the stone, and you will find me there."
Here he takes the next step in identifying with the Source. A big step, which is usually reserved for only the close disciples, and any true teacher can speak from the Source for the Source as the One. No longer speaking as a human, Jesus speaks directly from the Almighty Father from within the Kingdom of Heaven. Each enlightened teacher has this ability, but chooses not to for it could alienate people when they perceive an elevation in stature equal to God. People have a hard time understanding this, and it takes the perfect moment for a teacher to talk this way. The right to talk this way is given to them by the Father, and since the human psyche is programmed so limited the majorities can’t phantom this talk and walk away.
The Almighty Father is speaking here and He is the source of all things and everywhere is He.
Posted by Kurt at 11/17/2010 7:39 AM 
Categories: New Testament, Spirituality
Tags: The Kingdom of Heaven The Almighty Spirit Meditation New Testament disciples spirituality Selfrealization Afterlife Enlightenment Eternal life God Eternity The Self the Spirit Jesus gospel of Thomas
Categories: New Testament, Spirituality
Tags: The Kingdom of Heaven The Almighty Spirit Meditation New Testament disciples spirituality Selfrealization Afterlife Enlightenment Eternal life God Eternity The Self the Spirit Jesus gospel of Thomas
You are the sourse of reality. You give reality, you don't get reality. Sri Nisargadatta. Kurt the work is fantastic, keep on brother, I love it. we are not separate. Thanks for reminding me. My pain subside as I read these blogs. There is tremendous power in Truth. Thanks again. Tony
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The bliss of the blissful permeates my entire being and I am saturated by peace. Which reminds me that I had a good peace of Pizza the other day. I felt the entire energy of the pizza and became one with It. Does this mean that when I eat pizza I can get enlightenment or just shakti from the Pizza.
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You must of ate a pizza heaven.
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