Coming in June!
The Gnostic Gospel of Thomas:
Wholeness, Enlightenment, and Individuation
We are
born of wisdom yet unrealized and of divine power, yet undiscovered. We were
created outside the “fullness,” but the fullness is within us, waiting,
calling. Deep within there is a divine discontent. We are homesick for a
place beyond where and what we are now. Fear and attachment hold us, but the
gnosis is waiting on the other side. It is transcendental consciousness brought
about by a realization sparked to flame by God, from his grace, as he answers
the pleading of our hearts. This is the place where angels sing in silence.
This is beyond religion. Religion is made up of commands, resulting only in
ethics, but gnosis changes the heart. The change is the opus. Our magnum opus
is to lay aside our ego and the fear that besets us, to step outside ourselves
and become one, both with our true spiritual identities, and with God in his
wonderful fullness. This is the peace that passes understanding. This is the
Kingdom of heaven. This is what Carl Jung called, “Individuation.”
There is something in the human
psyche, which struggles to produce what Jung refers to as the "true
personality." This struggle to bring about the birth of one’s "true
personality," which is a fully integrated and healthy personality that is
the basis for what Jung called the process of individuation. We are involved in
a process of bridging the gap between the various parts of the archetypal
pieces within us. The world of the unconscious and the everyday world of
ego-consciousness must be brought together, in order to realize the
potentialities of one’s individual psyche.
The
parables of Jesus are designed, like the Zen koan, to go passed the logical
mind and engage emotion and intuition also to bring forth a fuller
understanding. This is the power of the Gospel of Thomas with it’s one hundred
and fourteen saying, each one aimed like an arrow, to the heart of the matter.
Let us
read these texts and do as the ancient Gnostics commanded. Wake up! Heal
yourself! Seek the Christ within you! Let the oil flow down! Let the Word be
heard! Let the Light show you the Truth! Become the Christ you are! Give birth
to what is inside you! Let the sleeper awaken!
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