Sayings of Jesus #14-Gospel of Thomas

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Namaste,

 

14) Jesus said to them, "If you fast, you will give rise to sin

for yourselves; and if you pray, you will be condemned; and if

you give alms, you will do harm to your spirits. When you go into

any land and walk about in the districts, if they receive you,

eat what they will set before you, and heal the sick among them.

For what goes into your mouth will not defile you, but that which

issues from your mouth - it is that which will defile you."

 

Purport:O'Clery.

This is Jesus saying that fasting with ego will only put the desires

on hold, ready to bounce back greater than before. Giving alms with

idea of helping only builds the ego, one must surrender the fruits

of action. As Jesus said `It is not I but my father that is in me

that does the work'. Praying indicates asking God as a separate

entity for something. When one should be thinking of the God we are,

meditate in other words. Also in surrender eat what is offered just

like a Buddhist monk. What we say is usually more dangerous to our

progress than what we eat, for it indicates our mind....

....ONS...Tony.