Guest guest Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 Namaste, 41) Jesus said, "Whoever has something in his hand will receive more, and whoever has nothing will be deprived of even the little he has." Purport:O'Clery. A little spiritual knowledge leads to more. Those that have nothing can make no progress. The more one is on the path the more one is on the path.....ONS...Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 , "Yosy Flug" <yosyflug@0...> wrote: > > > > Tony OClery [aoclery] > Wednesday, June 30, 2004 5:45 PM > > Sayings of Jesus #41--Gospel of Thomas. > > > Namaste, > > 41) Jesus said, "Whoever has something in his hand will receive > more, and whoever has nothing will be deprived of even the little > he has." > > Purport:O'Clery. > > A little spiritual knowledge leads to more. Those that have nothing > can make no progress. The more one is on the path the more one is on > the path.....ONS...Tony. > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > hi tony... why those "sayings of jesus" sound more and more like a > copy of classic zen texts? "if you have a stick - i'll give it to you, > if you do not - i'll take it away from you" (basho, i think) > > and i contest your purport. i take it to mean "you can steal only > what is yours. otherwise, you'll be found out" > > spiritual knowlege is not accumulation of knowlege. it is about > unlearning/unknowing. the less you have, the futher "on the path" you > are... when you have nothing, you are all. thus the devishes, "men of > the path" are called "faquirs", the poor.... > > yosy Namaste, When I read it occurred to me that it could mean the opposite. I did think of writing the purport that way but I thought it may be too obtuse for some folks. It has many translations depending on the translator I suppose. However it is a truth that if people have no spirituality at all it cannot be added to..........ONS...Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 Tony OClery [aoclery ] Wednesday, June 30, 2004 5:45 PMTo: Subject: Sayings of Jesus #41--Gospel of Thomas. Namaste,41) Jesus said, "Whoever has something in his hand will receivemore, and whoever has nothing will be deprived of even the littlehe has."Purport:O'Clery.A little spiritual knowledge leads to more. Those that have nothing can make no progress. The more one is on the path the more one is on the path.....ONS...Tony. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ hi tony... why those "sayings of jesus" sound more and more like a copy of classic zen texts? "if you have a stick - i'll give it to you, if you do not - i'll take it away from you" (basho, i think) and i contest your purport. i take it to mean "you can steal only what is yours. otherwise, you'll be found out" spiritual knowlege is not accumulation of knowlege. it is about unlearning/unknowing. the less you have, the futher "on the path" you are... when you have nothing, you are all. thus the devishes, "men of the path" are called "faquirs", the poor.... yosy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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