Guest guest Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 Tony OClery [aoclery ] Wednesday, June 30, 2004 7:18 PMTo: Subject: Re: Sayings of Jesus #41--Gospel of Thomas. , "Yosy Flug" <yosyflug@0...> wrote:> > > > Tony OClery [aoclery] > Wednesday, June 30, 2004 5:45 PM> To: > 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....> > yosyNamaste,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. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "... I thought it may be too obtuse for some folks." i think you either underestimate people's intelligence or overestimate your own... "...if people have no spirituality at all..." ??? is that possible? people are not material beings aspiring for the spiritual. people ARE spiritual beings, messing up in material natters due to having forgotten this fact. some of the most truly "spiritual" people i've been lucky to meet never mentioned spirituality and such matters; while most of the so called "spiritually oriented" people are just hypocrites trying to gain something not tangible, but desirable... btw, what language is "gospel of thomas" translated from? pali? (thomas lived in goa, didn't he?) yosy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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