Sayings of Jesus #80-Gospel of Thomas

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Namaste,

 

80) Jesus said, "He who has recognized the world has found the

body, but he who has found the body is superior to the world."

 

Purport:O'Clery.

One who has recognized the true state of things spiritually, has

understood what the body is. He who understands that can transcend

it......ONS...Tony.

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In a message dated 8/9/2004 9:01:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

aoclery writes:

 

80) Jesus said, "He who has recognized the world has found the

body, but he who has found the body is superior to the world."

 

Purport:O'Clery.

One who has recognized the true state of things spiritually, has

understood what the body is. He who understands that can transcend

it......ONS...Tony.

 

 

 

 

 

Sheesh, Tony...you miss so much, when you try too hard.

 

Jesus refers to finding the world as finding the body, means that the world

is the shadow of the creator, and he who finds the creator is superior to

merely knowledge of the world alone.

 

How can we see a swan or a night sky studded with stars and not intimate the

Creator from these things? When we read a Bible or other religious text, we

are recognizing the world, but not finding the Creator. When we find the

authentic state of knowing the spiritual from our own experience, we transcend

the world and join with the creator.

 

Tony...the very act of trying to write these little blurbles is tantamount

to totally taking the absolute 180 degree course from that which Jesus (Or

supposedly Thomas) was suggesting. If you merely add to the "book" rather

than

to the substance of the experience, you further deaden the nature of

religious experience, rather than enliven it.

 

Are you starting to get any of this?????

 

Why are you so darned thick at times???? LOL

 

And what is all this gibberish about Israel and Arabs and Gentiles that you

have gotten into with Wim????

 

Are you somehow or other engaged in multiple internal dialogues with a

gaggle of confused

and socially isolated people from 1938????

 

Tony, just don't go there...it's not worthy of you or this list...

 

Peace,

 

Love,

 

Zenbob