Sayings of Jesus96-to end--Gospel of Thomas.

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96) Jesus [said], "The Kingdom of the Father is like a certain

woman. She took a little leaven, [concealed] it in some dough,

and made it into large loaves. Let him who has ears hear."

 

Purport:

Within creation there is only `God' taking all these forms in a kind

of projected dream. Similar to the parable of the mustard seed

growing into a big tree. A little spirituality will lead to a

greater Moksha or Liberation.

 

97) Jesus said, "The Kingdom of the [Father] is like a certain

woman who was carrying a jar full of meal. While she was walking

[on] a road, still some distance from home, the handle of the jar

broke and the meal emptied out behind her on the road. She did

not realize it; she had noticed no accident. When she reached her

house, she set the jar down and found it empty."

 

Purport:

Life drains away every minute, but also the Kingdom is spread and

not noticed.

 

98) Jesus said, "The Kingdom of the Father is like a certain man

who wanted to kill a powerful man. In his own house he drew his

sword and stuck it into the wall in order to find out whether his

hand could carry through. Then he slew the powerful man."

 

Purport:

Spirituality takes practise and concentration.

 

99) The disciples said to Him, "Your brothers and Your mother

are standing outside."

He said to them, "Those here who do the will of My Father

are My brothers and My mother. It is they who will enter the

Kingdom of My Father."

 

Purport:

Liberated people know they are one, they have already surrendered to

the will of `God'.

 

100) They showed Jesus a gold coin and said to Him, "Caesar's men

demand taxes from us."

He said to them, "Give Caesar what belongs to Caesar, give

God what belongs to God, and give Me what is Mine."

 

Purport:

Materialism is for Caesar and the world, devotion is for God, and

for oneself it is not God but Liberation.

 

101) <Jesus said,> "Whoever does not hate his father and his

mother as I do cannot become a disciple to Me. And whoever does

[not] love his father and his mother as I do cannot become a

[disciple] to Me. For My mother [gave me falsehood], but [My]

true [Mother] gave me life."

 

Purport:

Love all as All is One, do not become so attached to other people

but at the same time respect that one's mother gave one the body.

The falsehood is the unreality of the world, and the only

reality `God'. The natural mother in the end is not the real mother;

That is the Universal Mother or Sakti.

 

102) Jesus said, "Woe to the Pharisees, for they are like a dog

sleeping in the manger of oxen, for neither does he eat nor does

he let the oxen eat."

 

Purport:

Some intellectuals and religious people do not practise what they

should and don't reveal the knowledge to others.

 

103) Jesus said, "Fortunate is the man who knows where the

brigands will enter, so that he may get up, muster his domain,

and arm himself before they invade."

 

Purport:

This means fortunate is a person that realizes his own faults and

can control the mind.

 

104) They said [to Jesus], "Come, let us pray today and let us

fast."

Jesus said, "What is the sin that I have committed, or

wherein have I been defeated? But when the bridegroom leaves the

bridal chamber, then let them fast and pray."

 

Purport:

After Liberation let us celebrate, not so much before.

 

105) Jesus said, "He who knows the father and the mother will be

called the son of a harlot."

 

Purport:

This refers to the attachment one has to give up to one's parents

and the world.

 

106) Jesus said, "When you make the two one, you will become the

sons of man, and when you say, 'Mountain, move away,' it will

move away."

 

Purport:

The soul entity is sexless so is one. So on liberation in the body

one will combine all the male and female energies. Also the word of

a Realised One is Truth and whatever they say----it happens.

 

107) Jesus said, "The Kingdom is like a shepherd who had a

hundred sheep. One of them, the largest, went astray. He left the

ninety-nine sheep and looked for that one until he found it. When

he had gone to such trouble, he said to the sheep, 'I care for

you more than the ninety-nine.'"

 

Purport:

God loves even those that go astray. However those that

are `biggest', on the road of spiritual liberation, are immediately

closer.

 

108) Jesus said, "He who will drink from my mouth will become

like Me. I myself shall become he, and the things that are hidden

will become revealed to him."

 

Purport:

This again is all about accepting the teaching and becoming One, and

giving up the ego and false individuality. Listening to the

teachings, one becomes the teaching and the teacher and disciple

become one or rather were always one.

 

109) Jesus said, "The Kingdom is like a man who had a [hidden]

treasure in his field without knowing it. And [after] he died, he

left it to his son. The son did not know (about the treasure). He

inherited the field and sold [it]. And the one who bought it went

plowing and found the treasure. He began to lend money at

interest to whomever he wished."

 

Purport:

Whoever seeks will find and get the spiritual riches or Liberation.

One has to make the effort and do the action or karma.

 

110) Jesus said, "Whoever finds the world and becomes rich, let

him renounce the world."

 

Purport:

Give up all attachment, even those that have found material success

in the world.

 

111) Jesus said, "The heavens and the earth will be rolled up in

your presence. And one who lives from the Living One will not see

death." Does not Jesus say, "Whoever finds himself is superior to

the world?"

 

Purport:

This is a complete reference to Realisation of Liberation. The

complete illusion and unreality of heaven and earth will become

apparent and only the Transcendent God is left, which we are in fact

ourselves.

 

112) Jesus said, "Woe to the flesh that depends on the soul; woe

to the soul that depends on the flesh."

 

Purport:

Another reference to depending on illusion, individual and common

unreality.In the end result the flesh is unreal, and so is the

individual soul.

 

113) His disciples said to Him, "When will the Kingdom come?"

<Jesus said,> "It will not come by waiting for it. It will

not be a matter of saying 'Here it is' or 'There it is.' Rather,

the Kingdom of the Father is spread out upon the earth, and men

do not see it."

 

Purport:

There is nothing to come or realise in the end. For we are already

free and don't know for our minds have clouded our vision. In other

words the illusion of the world, ourselves everything is a

projection of God. We are searching for something which is already

within us.

 

114) Simon Peter said to Him, "Let Mary leave us, for women are

not worthy of Life."

Jesus said, "I myself shall lead her in order to make her

male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you

males. For every woman who will make herself male will enter the

Kingdom of Heaven."

 

Purport:

The interim step to realization is unity of all, and loss of

individuality associated with the body. This also includes the idea

of different sexes. Also there is the tradition that there is only

one male in the universe and that is `God'. The Creation or

projection is female, it is `The Sakti'. So by woman becoming

Realised she becomes `Male', or `God'.END.