Enter the Bridal Chamber...

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Enter the Bridal ChamberLOGION 75 Yeshua said: Many are standing by

the door, but only those who are alone and simple [monakhos] can

enter the bridal chamber. (CF. MATT 9:15,12:46-47; MARK 2:19; LUKE

5:34; JOHN 3:29, 18:16.) Just as in the previous logion, there are

many bystanders who speak, preach, and dream of love. But few of them

really go through the door and begin to love truly and completely. It

is those who are alone and simple who enter the bridal chamber,

because the unity they have realized and the solitude they have

embraced have made them capable of meeting the Other as Other,

without circumscribing them by their own lacks and desires. Only they

truly know the meaning of the wedding. Communion among two or more of

such monakhoi is like the flow of water through a network of

underground channels connecting each spring intimately with the

others while the brims of the individual wells remain distant from

one another. Thus the wells are united in their depths and in their

fullness. This is a symbol of Union without separation or confusion.

This logion also suggests that among those who stand before the door

to the Kingdom, the few who go through are those who have experienced

their; solitude fully so that they manifest simplicity, transparence,

and the peace of essential Being. Only they will know the bridal

chamber of the wedding of Created and Uncreated, of God and Human,

the Union without separation or confusion. The Gospel of

ThomasJean-Yves LeloupInner Traditions booksRochester, Vermont

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, "Lady Joyce" <shaantih@c...>

wrote:

> Enter the Bridal Chamber

>

> LOGION 75

>

> Yeshua said:

> Many are standing by the door,

> but only those who are alone and simple [monakhos]

> can enter the bridal chamber.

>

> (CF. MATT 9:15,12:46-47; MARK 2:19; LUKE 5:34; JOHN 3:29, 18:16.)

 

 

Namaste,

 

Yes I have always found the GThomas to be very similar to Vedanta in

many respects.

 

I've always regarded this particular verse as the Mystic Union. It

can be interpreted at two levels, depending on the mind of the

reader. At the lower level it is the union of male and female in the

human spirit on the astral. At the higher level we are talking about

Samadhis and Moksha..........

 

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ONS...Tony.