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Dear All,

 

i have found a quote from Shri Mataji, where She says that in the Gospel of

Thomas, it clearly describes the Sahaja experience:

 

" The cool breeze of the Holy Ghost of Pentecost is this power that you can feel

in Sahaja Yoga [union with the Divine Within]. In the Gospel of St. Thomas, very

clearly [it] describes the Sahaja experience as the ultimate of our religious

life. Also it says we must look after our centres. This Kundalini has to ascend

and pierce through six subtle centres which are placed in the spinal cord and in

the brain. The last breakthrough is the actualisation of the " Baptism " as one

feels the cool breeze of the Holy Ghost emitting out of one's fontanel bone

area. (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi – first small English Book)

 

i am trying to find this description in the Book of Thomas (to include it in one

of the New Headings). If anyone else can find it, i would be most grateful, if

you can post it on the forum. It would be really great to have it on the (HSS)

site. i have appended " The Gospel of Thomas Collection " from The Gnostic Society

Library, for our perusal. What Shri Mataji is referring to, just might be there

(if only we can find it, though!)

 

regards to all,

 

violet

 

 

 

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Introduction

 

There is a growing consensus among scholars that the Gospel of Thomas -

discovered over a half century ago in the Egyptian desert – dates to the very

beginnings of the Christian era and may well have taken first form before any of

the four traditional canonical Gospels. During the first few decades after its

discovery several voices representing established orthodox biases argued that

the Gospel of Thomas (abbreviated, GTh) was a late-second or third century

Gnostic forgery. Scholars currently involved in Thomas studies now largely

reject that view, though such arguments will still be heard from orthodox

apologists and are encountered in some of the earlier publications about Thomas.

 

Today most students would agree that the Gospel of Thomas has opened a new

perspective on the first voice of the Christian tradition. Recent studies

centered on GTh have led to a stark reappraisal of the forces and events forming

" orthodoxy " during the second and third centuries. But more importantly, the

Gospel of Thomas is awakening interest in a forgotten spiritual legacy of

Christian culture. The incipit (or " beginning words " ) of Thomas invite each of

us " who has ears to hear " to join in a unique quest:

 

These are the hidden words that the living Jesus spoke, and that Didymos Judas

Thomas wrote down. And He said: " Whoever finds the meaning of these words will

not taste death. "

 

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