The Nag Hammadi Library offers new insight into
another early Christian perspective.
Jesus said, "Whoever drinks
from my mouth will become
like me; I myself
shall become that person, and the hidden things will be revealed to
him." (1)
"The kingdom of heaven
dwells in your heart, and
all
around you; when
you know your Self you too shall be known." (2)
“It suddenly seemed to
be a reflection of my Real
Self.
I saw my own Self in
this clear mirror, knowing the see-er and the seen were not two but
One.
The King of Kings was imaged there shimmering all over, as the true
Gnosis.” (3)
It is said that
baptism is done in water because of the reflection.
“What you see you
shall become”. (4)
"I am the All, the
All issues from me and
reaches
me.
Cut wood, I am
there; Lift a stone, I am there." (5)
“On
earth as in heaven,” (6)
The
above as the below,” (7)
"Make the two
into one,
and the inner as the outer, and the
outer as the inner,the above as the below, the male and
the female into a single one...
then you'll enter into the
kingdom." (8)
What is "The Secret?"
Some call it the law of
attraction.
In the scriptures, it is sometimes referred to as the Mystery or the
Secret of
Christ.(9)
God will gather or attract together all things into One
in the one
Universal body of Christ.
Making the head as
the body. And the body as
the
head.
All things gathered
together in One, the above as the below.
And this Christ in
you is the hope of glory. (10)
In the Gospel of
Philip speaking of becoming
like
Christ
it is said,
“What you see you shall become.”
“As a man thinks in
his heart so is he.”(11)
“The kingdom of
heaven is within you”. Can you
see
it?
“On earth as it is in
heaven” (12)
Make the two
into One, ...
Then you’ll enter into the Kingdom. (13)
"When
you know your Self,"
Manifesting this glory "you too shall be known"
Troubled and Amazed,
URfriend,
Dean Johnson
References
1. Thomas 10
2. Thomas 3
3. The Fable of the
Pearl, The
Essential Gnostic Gospels, page 17
4. Gospel of Philip
5. Thomas 77
6. Matthew
6:10
7. Thomas 22
8. Thomas 22
9. Ephesians 1:10
10. Colossians
1:27
11. Proverbs
23:7
12. Luke 17:21, Matthew
6:10
13. Thomas 22, Thomas 2
The Key of knowledge