They saw a Samaritan going into Judea carrying a lamb. He asked his disciples: What do you think he will do with that lamb? They replied: He'll kill it and eat it. He said to them: As long as it remains alive he will not eat it, only if he kills it and it becomes a corpse. They said: Otherwise he won't be able to do so. He said to them: You too must seek a place for rest, or you may become a corpse and be eaten. Saying 60, The Gospel of Thomas.
If you do not know your place for rest, how can I tell you? Reflection will not do it. Caught in reflections, you are a corpse. Reflections are not the mirror. When you know your mirror is a mirror, you will know your place for rest. Your place for rest is not a place. Your place for rest is no place.
The mirror knows it is a mirror but does not make itself into a mirror. This is the place for rest. This is the kingdom of heaven spread out over the earth that people are not aware of. It is pure awareness. Awareness of awareness is already dead. One has become a corpse and is eaten.
If you do not know your place for rest, how can I tell you? Reflection will not do it. Caught in reflections, you are a corpse. Reflections are not the mirror. When you know your mirror is a mirror, you will know your place for rest. Your place for rest is not a place. Your place for rest is no place.
The mirror knows it is a mirror but does not make itself into a mirror. This is the place for rest. This is the kingdom of heaven spread out over the earth that people are not aware of. It is pure awareness. Awareness of awareness is already dead. One has become a corpse and is eaten.
George,
ReplyDeleteAre you saying that "awareness of awareness" is the same as being "caught in reflections." If so, then I think I get your point.
Jesus spoke in metaphors. So do you. Metaphors of metaphors is sometimes a veil through which I cannot see.
Yes, that's what I'm saying.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks. Yours are important words. As I reflect, I realize that most if not all of my "personal issues" are caught up in my current sense of "my self," the smaller self that I choose to reflect to others. When I try, as futile as it sometimes seems, to embody the larger self and set my self aside, restlessness is replaced by restfulness and personal issues seems to fade away.
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