Interpretating the Gospel of Thomas

For those who are looking for pearls of wisdom, there are many to be found in the Gnostic Gospels, a collection of early Christian Gnostic writings that were discovered by two farmers in Egypt in 1945. Some believe these texts to be the true words of Christ. They certainly seem to ring true in terms of spiritual growth, far more than the New Testament, which was written many years after the death of Jesus.

I have given my interpretation of several of the quotes from one the Gnostic Gospels, known as The Gospel of Thomas, below:

Jesus said, "Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. When they find, they will be disturbed. When they are disturbed, they will marvel, and will reign over all. [And after they have reigned they will rest.]"

My interpretation: Those who are looking for the truth and a connection to God and their higher self (or soul), should keep looking until they discover God/their higher self. When they see the truth and their real selves it will shock them and they will be disturbed by their past actions and by the truth they discover. Once they have dealt with the transition to their new higher self their souls will reign over everything and everyone. Then when their work is done on earth their souls will be sent to God to rest.

Jesus said, "If your leaders say to you, 'Look, the (Father's) kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the (Father's) kingdom is within you and it is outside you.
When you know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will understand that you are children of the living Father. But if you do not know yourselves, then you live in poverty, and you are the poverty."

My interpretation: If you listen to what your religious leaders tell you about where to find God the fish and the birds will possess more wisdom and insight than you. Rather God/the Divine is everywhere, within you (in the form of your soul/higher self) and everywhere around you. God is everything.

When you truly know your true soul/higher self, trust your intuition always and live as God/your higher self/ your intuition, tells you, you will understand that God/the Divine is within you (you are part of God). If you do not know your true soul/higher self and do not always trust and live by your intuition, then you live in poverty because you are disconnected from God and your higher self and you are poverty because you will never know the happiness of being with God.

Jesus said, "The person old in days won't hesitate to ask a little child seven days old about the place of life, and that person will live.
For many of the first will be last, and will become a single one."

My interpretation: Your age in terms of days on earth or amount of times on earth is irrelevant to your wisdom. Wisdom comes from having a connection to your intuition or the Divine within. A newborn baby knows about God and where life (and souls) comes from and someone who truly understands this will have an eternal soul.

For many of the first souls to be created by God will outlive all the others and will become one with the source of God.

Jesus said, "Know what is in front of your face, and what is hidden from you will be disclosed to you. For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. [And there is nothing buried that will not be raised.]"

My interpretation: Understand the truth and what you do not know will become apparent when you need to know it.

For there is nothing hidden from you that will not be revealed to you at some point. There are consequences for all your actions so nothing you have done is buried because you will be taken to account for all you have done.

His disciples asked him and said to him, "Do you want us to fast? How should we pray? Should we give to charity? What diet should we observe?"
Jesus said, "Don't lie, and don't do what you hate, because all things are disclosed before heaven. After all, there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, and there is nothing covered up that will remain undisclosed."

My interpretation: You have to do things because you know that they are the right thing to do and your intuition guides you to do so, not because you have been told to do it by anyone or because you think you should it. In other words do things for the right reason. God knows you completely and you will be held to account for everything you do. Nothing you have done will remain a secret.