Gospel of Thomas coda 5

Gospel of Thomas , coda 5

Jesus said, “Notice what is right in front of you and that which is hidden from you will be revealed to you.  Nothing hidden will fail to be displayed.”

What is hidden from you is the realm of God.   The realm of God is everywhere.  You don’t have to search high and low.  And as you recognize it in you will recognize it in what you see right before you.  You may have to see through the filters that cloud your vision in order to see clearly what is right before you.

That which is hidden is precious.  There is nothing more valuable.  You will indeed perceive it and possess it.  In order to do so, rid yourself of illusion.  You have to rid yourself of wrong ideas, beliefs and thoughts.  You have to be yourself, pure and only.

This instruction could be instruction for meditation.  Sit in silence, your eyes on an object before you, and just observe it, being yourself, observing it, breathing, letting your attention rest on that object as you breathe in and breathe out, doing nothing otherwise.

What is hidden is your true self, the self within you, the self all around you.

You might notice as you watch the object before you, the space within you and the space around you, the space in the object before you and around it, that space around the object, the space between you and the object, the space around you, while you breathe in and out and do absolutely nothing.

This can be done with a picture of your teacher, of Christ Jesus, or of someone else who represents the true self to you or the God or Christ within, letting your attention flow out to the picture, focusing on the eyes of your teacher and experiencing the eyes of the teacher looking back at you, into your eyes, seeing your true self, the Christ or God within you, noticing the space like you did before, around the picture, around you and between you and your teacher.

And as you do this, let go of your thoughts as they arise, knowing that they arise and fall away in your consciousness; every sensation, every thought, every feeling appears and disappears, and you aware of the empty space before you and all around you.  You are awareness being aware of being aware.