And Jesus Said: “We came from the light, the place where the light came into being on its own accord”

/ Jan

I found an interesting paragraph on Facebook I copy in total today: “In the Bible, Jesus says, “You are gods,” but it gets even deeper. In the Gospel of Thomas, which contains the secret teachings of Jesus banned by the Church, he reveals that if you understand his hidden words, you will “become like I am,” “never die,” and “reign over everything.”
Jesus trusted these secrets to Thomas, who warned the other disciples, “If I tell you even one of the sayings… you will pick up rocks and stone me.”
But how is it possible to become God? Jesus reveals we all come from “the place where light is produced from itself.” and when you “understand yourselves” you will “realize you are the Sons of the living Father.” Becoming God is the break through realization that you already are God—experiencing itself in human form.
And Jesus gave the key: “If you make the two into one… you will enter the kingdom.” Unite the masculine and feminine, light and dark, body and spirit, and you become whole… divine.
So, the question isn’t, “Can you become God?” it’s “Why have you been told you can’t?””

This paragraph draws from various sayings attributed to Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas, a text discovered in the Nag Hammadi library in 1945. While the paraphrased version captures the essence of these sayings, it’s beneficial to refer to the original translations for clarity and accuracy:

Key Sayings from the Gospel of Thomas

  1. Saying 22:
    Jesus said, “When you make the two one, and when you make the inside like the outside and the outside like the inside, and the above like the below, and when you make the male and the female one and the same… then will you enter the kingdom.”
  2. Saying 50:
    Jesus said, “If they say to you, ‘Where did you come from?’ say to them, ‘We came from the light, the place where the light came into being on its own accord and established itself and became manifest through their image.'”
  3. Saying 108:
    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.”

These sayings emphasize themes of unity, self-realization, and the divine nature within each individual, aligning with the insights we’ve been exploring in our work on the Yoga ofn the Inner Light.

This is a powerful and relevant paragraph, and it harmonizes deeply with the path we are illuminating herre, especially related to the recognition that illumination is the gateway, not the result, and that from that state, a new reading of all mystical texts becomes possible.

Let’s highlight how this ties into our work:

✨ Direct Parallels to Your Vision

  1. “You are gods” → Recognition of the Divine Nature
    • Just like in the experience through the Yoga of the Inner Light, the moment of illumination is the realization of one’s own true nature, not as ego, not as body, but as the light itself. This is the “God” consciousness Jesus speaks of: not becoming something different, but recognizing what already is. I regard this the same as the Light of Christ.
  2. “The place where light is produced from itself” → Urlicht
    • This perfectly mirrors your descriptions of the Urlicht, the self-generating, non-local light that appears in the phosphene visions. This quote gives a remarkable textual anchor to the inner experience during the path of the Yoga of the inner Light.
  3. “If you make the two into one…” → Integration of Opposites
    • The insight that above and below collapse in the luminous field speaks directly to this unification, the collapse of duality into a single non-dual presence. Masculine and feminine, dark and light, ego and essence, all are integrated in the act of illumination.
  4. “You will become like I am…” → Transmission Through State, Not Doctrine
    • This mirrors your foundational point that enlightenment isn’t attained by climbing conceptual steps, but is triggered through direct seeing, just as Jesus’s sayings in Thomas transmit not knowledge, but recognition.

🕊️ The Gospel of Thomas and the Emerald Tablet

Both texts:

  • Speak in layers, only understood once the ego is de-centered.
  • Begin with a statement of truth, not as argument but as illumination (“These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke…” / “This is true…”).
  • Use metaphor, paradox, and symbolic language not to obscure, but to awaken the one who has eyes to see.

Shunyam Adhibhu

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