if he does not shine, he is darkness
what if it is the village we have made of our minds in which no prophet is accepted?
are we delusional for wanting to be the prophets of our own lives?
"Preach from your housetops that which you will hear in your ear. For no one lights a lamp and puts it under a bushel, nor does he put it in a hidden place, but rather he sets it on a lampstand so that everyone who enters and leaves will see its light."
"Do not be concerned from morning until evening and from evening until morning about what you will wear."
"When you disrobe without being ashamed and take up your garments and place them under your feet like little children and tread on them, then will you see the son of the living one, and you will not be afraid"
"Become passers-by."
"If two make peace with each other in this one house, they will say to the mountain, 'Move Away,' and it will move away."
"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.' If they say to you, 'Is it you?', say, 'We are its children, we are the elect of the living father.' If they ask you, 'What is the sign of your father in you?', say to them, 'It is movement and repose.'"
"Whoever has come to understand the world has found a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world."
"Blessed is the man who has suffered and found life."
"There was a rich man who had much money. He said, 'I shall put my money to use so that I may sow, reap, plant, and fill my storehouse with produce, with the result that I shall lack nothing.' Such were his intentions, but that same night he died. Let him who has ears hear."
"Show me the stone which the builders have rejected. That one is the cornerstone."
"If one who knows the all still feels a personal deficiency, he is completely deficient."
"Blessed are you when you are hated and persecuted. Wherever you have been persecuted they will find no place."
"Blessed are they who have been persecuted within themselves. It is they who have truly come to know the father. Blessed are the hungry, for the belly of him who desires will be filled."
"That which you have will save you if you bring it forth from yourselves. That which you do not have within you will kill you if you do not have it within you."
"Many are standing at the door, but it is the solitary who will enter the bridal chamber."
"The images are manifest to man, but the light in them remains concealed in the image of the light of the father. He will become manifest, but his image will remain concealed by his light."
"When you see your likeness, you rejoice. But when you see your images which came into being before you, and which neither die not become manifest, how much you will have to bear!"
"Adam came into being from a great power and a great wealth, but he did not become worthy of you. For had he been worthy, he would not have experienced death."
"The foxes have their holes and the birds have their nests, but the son of man has no place to lay his head and rest."
"Wretched is the body that is dependant upon a body, and wretched is the soul that is dependent on these two."
"The angels and the prophets will come to you and give to you those things you have. And you too, give them those things which you have, and say to yourselves, 'When will they come and take what is theirs?'"
"Seek and you will find. Yet, what you asked me about in former times and which I did not tell you then, now I do desire to tell, but you do not inquire after it."
"If you have money, do not lend it at interest, but give it to one from whom you will not get it back."
"The kingdom of the father is like a certain woman. She took a little leaven, concealed it in some dough, and made it into large loaves. Let him who has ears hear."
"The kingdom of the father is like a certain woman who was carrying a jar full of meal. While she was walking on the road, still some distance from home, the handle of the jar broke and the meal emptied out behind her on the road. She did not realize it; she had noticed no accident. When she reached her house, she set the jar down and found it empty."
"The kingdom of the father is like a certain man who wanted to kill a powerful man. In his own house he drew his sword and stuck it into the wall in order to find out whether his hand could carry through. Then he slew the powerful man."
"He who knows the father and the mother will be called the son of a harlot."
"The kingdom is like a shepherd who had a hundred sheep. One of them, the largest, went astray. He left the ninety-nine sheep and looked for that one until he found it. When he had gone to such trouble, he said to the sheep, 'I care for you more than the ninety-nine.'"
"He who will drink from my mouth will become like me. I myself shall become he, and the things that are hidden will be revealed to him."
"The kingdom is like a man who had a hidden treasure in his field without knowing it. And after he died, he left it to his son. The son did not know. He inherited the field and sold it. And the one who bought it went plowing and found the treasure. He began to lend money at interest to whomever he wished."
"Whoever finds the world and becomes rich, let him renounce the world."
"The heavens and the earth will be rolled up in your presence. And the one who lives from the living one will not see death."
"Whoever finds himself is superior to the world."
"Woe to the flesh that depends on the soul; woe to the soul that depends on the flesh."
When will the kingdom come?
It will not come by waiting for it. It will not be a matter of saying 'here it is' or 'there it is.' Rather, the kingdom of the father is spread out upon the earth, and men do not see it.
let us manifest the kingdom thru every moment, thru every experience and perception, for what we do not manifest we project, and what we project we invest our faith in, that it may rule over us. let us manifest our faith in what is good, what is just, what will lift the spirit. let us invest our faith not in you and me, in fucker and fuckee, but in the connections that exist between us and bind us, in the all in all, in the entirety of the universe in every moment. let us be here together. all this creation needs is your complete and undivided, unprojected faith. then will the kingdom be manifest.
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