Wednesday Wisdom Series: The Hidden Kingdom – What Jesus Meant in Thomas.
🔍 Lesson Focus:
Jesus begins the Gospel of Thomas with a challenge: “Whoever finds the meaning of these words will not taste death.” This first session sets the tone for the entire series: salvation is found not in belief, but in personal discovery. Our journey begins with inner seeking, mystical recognition, and awakening to our true origin.
Another Layer of Light
📖 Readings: Gospel of Thomas – Sayings 1–5
Link to Text (Marvin Meyer translation):
👉 https://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/gthlamb.html
✨ Saying 1
“Whoever finds the meaning of these words will not taste death.”
🔹 Commentary: This saying frames the entire Gospel as a riddle or key. Spiritual awakening leads to eternal life—not after death, but now. “Not tasting death” means transcending spiritual ignorance.
✨ Saying 2
“Let the one who seeks not stop seeking until he finds. When he finds, he will be disturbed. When he is disturbed, he will marvel, and he will reign over all.”
🔹 Commentary: The path of awakening moves through discomfort. Disturbance precedes transformation. This is the sacred process of deconstruction and rebirth.
✨ Saying 3
“The kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of you. When you come to know yourselves, you will become known…”
🔹 Commentary: The divine is not distant or hidden—it is woven into your being. True gnosis (knowledge) is remembering your divine identity.
✨ Saying 4
“The old man will not hesitate to ask a little child seven days old about the place of life…”
🔹 Commentary: Spiritual greatness is not tied to age or learning. Childlike innocence and openness are the key to the “place of life”—the source.
✨ Saying 5
“Recognize what is in your sight, and what is hidden from you will be revealed…”
🔹 Commentary: You already hold the clues. Awakening doesn’t come from new truths—it comes from seeing what’s already here in a new way.
🌿 Cannabis Ritual: Silence + Breath
Purpose: To prepare the body and mind for sacred perception.
Instructions:
- Choose your sacrament (joint, edible, tincture, tea).
- Inhale or consume slowly and with reverence.
- Sit in silence for 5–10 minutes with eyes closed.
- Focus only on your breath and the phrase: “What do I already know—but haven’t yet remembered?”
- Journal anything that arises.
Optional Enhancement: Burn frankincense or sandalwood during meditation.
🧠 Journaling / Discussion Prompts
- What does “not tasting death” mean to me, beyond the literal?
- Have I ever been spiritually “disturbed” in a way that opened me?
- Where have I been seeking the divine outside myself?
- What might I be overlooking that’s right in front of me?
🌟 Affirmation of the Week
“The truth is within me, and I am ready to remember.”
Say this aloud at the end of your ritual. Write it in your journal. Make it your mantra this week.
