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Christian Ties Continuum Spirit of Thomas By: The Gnostic Jesse/Spirit of Thomas/ Twin of Jesus

In the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas, Jesus says: “if you do not become acquainted with yourselves, then you are in poverty, and it is you who are the poverty.” The core issue is..” What do you know about you? After all if you don’t know yourself who you walk with everyday how can you presume to know God who you have never seen or touched, and exists in ways that only your “True Self” can tell you. That is the essence of “True Spirituality, not just a religion, but the revelation that within each of us is a spark of divinity. Within this” True Self” God is known. Jesus Christ is a revealer of this “True Self” that is divine and leads people into an awakening of their true nature. (Spiritual Bankruptcy) “One in the divine substance with those he seeks. Jesus saves them simply by revealing to them the truth of who they are, i.e., divine beings who belong to another world. This knowledge pure and simple saves these spiritual persons right now. As soon as they realize who they are, they are immediately free from the ‘garments’ of their material bodies, which they can trample underfoot. Even now they can find the treasure of true knowledge that means eternal life: even now they can enter into the “place” or “rest” of The Father. Fully integrated with the divine source from which they came. There is no salvation to be awaited from above or in the future, the spiritual kingdom is already within them and surrounding them. If only they open their eyes to see it. The material world and physical body is rejected as evil and abstains as far as possible from things material. By asceticism the spirits already triumph in principle over the body which will be totally left behind at physical death.