My Favorite Verses - Vol V (Feb 17 to Jun 17)

Thomas 1:24 … Within a person of Light
(03/07/2017)
“There is a Light within a person of Light
and It illuminates the whole world.”
~ Jesus (Gospel of Thomas 24)
Before I make a few comments on some of the deeper Meanings in this
beautiful (and extremely insightful) verse, it is worthwhile to consider the very
beginning passage from the Gospel of John – a passage which reads: “In the
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. It was in
the beginning with God. All things came into being through it, and without it not one
thing came into being. What has come into being in [the Word] was life, and the life was
the Light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not
overcome it” (John 1:1-5) … This passage is especially intriguing when we realize
that the term “Word” used therein is the Greek term Logos (Strong‟s #3056) – a
word that essentially meant “the Divine Essence that animates all sentient life” to
the educated folk of Jesus‟ day. It is also interesting to re-read the same passage
replacing the words “the Word” with the word “Love” – seeing as how Jesus
thought that God was indeed the actual perfect fulfillment thereof (see Matthew
5:48) … On a more practical level, it is important for us all to repeatedly
remember that there is always a beautiful Light within every sentient being – even
those seemingly residing in Darkness; those who harbor the very same Light in the
very same quantity as the others we consider to be allies or friends or lovers or
heroes. Their Light cannot be seen by the inattentive because it is covered in
deeds of varying manifestations of greed &/or wickedness, and yet that same
glorious Light is indeed within them – trapped and cold and yearning to breathe
free … That is why it is up to those of us who are “in the Light” to actively &
courageously Love those who are not – for the former are the only ones who can
Love the unlovable; dismantling their prisons of fear & self-loathing and setting
their inner Light free … Finally, it is worthwhile to note that the Light that comes
from such courageously Caring Deeds is bright to the same degree that it is
difficult. And because those who are truly “in the Light” can See the Light within
those who are not, and because those who are truly “in the Light” have the
liberation of others as their one true Mission, they are the ones who do indeed
Care for the uncaring, and they
are the ones who Give to the
greedy, and they are the ones who
Forgive the unforgivable – and
thereby they are the ones who
illuminate not only the objects of
their self-sacrifice, but the rest of
the entire world as well.
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