77 Jesus said, "I am the light that is over all things. I am all: from me all came forth, and to me all attained.
Split a piece of wood; I am there.
Lift up the stone, and you will find me there."
I know this is a quote from the Gospel of Thomas but this is the closest to describe what I experienced.
Please note that i am not religious what so ever but have studied quite a few religions and a lot of spiritual texts.
Was this God or not?
2007-08-23 04:50:33 · 17 answers · asked by Energybeing 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Reverend Einstein do you even understand these words?
2007-08-23 05:08:46 · update #1
I don't know. Did it have some meaning to you? Then I suppose you can call it God, if you want.
Just don't expect others to see it the same way...
2007-08-23 04:56:45 · answer #1 · answered by Daniel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure that you realize that the Gospel of Thomas is not found in most Bibles today.
One Sunday, our pastor discussed why certain Gnostic gospels were not accepted into the Canon for the official 66 books of the Bible. There were some radical thoughts that were not "in sync" (for a lack of a better term) with the other books. In other words, there was no scriptures from other books to back up what was written in the Gnostic gospels.
For that reason, it's hard to say whether the words were divinely inspired, or just the recollections and inspiration of the author.
2007-08-23 12:00:43 · answer #2 · answered by Searcher 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No one on Yahoo Answers is going to be able to tell you the answer to your question. We didn't share your experience; we don't know where you're coming from.
It might have been God. Did experience make you want to change anything about the way you're living? Did it communicate anything to you? Give you a sense of peace or energy? I think an experience of the divine would leave you in some way different than you were before, if only for a moment.
Continue reading those texts--perhaps without studying them, but just reading. Continue being open to God or the absence of God. Be ready to accept whatever comes your way.
2007-08-23 12:05:17 · answer #3 · answered by Elissa 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I heard once that everyone is a part of a conglomeration of a spiritual entity called by humans 'God'. So, that quote sounds like it's saying that. I also heard that Jesus spent time in his unrecorded years in the Himalayan mountains with Buddhist monks (or maybe Hindu) and some of the Gnostic teachings are similar to that.
Traditional Christians-read the NT. Jesus' words alone sound Gnostic in nature and he teaches in parables. You might not want to be so quick to dismiss any Gnostic tales.
2007-08-23 13:47:51 · answer #4 · answered by strpenta 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really like the answers that state..."religion has done nothing but bring down untold misery on the human race." I am not a member of a church nor do I really support organized religion, but this narrow thinking is more like the brainwashing that many on here claim the religions are pushing only on the other side. State the good and the bad...because you feel wronged does not give the right to do more wrong....
2007-08-23 12:03:04 · answer #5 · answered by chico2149 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What did you experience?
John 1:1-5 NKJ
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
Get wisdom
Get understanding.
2007-08-23 12:07:04 · answer #6 · answered by Gem 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is the gospel of Thomas, which is gnostic in origin. So as far as being Christian it is not. It is more like the modern day new age movement.
Now Jesus is the light of the world, and He did speak the world into being. John Chapter 1 explains that. And honestly that is what I will follow. But to answer you that isn't Jesus talking there.
2007-08-23 12:08:26 · answer #7 · answered by Kathy H 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I am the light that is over all things - He is greater than the sun god Ra which is the light that shines on earth.
I am all: from me all came forth - Kinda sounds like the Big Bang eh? He poured out his body and is in everything.
I'm not a judge - just here to add my two cents to the forum.
2007-08-23 12:05:37 · answer #8 · answered by Lukusmcain// 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Once again, experience is not a reliable test. You almost always will experience what you have predetermined that you will.
Try this, watch "Mind Control" on the SciFi channel, besides being entertaining it is an extremely good example of how easily our minds are manipulated, and thus why experience is not a good measure of truth.
2007-08-23 11:58:15 · answer #9 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was Jesus! It was men who kept Thomas's gospel out because they thought Thomas's doubting was unfaithful even though Jesus lovingly bore with him. Jesus is a creator son... and He is everlastingly the truth and the light and the way for our universe. All the apostles knew this... they just didn't all write about it. It was too hard for them to understand especially back then, and sometimes even now ...
2007-08-23 11:57:12 · answer #10 · answered by Holly Carmichael 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I have not read the gospel of Thomas, and find that since it's origin is questionable, it is best not to derive doctrine from it. I have read the book of Enoch, and find the same about it.
I find many things in creation speak to the attributes of a Holy God who created these things as a testament to His existence.
I find living a biblically agrarian life, there are many lessons in tending a garden. Many of the bible's allegories are written and relayed in agrarian terms, so those who do not tend the land for their sustenance miss out on much of it's hidden meaning. That does not, however, mean that we are to worship the creation, but only to glean the meanings set out in it as God relays His infinite wisdom to us therein.
Why, only today when I was checking my tomato plants I found that they were slow to ripen. There fruit was taking quite a while to mature. I discovered it was due to the fact that I had not cut off what is known as the 'suckers'. These suckers are extensions of the vine, which do not produce fruit, but only rob the plant of its resources to produce leaves. God in His infinite mercy relayed a great lesson to me through this, and made me see a deeper reality in His Word as far as the parables go.
I did not want to fall down and worship my tomatoes for this lesson however, but praised God for this lesson about His attributes to be relayed to me through His creation.
2007-08-23 12:08:09 · answer #11 · answered by Notfooled 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋