I am before flesh, thoughts, emotions, and names.
The Kingdom of God is within you. You search for God in churches and temples and in rituals. But you carry in yourself that which you seek. The Kingdom is not a place you travel to; it is a Truth you awaken to.
One disciple asks, Master, how is the Kingdom awakened? Jesus responds, "By remembering who you are." "You are not merely flesh; you are Light from the Light."
Mary Magdalene asks, Master, if the Kingdom is within, why do many not see it? Jesus responds. "Mary, you understand because you seek it with your soul and not with your mind alone. Many look with eyes but are blind within."
No building can contain what Father placed within you. No priest can mediate what is already yours.
You search for God in the sky and in the words of others, but the Kingdom is already within you. You do not enter it from the outside; you awaken to it from within.
The Kingdom is inside you and outside you. When you come to know yourselves, then you will be known. - The Gospel of Thomas
Those who say they will die first and then rise are in error. If they do not receive the resurrection while they live, when they die, they will receive nothing. - The Gospel of Philip
Blessed is the man who has suffered and found life. - The Gospel of Thomas
"Sin" doesn't mean moral failing; it means ignorance of your divine nature and attachment to illusion.
The world is a prison, and we are prisoners; we have put fetters on ourselves and forged our own chains. - Plotinus
觀自在 = 回光返照 = 보는 놈을 보라.
좌선 만이 참선參禪이 아니고, 언제 어디서도 항상 보는 놈을 보는 것이 참선이며 견성見性이다.
本來面目 = 五蘊皆空 = 色卽是空 空卽是色 = "있는 것은 있기 때문에 바뀌고 생멸生滅이 있다. 없는 것은 없기 때문에 바뀌지 않고 생멸도 없다. 이것이 자기 물건이요, 진정한 자기自己이고, 이것이 곧 불성이고, 이것을 보는 것이 곧 견성[깨달음]이다. 이 놈은 현실現實을 여읜 놈이기 때문에 우리 몸이 천만 번을 죽어도 없어지지 않는다." -겸우선사
