Demystifying Thomas 114

This is one of those logia that doesn’t sit right with our modern sensibilities. As is the case with each logion we are to sit with it and meditate until it is revealed to us. The more frustrating a saying of Yeshua may appear the deeper the truth it contains right? I’ve spent months wrestling […]

All 6’s & 7’s: Transforming Water Into Wine

“On the third day there was a wedding in Cana, in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.” -John 2:1 Jewish mysticism has a practice called gematria- interpreting the meaning of scriptures based on numerical values. It’s a very complex Kabbalistic idea I won’t even attempt to capture here because it’s that deep. However, […]

What The Temptation of Yeshua Teaches

In the post called Symbolism Calls Us Deeper we discussed the esoteric elements behind Yeshua’s conversation with Nicodemus. Today, I’d like to relate that conversation to our own experience and describe how the Temptation in the desert gives us a playbook on how to overcome the triune elements of our being and realize the Kingdom […]

Do YOU Thirst For Wisdom?

Blessed are they who have been persecuted within themselves. It is they who have truly come to know the father. Blessed are the hungry, for the belly of him who desires will be filled. – Gospel of Thomas 69 When we think of persecution it’s normal to remember when people have inflicted misery on us. […]