Gospel of Thomas and Sant Mat Spirituality
"Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth." (says Rumi) "You have ignored the Living One who is in your presence and you have spoken only of the dead." "Look to the Living One while you are alive, otherwise, you might die and seek to see him and will be unable to find him." "Whoever drinks from my mouth will become like me. I myself shall become that person, and the Hidden Things will be revealed to that one." "I will give to you what eye has not seen, what ear has not heard, what hand has not touched, and what has not occurred to the mind of man." (selections from the Gospel of Thomas) "It is the mercy of my Satguru that has made me to know the Unknown. I have learned from Him how to walk without feet, to see without eyes, to hear without ears, to drink without mouth, to fly without wings." (Kabir)
Today I begin with some key verses from the Gospel of Thomas (making use of both Greek and Coptic translations) on the Need for a Living Master (a Living One), and not just solely relying upon old writings from the past focused on those who are no longer with us. With old writings of saints, mystics and scriptures, as wonderful as they might be, the danger and likelihood is we remain stuck, trapped in our cultural bias, blind spots and filters never seeing beyond the horizons of our limited understanding tethered to past learning only. If we have contact with a living teacher (a Living One) and spiritual community, we can have our beliefs challenged, our horizons expanded, spiritual breakthroughs, find out the vitally important things we've been missing out on as we interface with an ancient wisdom tradition communicating to us an Initiation into the Mysteries of the Kingdom of the Heavens, introducing to us the complete methods of spiritual practice we need to travel upon this Path of the Masters. We can experience for ourselves our own Living Gnosis Now, a 21st century version of the spiritual path described in the Gospel of Thomas, Nag Hammadi Library, Adi Granth and countless other sacred texts of the ages.
"Masters come here to give Their Satsang and awaken the soul and then They initiate the soul and help the soul go back to God Almighty. So, that is how They work towards the salvation of the soul. All other worldly people do things to tie themselves and entangle themselves into this world again. Therefore, we should have love and affection for the Master and we should follow His Teachings of doing our meditations on a daily basis. We should have compassion on ourselves and this is work that is given to us to do. It is not going to be done by anybody else." (Baba Ram Singh, from a recent spiritual discourse)
References, Subjects, and Sources Mentioned in Today's Podcast Include: Oxyrhynchus Greek and Coptic Nag Hammadi translations of the Gospel of Thomas; Yeshua, Jesus; Kabir, Songs of Kabir, Rabindranath Tagore; Guru Arjun Dev, Book of Sukmani, Guru Nanak, Guru Gobind Singh, and other readings from the Sikh scriptures: Adi Granth, Gurbani, Guru Granth; Sant Tukarama; a Sutra of Jainism; Mahant Purushottam Das; Swami Santsevi Ji Maharaj; Maharshi Mehi Paramhans, Philosophy of Liberation; Dialogue of the Savior: Nag Hammadi Library; Gnostic, Gnosticism, Gospel of Faith-Wisdom: Pistis Sophia; Sant Kirpal Singh, Anurag Sagar, The Stranger of Galilee - The Sermon on the Mount and the Universal Spiritual Tradition, by Russell Perkins, Sant Bani Ashram; ethics, vegan, vegetarian, initiation, Naam, Naam Daan, Simran, Dhyan, Bhajan, Surat Shabd Yoga, Inner Light and Sound Meditation, Audible Life Stream, Shabd, Dhun, Logos, Sound Current, Higher Planes, God, Bhakti, Sach Khand; Sant Garib Das of the Radhasoami Faith, book of Anmol Vachan; Rumi, very Sufi sounding mystic poems found at the end of Sar Updesh Radhasoami by Huzur Maharaj Rai Saligram; Glossary of Sant Mat; and recent satsang discourses of Baba Ram Singh. (Living One)
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