“When you make the two into One, the Inner like the outer, the outer like the Inner, and the upper like the lower… And when you make the female and the male into a single One … When you make Eyes in the place of an eye, a Hand in place of a hand, a Foot in place of a foot and an Image in place of an image — then you shall enter the Kingdom.” ~ Jesus (Gospel of Thomas 22)

 

This is a brilliantly inclusive way of reminding us all to use the ego to actualize the True Self – to use the selfish, fear-based inclinations of the ego-self to empower every subsequent choice that reflects its opposite – to in essence use the ego to emPower the reawakening of the Soul … For this is what it means to “make the two into One”, to let the Inner be reflected in the outer, to join all that was once opposing and use the same to bring Harmony into one’s surroundings, to replace mere vision (“an eye”) with deeper Knowing (“eyes”), to let our normally self-seeking hands be used to Care for others instead, and our normally fear-based feet be used to carry us boldly towards those in need.

 

Amen … Let it be so.

 

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