“The images are visible to man, but the Light within them is hidden … The Father will reveal Himself, but his Light will hide his own image.” ~ Jesus (Thomas 83)

 

First & foremost, this verse speaks to the Truth that the radiance of selfless Love is so overwhelming that it cannot be fully comprehended – only felt and enlivened, and only thereby properly honored and appreciated …

And as is so often the case with verses from the Gospel of Thomas, this verse is “mirrored” in the canonical Gospels – in this case reflected in John 1:3-9 (which reads in part: “What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it … The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world”); a Gospel where Jesus was also fond of mentioning the Father’s internal Light; a Light that was possessed by all men & women – a Light that could be shone forth through every deed that resonated with that Father’s perfectly selfless Love (see John 12:35-37 – also Matthew 5:13-16, Luke 11:34-35, John 8:12 et al).

Indeed, one of the ways this Love can be re-Born is to choose to See others as vessels of Divine Light – to See beyond their primitive fleshly behaviors to the glowing Essence within them – and then to act accordingly; and this, whether the recipients thereof appreciate that gesture or not, whether they honor the attempt or not, whether they awaken to their Glory or not (see John 13:15-17 & Matthew 5:40-48 & Matthew 24:12-14 et al).

 

 

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