Gospel of Philip

ANALOGUE 29:  The Names and Titles of the Master The Apostles before us called Yeshua the Nazarite, the Messiah, which means that Yeshua the Nazarite was the Anointed One. Of his names, the last is the title, the Anointed One (the Christ). The first is the name Yeshua, and the middle is Nazarite. The title Messiah has a double meaning. It is both the Anointed One, and one who has been weighed or measured out. Yeshua is a Hebrew word meaning salvation or restoration, and Nazar refers to the truth. The Nazarite, then, is the Truth who as the Anointed One measures out, and the Nazarite and Yeshua are the measurements. An aside on the meanings, measurements and the significance of names.  The practice of gematria: interpretation based on numerical values and other semantic dimensions of meaning.  In our culture, names are typically labels for creatures and entities without deeper meaning or semantic significance. Semitic names, however, like many Native American names have ...

The Flow of Creative Energy Faith receives and love gives. Without faith no one can receive, and no one can give who does not love. We are, therefore, made to trust in order that we may receive, and caused to love in order that we might give. For if one gives without love, there is no benefit in the giving. Anyone unreceptive to the transcendent continues on in lower realities. This analogue presents perspectives on spiritual practice and qualities of the soul.  The reciprocity between faith and love—giving and receiving A seeker cannot receive anything without faith or trust.  The superiority and necessity of love over belief—especially systems of belief that demand rote actions in order to comply.  Love is the necessary ingredient in any form of giving—without it, giving is unproductive or ineffectual.  This is another perspective on the theme of receptivity that began the Gospel in Analogue 1. COMMENTARY The Circulation of Divine Energy If  theosis  (the...

 

ANALOGUE 27 It is not possible for a person to see the higher realities of existence unless that person has become as real as they are. Not so, however, with individuals in this world. A person can see the sun without becoming the sun, or the heavens and earth without becoming them. Matters of truth, however, are different. What you see from beyond comes because you yourself are transcending towards them. You’ve seen the Spirit because you are becoming Spirit. You’ve seen the Anointed One because you yourself are becoming anointed. You’ve seen the Father because you are becoming fatherly. However, in this world though you see everything, still you do not see yourself. Should you come to see yourself in that realm beyond this world, you would become what you see. This analogue concerns both visionary seeing—seeing beyond the normal spectrum of ordinary sight—involving matters of spiritual or sacred truth, and about the ontological or transformational change introduced by the last analog...