tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498364582574231253.post1847876145330218155..comments2019-02-28T12:20:26.642-05:00Comments on Conversations with My Soul: Original SelfLynda Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928974412115527053noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498364582574231253.post-63872805127448200052009-05-25T23:59:55.009-04:002009-05-25T23:59:55.009-04:00I like what you wrote here. It is very very gnosti...I like what you wrote here. It is very very gnostic. You should read the Gospel According to Thomas, wherein Jesus, or Yeshua, tells his disciples that we are children of the living father. Jesus said, "When you know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will understand that you are children of the living father. But if you do not know yourselves, then you will dwell in poverty, and you are poverty." This is the exciting thing about the Gnostic Jesus, as opposed to the Orthodox Jesus. He is telling us to go within and to know ourselves, and it is there we discover, as you wrote, "the original self." In the Gospel of Thomas, Jesus also said: "Whoever drinks from my mouth will become like me; I myself shall become that person, and the hidden things shall be revealed to that person."<br />There is also a famous Zen koan I think you'll like: "What was your face before your parents were born?" In other words, what is your true self. <br />Namaste,<br />ToddShunyata Dreamsnoreply@blogger.com