Nostalgia and Envy

by William Britten | Gospel of Thomas, Cynthia Bourgeault, Maurice Nicoll

Nostalgia illustrates the idea that you cannot serve two masters

Illustrating how a person cannot serve two masters.

“Nostalgia and envy are two of the biggest spiritual saboteurs.” Cynthia Bourgeault, Holding our Planet Wisdom School, 2024

“No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God.” Luke 9:62

Logion 47
Yeshua says...
No one can mount two horses,
or draw two bows, at once,
and you cannot serve two masters
at the same time.
If you honor one, the other will be offended.
No one drinks a vintage wine
and immediately wants to taste wine freshly bottled.
New wine is not put into old containers
lest it be ruined,
nor is aged wine put into new barrels lest it spoil.
Also, old cloth is not sewn onto new garments
because it only makes the tear worse.

Maurice Nicoll: “A person cannot remain what he is and at the same time develop into a new kind of person. A seed cannot remain a seed and become a plant at the same time. The new cannot be contained in the old. The new must destroy the old, taking from it what is necessary. ” The Mark p. 36

All quotations from the Gospel of Thomas are from Lynn C Bauman, Ward J Bauman, Cynthia Bourgeault, The Luminous Gospels (Praxis 2008)

Page numbers for Maurice Nicoll’s The New Man refer to Martino Fine Books, Eastford CT, 2019

Read the Impression introducing the Gospel of Thomas.