From our collection of Wisdom Teachings and poems in song, from the Gospel of Philip.

Become All Things

We have come from light
at its source,
children of the living fire,
called forth from
the deep of desire.

Become all things,
and never cease to be yourself.

All who look are changed …
As you behold,
you become.
Every clarity seeks its light.

Become all things,
and never cease to be yourself.

Good dyes, known as genuine …
colors of immortality,
become one,
as the cloth forgets the dye.

Become all things,
and never cease to be yourself.

Watch your father,
and walk his way of life.

Become all things,
and never cease to be yourself.

William Britten

It is impossible for anyone to see the everlasting reality and not become like it.
The Truth is not realized like truth in the world:

Those who see the sun do not become the sun; those who see the sky, the earth, or anything that exists, do not become what they see. But when you see something in this other space, you become it.
If you know the Breath, you are the Breath. If you know the Christ, you become the Christ. If you see the Father, you are the Father.

In this Temple Space you become all things, and you see yourself no more; and in that All-Other you become all things, and never cease to be yourself.
Gospel of Philip, Saying 44, LeLoup

Our breath seeks another breath, our intelligence seeks intelligence, and every clarity seeks its light. 
Become more human, and humans will love you; become more spiritual, and the Spirit will unite with you. Become more intelligent, and the Logos will unite with you.
If you become more clear, the light will unite with you. If you ascend, you will find repose in the heights. 
None of these realities can settle in you if you do not become like them through love.
Gospel of Philip, Saying 113, LeLoup

God is a dyer; the good dyes, known as genuine, become one with the materials that they permeate.
This is how God acts. He gives his own colors to his dyes, the colors of immortality.
Gospel of Philip, Saying 43, LeLoup

Gospel of Thomas, Logion 50

Yeshua says…
Suppose you are asked,
“Where have you come from?”
say, “We have come from the Light at its source,
from the place where it came forth
and was manifest as Image and Icon.

If you are asked, “Are you that Light?”
say, “We are its children,
and chosen by the Source, the Living Father.”

If you are questioned,
“But what is the sign of the Source within you?”
say, “It is movement and it is rest.”

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Quotations from the Gospel of Philip from Jean-Yves LeLoup, Gospel of Philip, (Inner Traditions: 2004)

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

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