Living from Good
Gospel of Philip and Gospel of Thomas quotes explore explore movement and rest as simultaneous. Yeshua said:If they ask you from where you come, say: We were born of the Light, there where Light is born of Light.It holds true and is revealed within their image.If they...
A Wisdom teaching from the Gospels of Thomas and Philip on the nature of time, origin and return, the now and the eternal. From our collection of songs from poems. Split the WoodWhere the beginning is,the end will also be.Abide in the beginning —you came from...
Short life poems based on Cynthia Bourgeault's teachings. The first is grounded in the everyday practice of love. The second is based on the cosmological teachings of Boehme, Teilhard, and Gurdjieff. Love’s Yielding Gesture This motion lives in my first breath:Love...
From the book of Philip: None can see themselves in water or in a mirror unless there is light. Water alone shows nothing. What is needed is a second immersion. See Yourself See the heavens and earth, without becoming them. See the everlasting reality, and become like...
Sayings of the Gospel of Philip, accumulating as poetry with song. LOVE POSSESSES NOTHING Love possesses nothing, and holds everything.Faith receives, and love gives. We are conceived through a kiss of pure spiritual embrace — we kiss each other, giving birth to...
“Yeshua uprooted fear, which is the root of evil, the poisoner of our lives.” Gospel of Philip Good Does Not FightIgnorance grounded in confusionis the mother of evil.Hidden and unconsciousit coerces us.We do what we would not do.We cannot do what we would.Unable to...
From our collection of Wisdom Teachings and poems in song, from the Gospel of Philip. Become All ThingsWe 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...
Crafting poems as songs. From whatever words and phrases arrive during Lectio Divina. Tintern Abbey was founded in 1131, and inhabited by the Cistercian monks for 400 years until Henry VIII decided he didn’t like the monks and signed the Dissolution of Monasteries act...
Teachings revolving around the Unjust Steward Parable, from the Gospels of Thomas and Philip. What is Your Own Hold what is your own,and more will be given.The acorn’s tree is offered freely,as the smallest carries the whole.Become small,and know,treasures are heldin...
Four elements of human harvest: faith, hope, love … and conscience. Elements of HarvestThe earth receives what is given, holding without knowing what stirs beneath the dark. Thirst is older than the rain. The body opens before the water comes. We have always been...
Crafting a song in poetry, from whatever words and phrases arrive during Lectio Divina. Still Eye of BeholdingSee and perceive great wonders.Those who see the sundo not become the sun.See the everlasting reality —become like it.If you know the Breath,you are the...
Teachings from the Gospels of Thomas and Philip on ripening and coming into being. Here for RipeningThere is a season of unripe fruit. Unclarified, unfinished, still incoherent.After the tilling, the sowing, the waiting,harvest comes.We are here for ripeningWhat...