The Gospel of Thomas is an intriguing text that was written about the same time as the earliest New Testament gospels. For that reason alone it deserves our attention, but it also contains information that’s only recently been verified by quantum physicists. In Thomas, Jesus repeatedly tells his followers to, “know yourselves.” But the “self” that Jesus wants us to know is something beyond anything most of us can imagine.
Jesus’ followers had been taught that God’s kingdom was a literal political kingdom. They were expecting a warrior messiah who would destroy their Roman oppressors and rule that kingdom. In Thomas Jesus’ followers asked him when God’s kingdom would be established. Instead of talking about a literal kingdom, Jesus told them the kingdom was “inside and outside them,” and said, “The Father’s kingdom is spread out upon the earth, and people do not see it.” In Thomas, God’s kingdom is not the theocracy Jesus’ followers were expecting, it was everything in existence.
Although Jesus’ followers saw a world of separate forms, he wanted them to understand that it’s impossible to be outside either God’s kingdom or the universe, since they are one and the same. Now quantum physics is agreeing that everything in existence is part of one indivisible, interconnected whole that’s permeated by consciousness.
We might think that quantum particles are the smallest of the building blocks that make up our material world, but we would have things backwards. Research demonstrates that the quantum level of the universe is real and our material universe is an illusion projected from quantum consciousness. In Thomas, Jesus wanted his followers to understand that they were not the bodies they were projecting.
In Thomas Jesus did tell his followers they were “children of the Living Father,” but when he described their origin and identity, it 
had nothing to do with the earth. Instead, he said, “If they say to you, ‘Where have your come from?’ Say to them, ‘We have come from the light, from the place where the light came into being by itself, established itself, and appeared in their image.’ If they say to you, ‘Is it you?’’ say, ‘We are its children, and we are the chosen of the living Father.’”
Quantum physicists have discovered that the light Jesus was describing is the very foundation of the universe. In Genesis 1:3 we read, “and God said, ‘Let there be light’ and there was light,” but, an ancient Jewish manuscript called the Haggadah, tells us there was another light that preceded the light that comes from stars. It reads, “The light created at the very beginning is not the same light emitted by the sun, the moon and the stars, which appeared on the fourth day.” What is that light?
Physicists originally thought the universe had more “empty space” than matter. Now they realize what appeared to be empty is actually part of a sea of quantum light that sustains and stabilizes the material world. Scientists have discovered that tiny particles of light, called biophotons are emitted by all living things. This light is not only a quantum matrix that permeates the universe; it also serves as a communication system able to support shared consciousness. As another gnostic writer pointed out, “Nothing was when light was not. . .Nothing was when the Mighty Life was not. . . there never was a boundary for the light.”
The cryptic sayings and parables found in Thomas were meant to serve as a jumping off point that would help Jesus’ followers discover their own quantum identity. He encouraged them to “bring forth what is within you” because “what you have will save you.” The Gospel of Thomas invites all Jesus’ followers to join him on his journey into quantum oneness. If we do, Jesus promises, “I shall give you what no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, what no hand has touched, what has not arisen in the human heart.”
To learn more, read The Gospel of Thomas: Where Science Meets Spirituality
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