The Abridged Gospel of Phillip

1:1. A Jewish person can inspire another to become Jewish, and such newcomers are known as "converts." However, a convert can't make another convert.

1:2. You can only create something like yourself. Some people simply exist.

1:3. Someone who is enslaved only wants their freedom; they aren't interested in owning what belongs to their owner.

1:4. But a child is more than that; they receive what their parent leaves behind as inheritance.

1:5. Those who receive possessions from someone who has passed away are like the dead, and they only get what belonged to deceased people.

1:6. Those who receive from someone still alive are themselves full of life, and they get things from both the living and the dead.

1:7. Someone who has died can't receive anything, because how could a dead person receive?

1:8. If somebody who has passed away were to receive something from a living person, they wouldn't remain dead, but would seem to live on even more!

1:9. A person who isn't part of the faith can't die, because they've never truly lived.

1:10. Anyone who has embraced the Truth is truly alive, so only they can face death. They've been alive since the Chosen came to Earth.

1:11. The world is made, cities are built up, and those who have died are taken away.

1:12. When we were Jewish, we had no father – we had only our mother.

1:13. But when we embraced Christianity, we connected with both a father and a mother.

2:1. People who work in winter get their reward in summer.

2:2. This world is like winter, and Heaven is like summer.

2:3. Let's work hard in the world now so we can enjoy the benefits later on.

2:4. It’s not wise to pray for better times without working through the tough ones.

2:5. Summer comes after winter.

2:6. But if you try to harvest in winter, you won't get any fruit, and will only destroy all your seeds.

2:7. The Chosen came to help some, to rescue others, and fix others.

2:8. He reached out to those who felt out of place, brought them into his community, and made a commitment to them because he wanted to.

2:9. He was ready to make sacrifices not just when he showed up, but he had this intention ever since the world began.

2:10. Then he came to do what he promised.

2:11. It was controlled by forces that had taken it over, yet he set it free; he helped both kind-hearted and harsh people alike.

2:12. The concepts of light and dark or right and wrong are closely linked. They cannot be separated.

2:13. So, what seems good may not always be good, what seems bad may not be truly bad, true life is not just being alive, and death is not the end.

2:14. One day, every being will return to its source, but those who rise above earthly concerns will have eternal life.

3:1. The labels we use for people who are absorbed in worldly affairs can be misleading, as they often shift our focus from good to bad, and when someone hears the word "God," they may not think of good but rather bad.

3:2. This applies to terms like "the Father," "the Son," "the Holy Spirit," "life," "light," "resurrection," "community," and all similar words – people often associate them with bad rather than good, unless they understand the true meaning of these words.

3:3. These misleading labels are part of our world...

3:4. If these labels truly belonged to the timeless realm, they wouldn't be used in our everyday world or associated with temporary things.

3:5. They have no place in that timeless existence.

3:6. There is one special name not spoken in our world: the name which a parent has given to their child.

3:7. This name is above all others; it's the parent's name, for the child wouldn't have a role as a parent if they didn't carry the name of the parent.

3:8. Those who possess this special name understand it but keep it to themselves; those who don’t have it remain unaware of it.

3:9. But reality has brought these names into our world for a reason, as it's difficult for us to grasp reality without the help of these names.

3:10. There's only one ultimate truth, but it takes on many forms for us, teaching us about itself through various ways, all out of love.

4:1. The leaders wanted to trick people because they realized they were close to those who are genuinely good.

4:2. They took the identities of the good ones and assigned them to the not-so-good ones. They did this to confuse people with the names and attach them to the not-so-good ones; and they act like they're doing people a favor!

4:3. They move people away from the bad crowd and put them among the good crowd.

4:4. They were aware of their actions since their goal was to take those who were free and trap them in bondage forever.

4:5. There are forces out there trying to prevent people from finding freedom and happiness, because if people did find it, there would no longer be any need for the rituals and offerings made to these forces, since the entities they were offered to were lesser beings.

4:6. They were alive when they were offered but died as part of the offering.

4:7. A person was once offered to a higher power when dead, and then they came to life.

4:8. Before Christ arrived, the world didn't have bread, just like in Eden, where Adam lived, which had lots of trees for animals but no grain for people.

4:9. People used to eat like animals, but when Christ, who was the perfect person, came, he brought bread from the sky so people could eat food meant for them.

4:10. The leaders thought they acted by themselves, but, in secret, a powerful and good spirit was making everything happen according to its plan.

4:11. Truth, which has been around from the start, is scattered everywhere; and although many people notice it being spread around, only a few see it taking root and prospering.

5:1. Some people claim that "Mary became pregnant by the Holy Spirit." They're mistaken; they don't understand what they're talking about.

5:2. When has a woman ever become pregnant by another woman?

5:3. Mary, who remained pure and untouched, is honored by those early Jewish followers who turned into apostles and their successors.

5:4. Mary, who was untouched and pure, didn't corrupt her own integrity.

5:5. The spiritual leader wouldn't have referred to "my heaven-based spiritual father" if he didn't have a different kind of father.

5:6. Rather, he would have just said "my father." The spiritual leader told his followers to bring people from every home into the spiritual family, but not to take anything that wasn't theirs from it.

6:1. The name "Jesus" isn't widely known; "Christ" is the name that most people recognize.

6:2. Thus, "Jesus" remains unchanged across languages, while "Christ" is known as "Messiah" in Syriac, "Christ" in Greek, and has different versions in other languages.

6:3. Jesus from Nazareth shows us things that aren't obvious.

6:4. Christ represents everything, whether it's about people, spiritual beings, or secrets, and is connected to God.

7:1. People who think that he died first and then came back to life are mistaken because he actually came back to life first before dying.

7:2. If someone doesn't experience a new beginning, they won't come to an end.

7:3. Truth be told, that person will come to an end!

7:4. Nobody stashes something important and costly inside something big; instead, people often store lots of valuable things in something that seems worthless.

7:5. In the same way, something precious exists within an unimpressive body.

7:6. Some worry that they will come back to life without anything on.

7:7. That's why they hope to come back with their physical body, not realizing that those who focus on the physical are missing what's important.

7:8. But those willing to let go of their physical attachments aren't missing out.

7:9. Our physical being won't be part of the ultimate reality we seek. What is it that won't be part of it?

7:10. It's the outer part of us.

7:11. But what will be part of it?

7:12. It is the essence and life-force of Jesus.

7:13. This is why it was said, "If you don't embrace my essence and life-force, you don't have real life inside you." What is his essence?

7:14. It's the message, and his life-force is the sacred energy.

7:15. Anyone who embraces these will have sustenance, something to drink, and protection.

7:16. I have to disagree with those who claim, "It won't happen." Both opinions are incorrect.

7:17. You who say, "The physical won't come back," tell me what will, so we can show you respect.

7:18. You argue, "The spirit within the physical and another kind of light within the physical." But your argument is also rooted in the physical because you can't make any claim without referencing the physical.

7:19. We must come back in this physical form since everything exists within it.

7:20. In this life, people are more significant than the clothes they wear.

7:21. In the ideal realm, the clothes outshine the people who wear them.

7:22. Everything is cleansed by both water and fire – the things we can see by the elements we can see, and the things we can't see by the elements we can't see.

7:23. Some invisible things are concealed by visible things.

7:24. There's a kind of special water in regular water, and a kind of intense energy in sacred oil.

8:1. Jesus surprised everyone, because he didn't look like his true self, but he looked in a way that they could recognize him.

8:2. He showed himself in different forms: to the important people as important.

8:3. To the less important as one of them.

8:4. He looked like an angel to angels, and like a person to people.

8:5. Thus, his message was hidden from everyone.

8:6. Some people saw him and thought they were just seeing a reflection of themselves.

8:7. But when he showed himself to his close followers with glory on the mountain, he was not looking ordinary.

8:8. He looked extraordinary, but he also enabled his followers to see him as extraordinary.

8:9. During the Communion on that day, he said, "You who have brought the perfect light together with the divine spirit, bring the angels together with us as well!"

8:10. Don't look down on the sacrifice, because you can't find the way without it.

8:11. Nobody can come before the ruler without being properly prepared.

9:1. There are more children from the heavenly being than from the earthly one.

9:2. If Adam has so many children, even though they pass away, imagine how many the perfect being has – those who never die but are continuously created.

9:3. A parent can have a child, but it's impossible for a child to have a child of their own; a child can only have siblings, not children.

9:4. Everyone born in this world is born in a physical way, and the others who come from […] exist thanks to him […] somewhere else, to the human […] in that special heavenly place […] they get their sustenance from speaking and grow by listening to words from there.

9:5. The perfect ones are created and born from a symbolic kiss.

9:6. That's why we kiss each other, because we share our own inner goodness.

9:7. There were three people who were always with the Teacher: His mother Mary, her sister, and Magdalene, who is called his close friend; Mary is like his sister, his mother, and his partner.

9:8. The Father and "The Son" are each just one name; "the Holy Spirit" is a double name because it's found everywhere.

9:9. They are in the skies, they are below, they are hidden and they are in plain sight.

9:10. The Holy Spirit is obvious on earth and hidden in the skies.

9:11. Good people are helped through the actions of bad powers, because the Holy Spirit has made them blind, and they think they're serving just another person when they are actually serving the good ones.

9:12. So, a student asked the Teacher one day about something worldly.

9:13. He replied, "Ask your Mother, and she will provide you with what you need from another source.”

9:14. The messengers said to the students, "Let our entire dedication be seasoned with salt." They referred to something important as "salt." Without it, the dedication is not complete.

9:15. But Wisdom has no children; thus, it is called by a name that suggests it provides a kind of enhancement, and they will each find their way in their own time.

9:16. The Holy Spirit has many children.

9:17. What a parent owns is also owned by the child, but while the child is still young, they don't manage their own property.

9:18. When he grows up, his parent gives him everything that's theirs.

9:19. Those who stray, having been influenced by the Spirit, also go wrong because of it.

9:20. For this reason, the same Spirit fuels the fire, which can also put it out.

9:21. Echamoth is one concept and Echmoth another.

9:22. Echamoth is simply a form of wisdom, but Echmoth is the wisdom that knows and understands death.

9:23. This is referred to as "the lesser wisdom."

10:1. Some animals like calves and donkeys are easy for humans to handle.

10:2. Others are wild and prefer to live by themselves in nature.

10:3. People use tame animals to work the land, which helps feed both humans and animals, regardless of whether they are tame or wild.

10:4. It’s similar with good people: they work well with those who cooperate to provide for everyone's future.

10:5. Because of good people's efforts, society continues to function for both those who do good and those who do harm, and for every type of person.

10:6. Good influences guide everyone and control all kinds of behavior - whether cooperative or not - ensuring everything stays in order.

10:7. A person who’s been well raised usually has well-behaved children.

10:8. If the person had good qualities naturally, you’d notice that their descendants also have good qualities.

10:9. But this person was raised well and then had children.

10:10. What quality does this show?

10:11. Wrongdoing came first, followed by violence; Cain was the result of wrongdoing because he was the offspring of deceit.

10:12. That’s why he became violent like his ancestor and ended his brother’s life.

10:13. Any relationship where people don’t match well is based on deception.

11:1. God works like someone who dyes fabrics.

11:2. Just as high-quality dyes that don't fade stick to the fabric, people dyed by God stay changed.

11:3. Because God's dye lasts forever, people he changes will last forever too.

11:4. But God uses water to make these changes.

11:5. Nobody can truly understand something unless they become similar to it.

11:6. Unlike looking at the sun without turning into the sun, or seeing the sky and land without becoming them.

11:7. That's just how things work.

11:8. But if you've caught a glimpse of that spiritual place, you've transformed into part of it.

11:9. If you've seen the Holy Spirit, you become more spiritual; if you've seen Christ, you become more like Christ; if you see the divine, you will become divine.

11:10. So over there, you see everything and forget yourself, but you really understand yourself there, as you become what you see.

11:11. Belief is for receiving; love is for giving.

11:12. Nobody can receive without belief, and nobody can truly give without love.

11:13. We believe to receive, and we give to show love, since giving without love means nothing.

11:14. If someone hasn't embraced this teaching, they're still searching.

11:15. The teachers before us called him "Jesus the Nazarene, the Anointed One." "Jesus" is the main name, "the Nazarene" is the middle, and "the Anointed One" is what he was called last. "Anointed One" means "chosen" and "measured." "Jesus" means "rescue" in Hebrew. "Nazara" means "the truth." So "the Nazarene" means "the one associated with truth." "The Anointed One" is the chosen one.

11:16. "The Nazarene" and "Jesus" are both all about being chosen.

11:17. A pearl's worth doesn't go down if it's dirty, nor does it go up if it's polished; its worth is constant to the one who owns it.

11:18. And so it is with those close to God: they are always precious no matter where they are.

11:19. If you say, "I follow Jewish teaching," it won't make a difference to most people.

11:20. If you say, "I'm a citizen of Rome," no one will care.

11:21. If you say, "I'm Greek," "from another place," "a servant," or "free," it won't bother anyone.

11:22. But if you say, "I'm a follower of Christ," that will stir things up.

11:23. Woe to the one who can't bear to hear this name.

12:1. People believe God consumes human life.

12:2. For that reason, humans are offered to Him.

12:3. Before humans, animals were offered because the beings worshiped then weren't real gods.

12:4. Both glass and pottery items are made using fire.

12:5. But if glass items shatter, they can be recreated, since they were shaped by blowing air into them, whereas if pottery items shatter, they are ruined since they were made without air.

12:6. A donkey walking in circles to turn a millstone traveled a long distance.

12:7. But even when let go, it was still in the same place.

12:8. Lots of people go on journeys but don't actually achieve anything.

12:9. By nightfall, they haven't found any towns, natural sights, or any signs of extraordinary beings or powers.

12:10. These poor people’s efforts were for nothing.

12:11. Communion represents Jesus, as his name in Syriac suggests he was meant to change the world.

12:12. Jesus visited a place where they dye clothes.

12:13. He threw 72 different colors into a dye bath.

12:14. He dyed everything white and explained that's how he came into the world, to make big changes.

12:15. The figure known as "the childless one" is seen as the mother of messengers and the close friend of Mary Magdalene, who was much loved and often kissed by Jesus.

12:16. Other followers were confused and asked why he showed more affection to her than to them.

12:17. He asked them in return why they expected to be loved in the same way.

12:18. When it's dark, someone who can see and someone who can't are the same.

12:19. But when the lights turn on, the seeing person will see the light while the blind person will still be in darkness.

12:20. Those who have that inner spark are fortunate, having the advantage of both existence and the essence of life.

12:21. The real greatness of humanity is hidden, not seen openly.

12:22. Humans have the ability to control even larger, stronger animals through their hidden talents and obvious skills.

12:23. These skills help them get by; but without humans, animals would attack and consume each other when lacking food.

12:24. However, animals are now provided for because humans cultivate the land.

12:25. If someone is baptized but doesn't genuinely embrace the faith, claiming "I'm a Christian" is just using the label.

12:26. But if they genuinely receive the spirit of the faith, they own that identity.

12:27. A real gift once given is not taken back, but something borrowed must be returned.

12:28. That's the nature of a profound personal transformation.

13:1. The concept of marriage is important because, without it, our society wouldn't exist; because the foundation of society is built on relationships, particularly the bond of marriage.

13:2. Consider how something so personal can be misused since it holds such influence.

13:3. This misuse is reflected in our world.

13:4. Negative influences take on both masculine and feminine roles.

13:5. The masculine ones interact with those who seem feminine at heart, and the feminine ones mix with the masculine ones through bad choices.

13:6. No one can avoid these negative influences without embracing both masculine strength and feminine grace – symbolizing unity like that found in a wedding.

13:7. When misinformed women see a man by himself, they approach him, play with him, and taint his character.

13:8. Similarly, when misinformed men see an attractive woman alone, they try to win her over and pressure her, intending to ruin her reputation.

13:9. But if they observe a man and his partner together, the women can't affect the man, nor can the men affect the woman.

13:10. This is how it works when a strong partnership aligns with good character; no negative influence has the nerve to interfere with either the man or the woman.

14:1. Anyone who leaves their old ways behind can't be trapped by them anymore.

14:2. They show that they are beyond craving and fear.

14:3. They have control over their desires and are not jealous of others.

14:4. If challenges arise, they can become overwhelming.

14:5. How can one avoid powerful obstacles?

14:6. How can they overcome them?

14:7. Some people claim to be loyal so they can avoid negative influences, because if they were positive, nothing negative would stick to them.

14:8. Don't be afraid of or too attached to physical pleasures.

14:9. If you fear physical pleasures, they will control you; if you love them too much, they will destroy you.

14:10. A person is either living in the present world, looking forward to a new beginning, or stuck in between.

14:11. I never want to be stuck in between.

14:12. There is both helpful and harmful in this world.

14:13. What seems good might not be helpful, and what seems bad might not be harmful.

14:14. But there's a worse kind of harmfulness beyond this world, known as "the in-between," which is like death.

14:15. While we live, we should work towards finding peace after we leave our current lives so we don't get stuck in the in-between, as many get lost on their path.

14:16. It's best to change your life before making mistakes.

14:17. Some people don't want to or can't change, while others might want to but it won't do any good because they didn't take action.

14:18. Just wanting to change can lead to mistakes.

14:19. But even those who don't want to change won't see fairness.

14:20. It's not just about wanting or doing.

14:21. Someone had a vision where people were trapped in a house on fire, tied up, and thrown among flames, preventing them from saving themselves. They didn't want help, and they got a severe punishment known as "the outer darkness," which is like being completely cut off.

15:1. Life and awareness began with the elements of water and fire.

15:2. Life born of unity is a mix of water, fire, and brightness.

15:3. Fire represents purification, while light represents the fire itself.

15:4. I'm not referring to a formless fire, but the specific bright white one that is radiant and brings beauty.

15:5. Truth didn't arrive in a simple form, but wrapped in symbols and images.

15:6. That's the only way the world can accept it.

15:7. There's a transformation, and a symbol for that transformation.

15:8. It's absolutely necessary to undergo this change guided by the symbol.

15:9. What are transformation and its symbol?

15:10. The symbol must be used for the transformation to take place.

15:11. The intimate union and the symbol?

15:12. The symbol is the way to embrace the ultimate truth and recovery.

15:13. It's not sufficient to just be named after the sacred, but they must also become part of you.

15:14. If you don't embrace them, you'll also lose that sacred identity.

15:15. But they are accepted through the act of anointing, which symbolizes the strength of commitment.

15:16. The early followers described this as "the right and the left," because such a person is not just a follower, but enlightened.

15:17. Sacred mysteries were all performed in secret: initiation, anointing, communal meals, liberation, and intimate union... It was said, "I came to align the lower with the higher and the outer with the inner, and to merge them in this place." ... Here using symbols... Those who claim there is something higher are mistaken, because what is revealed is the earthly, which they call lower, and what is concealed they consider higher, for it is excellent. They talk of the inner and the outer and the outermost. Thus, the term for total loss is "the darkest outer place." There's nothing beyond that.

15:18. It was said, "My unseen source." It was also said, "Go into your private space, close the door, and connect with your unseen source," which is within everything.

15:19. But the essence within everything is completeness.

15:20. There's nothing beyond this innermost part.

15:21. This is what they term "what is above them."

15:22. Before the enlightened one's time, some people came from places they couldn't return to and went to places they couldn't leave.

15:23. Then came the enlightened one.

15:24. He helped those who had entered to leave, and those who had left to enter.

16:1. Before Eve existed as a separate being from Adam, there was no death.

16:2. When she became a separate entity, death began.

16:3. If he joins with her again, fully accepting this union, death will cease to exist.

16:4. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

16:5. He cried out these words when he was suffering because he felt alone and cut off at that moment.

16:6. […] he was born from what […] originates from God.

16:7. The […] who rise from death […] exist, but when […] they are complete […] not just as flesh, but this […] is the genuine body […] not the real thing, [but ...] a representation of the real one.

16:8. A wedding room is not meant for animals, slaves, or impure beings, but it is for free individuals and those who are pure.

16:9. We are reborn spiritually, but through Christ, we experience rebirth in two ways.

16:10. We are marked with the Spirit.

16:11. When we were reborn, we became joined together.

16:12. Without light, no one can see their reflection in water or a mirror; nor can you see in the light if there's no water or mirror.

16:13. Therefore, it's important to use both light and water in baptism, but the light signifies the sacred oil used in consecration.

16:14. There were three buildings dedicated to offerings in Jerusalem.

16:15. The one facing west is known as "the Holy." Another facing south is called "the Most Holy." The third, facing east, is named "the Holiest of Holy Places," where only the chief religious leader goes by himself.

16:16. Baptism represents the "Holy" building.

16:17. Redemption is signified by the "Most Holy." The "Holiest of Holy Places" symbolizes the wedding room.

16:18. The ritual of baptism includes the concepts of rising from death and redemption.

16:19. Redemption is found in the wedding room.

16:20. But the wedding room is superior to […] You won't find something like it […] among those who worship […] in Jerusalem.

16:21. […] believers in Jerusalem who […] navigate Jerusalem, are witness […] to those areas known as "the Holiest of Holy Places" […] a curtain was torn […] revealing the wedding room except for the representation […] of what is above.

16:22. The curtain was torn from top to bottom, making it possible for some to ascend from below to above.

16:23. Forces cannot perceive those who are enveloped in the complete light, and they can't restrain them.

16:24. Yet someone will wear that light in the secret unity ceremony.

16:25. If the woman had not been separated from the man, she would not have met the same fate as the man.

16:26. Their parting was the onset of death.

16:27. Hence, Christ arrived to mend the divide that has existed from the start by bringing the two back together.

16:28. He will restore life to those who perished because of the split by reuniting them.

16:29. Now, in the wedding room, a wife joins with her husband, and those who have joined there won't ever be parted again.

17:1. Therefore, Eve went her own way separate from Adam, because she wasn't with him when they were supposed to be together as a married couple.

17:2. Adam became a living soul thanks to a life-giving breath.

17:3. The spirit was his companion.

17:4. What he received came from his mother.

17:5. His soul was replaced, and instead he was brought to life with a companion (Eve).

17:6. When he was together with something greater than those in power, they were jealous of the deeper connection he had, something special and private which is not mentioned here, and this connection was meant to be protected. Jesus appeared at a significant place, symbolizing the perfection of a greater realm.

17:7. The one who came first, came to be once more.

17:8. The one first chosen, was chosen once again.

17:9. The one who was saved, was saved once more.

17:10. To share a secret: The creator of everything joined with a pure figure who descended, and a light sparked within him that day.

17:11. A grand and secret place was revealed, and that is where he took on a physical form.

17:12. He emerged as someone born from the union of two equal partners.

17:13. Jesus set everything up within himself in such a way.

17:14. Likewise, every follower must find peace by understanding these concepts.

17:15. Adam was created from two pure sources: the divine spirit and the untouched earth.

17:16. So the one called the Christ came from a pure source to make up for the early mistakes.

17:17. There are two special trees in the garden of Eden.

17:18. One creates animals while the other creates humans.

17:19. Adam chose the tree that creates animals and turned into one, bringing forth more animals.

17:20. Hence, Adam's descendants revere animals.

17:21. The other tree bears a different kind of fruit, which brings forth humans; when eaten, these fruits lead to humans creating what they worship, just as the divine creates humans.

17:22. In the world, people create things they end up worshiping as gods.

17:23. It would make more sense for these created gods to worship the people!

17:24. Human achievements come from their own abilities, so these are called powers. The achievements are like their offspring, born from effort; the abilities are in the achievements, while peace is found in their offspring.

17:25. And you will see that this applies even to the image one presents.

17:26. This person, who is reflecting an image, achieves through their own effort yet produces their legacy in times of peace.

17:27. In this life, those who are not free work for those who are.

17:28. In a greater place, those who are free will look after those who were not.

17:29. The ones intimately connected with a special union will serve those born of a typical union.

17:30. The ones intimately connected have one thing in common: "Peace." Being together, they don't have to change form, as they are in deep thought; there are many along with those part of a greater celebration. These mentions are to highlight they need not diminish themselves or cleanse in physical waters because they will save themselves by following the teachings, as that is what is considered fulfilling all that is right.

18:1. People who think they have to die before they can rise again are mistaken.

18:2. If they don't experience a rebirth while they're alive, they won't gain anything after death.

18:3. It's the same with the idea of being spiritually cleansed; they say it's important because it leads to a renewed life.

18:4. Philip, one of the early followers, mentioned, "Joseph, a craftsman, planted a garden to get wood for his work.

18:5. It was from the trees he planted that he made the wooden structure, and it was his own son who ended up on that structure.

18:6. His son was Jesus, the wooden structure was what he was put on, and this tree represents life and renewal, which is symbolized by an olive tree providing the oil for anointment and therefore, a second chance at life.

18:7. This world is like a place that only consumes the dead.

18:8. Everything consumed in this world will also end up dead.

18:9. But the truth brings things to life, so anyone nourished by truth will never die.

18:10. Jesus brought sustenance from a higher place, and he offered it to those who wanted it, so they could avoid death.

18:11. There's a heavenly place full of beauty and divine mystery; if I were there, I'd hope they would tell me what I should or shouldn't do based on my desires. It's in this place where I would gain complete understanding by experiencing everything.

18:12. What caused the downfall of the first man gives humans life in this symbolic context.

18:13. The law acted as a guide for knowing what's right and wrong.

18:14. It had the ability to teach people about right and wrong.

18:15. However, it didn't protect them from wrong actions or guide them to what's right; it only brought about the concept of mortality by imposing rules about what to do and not to do.

18:16. Being anointed is more significant than the cleansing ritual because the name "Christians" comes from being anointed, not just from the cleansing.

18:17. It's through this anointing that Christ got his name, for it was a symbol of being chosen and blessed by the higher power, which was then passed on from him to his followers, and from them to us.

18:18. Someone who has been anointed receives a full set of gifts: renewal, enlightenment, endurance, and a spiritual connection.

18:19. These gifts were bestowed by the higher power in a sacred union, and they were accepted.

18:20. There was a complete unity and connection between the higher power and his manifestation on earth.

18:21. This unity and connection represent the divine realm.

19:1. Someone said it well: "Some go into the process of spiritual rebirth with laughter, and they emerge changed. At the moment they are submerged in water, they treat everything like a game, but they shouldn't ignore the importance and seriousness of entering into spiritual growth. If they don't take it seriously and treat it as a joke, they'll come out without having changed.

19:2. This is also true for rituals involving bread, drink, and oil, though there's something even more significant than these.

19:3. The world was created because of a mistake, as the one who made it wanted it to last forever without changing or dying.

19:4. That creator failed and didn't achieve what he intended because the world is not everlasting, and neither is the one who made it. Instead, it's the offspring—the living beings—that remain.

19:5. Everything must change and be like a child to gain everlasting quality.

19:6. But if someone isn't able to embrace this change, how can they hope to share it with others?

19:7. The cup we use in prayer contains wine and water, and it represents the life force we're thankful for.

19:8. This cup is filled with a holy essence and is meant for those who are spiritually mature and complete.

19:9. When we drink from this cup, we are meant to embody spiritual maturity and completeness.

19:10. The essence of life is like a physical form.

19:11. We need to embrace and embody the essence of a vibrant, living person.

19:12. So, by going into the water, people prepare themselves to take on this new, lively essence.

19:13. Just like horses produce horses, and humans produce humans, a divine force will generate something of its own kind.

19:14. This is the same for human connections and commitments.

19:15. They come from a spiritual origin. No one group is born out of another; for example, people don't become part of this group just because of their birth into a particular culture or religion. People from all backgrounds have been called 'the chosen ones,' 'the real person,' 'the Child of Humanity,' and 'the offspring of the Child of Humanity.' This genuine group is recognized in the world.

19:16. These are the places where those who have experienced the spiritual union reside.

20:1. In our world, partnership exists between men and women, representing both strength and vulnerability; in the timeless realm, partnerships are different, though we call them by the same names.

20:2. Yet there are other titles, surpassing every known title, that are greater than the notion of strength, for where there is power, there is always something or someone more powerful.

20:3. They are not two separate entities, but rather one and the same.

20:4. Such a concept cannot be grasped by a purely physical mindset.

20:5. Isn't it essential for a person who possesses everything to have a full understanding of themselves?

20:6. Those who lack self-awareness will miss out on the benefits of their possessions, whereas those who have gained self-knowledge will fully enjoy them.

20:7. Not only can no one restrain a truly complete individual, they also cannot recognize them, for if they do, they will attempt to restrain them.

20:8. The only way a person can attain this favor is by embracing the complete light and becoming one with it.

20:9. Anyone who adopts this light will move forward; this is our ideal—to progress and become fulfilled, like how we were before we existed in this world. Those who gain everything... (portion missing)... in those realms, they will be able to... (portion missing)... that realm, but without it, they will remain incomplete.

20:10. Only Jesus is aware of how this particular matter concludes.

20:11. A truly sacred person is pure through and through, even physically so, for if they handle bread, they make it pure, or a cup, or anything they touch and cleanse.

20:12. So why wouldn't they purify their bodies as well?

20:13. Just as Jesus made the baptismal water complete, that's how he conquered the hold of death.

20:14. Thus, we immerse ourselves in water, but not into the notion of death, so that we won't be overwhelmed by the worldly spirit.

20:15. When the wind comes, winter follows.

20:16. When the Divine Spirit breathes, summer arrives.

20:17. Anyone who understands the truth is truly liberated, and a liberated individual does not do wrong, because "doing wrong is being under the control of wrongdoing." Truth is like a parent, while understanding is the connection.

20:18. Those who do not do wrong are considered "liberated" by society.

20:19. The awareness of truth fills such people with self-confidence.

20:20. This self-awareness frees them and lifts them above all else.

21:1. Love helps people grow, and someone who has learned a lot may choose to help those who haven't yet learned enough to help themselves.

21:2. Love isn't selfish; it doesn't keep track of who owns what.

21:3. True love doesn't say "that's mine;" it says "what's mine is yours." Love is as sweet-smelling as a fragrant wine.

21:4. Anyone who covers themselves in this love will enjoy its benefits.

21:5. While loving people are present, everyone nearby can also feel the warmth of their love.

21:6. But if the loving people go away, those who didn't embrace the love are left with nothing but their own unpleasantness.

21:7. The kind traveler didn't offer the injured man anything except wine and oil.

21:8. Just simple oil and wine, and these were enough to heal the man's injuries because love can help heal many wrongs.

21:9. Children usually resemble the person their mother loves.

21:10. If it's her husband, the children will look like him; if it's someone else, they'll resemble that person.

21:11. Sometimes, if a woman is with her husband out of obligation but her affection lies with another man, any child she has will likely resemble the other man.

21:12. But if you align with what is good, don't get caught up in harmful or unimportant things. Instead, focus on love so that the influence you leave on others will be good rather than harmful.

21:13. Humans match with humans, horses with horses, donkeys with donkeys.

21:14. Creatures tend to pair off with those of their own kind.

21:15. Likewise, when kindred spirits come together, they connect deeply, as do aligned words or ideas, or light with light.

21:16. If you are just an ordinary person, other ordinary people will love you.

21:17. If you become a generous spirit, other generous spirits will connect with you.

21:18. If you embrace truth, then truth will be drawn to you.

21:19. If you let your life be filled with brightness, then you will attract more brightness.

21:20. If you reach a higher level of understanding or goodness, you'll resonate with others who are at that level too.

21:21. If you act like an animal, with no understanding or goodness, no person, spirit, or higher understanding can connect with you.

21:22. They won't find a place in you, and you will have no share in them.

21:23. Someone who feels trapped by their circumstances can find a way to change them.

21:24. But if someone who was once free chooses to go back to being constrained by the same limitations, it might be impossible for them to regain their freedom again.

22:1. Four key elements support the world's growth.

22:2. These essentials are gathered and stored: water, soil, air, and sunlight.

22:3. Similarly, four qualities nurture spiritual growth: belief, optimism, compassion, and understanding.

22:4. Our foundation is built on belief.

22:5. Our growth is sustained by optimism, like water that keeps us quenched.

22:6. Compassion is like the air that helps us expand and thrive.

22:7. Understanding is like sunlight that matures us.

22:8. There are four types of goodness.

22:9. It can be ordinary or extraordinary, surpassing even the skies, reaching beyond the highest realms. Fortunate is anyone with a pure heart.

22:10. This person was Jesus Christ.

22:11. He traveled extensively and was never a burden to others.

23:1. So, lucky is someone like this; they're a good person, because our guidance explains how tough it is to stay on track.

23:2. How can we manage to accomplish such an amazing feat?

23:3. How will he make sure everyone finds peace?

23:4. It's important to start by not causing anyone trouble – whether it's big or small, or whether someone is loyal or not – and not just make those who are already comfortable even more relaxed.

23:5. Some people gain from making the already comfortable person more relaxed.

23:6. But a person who does good can't make the comfortable person more relaxed because they can't do whatever they want; they can't bring trouble because they're not supposed to upset others, yet sometimes the comfortable person can still make them upset.

23:7. They're not like that by nature; it's their own bad choices that make them upset.

23:8. A person with good character brings happiness to the kind person, but some people can get really upset about this.

23:9. A homeowner gathered everything they need, be it children or servants or livestock or pets or grain like wheat and barley, or different kinds of fodder and feed.

23:10. They're smart and know what diet is suitable for each.

23:11. They provide bread for the children, they have specific food for the servants, and for the livestock, they have grains like barley, and different kinds of fodder.

23:12. They toss bones to the dogs and give the pigs acorns and leftovers.

23:13. This is how it is for a follower of God.

23:14. If they're smart, they know what being a follower means.

23:15. They won't be fooled by someone's outer appearance, but will understand each person's true nature and connect with them accordingly.

23:16. There are plenty of people in the world who look human on the outside but behave otherwise.

23:17. A true follower can tell who they are.

23:18. To the pigs, they'll give acorns, while they'll provide grains, straw, and hay to livestock.

23:19. They'll toss bones to the dogs, offer light refreshments to the servants, and serve the best food to the children.

24:1. There are human beings, and there are the children of human beings.

24:2. The leading human is the one who guides others, and the child of this human is the one who creates with their guidance.

24:3. The leading human got the power to create from a higher power.

24:4. They also have the power to have children.

24:5. A being who has the power to create was created; one who has the power to have children was born.

24:6. Those who can create can't necessarily have children, and those who have children can also create.

24:7. People say that those who create also have children. But what they produce are just creations, not children.

24:8. So, their produced works aren't their kids, they’re something else.

24:9. A creator's work is visible to everyone, and they are revealed to the public.

24:10. Those who have children do so in private, and their lineage is hidden.

24:11. To clarify, creators present their work openly, but parents have kids in private.

24:12. No one can know when a husband and wife are close with each other except they themselves, because the intimacy between couples is a private matter.

24:13. If a flawed marriage is hidden, an untouched marriage is an even bigger secret.

24:14. It's not physical, but spiritual.

24:15. It's not driven by lust, but by intentional choice.

24:16. It doesn't belong to the hidden or night, but to the day and light.

24:17. If the details of a marriage are exposed, it becomes vulgar - not just if the wife is with another man, but also if she leaves the personal space and is seen, it's seen as a betrayal.

24:18. She should show herself only to her closest family, the person supporting the marriage, and the children of her partner.

24:19. They're allowed to be part of the couple's private life every day.

24:20. But let everyone else just long to hear her voice and smell her presence, and, be content with little like dogs are happy with scraps from the table.

24:21. Couples are meant for the space they share privately.

24:22. No one will be able to understand the couple's connection unless they experience such a relationship themselves.

25:1. Abraham got ready to learn something important by marking his body, showing us we need to overcome our physical desires.

25:2. Many things in life can survive as long as they stay hidden.

25:3. But if these things are uncovered, they're destroyed, just like with people.

25:4. People stay alive as long as their internal organs are inside them and not seen.

25:5. If a person's internal organs come out, the person will die.

25:6. A tree is similar.

25:7. A tree grows and flourishes while its roots are buried in the ground.

25:8. But if a tree's roots are dug up, it will wither and die.

25:9. This is true for everything in life, not just things we can see, but also the things we can't; because hidden problems are powerful.

25:10. However, when problems are recognized, they lose their power, and if they're fully exposed, they're overcome.

25:11. Therefore, it's like saying, "We're getting ready to eliminate the source of the problem." Simply trimming it is not enough, as the problem will grow back.

25:12. Instead, we must dig deep to completely remove it from its source.

25:13. Jesus completely removed the root of the problem, but others might only do so partially.

25:14. Each of us must dig deep within ourselves to find and remove the root of our issues.

25:15. We can get rid of these issues if we realize they exist.

25:16. But if we're oblivious to them, they'll grow stronger within us and control us.

25:17. They dominate us, making us do things we don't want to do, and preventing us from doing things we'd like to do.

25:18. We are trapped by our own actions, feeling helpless and doing the opposite of what we desire.

25:19. They have this control because we haven't acknowledged them.

25:20. They keep being effective as long as they are there.

26:21. Not knowing is the root of all problems.

26:22. Not knowing can lead to failure because what is based on not knowing is flawed from the start and won't succeed; but when complete understanding is achieved, the flaws will be corrected as truth is more powerful than ignorance.

26:23. While the truth is hidden, it stays unnoticed, but when it's discovered and understood, it's celebrated because it’s more powerful than not knowing and mistakes.

26:24. It brings freedom.

26:25. It's said, "If you learn what's true, that truth will set you free." Not knowing is like being trapped; understanding is like being free.

26:26. If we embrace what's true, we'll see the benefits of that truth in ourselves.

26:27. If we fully connect with it, it will enrich us completely.

26:28. We currently understand only a part of how things are made.

26:29. We think, "Those who are confident and visible are respected, but those who are shy and overlooked are weak and disrespected." It's the same for those who are open about the truth; they may seem weak and disrespected, but the ones who are not publicly known are strong and respected.

26:30. But the deeper meanings of truth are shown through symbols and metaphors.

26:31. The innermost part, though, is secret; it's the most sacred space.

26:32. At first, it was not clear how everything was created, but when that's made clear, the old ways will be abandoned or even destroyed.

26:33. Those who hold power will move away from these outdated places, not toward the most sacred spaces, because they aren’t compatible with pure goodness, but they will seek protection elsewhere.

26:34. They will find safety when danger threatens to overwhelm them.

26:35. If some are chosen leaders, they'll be able to access the most hidden areas.

26:36. So, the barrier wasn't opened just for those at the very top or only for those at the bottom; it was opened from top to bottom for everyone.

26:37. Those in high positions have made the lower places accessible to us so that we can discover the secret of what's true.

26:38. This is indeed significant and powerful, yet it’s only by acknowledging our flaws and humility that we can access it.

26:39. They stand humbled in the presence of ultimate greatness.

26:40. There is a kind of respect that's above other respects, a strength beyond other strengths.

26:41. Thus, we were shown the ultimate truths, the most holy places of all, and invited into the inner sanctuary.

26:42. As long as it remains hidden, negative forces don't act, but they're still present among the spirit of truth.

26:43. They are dominated by these negative forces.

26:44. But once the truth is revealed, then the clearest light will shine on everyone, and all connected with it will experience renewal.

26:45. Then those who were controlled will be set free, and those who were held back will be lifted.

26:46. Anything that doesn't have a good foundation will be eliminated. Those who were isolated will come together and be fulfilled.

27:1. Anyone entering the room should light their lamp, as people do at weddings that happen at night when fires are lit after dark and then put out.

27:2. However, the true meaning of this wedding is understood in daylight and brightness.

27:3. This particular day and its brightness never end.

27:4. When a person truly understands and connects with the deeper meaning of this wedding, they will find enlightenment.

27:5. If a person doesn't find this enlightenment now, they won't find it later either.

27:6. Anyone who finds this enlightenment will not be noticed or restricted, and no one will be able to bother them while they are living.

27:7. Furthermore, when they pass on from this life, they will have already understood the deep truths through their experiences.

27:8. For them, the ordinary world has been transformed into a realm of everlasting significance, because this complete understanding is what defines their existence, and this understanding is revealed only to them.

27:9. This ultimate truth isn't hidden in uncertainty or night-time; instead, it is hidden within a perfect day and pure brightness.