Jesus said, “There
was a rich person who had a great deal of money. He said, ‘I shall invest my
money so that I may sow, reap, plant and fill my storehouses with produce, that
I may lack nothing.’ These were the words he was thinking in his heart, but that
very night he died. Whoever has ears should hear” (Gospel of Thomas, saying 63).
Here Jesus
is the wisdom teacher par
excellence. The man of the world has achieved worldly success
and yet he dies. Then what?
Nothing.
That’s the point of Jesus’ saying: When one dies
there is nothingness. Silence. Meaningless. Pointless. So what is the purpose
of a man’s life?
Outside of a direct relationship with God, there is
none. All the joys, laughter, pain, sorrow, upsets, and anger is all without
any meaning. Indeed, it is all vanity!
Note that in a fundamental sense, we all connected
to God. There is no place there is not God: “Spilt a piece of wood; I am there.
Lift up the stone and you will find me there” (Gospel of Thomas, saying 77). But to be an
Immortal the connection needs to be foundational to one’s existence. The raison d’être is being connected to God—there is no other.
In
the world of form with its interplay of energies through rituals, say, all the
actors are playing their part as foreordained before the foundation of the
world. Or more simply: This is God’s play and when the curtain comes down the
play is no more….
How
to solve this fundamental cycle of life and death? Through both the physical
and spiritual resurrection with Jesus. In this transformation comes unity with
Jesus and this causes a shift in the body. There will be a day when physical
immortality will be the norm. Today, each reader can be part of the vanguard of
the new human being with an Immortal body. As
we unite with the risen Jesus, the purpose of life is reveal: Unity with God.
On this day, when you were two, you became one again. All there is is
unconditional love!
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