#Jean-Yves Leloup

[l4v1nf41th]

“The first form is darkness; the second is desire; the third is ignorance; the fourth is zeal for death; the fifth is the realm of the flesh; the sixth is the foolish wisdom of the flesh; the seventh is is the wisdom of the wrathful person. These are the seven powers of wrath.”

- Mary 9:18 - 25, The gospel of Mary Magdalene

The “powers” “sins” or “demons of the ego. Meggan Watterson, Author of “Mary Magdalene revealed” believes these are the seven demons that Jesus expelled from Mary, referred to in Luke 8:2.

Mary’s Gospel is an ascent narrative as it describes the path navigated to liberate the soul during life. Mary is regarded as the first apostle because she followed in Jesus’s footsteps and witnessed his death and resurrection. The Gospel reveals the wisdom that Christ gave only Mary, and features her telling the Disciples what they spoke of.

The powers are the states we humans embody through life, that keep us stuck, and separated from God. They are regarded as sins only by their nature of adultery. I interpret this as betraying God. They are what makes us human. Christ was both equal parts human and divine, he went on this journey to ascend, and shared his wisdom with Mary.

Then Peter said to him, “You have been explaining every topic to us, tell us one thing. What is the sin of the world?” The Saviour replied “There is no such thing as sin; rather you yourselves are what produces sin when you act in accordance with the nature of adultery, which is called ‘sin’. For this reason, the Good came among you, persuing (the Good) which belongs to every nature.”

- Mary 3:1 - 5

Radical, huh? No wonder this gospel was hidden underground for safety, and not considered canon. Discovered in Egypt in the late 1896, written in Coptic and said to have been written in the second century, before the bible was complied in the third century. There are three known copies found. It’s a gnostic text and is part of the Berlin Codex.

Meet the Demons: a deep dive

When someone says they’re “facing their demons” these are what I think of. If it’s our humanness that makes us sin, then are we inherently sinful? I’m not sure I agree with that. We’re humans, that isn’t wrong or shameful. This is what the Gospel is telling us. These “demons” are parts of our identity we shed when we become more like Jesus. It’s not a infinite state we’re always in. We’re not God. We return to ourselves every time we return to God. We become more like Christ when we return to God. Our Salvation is within us all along.

Learning about these powers made me feel seen, humble and grateful to not be alone. This perspective allows me to see my behaviour and allows me to confess and forgive and pray. I’m less likely to judge others, and it gives me hope on my journey of faith.

Darkness

- hopeless, lack of faith, despair, depression, heaviness, trapped, stuck, loneliness

Desire

- clinging, craving, attachment, not accepting what you have and how things are, wishing for things to be different, greed, insecurity, lack

Ignorance

- lack of awareness, voluntary ignoring, small mindedness, unconscious state we fall into and act from. not indicating to the deficient of character or intelligence, ignorance can save us (only handle so much at once, freeze response, disassociation- not moral failing)

Zeal/Craving for Death

- not necessarily suicide, but gluttony. Making choices that neglect and endanger the health of others or ourselves. Extremes of pleasure that harm body. Destruction and hurt to ourselves. Soul is forgotten.

Realm of Flesh

- enslavement to physical body, when we fully identify with body and forget we are more than that, a soul, not just a physical body with needs. Relates to lust and greed when we put our temporary gratification over someone else’s. Forcing physical needs on someone who dost not consent.

Foolish wisdom of Flesh/False peace of flesh

- sloth. Patterns of inaction, lead to not wanting to do anything. Procrastination, fear, reluctance to Change, stagnation, would rather suffer than accept the reality and make a change.

Wisdom of Wrathful Person

- anger is healing, responsibility to not hurt others with it. Not see others as worthy of disrespect, worthy of harm and pain.

Isn’t the power that is harmful, but the presence of the power and absence of the soul.

I live my life based on the Bible, The Gospel of Thomas, Philip and Mary, and the Love Ethic described in bell hooks book ‘all about love’

God Bless <33

[dandanjean]

La Sagesse de Jean

Dans cette odyssée, Jean-Yves Leloup nous invite à méditer l’Évangile de Jean, un des plus beaux poèmes de la littérature mondiale, et nous donne d’en savourer la Sagesse. La Sagesse de Jean avec Jean-Yves Leloup

[pensierodelgiornoblog]

“Non esiste un atteggiamento giusto, esistono solo atteggiamenti adattati.” – Jean-Yves Leloup

Spunti di riflessione.

Ogni situazione richiede una risposta unica: l’elasticità mentale è una qualità fondamentale. Invece di cercare un unico modo “giusto” di comportarsi, è più utile sviluppare la capacità di leggere il contesto e rispondere in modo appropriato.

[juliesandothings]

several 2010 era synths used to create electronic music published in "Electronic: From Kraftwerk to the Chemical Brothers" from the Design Museum - Philharmonie de Paris, edited by Jean-Yves Leloup, Gemma Curtain and Maria McLintock

[jeanchrisosme]

Tout ce qu’on fait sans amour est du temps perdu. Tout ce qu’on fait avec amour est de l’éternité retrouvée.

Jean-Yves Leloup

[au-jardin-de-mon-coeur]

Chaque matin,

cherche l'étincelle, l'éclat,

qui allume en toi le jour.

Jean-Yves Leloup

[realfactsnlogic]

tag game tag game

Tagged by @incorrectgoddessgang​

Last song: “Disco Baby” by Ayesha Erotica

Last movie: V for Vendetta 

Currently watching: Video essays on Youtube.

Currently reading: The Gospel of Mary Magdalene by Jean-Yves Leloup. But I’m supposed to be reading a work manual...

Last thing researched for writing purposes: 

"A lot” vs. “alot” because I was helping a friend with their fanfic and we were debating on how it’s correctly spelt. (To save you the look-up, ‘alot’ isn’t a thing despite how nice it may look to some eyes. I mean it when I say ‘some’.)

As for 9 people to tag...

@capsajcin​ / @cipherbunz​ / @flamingoink / @jubilantjumbalaya​ / @photondoesstuff​ / @s1lly-sold1er​ / @snail-speed / @spacechild85 / @thehappynoodle !​​

[jbfalcon]

Amamos tão pouco e tão mal,

Com uma metade

Ou até mesmo com um quarto de nós mesmos.

E amamos, no outro,

Alguns pedaços escolhidos,

Os mais conhecidos,

Aqueles que nos causam menos medo.

É tão raro amarmos alguém por inteiro,

Com aquilo que nos agrada

E com aquilo que não nos agrada.

É tão raro sermos amados por inteiro,

Com nossas cavidades

de sombra,

Com nossos dorsos de luz.

Jean-Yves Leloup

[coolvieilledentelle]

Il est bon d'être deux, dans ce monde inhospitalier... De s'accompagner sur la route, d'être attentifs l'un à l'autre, tendres l'un pour l'autre, de s'accorder des attentions mutuelles. D'être prêts à partager douceurs et labeurs.

Catherine Bensaid & Jean Yves Leloup- (Qui aime quand je t’aime)

[santmat]

"Whatever we wish to call it, then—gnosticism, esotericism, mysticism, each in its authentic rather than imitative form—spiritual work has to do with energy rather than solely with what we call thought. Gnosis is a force, not just a set of ideas, symbols, or concepts. To the extent that we render our religious or moral teachings only in words, no matter how beautiful or systematic, we are bound to become the prey of academicism, dogmatism, or fanaticism. What our modern world has suffered from most of all is runaway ideology, the agitated attachment to ideas that thereby become the playthings of infrahuman energies. This is the great danger of all ideologies, whether political, religious, or academic." (Jean-Yves Leloup, The Gospel of Thomas)

[annacswenson]

~ It requires a higher love to free oneself from a lower love. By the same token, it takes a higher and vaster representation of the world to free oneself from a lower one. Scientific progress itself depends on this. ~

—Jean-Yves Leloup, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene

[dandanjean]

Méditer à coeur ouvert

Méditer à cœur ouvert permet en effet de regarder autrement tout ce qui nous entoure. Lorsque nous regardons une pierre, une fleur, un arbre, un papillon, une fourmi, un être humain, nous les regardons avec une attention aimante. Les poètes sont de grands méditants, car ils savent justement regarder les choses les plus ordinaires avec un regard neuf, émerveillé, attentif au petit détail qui nous…

[mujeroso]

"la dimension féminine, angélique ou "orientale" de de la connaissance humaine."

l'Évangile de Marie - Jean-Yves Leloup

[tche-rien]

Et si des premiers "pères de l'église" jusqu'à ceux d'aujourd'hui, au fil de cette histoire racontée encore et encore depuis 2000 ans avec les erreurs (volontaire ?)de traduction de l'Araméen au Copte puis au grec ancien, au latin...il y avait eu une volonté politique de modifier les enseignement du Rabbi Yeshoua, de L'Enseigneur, du Maître Jésus ?

Dans l'Évangile de Marie, Myriam de Magdala, traduit par l'excellentissime helléniste Jean-Yves Leloup on y lit :

Pierre ajouta : « Est-il possible que l’Enseigneur se soit entretenu ainsi, avec une femme, sur des secrets que nous, nous ignorons? Devons-nous changer nos habitudes ; écouter tous cette femme? L’a-t-Il vraiment choisie et préférée à nous ? »

Et tant d'autres secrets qui n'en sont pas vraiment ! Faut juste lire, pas du JUL, hein, avoir le goût de lire, d'écrire, car sans ça tu ne sauras pas réfléchir et si tu ne sais pas réfléchir les faux maîtres et vrais tyrans s'en chargeront à ta place !!!!

Et ça ni les Maîtres, honneurs aux femmes d'abord, Marie/Myriam, Jésus, Bouddhas ne l'auraient souhaité !!!

Respect à toutes les mères de clan, les vraies, sans lesquelles il n'y aurait pas d'onctions sacrées !

[jalonvie]

''Dans le vocabulaire grec, Agapè est un mot nouveau. Ce fut le christianisme qui amena la naissance de ce mot. Il naît un nouveau mot quand naît une nouvelle expérience. Ce fut l’expérience de l’amour gratuit, de l’amour pour rien !''

''Nous produisons des « objets aimants ». Nous demandons à notre enfant l’amour qui nous a manqué.''

Jean Yves Leloup

[afastemsevacas]

somos o que doamos

"Tudo o que não fazemos por amor é tempo perdido. Tudo o que fazemos por amor é a eternidade reencontrada. A única coisa que não nos podem tirar, a única coisa que a morte não pode nos tirar, é aquilo que doamos. O que tivermos dado, nada nem ninguém pode nos tirar. É essa doação que fica de nós mesmos.”

Jean-Yves Leloup