Interconnectedness of All Things
posted June 10th, 2007 at 8:59 pm by Betty
The Gospel of Mary (Magdalene) is a Gospel about our deepest roots, filled with fresh insights for us today. It offers the teaching that nature is good and that our true nature is rooted in the Good. One of our favorite teachings of Jesus in the text is as follows:
Translation of the Coptic by Jean-Yves Leloup:
“All that is born, all that is created, all the elements of nature are interwoven and united with each other.”
Translation by Karen King:
“Every nature, every modeled form, every creature, exist in and with each other.”
Translation by Esther deBoer:
“All natural phenomena, all that has been moulded, all that has been brought in to being exist in and with each other.”
It is a profound teaching and one we discuss often in our Magdalene Community. As one of our members put it: “It’s the inconnectedness of all things that attracts me to the Gospel. I have been reading about that and here in the Gospel of Mary we find this idea — it’s the first idea that surfaces in the Gospel — the disciples ask Jesus about matter - if matter will be utterly destroyed or not. His answer is that all the elements are interwoven and united with each other.”
Today in our Community we discussed this very idea. You might be interested in this website http://reluctant-messenger.com/gospel-magdalene.htm to see how the Gospel of Mary connects to Taoist teachings. Also check out our Magdalene Community blog for our readings this past Sunday. http://magdalenecommunity.blogspot.com/ We look forward to you comments. 
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