Elon Musk said a few days ago
"For ten thousand years, a human life was priced by what it could do that nobody else could."
He was talking about the phenomenal changes AI is going to bring about in our lives in the near future.
We priced everything with our ego. We have been diminishing our soul as a consequence of that.
AI will show you the futility of your ego.
Comparisons are weaponized by the ego.
Without your ego, what are you? Who are you?
Jesus said: "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" Matthew 16:26
Matthew's gospel is one of the Canonical gospels.
I searched for anything similar written in the gospel of St.Thomas.
I found much deeper and meaningful expressions of the same verse.
While there is no single, word-for-word equivalent to Matthew 16:26 in the Gospel of Thomas, there are several sayings that express the exact same spiritual contrast: gaining outward wealth or knowledge versus losing or neglecting one's inner self/soul.
The closest thematic parallels in the Gospel of Thomas are:
1. Saying 67 (The Closest Conceptual Match)
"Jesus said: Whoever knows the All [the entire world/cosmos], but fails to know himself, misses everything."
Where Matthew frames the tradeoff as gaining material wealth versus forfeiting the soul, Saying 67 frames it as acquiring complete knowledge of the exterior world while remaining ignorant of one's inner self. In both cases, gaining everything outside is worthless if you lose what is inside.
2. Saying 110 (Gaining Worldly Wealth)
"Jesus said: Whoever finds the world and becomes rich, let him renounce the world."
This directly echoes the warnings in the canonical Gospels against prioritizing worldly riches over spiritual devotion.
3. Saying 111 & Saying 56 (Self vs. World Value)
"Jesus said: Whoever has found himself, of him the world is not worthy."
Scholars often highlight this saying alongside Saying 56 ("Whoever has come to know the world has found a corpse..."). In Thomas's framework, the physical world is temporary, whereas discovering the true self/soul elevates a person beyond the value of the entire material realm.
Key Difference in Perspective
In Matthew: The warning is moral and salvation-focused—trading eternal life with God for fleeting earthly pleasures, fame, or power.
In Thomas: The focus is on self-knowledge (gnosis)—realizing that acquiring or mastering the physical world is an illusion, and that true spiritual life comes from awakening to the divine spark within.
The best teachers in anything in the world including the Bible will be outsmarted and outperformed by AI in the near future. It is already happening! AI will replace your ego. Those who live their ego identities will become vegetables.
There is one thing AI can't replace. Your divine spark that is held in your true self.
"Before Abraham was, I AM"
I-AM-NESS is everything.
"Be still and know that I-AM is god"
No AI can steal your I-am-ness"
"For ten thousand years, a human life was priced by what it could do that nobody else could."
He was talking about the phenomenal changes AI is going to bring about in our lives in the near future.
We priced everything with our ego. We have been diminishing our soul as a consequence of that.
AI will show you the futility of your ego.
Comparisons are weaponized by the ego.
Without your ego, what are you? Who are you?
Jesus said: "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" Matthew 16:26
Matthew's gospel is one of the Canonical gospels.
I searched for anything similar written in the gospel of St.Thomas.
I found much deeper and meaningful expressions of the same verse.
While there is no single, word-for-word equivalent to Matthew 16:26 in the Gospel of Thomas, there are several sayings that express the exact same spiritual contrast: gaining outward wealth or knowledge versus losing or neglecting one's inner self/soul.
The closest thematic parallels in the Gospel of Thomas are:
1. Saying 67 (The Closest Conceptual Match)
"Jesus said: Whoever knows the All [the entire world/cosmos], but fails to know himself, misses everything."
Where Matthew frames the tradeoff as gaining material wealth versus forfeiting the soul, Saying 67 frames it as acquiring complete knowledge of the exterior world while remaining ignorant of one's inner self. In both cases, gaining everything outside is worthless if you lose what is inside.
2. Saying 110 (Gaining Worldly Wealth)
"Jesus said: Whoever finds the world and becomes rich, let him renounce the world."
This directly echoes the warnings in the canonical Gospels against prioritizing worldly riches over spiritual devotion.
3. Saying 111 & Saying 56 (Self vs. World Value)
"Jesus said: Whoever has found himself, of him the world is not worthy."
Scholars often highlight this saying alongside Saying 56 ("Whoever has come to know the world has found a corpse..."). In Thomas's framework, the physical world is temporary, whereas discovering the true self/soul elevates a person beyond the value of the entire material realm.
Key Difference in Perspective
In Matthew: The warning is moral and salvation-focused—trading eternal life with God for fleeting earthly pleasures, fame, or power.
In Thomas: The focus is on self-knowledge (gnosis)—realizing that acquiring or mastering the physical world is an illusion, and that true spiritual life comes from awakening to the divine spark within.
The best teachers in anything in the world including the Bible will be outsmarted and outperformed by AI in the near future. It is already happening! AI will replace your ego. Those who live their ego identities will become vegetables.
There is one thing AI can't replace. Your divine spark that is held in your true self.
"Before Abraham was, I AM"
I-AM-NESS is everything.
"Be still and know that I-AM is god"
No AI can steal your I-am-ness"