The Dialogue of the Saviour – the fifth tractate of Nag Hammadi Codex III 137.3-138.2 ~250 AD

Mary Asks About the Vision

“Mary said to him, ‘Look, I see the evil that affects people from the start, when they dwell with each other.’

The master said to her, ‘When you see them, you understand a great deal; they will not stay there. But when you see the one who exists eternally, this is the great vision.’

They all said to him, ‘Explain it to us.’

He said to them, ‘How do you wish to see it, in a passing vision or in an eternal vision?’

He went on to say, “Do your best to save what can come after me, and seek it and speak through it, so that whatever you seek may be in harmony with you. For I say unto you, truly the living God is in you, as you also are in God.’ “

Commentary: Jesus talks about the difference between vision for the things of form which will pass quickly in time and the vision for the eternal Interbeing of Creation. Jesus asks Mary to look beyond through a different lens not to judge what is evil & temporal, but rather to see the broader laws of Creation which are eternal and to see humanity with different eyes. To know that you rest eternally within God, indivisible, is to see with the vision of Interbeing.