Gone Fishing

Gone Fishing?

Centuries ago Jesus spoke to the disciples about The Wise Fisherman, Saying #8 in the Gospel of Thomas. Jesus sometimes spoke in a cloaked way so that a Roman Centurian listening nearby might not report him as a rabble rouser (well at least that worked for awhile):

• “A wise fisherman cast his net into the sea. When he drew it up it was full of little fish. Among them he discovered a large, fine fish. He threw all the little fish back into the sea, and he chose the large  fish. Anyone here with two good ears should listen." 

Sounds innocent enough, but what if this is not about Tilapia in the Sea of Galilee. Jesus explains what happens when we are self-aware, observant of the ebb and flow of our thoughts. Every thought is  born of love or born of something else e.g. fear, guilt, anger. 

• These something else thoughts are deceptive and will lead us astray, away from peace.

When we observe the flow of our thoughts for awhile we may see an abundance of thoughts of the "something else" variety .... these are like the little fish. Amidst these will be a true thought, one whose genesis is Love, a gift from the Mind of God ... this is the large, fine fish.

• To toss all the little fish back means we only need the God thoughts, we can ignore all the other thoughts, just toss them away.