have formed the basis for one of the world’s great religions. It is said that Jesus’ ministry began when he was thirty and lasted one to three years, during which time he traveled from place to place, teaching wherever people would listen, healing whenever they asked. It ended with his death upon a wooden cross.

The inner teachings of Jesus share a deep similarity with the enlightenment teachings of Buddha and other eastern sages. To account for this, some scholars speculate that Jesus spent his twenties in India. Perhaps. But regardless, the more fundamental reason these teachings sound similar is because they arise from,

and point to, the same Truth.

Christian mystics like Saint John of the Cross and Meister Eckhart experienced first hand the truth of this teaching, and wrote about the wonder of discovering that, as Eckhart puts it, “The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me.” Or as Jesus says, “He who knows himself, at the same time knows the Totality of the All.”

Yeshua is Jesus’ name in Aramaic, the language he spoke. Book of Yeshua is one of the forty-two sermons found in my book Christ Sutras: The Complete Sayings of Jesus from All Sources Arranged as Sermons, which contains all the sayings of Jesus from the New Testament, the Gnostic Gospels, and all other early Christian writings. It is a sermon that conveys the highest teachings of Jesus in his own words, teachings that point directly to the realization of Truth.

Until now, you have asked nothing in the name of Christ. Ask and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

Whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.

If you can, believe! Do not fear, only believe. All things are possible for him who believes.

Truly, if you have but faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree,

“Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,” and it would obey you.

If you have but faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, “Move from here to there,”

and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.

Believe me, whoever says to this mountain, “Be taken up and cast into the sea,”

and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.

I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

The things that are impossible with men are possible with God. Have faith in God.

The kingdom of God is when the two become one, when that which is without is as that which is within,

when the male and the female are neither male nor female.

For when you make the two, one, you become a son of God. And when you say, “Mountain, move away,”

it will move away.

To enter the Kingdom, become like an infant. For when you make the two, one,

and make the inside like the outside, and make the outside like the inside,

and make the above like the below, and when you make the male and the female

one and the same, so that the male not be male, nor the female be female,

and when you fashion an eye in place of an eye, and a hand in place of a hand,

and a foot in place of a foot, and a likeness in place of a likeness,

then will you enter the kingdom of God.

Truly, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as an infant child, shall not enter it.

But if your eye is divided, being part darkness, your whole body is darkness.

Take heed, therefore, that the light within you is not darkness.

For if the light that you are is darkness,

how great is that darkness!

He who is undivided is filled with light. He who is divided is filled with darkness.

When you come to know yourself, you will become what is known,

and you will realize that you are the son of the living Father.

But if you do not know yourself, you dwell in poverty, and it is you who are that poverty.

For whoever believes he is less than the All, is completely ignorant.

He who does not know himself knows nothing. But he who knows himself,

at the same time knows the Totality of the All.

Heaven and earth will roll up in your presence. For whoever finds himself, contains the world.

It is in this way that you enter the kingdom of Heaven.

But unless you receive it yourself, through direct knowing, you will not be able to find it.

Blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears,

for they hear. Truly I say to you, many prophets and righteous men have desired to see what you see,

yet did not see it, to hear what you hear, yet did not hear it.

No one will ever enter the kingdom of Heaven at my bidding, but only because you yourself are whole.

Hearken to the Word, understand Knowledge, love Life.

No one persecutes or oppresses you other than you yourself!

Hasten to be saved without being urged!

Be eager of your own accord and, if possible, arrive even before me. Our Father will love you.

Truly, he who receives Life and enters the Kingdom will never leave it. Not even the Father can banish him.

Everything I have said to you, you have heard and received in faith.

If you know these things for yourself, they are yours.

If you do not know them for yourself, they are not yours.

Be courageous and do not fear at all.

I am with you, and no enemy shall ever prevail over you. Peace be with you. Be strong.

See rightly! The kingdom of Heaven is within you!