A few personal interpretations from the Biblical ‘lost’ texts of Thomas. The Jesus story from the ‘footsteps in the sand’ analogy,– seeing there is only one set of footprints
The ‘second coming’ of Christ is the understanding of the ‘Christ’ already in you
The magnetic forces attracting the opposite polarities– faith (in the impersonal self), and the will (on your part), are strong enough to ‘carry’ anyone through
Jesus ‘can’t get to the father except through me’ (pointing at himself) but implying His followers to point inward at themselves. The saying goes to meet something ‘halfway’, but I believe you would need to go beyond the 50% mark to gain ground. Showing up physically and mentally is the minimum bar necessary to travel forward, but the spiritual aspect (belief) taken into account contains enough sustenance to tip the scales and bear the fruit of your labors, or leave your bushel directionless and empty in despair
Lead into gold, and water into wine; Observable progress (magic) happens in the ‘sands’ of our reality when your creator-self and your inflection point both intersect, starting from the origin axis of creation