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The Quantum Sayings of Jesus: Decoding the Lost Gospel of Thomas
CRACKING THE CODE
Buried around 340 AD, unearthed in 1945 and translated into English in 1959, this text has been studied, debated and analyzed by dozens of scholars and historians searching for clues about the meaning of these cryptic sayings of Jesus.
In The Quantum Sayings of Jesus, author Keith Giles offers a look at the text from the perspective of non-duality and divine oneness. If true, these sayings may unlock the key to solving humanity’s greatest challenges and reveal the startling truth that all of us are connected in surprising ways.
Buried around 340 AD, unearthed in 1945 and translated into English in 1959, this text has been studied, debated and analyzed by dozens of scholars and historians searching for clues about the meaning of these cryptic sayings of Jesus.
In The Quantum Sayings of Jesus, author Keith Giles offers a look at the text from the perspective of non-duality and divine oneness. If true, these sayings may unlock the key to solving humanity’s greatest challenges and reveal the startling truth that all of us are connected in surprising ways.
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369 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 23, 2024
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About the author
Keith Giles
65 books96 followersKeith Giles is the author of 5 books including his latest, "This Is My Body:Ekklesia as God Intended" which explores God's design for His Church according to the scriptures. The free e-book version has been downloaded by over 3,000 people.
He is the former Director of Sales and Distribution for Vineyard Music Group and formerly Marketing Coordinator for Soul Survivor USA. He has been writing articles on the Christian subculture, the house church movement, spiritual formation, compassion ministry and the Kingdom of God for over 20 years now.
His articles have appeared in over a dozen print and online magazines over the last 20 years, including Relevant, 7 Ball, Channel Advisor, Fuse, CCM, Worship Musician Magazine, WorshipMusic.com and theOoze.com.
Keith and his wife Wendy and their two sons are part of a house church community called “The Mission” in Orange, California. They planted this church in their home in 2006 in order to share 100 percent of the offering to help the poor in their community.
Feel free to visit him online at http://www.KeithGiles.com.
He is the former Director of Sales and Distribution for Vineyard Music Group and formerly Marketing Coordinator for Soul Survivor USA. He has been writing articles on the Christian subculture, the house church movement, spiritual formation, compassion ministry and the Kingdom of God for over 20 years now.
His articles have appeared in over a dozen print and online magazines over the last 20 years, including Relevant, 7 Ball, Channel Advisor, Fuse, CCM, Worship Musician Magazine, WorshipMusic.com and theOoze.com.
Keith and his wife Wendy and their two sons are part of a house church community called “The Mission” in Orange, California. They planted this church in their home in 2006 in order to share 100 percent of the offering to help the poor in their community.
Feel free to visit him online at http://www.KeithGiles.com.
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December 7, 2025
Entangled Wisdom
The Gospel of Thomas begins not with doctrine but with paradox. In Saying 3, Jesus declares: “The kingdom is inside you and it is outside you.” This is not a statement of geography but of quantum presence — a reality both localized and dispersed, both within and beyond. Like the wave-particle duality, the kingdom resists confinement to one form. It is simultaneously intimate and infinite.
In Saying 22, Jesus says: “When you make the two one, and when you make the inner like the outer and the outer like the inner… then you will enter the kingdom.” Here he gestures toward entanglement. Quantum physics teaches that particles, once linked, remain bound across distance. Thomas’s Jesus invites us into a similar relationality: to collapse the illusion of separation, to live as if every breath is entangled with the whole.
Saying 113 proclaims: “The kingdom of the Father is spread out upon the earth, and people do not see it.” Nonlocality becomes a spiritual metaphor. Just as quantum effects ripple across space without visible connection, divine presence saturates creation, unseen yet everywhere. The blindness is not in the kingdom’s absence but in our perception.
Through this lens, salvation is not escape but awareness. To “bring forth what is within you” (Saying 70) is to collapse the wave function of possibility into lived reality. The sayings of Thomas, read through quantum metaphor, become a call to awaken to interconnectedness, to recognize that the sacred is not elsewhere but entangled in every moment.
What makes The Quantum Sayings of Jesus so compelling is that, even without being labeled a devotional, it functions beautifully as one. Each saying becomes a doorway into prayer, meditation, and reflection, especially for those familiar with the rhythm of Lectio Divina. Taken slowly, the text invites us to sit with paradox, to let mystery unsettle us, and to discover new pathways of awareness.
In this way, the Gospel of Thomas becomes not only a text to decode but a practice to inhabit. Its sayings guide us through the dismantling of dualism so prevalent in much of today’s theology, opening us to a spirituality that is relational, entangled, and inclusive. Communities that take these sayings seriously may find themselves reshaped — learning to hold paradox without rushing to resolve it, to welcome mystery without collapsing it into dogma, and to embody compassion that reverberates across all creation.
The devotional use of this book is not sentimental but transformative. It is a daily practice of perceiving the kingdom spread out upon the earth, hidden in plain sight, waiting to be seen.
The Quantum Sayings of Jesus reminds us that the Gospel of Thomas is not a puzzle to be solved but a presence to be inhabited. Its paradoxes shimmer like particles in motion, inviting us to perceive the kingdom as both hidden and everywhere, both within and beyond.
When read devotionally, each saying becomes a threshold: a chance to pray, to meditate, to let dualisms unravel. What emerges is not certainty but communion — a recognition that we are entangled in one another’s lives, that divine presence reverberates through all creation.
In a fractured world, this text calls us to reorder our vision: to see justice as entanglement, inclusion as nonlocality, and hope as the collapse of separation into belonging. The sayings of Jesus, refracted through quantum metaphor, become not only wisdom for the mind but sustenance for the soul.
To read Thomas this way is to discover that the kingdom is already here — spread out upon the earth, waiting to be seen.
Keith Giles deserves commendation for this series. His writing is clear, accessible, and deeply engaging, making complex ideas approachable without sacrificing depth. That balance of readability and resonance is what allows these sayings to become not only decoded but lived.
The Gospel of Thomas begins not with doctrine but with paradox. In Saying 3, Jesus declares: “The kingdom is inside you and it is outside you.” This is not a statement of geography but of quantum presence — a reality both localized and dispersed, both within and beyond. Like the wave-particle duality, the kingdom resists confinement to one form. It is simultaneously intimate and infinite.
In Saying 22, Jesus says: “When you make the two one, and when you make the inner like the outer and the outer like the inner… then you will enter the kingdom.” Here he gestures toward entanglement. Quantum physics teaches that particles, once linked, remain bound across distance. Thomas’s Jesus invites us into a similar relationality: to collapse the illusion of separation, to live as if every breath is entangled with the whole.
Saying 113 proclaims: “The kingdom of the Father is spread out upon the earth, and people do not see it.” Nonlocality becomes a spiritual metaphor. Just as quantum effects ripple across space without visible connection, divine presence saturates creation, unseen yet everywhere. The blindness is not in the kingdom’s absence but in our perception.
Through this lens, salvation is not escape but awareness. To “bring forth what is within you” (Saying 70) is to collapse the wave function of possibility into lived reality. The sayings of Thomas, read through quantum metaphor, become a call to awaken to interconnectedness, to recognize that the sacred is not elsewhere but entangled in every moment.
What makes The Quantum Sayings of Jesus so compelling is that, even without being labeled a devotional, it functions beautifully as one. Each saying becomes a doorway into prayer, meditation, and reflection, especially for those familiar with the rhythm of Lectio Divina. Taken slowly, the text invites us to sit with paradox, to let mystery unsettle us, and to discover new pathways of awareness.
In this way, the Gospel of Thomas becomes not only a text to decode but a practice to inhabit. Its sayings guide us through the dismantling of dualism so prevalent in much of today’s theology, opening us to a spirituality that is relational, entangled, and inclusive. Communities that take these sayings seriously may find themselves reshaped — learning to hold paradox without rushing to resolve it, to welcome mystery without collapsing it into dogma, and to embody compassion that reverberates across all creation.
The devotional use of this book is not sentimental but transformative. It is a daily practice of perceiving the kingdom spread out upon the earth, hidden in plain sight, waiting to be seen.
The Quantum Sayings of Jesus reminds us that the Gospel of Thomas is not a puzzle to be solved but a presence to be inhabited. Its paradoxes shimmer like particles in motion, inviting us to perceive the kingdom as both hidden and everywhere, both within and beyond.
When read devotionally, each saying becomes a threshold: a chance to pray, to meditate, to let dualisms unravel. What emerges is not certainty but communion — a recognition that we are entangled in one another’s lives, that divine presence reverberates through all creation.
In a fractured world, this text calls us to reorder our vision: to see justice as entanglement, inclusion as nonlocality, and hope as the collapse of separation into belonging. The sayings of Jesus, refracted through quantum metaphor, become not only wisdom for the mind but sustenance for the soul.
To read Thomas this way is to discover that the kingdom is already here — spread out upon the earth, waiting to be seen.
Keith Giles deserves commendation for this series. His writing is clear, accessible, and deeply engaging, making complex ideas approachable without sacrificing depth. That balance of readability and resonance is what allows these sayings to become not only decoded but lived.
July 2, 2025
I'm a big college football fan. In the past I would frequently watch the ESPN pregame show where analysts would give their opinions on the days' games. Sometimes a commentator would have strong opinions on which team would win a particular game. Lee Corso, a former coach and the old sage of the group, would offer a different view. He'd say to his hardened colleague "not so fast, my friend!"
I thought of Corso when reading Keith Giles "The Quantum Sayings of Jesus - decoding the lost Gospel of Thomas". The author presents a non traditional way of understanding Jesus and Christianity. A view that evangelical Christians will label as heresy. To those Christians I would say "not so fast, my friend!" and urge them to read what Giles and the Gospel of Thomas reveals.
Giles himself was a doubter when first encountering the Gospel of Thomas. "My initial reaction," he writes, "was that it seemed to be a completely nonsensical and worthless collection of the supposed sayings of Jesus."
The Gospel of Thomas has no stories of Jesus birth, no miracles, no crucifixion. Instead as the author writes, "this document is quite simply a collection of the sayings of Jesus, half of which already appear in the four New Testament Gospels."
In the book Giles does a wonderful job of explaining what a non-dualistic approach is to understanding life and Christianity. He then repeats each of the 114 Jesus sayings in Thomas with detailed explanations of what each passage means. AND how this non-dualistic view is consistent with today's Quantum science.
There is so much to ponder in the book, beyond the scope of this review. In short, Giles writes, "Today the Christian faith has been canonized into a one-dimensional religion that sometimes looks very little like what Jesus said or did. ... The main message we receive from the gospel of Thomas is this: Christ is in you and you are in Christ."
As with any teaching of Jesus, Christianity, or spirituality I always pray "is this true, God? Show me the truth." Far from being heretical, I found much of what was written in the Quantum Sayings of Jesus resonated with me. The core of my spirituality is that God's love for us is unconditional. In interpreting one of the Thomas sayings Giles writes "We are all dearly loved by our Heavenly Father whose love for us is beyond comprehension or measure." I say amen to that!
I thought of Corso when reading Keith Giles "The Quantum Sayings of Jesus - decoding the lost Gospel of Thomas". The author presents a non traditional way of understanding Jesus and Christianity. A view that evangelical Christians will label as heresy. To those Christians I would say "not so fast, my friend!" and urge them to read what Giles and the Gospel of Thomas reveals.
Giles himself was a doubter when first encountering the Gospel of Thomas. "My initial reaction," he writes, "was that it seemed to be a completely nonsensical and worthless collection of the supposed sayings of Jesus."
The Gospel of Thomas has no stories of Jesus birth, no miracles, no crucifixion. Instead as the author writes, "this document is quite simply a collection of the sayings of Jesus, half of which already appear in the four New Testament Gospels."
In the book Giles does a wonderful job of explaining what a non-dualistic approach is to understanding life and Christianity. He then repeats each of the 114 Jesus sayings in Thomas with detailed explanations of what each passage means. AND how this non-dualistic view is consistent with today's Quantum science.
There is so much to ponder in the book, beyond the scope of this review. In short, Giles writes, "Today the Christian faith has been canonized into a one-dimensional religion that sometimes looks very little like what Jesus said or did. ... The main message we receive from the gospel of Thomas is this: Christ is in you and you are in Christ."
As with any teaching of Jesus, Christianity, or spirituality I always pray "is this true, God? Show me the truth." Far from being heretical, I found much of what was written in the Quantum Sayings of Jesus resonated with me. The core of my spirituality is that God's love for us is unconditional. In interpreting one of the Thomas sayings Giles writes "We are all dearly loved by our Heavenly Father whose love for us is beyond comprehension or measure." I say amen to that!
February 9, 2025
Fantastic book!
I have loved the Gospel of Thomas for thirty years, and have read it over and over again. In that time, I have never seen such a thorough and engaging commentary on the text at Keith Giles’ book. Many commentators develop the mystical ideas of Thomas’s Jesus, but only Giles focuses on nonduality to this extent. Thanks, Keith, for this fantastic book!
I have loved the Gospel of Thomas for thirty years, and have read it over and over again. In that time, I have never seen such a thorough and engaging commentary on the text at Keith Giles’ book. Many commentators develop the mystical ideas of Thomas’s Jesus, but only Giles focuses on nonduality to this extent. Thanks, Keith, for this fantastic book!
March 17, 2025
Required reading
If we ever want to see the Kingdom of God now, on earth as it is in heaven, then this book and the Gospel of Thomas itself are a must read. The illusion of separation has, for far too long, kept the Kingdom “hidden” from the sons of God’s. Oneness IS the Kingdom! Anything else is just a sorrowful illusion.
If we ever want to see the Kingdom of God now, on earth as it is in heaven, then this book and the Gospel of Thomas itself are a must read. The illusion of separation has, for far too long, kept the Kingdom “hidden” from the sons of God’s. Oneness IS the Kingdom! Anything else is just a sorrowful illusion.
June 1, 2025
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April 23, 2024
A Breath of Freah Air
This is a must read for those who are hungry for more of God. Keith's approach to the book of Thomas will have you amused and delighted with each new discovery you make. I cannot recommend this one enough.
This is a must read for those who are hungry for more of God. Keith's approach to the book of Thomas will have you amused and delighted with each new discovery you make. I cannot recommend this one enough.
September 28, 2024
Thought provoking and challenging. I definitely felt like I learned a lot and thought in new ways about my faith and understanding of Jesus
January 12, 2025
A must read for those who are looking to restore their faith. Hearing the words of Jeaus and seeing the context is faith restoring. Highly recommend.
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