Hidden in the 114 logia is one of the most astonishing statement by Jesus: "I am the All". The All, the Father, the One, the Mother, the Light are all synonyms of the Divine; even this word can mean many things to each of us.
Here Jesus is declaring that he is joined with the Divine; that he is a personification of the Divine. In the other gospels they use the term 'Son of God', but here he states that he is 'God'. No wonder the Gospel of Thomas causes such a stir within established churchmen and women. 'Blasphemy' they cry just as before when it lead to his trial and crucifixion.
Jesus said:
I am the Light that is above them all.
I am the All.
The All comes forth from me,
and the All reaches towards me.
Cleave the wood, I am there;
raise the stone,
and you shall find me there. #77
The second section of the logion "cleave the wood, ... raise the stone" stresses that the Divine is everywhere in this world; within a tree, under a stone. Some commentators suggest that this is a reversion to the much older world-view of gods and spirits in the every-day world. Another excuse to dismiss Thomas.
We are aware however, that all the logia in Thomas have more than one meaning: an outer (world) view, and an inner (spiritual) view. From the latter perspective lifting the stone must have a more profound meaning. On our spiritual journey there are many obstacles that we need to overcome them to reach our goal. These obstacles are manifestations of our ahamkara. This is where the trouble and most especially the suffering in our lives have lived. Turmoil and stress keeps us from peacefulness and tranquillity, greed and envy denies contentment, and intellectualism dulls our intuition.
The 'stone' in this logia is therefore our own ahamkara.
Each of us has our own personal 'stone'; large/small, heavy/light, jagged/smooth. This is the stone that we need to discern and lift. If we can do that, if we can overcome our ahamkara, then we will find Jesus in all his Glory.
Lifting the stone may not be easy. Sometimes we can with effort, raise it enough to get a glimpse of the Light. A most precious moment. Too often however the stone becomes too heavy or awkward that it falls back into place. This may be caused by strong resistance of our ahamkara to this new challenge, or by worldly distraction of our family, work, interests, or even by complacency: "I saw the Light". We need to continue our struggle with our stone, to start again hopefully from our original place, but now we are energized and comforted by the single glimpse of the Light. And perhaps that is how it should be; to join with the Divine for those precious moments and then return to the world with a new perspective.
Is it too fanciful to suggest that the Easter story of 'rolling away the stone' refers to the inner awakening of the disciples rather than a physical tomb stone? Following his death the disciples were able to see Jesus; they saw him in his spiritual form: the Light. Their 'stones' were removed so that saw him in his full Glory and realized who he really was: a personification of the Divine.
That may be the real meaning of Resurrection!