The Soul Finally Eats the Food of Life
The soul who has tasted these things has come to realize that sweet passions are fleeting. She has learned about evil, has forsaken these passions, and has adopted a new lifestyle.
After her experiences, the soul disdains this life, because it lasts only for a time. She seeks the kinds of food that will bring her life, and she leaves behind the food of falsehood. She learns about the light, and she goes about and strips off this world. Her true garment clothes her within, and her bridal gown reveals beauty of mind rather than pride of flesh. She learns about the depth of her being. She runs into her sheepfold as her shepherd stands at the door. In return for all the shame and scorn she experienced in this world, she receives ten thousand times as much grace and glory.
– Authoritative Discourse, The Nag Hammaddi Scriptures, ed. by Marvin Meyer, p 387
