"Become like passersby"

This is a quotation from the Gospel of Thomas and may be found at #42. It is a saying attributed to
Jesus of Nazareth in that document and do note that it is not to be found in the New Testament, though it may well be an authentic utterance of Jesus (this would depend, for our knowledge, on
historical argument). Please do not be confused about the meaning of this simple saying (n.b.: the
translation from the Coptic is not so simple). It means, we, hearers of Jesus, trying to obey his teachings, should not understand ourselves to be at rest, at home, arrived at our final destination, but
to be travellers through this world/life headed to another world and life. It is easy, natural, for a person to think stability in lifesyle is a good thing, something to be accomplished as an adult and then
treasured and defended. 'Becoming like passersby' implies an awareness of an end or goal to human
life not contained in this material world and so all the situations we find ourselves in are understood
to be transitory. What might be this goal of human existence?
Further light on this saying may be had by reading the parable of the good Samaritan in the Gospel
according to Luke.