" Whereas with true gnosis, if you have it, the only drawback is that those who don't have it think your insane...but you know better. ;-)"
The truth, indeed. On Mar 8, 6:33 pm, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6 Mar, 00:05, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On 3/4/2010 9:05 AM, Pat wrote: > > > {snicker} It depends on what you mean by taking on the Demiurge. It > > > sounds kinda dangerous to me. Gnosis is far less stressful, trust > > > me. You see, gnosis is one of those things that, once you have it, > > > you KNOW; and you can chuckle about those days of doubt. -Pat > > > When I was younger I had such a drive to understand those things, now I > > find myself wondering what will be useful and in what ways. When I run > > into things that jog a memory or fits within the schema of what my > > instincts agree with I have the urge to write it down or record it > > somehow. My knowledge foraging territory has expanded too far and my > > tattered sachel (memory) isn't keeping up. > > > It has been some time (1998), I'm not sure I should revisit ideas like > > gnosis being concerned that it may have contributed to my current > > difficulties. Upon rediscovery last week, it had such a familiar ring to > > it though. In this time I see that I was on a path, a spiritual > > fast-track, perhaps I should seek to reassimilate it. > > I would say, definitely. Any spiritual fast-track can't be bad. > Although there's a lot to be said for the spiritual school of hard > knocks, in that the lessons learned are driven home harder. As far as > I can remember, though, the true 'fast tracks' like "The Merkabah" and > "Jacob's Ladder" are very rarely presented to us. Plus, if they ARE > presented, they have to be recognised as such. I reckon your phrase > of 'taking on the Demiurge' is similar to the story of 'Jacob > wrestling with God' and thus, becoming Israel. Still, it was a hard > task and maimed him for life. Whereas with true gnosis, if you have > it, the only drawback is that those who don't have it think your > insane...but you know better. ;-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
