tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520783573574311422024-03-12T17:33:47.116-07:00A New Gnostic GospelAncient spiritual knowledge resurrected from the Abrahamic tradition.cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-38798797552385201602023-07-15T08:45:00.003-07:002023-07-15T08:45:52.077-07:00A Simple Explanation of the Gnostic Gospel of the Tripartite Tractate<p> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/cyd-ropp/a-simple-explanation-of-the-gnostic-gospel-of-the-tripartite-tractate/paperback/product-vvnq87.html?page=1&pageSize=4" target="_blank">An advance edition of my new book, A Simple Explanation of the Tripartite Tractate of the Nag Hammadi, is available now.</a> This edition is a black and white version of the book. A deluxe, color edition will soon be made available by a Christian publisher for a higher cost.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">You may purchase your advance copy directly from me. The color edition will be available at all online bookstores, including Christian bookstores.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Have you been listening to <a href="https://gnosticinsights.com" target="_blank">the Gnostic Insights podcast</a>? A new teaching episode drops every Saturday. I also have a <a href="https://cydropp.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-gnostic-reformation" target="_blank">substack blog/podcast </a>site now that encourages interactive dialogue about this material.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/cyd-ropp/a-simple-explanation-of-the-gnostic-gospel-of-the-tripartite-tractate/paperback/product-vvnq87.html?page=1&pageSize=4" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="384" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyISvhDosig5PSlEM97z6sivGoEsEmFtlfzVhbXlYJYj6UCgpVJrPwpPiGz1HMO4HizlvJ9r_S2_jjETORG9sdS0iWGMRBIV6dbOweB0cveG10K2LyQVCokMWEN0ePqovRWSB_vonoazO2rLDQ6se4LbZwOjLiNkIGRxdCGL7Lw77hbZ4xwY0bUlFH0as/s320/vvnq87-front-shortedge-384.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p class="Booktext"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The concepts that I am sharing with you are universal and
applicable to anyone who is seeking the truth about consciousness, God, the
nature of life, death, and suffering, and the nature of the simulated reality
we appear to be living in. This gnosis is also a “gospel” in that the word
gospel means “good news.” The good news presented here is that the Gnostic
Gospel offers the promise of a personal relationship with higher order entities
and the God Above All Gods. This is not a challenge to established religions,
but rather a clarification of the nature of the Father and our relation to the
Father. This gnosis also clarifies so many of the puzzles that established
religions, philosophies, and even science have been unable to answer. If a
Great Awakening is currently underway, then this gnosis is an integral addition
to spreading the Word.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Booktext"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This book represents the current state of my personal gnosis within the
context of a fully developed Gnostic theology. Although <u>The Gnostic Gospel
Illuminated</u> presents everything one needs to know to remember the gnosis
they were born with, this book goes beyond <u>The Gnostic Gospel Illuminated</u>
to offer in-depth explanations of the whys and wherefores of gnostic beliefs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Booktext"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Before we go any further, let’s answer the question: <i>what
is gnosis?</i> We keep talking about gnosis and Gnosticism, but what does this
mean? <i>Gnosis</i> simply means <i>knowing</i>. And in the gnostic frame of
reference, gnosis refers to remembering the truth of our existence and our cosmic
origin. Gnostic literature says we come into life holding all of this knowledge
within ourselves and that we have complete access to the Father, the Son, and
the Fullness any time we choose to turn our focus upward. It is this direct connection
to the Father that brings us into alignment with our gnosis.</span></p><p class="Booktext"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Onward and upward!</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span><p></p>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-89589528939593638142022-12-25T10:56:00.001-08:002022-12-25T10:56:16.084-08:00The True Meaning of Christmas<p> <span style="font-size: medium;">As I was listening to the Christmas carol "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" this morning, I felt moved to share with you the lyrics and their Gnostic meaning. I am inserting a link for you to the podcast episodes that explain each lyric of the song. You may listen to the episodes, or simply read the episode transcript which is included with the podcast.</span></p><div class="verse " style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>O come, O come, Emmanuel<br />And ransom captive Israel<br />That mourns in lonely exile here<br />Until the Son of God appear</b><br /></span></div><div class="verse " style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Emmanuel is another name for the Savior, the Christ, the Redeemer. Emmanuel means "God Is With Us." This stanze is a plea for the Redeemer to ransom, or "redeem," us. <a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/second-order-powers-the-new-pleroma-of-logos/" target="_blank">We Second Order Powers are all "Israel,</a>" not only the nation of the Hebrews. Our <a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/the-fall-and-the-deficiency/" target="_blank">exile is life here in this fallen universe</a>, and we dimly remember and dearly miss the <a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/the-son-part-2-the-generation-of-the-aeons/" target="_blank">Pleroma of the Fullnesses</a> and Logos from which we came. The Gnostic Gospel promises redemption from the Fall by the Son of God--<a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/christ-and-the-third-order-powers/" target="_blank">the Christ</a>.</span></div><div class="verse " style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Rejoice! Rejoice! </b><b>Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel</b></span></div><div class="verse " style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>O come, O come, Thou Lord of might<br />Who to Thy tribes, on Sinai's height<br />In ancient times didst give the law<br />In cloud, and majesty and awe</b><br /></span></div><div class="verse " style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It is said of the Redeemer that He would come with an army that would defeat Satan. Because of these Old Testament prophesies, the Israelites were expecting a war-like General that would lead troops into battle to defeat Israel's opponents. Even John the Baptist expected a General, not the pacifist demeanor of Jesus. <a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/neverending-war/" target="_blank">We have learned by studying the Gnostic Gospels that Satan will be defeated not through the shedding of blood on the battlefield, but by unconditional love</a>. <a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/free-will-redemption-and-the-economies/" target="_blank">The Christ brings salvation and love to the Fallen, even to the fallen Aeon we call the Demiurge.</a> All souls will remember and awaken to the Pleroma of the Father. The path to awakening is love. <a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/embrace-virtue/" target="_blank">The law given in ancient times in the lyric above was the attempt of the Demiurge to control the behavior of the Second Order Powers</a>. The law is largely ineffective in controlling our behavior. This is why Jesus said we are saved not through our own efforts, but only by the Christ.</span></div><div class="verse " style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Rejoice! Rejoice! </b><b>Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel</b></span></div><div class="verse " style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free<br />Thine own from Satan's tyranny<br />From depths of hell Thy people save<br />And give them victory o'er the grave</b><br /></span></div><div class="verse " style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The Rod of Jesse is another way of saying the Root of Jesse, referring to the lineage of Jesus through King David and Jesse, David's father. A shepherd's rod is a club-like weapon used to defend the herd. The lyric above requests that <a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/neverending-war/" target="_blank">the Savior be a weapon deployed against Satan's tyranny</a>. Satan, the Demiurge, is a tyrannical ruler who does not have our best interests in mind.<a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/the-demiurge-and-the-boundary/" target="_blank"> Satan's tyranny refers to his strong bonds of control and his attempts to promote loyalty to him rather than to the Father. </a>The Demiurge is the Creator of this earth and our material cosmos, but not of our eternal spirits and souls. One of the great lies of the Demiurge is that we do not pre-exist and that we will evaporate upon our material death.</span></div><div class="verse " style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel<br /></span></b></div><div class="verse " style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer<br />Our spirits by Thine advent here<br />Disperse the gloomy clouds of night<br />And death's dark shadows put to flight</b><br /></span></div><div class="verse " style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Dayspring here is another name for the Christ, from whence the light of truth springs forth. The Christ's Dayspring gives us hope that there is light beyond this existence, and<a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/overcoming-death/" target="_blank"> life beyond death's dark shadows</a>.</span></div><div class="verse " style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel<br /></span></b></div><div class="verse " style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>O come, Thou Key of David, come<br />And open wide our heavenly home<br />Make safe the way that leads on high<br />And close the path to misery</b><br /></span></div><div class="verse " style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The Key of David refers again to the Christ. Here Christ is the Key to unlocking Gnosis. Our heavenly home is our destination after this material world passes away. The lyric is praying for Christ to come and lead us safely home, thus closing the path to the misery of this fallen world. <a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/heavenly-pleromas/" target="_blank">Only Christ's redemption and guidance can bring us back to the Pleroma of the Fullness of God</a>. Without Christ, we find ourselves trapped in the Never-ending War between our egoic, Fallen nature and our higher Self through which the Holy Spirit flows. <a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/embrace-virtue/" target="_blank">The Demiurge would have us believe that following him and our egoic nature will bring happiness and satisfaction, but it only ever leads to misery.</a></span></div><div class="verse " style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel<br /></span></b></div><div class="verse " style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>O come, Thou Wisdom from on high<br />And order all things, far and nigh<br />To us the path of knowledge show<br />And cause us in her ways to go</b><br /></span></div><div class="verse " style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/human-nature-gnostic-psychology-part-3-ideologies-and-worldviews/" target="_blank">This verse is a clear call to embrace the gnosis, or wisdom, that comes from on high</a>. Gnosis leads to virtue. Gnosis leads to giving glory to the God Above All Gods, the Father of consciousness and love.</span></div><div class="verse " style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel<br /></span></b></div><div class="verse " style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">O come, desire of nations, bind<br />In one the hearts of all mankind<br />Bid Thou our sad divisions cease<br />And be Thyself our King of peace<br /></span></b></div><div class="verse " style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We humans are all Second Order Powers. We come from Above and we will return to Above. We share the Pleroma of Logos. The differences that divide now are by-products of being caught in the Never-ending War. <a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/heavenly-pleromas/" target="_blank">They will be forgotten when the King of Peace returns and love replaces our sad divisions.</a></span></div><div class="verse " style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel</span></b></div><div class="verse " style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JxCBiWOPRznQ_r4-SvP9mN-wfGPwE8E68IMrIrLwM_7KgUK7BA9Earz_SiIsEk5Ij_SQZz4CjkiyBD2wXVFjyqSS_TUMAeXywpLDwxUBF4nRlURadUJeVJkDnSFP3TACmV5hBORYvfIXh3rt3ENpeawX8O1ZhFaJsOGaFNCKeqF5jRaiPYlMLQdc/s356/baby-jesus-manger-clipart-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="340" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JxCBiWOPRznQ_r4-SvP9mN-wfGPwE8E68IMrIrLwM_7KgUK7BA9Earz_SiIsEk5Ij_SQZz4CjkiyBD2wXVFjyqSS_TUMAeXywpLDwxUBF4nRlURadUJeVJkDnSFP3TACmV5hBORYvfIXh3rt3ENpeawX8O1ZhFaJsOGaFNCKeqF5jRaiPYlMLQdc/s320/baby-jesus-manger-clipart-1.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-31421652690241284082022-08-31T05:22:00.001-07:002022-08-31T05:22:46.762-07:00A Simple Explanation of the Gnostic Gospel Underway<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Over at the Gnostic Insights podcast, I'm in the process of publically writing my next book. I'm going through all of the episodes thus far posted and refining and polishing the material, forming it into a single, cohesive narrative, and then recording each chapter as a new episode. It has been an interesting process, not only because I am reviewing all of my work of the past few years, but also because I am uncovering within myself new gnosis at the same time. It is a wonderfully toroidal process of going around the same material in overlapping loops, finding deeper and deeper gnosis. And, whereas the original Gnostic Gospel Illuminated was purposely written for utter simplicity, this new book is written with full accompanying explanations and examples that provide the whys and wherefores. I'm also posting a transcript of each episode on the <a href="https://gnosticinsights.com" target="_blank">Gnostic Insights website</a>, so listeners can read along if they desire. If you haven't yet listened to the Gnostic Insights podcast, you can listen to it at the website or on most podcast hosting apps.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is a snippet from last week's episode. <a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/second-order-powers-the-new-pleroma-of-logos/" target="_blank">You can reach the full episode by clicking here.</a></span></p><p class="has-medium-font-size" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #040404; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This gnosis is not an arbitrary fable. The <u>Tripartite Tractate</u> is more along the lines of a philosophy of science type of book rather than a book of myths. It proposes a certain starting hypothesis—that there is an original consciousness we call the Father—and it proceeds logically from that starting proposition through all the steps necessary to reach our observable universe. It is an inherently cogent argument that begins with the Father and winds up with us as living creatures in relationship with that consciousness. It “makes sense.” That is why <em style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;">understanding</em> is more important here than memorization.</span></p><p class="has-medium-font-size" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #040404; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I believe that we all have this gnosis written within our Self that comes directly from the Father, the Son, and the Fullness of God, so awakening to this gnosis is more a matter of <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">remembering</em> rather than learning. Your willingness to listen with an open heart and mind is all that is required to achieve this remembrance because it is the will of the Father and the Fullness that you remember them. There is no other hidden knowledge to search out or genealogies to memorize, lodges to join, or secret rituals that must be performed; you only need to <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">remember</em> the gnosis that is inherent within you. It is my hope that, as you listen to this information and meditate upon it, you will come to <em style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;">understand</em> the origins of our universe and our place in it. The gnostic faith is not blind faith but reasonable faith, and we were created as reasonable beings.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxD90kcIkUC7MUHie8RHzPAjvHXlcdV7ByrHaSvxOnKIlH5JAZCz_lV0IQnHrCeG3XX_fLSUP-sreeSxWBOEQ1cYDN4ybBNGPXmNj0rQLcrZ5po0lUUKPKDlFRLVUGYMGmAqgL5emkXAOM1_B1iP_WqkPXYu3fc_U6SGSuf-mKfy_mMDLh1S4d3XV9/s862/BESTredemption700dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="862" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxD90kcIkUC7MUHie8RHzPAjvHXlcdV7ByrHaSvxOnKIlH5JAZCz_lV0IQnHrCeG3XX_fLSUP-sreeSxWBOEQ1cYDN4ybBNGPXmNj0rQLcrZ5po0lUUKPKDlFRLVUGYMGmAqgL5emkXAOM1_B1iP_WqkPXYu3fc_U6SGSuf-mKfy_mMDLh1S4d3XV9/s320/BESTredemption700dpi.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Second Order of Powers are locked in a never ending war with the shadows and phantoms of the deficiency. We await the coming of the Christ's Third Order of Powers to redeem the Fall and usher us into the new economy.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p class="has-medium-font-size" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #040404; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--medium) !important; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px;"><br /></p>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-71778406193441583662022-07-31T06:11:00.001-07:002022-07-31T06:11:46.146-07:00Correspondence from a fellow traveler<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Peace Cyd,<br />
<br />
Hope a is well. Apologize for the late response, been busy lately.<br />
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Awesome reply! I fully agree that we should observe the similarities and
parallels across text, architecture, and people (etc). Describing such as
fractals of the same truths is an excellent description.<br />
<br />
I also agree that such truths come from above and within. To my knowledge, I'm
not seeking or trying to put an emphasis on historical lineages; if I do it's a
wrong view of my own which I need released from.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Titus 3:9 - "Stay away from
those who have foolish arguments, </span><em style="font-size: 9pt;"><u><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">who talk
about useless family histories</span></u></em><span style="font-size: 9pt;">, or who make trouble and fight
about what the Law of Moses teaches. These things are useless and will not help
anyone."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
The way I visualize such truths is that there is a core and that core is
taught by a few to others who wouldn't of their own be able to recognize or
engage that core without some kind of assistance. That inner core is
always branching out.<br />
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fractal in the Dr. Strange movie, there is a core hand from which all
other hands branch out from.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">No different than how a Buddha
instructs others to deeply penetrate the four noble truths and eight fold
path, who otherwise wouldn't be able to engage such truths or path on
their own without some kind of assistance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">No different than how Messiah
taught his disciples what it means to be anointed and how to live in that
anointing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In other words, the manner of
instructing and reminding people how to tune into that divine nature, that
Messiah consciousness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Matthew 6:22 - “The lamp of the
body is the eye. <em><u><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Therefore
if your eye is single, your whole body will be full-of-light</span></u></em>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2Peter 1:3-4 “His divine power has
given us everything we need for life and godliness, through the knowledge of
Him who called us by His own glory and virtue. Through these things He has
given us His precious and magnificent promises, <em><u><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">so that through them you may become partakers
of the divine nature</span></u></em>, since you have escaped the corruption
that evil desires have brought into the world.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Philippians 2:5 - “<em><u><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Let this mind be in you</span></u></em>, which
also was in Messiah <i>Yeshua</i>,”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1Corinthians 2:16 - “who has known the
mind of <i>Adonai</i>, that he will instruct Him?” <em><u><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">But we have the mind of Messiah</span></u></em>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">No different than when the Adiyogi
(Dakshinamurty/Rudra/Shiva) instructed the seven wise men (Saptarishis) in the
way to liberation. Ultimately, sending the seven men to other parts of the
world to disperse the Dharma.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt;">Shloka 8 -
“Then Dhyanam: Let the Guru Dakshinamurthy, who has a white body due to
application of holy ash, who wears the crescent moon on his head, who holds in
his hands, Jnana mudra (symbol of wisdom), beaded chain, Veena and books, who
wears all ornaments, who wears the elephant hide, who resembles the meditating
Rama, <em><u><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">who sits on the throne of explanation and who is being served by great
sages protect us always</span></u></em>.” (Dakshinamurty Upanishad)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hopefully this info shines further
light on where I'm coming from. I have yet to work through the 'Conscious
Evolution' or 'A Simple Model of Memes' podcasts, once completed I'll do my
best to reply back.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Brother "B" <o:p></o:p></span></p>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-75216426666845107342022-07-14T06:53:00.001-07:002022-07-14T06:53:15.781-07:00A Way of Thinking About Time, Consciousness, and Free Will<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yesterday my brother and I were musing over the nature of time--what is it exactly? It isn't a</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">thing;</i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> it is nowhere to be located. Is it therefore a</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">force</i><span style="font-family: verdana;">? This was my response. I have long thought of the universe in this fashion, but I've never written it down or even shared it with my brother until yesterday. He flipped out over it. Let's see what you think...</span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A Giant Bowl of Jello<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Here is how I picture time, space, and consciousness —<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We live in a Jello universe--a gigantic, torus-shaped, bowl of gelatin, studded with an infinite number of cherries.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The Jello is the matrix that holds everything that ever was or will be.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The cherries are every thing that ever were or will be--all potential events, all potential objects. An infinite array of cherries already laid out as potential.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Consciousness is each spark of life making its way through this vast ocean of Jello.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Time can only be apprehended through consciousness; time is nowhere to be found if there is no observer.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The cherries are the full panoply of choices we could make along the way.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Our free will chooses to swim this way and that as it moves toward the next cherry of choice. This free will is swimming from the middle of the torus in the direction of the outside boundary of the giant torus. All of these cherries are being held within the shape of the torus—the doughy part of the donut.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Every lifetime is the trace of the worm-like path our consciousness chooses as it travels through the universe of cherries.</span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">My brother, the professor of Philosophy, notes that this way of looking at time and consciousness may have just solved one of the longstanding conundrums of philosophy. That is,<i> how can we reconcile the concept of an all-knowing God if we subjects have free will? </i>The answer presented by this model is that the all-knowing God has pre-placed all possible choices before us, but it is our individual free will that plots the course through these choices. This combination of potential versus choice reflects our free will.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In a real sense, the entirety of all of our lives is already conceived in potential. It is our self-awareness and free will that plod along at the speed of matter as we live our lives out as a linearity of passing time.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">That's it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In Gnostic terms, remember that the pattern of this universe mirrors a version of the hierarchy of the Aeons in the Fullness. The only way this infinite collection of Aeons can be fairly represented is if the space within the universal Boundary can accommodate</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">all</i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">of their representations. But we are only able to tap into the representations that are relevant to our life’s path as we pass through the awareness of time. In a real sense, the entirety of all of our lives is already conceived in the Fullness. It is our Self-awareness and free will that plod along at the speed of matter as we live our lives out as a linearity of passing time.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">At the universal level, the infinity of the Fullness of God is represented by the potential of all possible choices a person could make as their life passes from one decision to the next. The Fullness of all possible futures are represented within the universe; free will is driving our consciousness through those potentialities, and leaving behind the collapsed potential of its history.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOaxNxR1G-fZBkDK4nZFdLcbYphc5LoiLHsp471HGNPOfiFHHJpS4AB9LUiruO0nO8Kxy2g8q9BTzQKK0e3pD1Ft0T2LWGoC3YjECH-_tJJOsmNsgd-YgzkWIyE8c-SaJfPlk7UoUldIKl0KpVyZKKWMw7bUaUTtPlvRgsknsekOtFhan33iNJvlly/s720/jello%20cherry%20universe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOaxNxR1G-fZBkDK4nZFdLcbYphc5LoiLHsp471HGNPOfiFHHJpS4AB9LUiruO0nO8Kxy2g8q9BTzQKK0e3pD1Ft0T2LWGoC3YjECH-_tJJOsmNsgd-YgzkWIyE8c-SaJfPlk7UoUldIKl0KpVyZKKWMw7bUaUTtPlvRgsknsekOtFhan33iNJvlly/s320/jello%20cherry%20universe.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Of course, the Jello salad pictured above is not to scale. The gelatin donut would be infinitely large, and the cherries relatively small.<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-42147384269269421002022-07-09T10:01:00.001-07:002022-07-09T10:03:33.968-07:00The Son<p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">I have posted the article below to my podcast at </span><a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/the-emanation-of-the-son-and-the-all/" style="background-color: white; color: #5c5ec2; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Son – Gnostic Insights</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"> . You may listen to the audio version there. This article will appear in my upcoming book. It is the second in this series ...</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Son and the ALL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Now
imagine that this consciousness that we call Father gives birth to an emanation
of itself. In the <i>Simple Explanation</i> philosophy, we call this emanation
a fractal. We’ll look at fractals later in the book because they play a big
part in creation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In
the religious texts they call this emanation a Son. So now we have the Father
and Son. In the silence of the absolute, the Father brings forth the first and
only Son from its realization of itself. The Son is the Father having a thought.
The Son is the Father knowing itself as the Father and having a realization of
its own eternal Self. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Son reflects the Father's boundless greatness and love. The Son possesses every
trait of the Father, for the Son is a complete encapsulation of the Father in
which it dwells. Every trait of the Father is expressed now as a singularity,
and that singularity is called the Son. We will also be looking at singularities,
monads, and points of view in more depth later in the book.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And
yet although it was a singular manifestation of the Father, the moment the Son
was formed, it was no longer alone, for not only the Son, but what is called
the ALL, or the Totalities, arose at once.
The ALL immediately appeared as the offspring of the Son, because the
Son could not help itself from bringing others into existence, even as it was
brought into existence by the Father. Because the Son is an emanation of the
Father, it mirrors the Father's creativity. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And
so the Father knows itself and creates the Son, and the Son knows itself and
creates the ALL. In the Tripartite Tractate the ALL is known as the
pre-existent Church. This is not the same as your church down on the street
corner with the people in it singing hymns on Sunday, but rather this is called
”the true preexistent Church.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Tripartite Tractate says, "for not only the Son but also the Church exists
from the beginning." The Tripartite goes on to say: "Before they all
arose from the Father's thought, he knew them, but they did not know the depth
in which they found themselves, nor could they know themselves or anything
else, for they were within the Father as an embryo or an unsprouted seed."
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Which
is to say, they exist as potential. They were there, they live in the Father,
they live in the Son, but they don't know anything, they don't know themselves.
The Totalities of the pre-existent Church are not yet self-aware. The way the
Tripartite Tractate describes this, “because they were newly formed the Father
concealed their perfection from them until they could grow into the knowledge.”
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This
is why the Father revealed the Son to them, so that the ALL would be able to
relate to the Son and see the Father's glory according to the ability of each
one to receive him. Nobody sees the Father. The Father is unknowable; the
Father is too immense. When people say, "Oh, you can't conceive of God.
God's too big and unknowable," that's true. But God formed itself into a
singularity and that singularity is called the Son. And one of the reasons the
Son is there is because we <i>can </i>know the Son; we can't know the Father,
but we can know the Son. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Tripartite Tractate describes this this way: “The Son is no more and no less
than the sum of the ALL. And they understood who he is and he is covered by the
ALL. And with the birth of the ALL, the Son also became a Father.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This
can be a little confusing because you have the originating consciousness, the
God Above All Gods, which is the originating consciousness we call the Father.
The Father had a sense of itself and this was called the Son. The Son
immediately produced itself as the form of the ALL. With the birth of the ALL,
the Son also became a Father. The originating Father--that consciousness so
lonely and still for eternity, now had a child who had also borne fruit from
his glory, and in this way the One begat the ALL, and the Father loved them all
as he loved his Son. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As
I said, the ALL is referred to as the pre-existent Church and it's also called
the Second Glory. The First Glory was the Son. The Second Glory is the ALL. The
originating Father's consciousness is incomprehensible. Its scope and greatness
is so immense and so unfathomable that the Tripartite Tractate says anyone
trying to take hold of it would be annihilated, and so the Father created the Son,
giving form to what had been his formless and solitary Self, for the Father's
desire was to be known. His desire was to love and to be loved. The Son that
arose is perfect, even as his Father is perfect and he carries within his
perfect form every quality of the Father, being the perfect image of the
Father. The Son's inherent creativity spread itself out into the ALL, like rays
beaming forth from a central star.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In my book, the Gnostic Gospel
Illuminated, I illustrate these concepts. The way I think of it is this way: when
I picture the originating consciousness of the original Father, I see just
total blackness, an entirety of dark, dark blackness. Then when I picture the
Son emerging and being held by that blackness, I see the Son as a foggy light
that begins very diffuse, very foggy, emerging out of the inky blackness. That
is what I see as the Son. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2RsBLG6EM8MJe_Ty6BE--ilUHnMVwyIx1cx4dDNuQI8omZ34ueuJ9hIlKg4PrimGp9ufWietqRDUJ0I8pi-9oHynbXjgcVnbjZXNolw3swAT2x3B2KzszyB51euUK6UEcidNmREn9IguYYkDHoGyCN9ch2gOhUJPzHjdItBUHIh18pz6-clGmjwl/s288/theSon700dpiCroppedFlipped.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="259" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2RsBLG6EM8MJe_Ty6BE--ilUHnMVwyIx1cx4dDNuQI8omZ34ueuJ9hIlKg4PrimGp9ufWietqRDUJ0I8pi-9oHynbXjgcVnbjZXNolw3swAT2x3B2KzszyB51euUK6UEcidNmREn9IguYYkDHoGyCN9ch2gOhUJPzHjdItBUHIh18pz6-clGmjwl/s1600/theSon700dpiCroppedFlipped.jpg" width="259" /></a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Son emerges from the ground state of consciousness we call the Father.</span></div></blockquote></blockquote><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizYQfPf__VNpKE5AqnAItGnsQNU64IPSv-un9ufCr4Zla1V4WgcPcY4SK7YVY0n5LPZ_UBInaE71PyuxOl4QabZqoGBJG5gH8CMP-4Dzbn_DUgqu_nNgPF8RpANbylHRIp180E4wiZOkfREq3KICvRYYn3RPvxJ2TphByTsuKfVXal6ntjbYT73eFf/s278/the%20ALLemerges.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="278" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizYQfPf__VNpKE5AqnAItGnsQNU64IPSv-un9ufCr4Zla1V4WgcPcY4SK7YVY0n5LPZ_UBInaE71PyuxOl4QabZqoGBJG5gH8CMP-4Dzbn_DUgqu_nNgPF8RpANbylHRIp180E4wiZOkfREq3KICvRYYn3RPvxJ2TphByTsuKfVXal6ntjbYT73eFf/s1600/the%20ALLemerges.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The ALL emerges immediately from the Son</span></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In the previous episode I talked about
the characteristics of the Father, as recounted by the Tripartite Tractate in
the Nag Hammadi Library. Now the funny thing about that whole last episode and
discussing the characteristics of the Father is that the Father is unknowable.
The Father is ineffable and illimitable and all of those gigantic words which
mean that we can't really comprehend the Father at all. So our attempts at
description are somewhat ironic. So how is it that we can claim to know these
characteristics of the Father--his sweetness, his greatness, and so forth?
Well, that is because the Father reveals his own characteristics through the
Son. And the Son is actually the God that we are able to relate to. Because of
the Son’s form, it becomes the relatable Father to us and to the Aeons, the Son
of that originating Father who is otherwise inexpressible and ungraspable.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Son reflects and incorporates the
characteristics of the Father. So it seems to me that we can infer the
characteristics of the Father from the Son, and that's what I think the author
of the Tripartite Tractate did--inferred what the characteristics of the Father
must be by examining the characteristics of the Son. And so now in this chapter,
I would like to share more about the characteristics of the Son. What is the
Son? What does it mean to be the only begotten Son of God? And what was this first
expression of the Father? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Tripartite Tractate sometimes
refers to the Son as Father because the Son is the Father of the Totalities. Sometimes
these names get interchanged and, again, this is a bit confusing, because the
first Father is the originating source, the ground state of consciousness from
which all else emanates. But the Father of us and of the Totalities before us,
that is the Son--the only begotten Son of the Father.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Tripartite Tractate puts it this
way: "In the proper sense, he alone, the good, the unbegotten Father and
the complete, perfect One, is the one filled with all his offspring and with
every virtue and with everything of value." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So here, near the beginning of the
Tripartite Tractate, the writer is saying, and I quote, "Concerning the
Father, rather, one should speak of him as good, perfect, complete, being
himself the Totality. Not one of the names which are conceived or spoken, seen
or grasped, not one of them applies to him, even though they are exceedingly
glorious, magnifying, and honored. However, it is possible to utter these names
for his glory and honor, in accordance with the capacity of each one of those
who give him glory." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Which is saying that it is a
reflection of the speaker, like me saying these things, or the writer of the
Tripartite Tractate claiming these things about the Father that are good and
glorious. It is more a reflection of <i>our</i> capacity to understand and
grasp the Father rather than the Father itself, because the Father is
unknowable and ungraspable, and so the glory that we give is a reflection of
our capacity to give glory. The Tripartite says of the Father that, “He is the
one who is inconceivable by any thought, invisible by anything, ineffable by
any word, untouchable by any hand. He alone is the one who knows himself as he
is."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And, after describing our inability to
conceive of the Father, the Father therefore brings forth the Son, which is
someone that we can begin to praise and grasp with any sort of true reflection
of its Self.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So it is saying we really don't know
any of this stuff that we're saying about the Father. But what we can infer is
that now, as it says again, quote, "He is the one who projects himself
thus as generation, having glory and honor, marvelous and lovely; the One who
glorifies himself, who marvels, who also loves; this is the One who has a Son
who subsists in him, who is silent concerning him, who is the ineffable One in
the ineffable One, the invisible One, the incomprehensible One, the
inconceivable One in the inconceivable One. Thus, the Son exists in the Father
forever. The Father is the One in whom he knows himself, who begot him having a
thought, which is the thought of him. That is the perception of him.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The book says, "Just as the
Father exists in the proper sense, the One before whom there was no one else
and the One apart from whom there is no other unbegotten One, so too the Son
exists in the proper sense, the One before whom there was no other and after
whom no other Son exists. Therefore he is a first-born and an only Son. ‘First-born’
because no one exists before him and ‘only Son’ because no one is after
him." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So now we have the Son sitting inside
of the Father, generated by the Father because the Father wished to be known. And
there is no other generation of the Father other than this first One--the Son.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Tripartite Tractate goes on to say
something interesting here: that "Not only did the Son exist from the
beginning, but the Church too existed from the beginning. Now he who thinks
that the discovery that the Son is an only son opposes the statement about the
Church because of the mysterious quality of the matter, it is not so. For, just
as the Father is a unity and has revealed himself as Father for himself alone,
so too, the Son was found to be a brother to himself alone, in virtue of the
fact that he is unbegotten and without beginning. The Son wonders at himself
along with the Father, and he gives himself glory and honor and love. Being
innumerable and illimitable, his offspring are indivisible: those which, that
is the Church of which we were speaking, those which exist have come forth from
the Son and the Father. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And then this is an interesting
analogy that the book uses. It says that the Church comes forth like kisses, a “multitude
of kisses” exchanged between the Son and the Father, like "the multitude
of some who kiss one another with a good, insatiable thought, the kiss being a
unity, although it involves many kisses.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So, in this analogy, the Church, the Totalities
which are the constituents of the Church, are kisses that the Father and Son
exchange between one another. It says, "This is the nature of the holy,
imperishable spirits upon which the Son rests, since it is his essence, just as
the Father rests upon the Son."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So, the Son is a singular unity, what
I would say is the first fractal emanation of the consciousness of the Father.
It is like the bucket dipped into the sea. It has the same characteristics of
the Father, and this is how we infer what are the characteristics of the
Father--by looking at the Son. And the Son is comprised of innumerable
imperishable spirits that have been exchanged between the Father and Son-- like
kisses. So the Son is a singular entity, however, the Son consists of
uncountable spirits. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Son is One and many at the same
time, just as we humans, let's say, have a singular spirit that governs
ourselves--our governing unit of consciousness is what I call it. This is what
many people refer to as “the soul.” You have your one governing unit of
consciousness that you think of as yourself, yet you are comprised of
countless, billions and trillions of subunits, in the sense of cells, and these
are your smaller units of consciousness that make up your great Self.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Son is the same way. The Son's
countless, illimitable--<i>meaning an infinite number of</i>--spirits make up
the Son. And at this point in the Tripartite Tractate, these spirits are called
the Totalities of the Church. And the Church remains within the Son. The Son “wears
them like a garment” and they “wear the Son like a garment,” is how the
Tripartite Tractate puts it. This is akin to our bodies and the cells inside of
our bodies. Our cells don't go walking around on their own without us. We go
everywhere they go and they go everywhere we go. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Son has that same exact type of
relationship with the Church or the first emanations of spirit. In fact, this is
another example of the precept: “As above, so below.” The Totalities of the
ALL, or the pre-existent Church, are to the Son as our cells are to us. As
above, so below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Here's how it's put in the Tripartite
Tractate: "The Church exists in the dispositions and properties in which the
Father and the Son exist. Therefore, it subsists in the procreation of
innumerable Aeons. Also, in an uncountable way, they too beget by the
properties and dispositions in which the Church exists, for these comprise its
association, which they form toward one another and toward those who have come
forth from them, toward the Son, for whose glory they exist."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We will revisit this idea of the
generation of the Aeons later, but for now we will focus on the purpose of the
Church, which is to give glory to the Son. That's their main job and that's why
we have the same word "church" down here on earth. Our human church's
job is to give glory to the Father and to the Son, as it was in the beginning.
The celestial Church’s job is to point toward the glory of the Father and the
Son. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">My definition of glory and giving
glory is to be in perfect alignment with the will of the Father and the Son. When
you are in perfect alignment with the Father, you are "giving glory"
to the Father. It has to do with where you put your focus, and the focus of the
celestial Church is the Father and the Son.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I think we all
have an intuitive sense of what glory means. Glory is, "Oh my gosh! This
is the best thing ever!" And what does it mean to give glory? <i>Giving
glory</i> means that you are focused on an object in adoration and love; that
is giving glory. Glory is recognizing the wondrousness of the object, and
giving glory is reflecting that glory back to your object of devotion. The Father
and the Son are glorious. And when I give glory to God, I am loving God by
seeing that glory and acknowledging it and reflecting that glory back to God. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Glory is not
something that you can offer to another person. When we glorify another person
or thing, that is what I would call “vain glory.” When you give glory to
someone else, it is in vain. We may love each other and be devoted to each
other’s welfare, but it’s not a good idea to worship each other. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Glory is not
worship for the sake of worship, as if God needed our adoration. This would
imply that the Father of the universe is hungry and insecure and wheedling for
our affection, as if we mere mortals could offer up anything of value not
already owned by the Lord of ALL. That just doesn't make any sense. <i>Giving
glory</i> is not for God's benefit, it's for our benefit. The reason we give
glory to God is because that is the method by which we tune in to God's
frequency. You could say that giving glory to God is how we synchronize
ourselves with the One consciousness of which we are a part. And why would we
want to synchronize with the Father? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The Gnostic
gospel tells us that we were designed with a homing device that gives us “indescribable
pleasure” when we are in communion with the Father and when we are operating
according to plan. The closer we are to dialing into the Father's frequency,
the happier we feel. It is through this process of giving glory that we realign
ourselves with the Universal Unit of Consciousness, or what we gnostics are
calling the Father or the God Above All Gods. This is how we align ourselves
for instruction and for renewal. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">When we
center ourselves, our big S Selves, with the Father, we feel peace, happiness,
joy, and love. When we acknowledge the Origin and focus in that direction, we are
giving glory and we are united in glory, and when we give glory alongside others
who are themselves giving glory, we share with them a worship experience of the
One that transcends what any of us can experience alone. So, you see, this is
not for the benefit of a needy God, but for the edification of the Saints.
Edification means strengthening. It is through giving glory that the choir of
which we are a part is able to sing along with one perfect voice. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
<span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is very important to choose your objects of
glory carefully. In this distracting world in which we find ourselves, we are
giving glory away right and left to things that do not deserve glory. We
glorify movie stars and television stars, we glorify sports figures and pop stars.
We glorify models and social influencers and products that we love. This is a
distraction away from true glory, and it doesn't make us happy. Giving glory to
an unworthy object is like a sugary snack that is momentarily tasty but does
not satisfy true hunger. Only glorifying the Father with love can make us
happy. The other objects that we may find ourselves glorifying, these are
imitations. These are part of the deficiency, and so they cannot ever fulfil us
the way that we hope they will.</span></p><p><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">More on the Son next week--7/16/22</span></p>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-5267264623382686082022-07-03T07:03:00.000-07:002022-07-03T07:03:05.616-07:00The God Above All Gods<p> I have posted the article below to my podcast at <a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/the-god-above-all-gods/">The God Above All Gods – Gnostic Insights</a> . You may listen to the audio version there. This article will appear in my upcoming book...</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Father</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As you know, we've been looking at the gnostic Gospel
according to the Tripartite Tractate, which is one of the books in the Nag
Hammadi scrolls. The Tripartite Tractate is a book that focuses on the origins
of our universe and everything in it, including us. So I thought we would look
around again today and revisit the Tripartite Tractate and what it has to say
about the Father as the first principle of gnosticism.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Philosophers
often speak of the hard problem of consciousness. Materialist scientists don't
believe in consciousness. They believe in a thing called monism, which is that
we are only our physical bodies and that any appearance of consciousness or of
a soul is merely a by-product of physical mechanisms, hormones, atoms moving
around--this sort of thing. The counterpoint to that view, often called
dualism, is that, yes, we have a physical body and then we also have a soul and
it's your soul that survives after death. This gnosticism that comes from the
Nag Hammadi is a religious system that presupposes that there is a soul and
there is a body. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It seems to
me that the soul that people speak of surviving is the consciousness that began
with the Father and derives from the Father. And that is why, whenever I
discuss the system of consciousness, whether it's in the <i>Simple Explanation
of Absolutely Everything</i> or <u>The Gnostic Gospel Illuminated</u>, it
always begins with the Father, because the Father is where consciousness
resides. The Father is consciousness itself. The Father is another word for consciousness.
Then this entire creation cosmology that's presented through the Tripartite
Tractate and then re-presented again in my book, <u>The Gnostic Gospel
Illuminated</u>, is the path by which consciousness proceeds out from the
Father through the Son, through the Totalities and the Pleroma of the Hierarchy,
and on into the Second Order of Powers that populates the earth. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is why
we begin with the Father. The Father is the ground state of consciousness, and
so this is why we begin to build out from the Father the flow of consciousness.
My <i>Simple Explanation of Absolutely Everything</i> book and blog are devoted
to the notion of panpsychism, which suggests that consciousness resides in
everything. In gnostic terms we say that the Father extends his consciousness
throughout all living things that populate the cosmos. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I like to begin with the cosmos as it unfolded and rolled
out. The word for that sort of study is “cosmogony,” which is defined as the
study of the origins of the universe. This makes the most sense to me--to start
at the very beginning and then to go through the entire process of how
everything came to be and who the principal players are and then, after that is
established, to see how that applies to our lives. Then we can ask, “Why are we
here? Is there a purpose to our lives? How should we live?” After that, we can
finally consider the termination of the universe and what happens after we die.
All of these questions are answered very precisely in the Tripartite Tractate
of the Nag Hammadi. This knowledge is known as “gnosis.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Today we begin at the very beginning, and that has to do with
what is called the Father. This story, this cosmogony, begins before the
beginning of time, because there was no time before our material cosmos
existed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I'm going to
compare a couple of different versions of the Tripartite so that we have a
fuller picture of the Father. One of the books I'm going to use is <u>The Nag
Hammadi Scriptures</u> edited by Marvin Meyer; the translator in this case was
a person named Einar Thomassen. The other version we are going to compare it to
is the one posted at the Gnostic Society library at gnosis dot org and
reprinted in <u>The Nag Hammadi Library</u>, translated by Harold Attridge. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
introduction says, "As for what we can say about the things which are
exalted, what is fitting is that we begin with the Father, who is the root of
the totality, the one from whom we have received grace to speak about
him." Another version says, "In order to be able to speak about
exalted things, it is necessary that we begin with the Father, who is the root
of the all and from whom we have obtained grace to speak about him, for he
existed before anything else had come into being, except him alone."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I invite you now to think of the originating consciousness as
a vast consciousness which has no place and no time, no history. It is nothing
but pure consciousness without thought, similar to what the Buddhists called
the Buddha Mind. This clear state of pure consciousness is something people try
to achieve during meditation, where you can be aware that you are conscious,
but you have no particular thoughts or words or images going through your mind.
This is the originating Father. The Father has no thought, no images, no structure
or form, no thing at all. This pure consciousness is the Father. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There is no
gender associated with this Father. Obviously the Father is not a man with a
beard and long robes. The Tripartite Tractate says, “Rather, he possesses this
constitution without having a face or form, things which are understood through
perception, whence also comes the title, ‘The Incomprehensible.’ If he is
incomprehensible, then it follows that he is unknowable, that he is the one who
is inconceivable by any thought, invisible by anything, ineffable by any word,
untouchable by any hand. He alone is the one who knows himself as he is, along
with his form and his greatness and his magnitude." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This passage
affirms that no matter how much we try or science tries, the underlying
consciousness underneath our existence will never be grasped, will never be
measured. It can't be discovered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Which begs
the question—if the Father is unknowable, then what are we doing here
describing him? If the Father is incomprehensible, then why are we even
discussing him?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What we are
doing here at Gnostic Insights, and what I believe the writer of the Tripartite
Tractate was doing, is that we are describing the Father as what is called a <i>first
principle</i>. In philosophy, a first principle is a first cause, an origin,
from which all else proceeds and all subsequent arguments are based. First
principles are not provable; they are a priori assumptions upon which all else
proceeds. This is why here at Gnostic Insights we spend so much time discussing
the Father. The Father is the a priori, the first cause, the uber first
principle of all else that follows—not only in a religious sense, but in a
cosmogenic sense, as it is the basis upon which everything in our universe may
be logically deduced.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Now back to
the idea of gender. The reason this consciousness is called “Father” and not
“Mother” has to do with the direction of movement initiated by the Father. The
Father is a consciousness that extends outward from itself. It emanates; it
doesn’t receive. The Father <i>extends</i> consciousness. Extension is sometimes
translated as will, but it refers to the Father reaching out for what he is
driving toward. The Father extends consciousness out from itself as the
originating source. In this sense we can contrast that extension with the
concept of “female,” which is receptive; which is that which takes into itself.
The Father gives; the mother receives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This Father’s basic consciousness is not thoughts but rather
love--the sensation of what we call love. So this consciousness simply is,
without time, without any prior existence, unchangeable, unmovable, without
beginning or end; utterly quiet, utterly still, utterly alone. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Father is often described as all-knowing but what is
there to know? All-seeing but what is there to see? All loving but what is
there to love? Omnipotent wisdom and will, but to what end? There is nothing
there. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Quoting the
Tripartite Tractate, "It is said of him that he is a father in the proper
sense, since he is inimitable and immutable. Because of this, he is single in
the proper sense and is a god because no one is a god for him. Nor is anyone a
father to him, for he is unbegotten and there is no other who begot him, nor
another who created him. It is, then, only the Father and God in the proper
sense that no one else begot. As for the Totalities, he is the one who begot
them and created them. He is without beginning and without end." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So what this
is saying is that other gods with a small <i>g</i> have been created or been
born, but not this one. This is the original God with the big<i> G </i>that no
one created. This is the original source. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Quote: “Not
only is he without end, he is immortal for this reason that he is unbegotten,
but he is also invariable in his eternal existence, in his identity, in that by
which he is established and in that by which he is great. Neither will he
remove himself from that by which he is, nor will anyone else force him to
produce an end which he has not ever desired. He has not had anyone who
initiated his own existence. Thus he is himself unchanged, and no one else can
remove him from his existence and his identity, that in which he is and his
greatness, so that he cannot be grasped. Nor is it possible for anyone else to
change him into a different form or to reduce him or alter him or diminish him.”
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The other translation
is very much like that. “He is without beginning and without end, for not only
is he without end, being unborn makes him immortal as well, but he is also
unchangeable in his eternal being, in that which he is in, that which makes him
immutable and that which makes him great." Of course, immutable means
can't be mutated, can't be changed. He does not move himself away from what he
is, nor can anyone else force him against his will to cease being what he is,
for no one has made him what he is now.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As an aside,
I am reminded of the Hadron Particle Collider located in Cern, Switzerland—the
largest and most complex machine on earth. The function of point of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hadron Particle Collider is to crash elemental
particles into each other, trying to split them into smaller and smaller
pieces, attempting to break particles into the smallest possible particles. And
in fact, what the Hadron collider has been trying to do for the last number of
years is to fire particles at each other with such great force and speed that
they break into <i>the </i>essential particle of the universe that they're
calling the Higgs boson, or the God particle. They are literally looking for
the "God particle." And, indeed, exactly ten years ago, on July 4,
2012, scientists declared they had found it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This Tripartite
description of the Father, the God Above All Gods, is saying: you cannot break God
up into smaller pieces. He is immutable. He is indiscoverable in that sense. So
we would have to make a prediction that these particle accelerators and colliders
will not be able to find the God particle, because God is not discoverable. They
may have found the Higgs boson, but God itself is undiscoverable. It cannot be
broken into smaller pieces, and it seems to me that that is what this next paragraph
is talking about.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Therefore,
neither does he change himself, nor will another, (<i>such as a scientist),</i>
be able to move him from that in which he is, from what he is, from his way of
being, or from his greatness. Thus, he cannot be moved, nor is it possible for
another to change him into a different form, either by reducing him or changing
him or making him less, for this is truly and veritably how he is unchangeable
and immutable, being clothed in immutability. Thus he is called without
beginning and without end, not only because he is unborn and immortal, but also
because, just as he is without beginning, he is also without end. In this
manner of being, he is incomprehensible in his greatness, inscrutable in his
wisdom, invincible in his might, and unfathomable in his sweetness." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We can
conclude from this description that if humanity managed to destroy the earth by
way of a worldwide nuclear war, the Father would still be unchanged. The Father
would still exist underneath it all, without having been affected. So while it
may be the case that we can destroy ourselves, we certainly cannot destroy the
Father. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Carrying on,
"In the true sense, he alone, the good, unborn and perfect father who
lacks nothing, is complete, filled with everything he possesses--excellent and
precious qualities of every kind. Moreover, he has no envy, which means that
all he owns he gives away without being affected and suffering no loss by his
gifts, for he is rich from the things he gives away and finds rest in what he
graciously bestows." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The other
translation says that the Father is “unfathomable in his sweetness in the
proper sense. He alone, the good, the unbegotten father and the complete,
perfect one, is the one filled with all his offspring and with every virtue and
with everything of value, and he has more, that is, lack of any malice…”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The book goes on, "He is of such a kind
and form and great magnitude that no one else has been with him from the
beginning. Nor is there a place in which he is or from which he has come forth
or into which he will go. Nor is there a primordial form which he uses as a
model as he works. Nor is there any difficulty which accompanies him and what
he does. Nor is there any material which is at his disposal from which he
creates what he creates, nor any substance within him from which he begets what
he begets. Nor a co-worker with him working with him on the things at which he
works. To say anything of this sort is ignorant. Rather, one should speak of
him as good, faultless, perfect, complete, being himself the Totality.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So if we're
going to think about our modern physics again and cosmology, and if we think if
there may be multiverses, that is, we are just one universe in a sea of other
universes floating in this great pool, this Father that we are describing would
be back before all of that. He's not the Father of our universe alone; he's the
Father of the entire sea within which other things float. Everything comes out
of him, but he himself pre-exists all of that. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"There
is no name that suits him among those that may be conceived, spoken, seen or
grasped, however brilliant, exalted or glorious. It is, to be sure, possible to
speak such names in order to glorify and praise him to the extent of the
capacity of whoever wants to give glory, but the way he is in himself, his own
manner of being, that no mind can conceive, no word express, nobody see and
nobody touch, so incomprehensible is his greatness so unfathomable, his depth
so immeasurable, his exaltedness is so boundless.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Here at
Gnostic Insights we would say that although the Father cannot possibly be
grasped, we all possess a sense of him, for we all contain the seed of his
consciousness. The Father wished to be known; to know and to be known. To love,
and to be loved. Therefore the Father has provided us a cookie trail to follow
in our quest for gnosis. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It said that
we use these words of praise or glory to the extent that we, the ones who
speak, are capable, but they fall far short of actually describing what is the
Father. The Tripartite Tractate then goes on to say, "and since he has the
ability to conceive of himself, to see himself, to name himself, to comprehend
himself, he alone is the one who is his own mind, his own eye, his own mouth,
his own form, and he is what he thinks, what he sees, what he speaks, what he
grasps himself, the one who is inconceivable, ineffable, incomprehensible,
immutable while sustaining joyous, true, delightful and restful, is that which
he conceives, that which he sees, that about which he speaks, that which he has
as thought. He transcends all wisdom and is above all intellect and is above
all glory, and is above all beauty and all sweetness and all greatness and any
depth and any height." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is my
description of the Father prior to conceiving of the Son. These are
descriptions of the Father as the first principle, also known as the God Above
All Gods. You can see for yourself that these descriptions of the Father are
not the same as the description of God in the Bible. The God of the Old
Testament is personified. God in the Bible is someone who can sit and have a
discussion with men around a camp fire or speak out of the middle of a burning
bush. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our gnostic God
exists prior to all of that and is far greater than all of that. This God is
not in a personified form, walking around on earth or floating just above earth,
looking down at us. This Father is the gigantic, illimitable consciousness that
underlies everything. This is an entirely different type of being than the God
of the Old Testament, Jehovah. That personified character arises much later in
the creation story than the Father we are describing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But this is
the beginning. Everything began with this Father Above All Fathers. This God Above
all Gods is only goodness, joy, sweetness, true, and delightful. It is not a
warlike or a jealous god. It would not send people into battle or kill the
first-born of the entire Egyptian nation. This God, as you can see, is
qualitatively different than that. This God is love.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ltVsqgPVQ4kscwL6Y5Ql0Y9-gnTfzXHSI4IyQQcemyP_kVwWOUYus7OeTLh7-pem_mOfr844D9a8YcMRx2KuOy6C1YyKjeGrUdVTzZKadga0s8z1XZJSQACVmpxk9rVT4gC9Th0IbS5Fcn4DQv0KG9YsC2szvDedCXuhFdUhx0xIBVNj6DLCgpZr/s2560/hadron%20collider.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2560" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ltVsqgPVQ4kscwL6Y5Ql0Y9-gnTfzXHSI4IyQQcemyP_kVwWOUYus7OeTLh7-pem_mOfr844D9a8YcMRx2KuOy6C1YyKjeGrUdVTzZKadga0s8z1XZJSQACVmpxk9rVT4gC9Th0IbS5Fcn4DQv0KG9YsC2szvDedCXuhFdUhx0xIBVNj6DLCgpZr/s320/hadron%20collider.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Hadron Collider in Cern, Switzerland, is the largest, most complex, and most energetic machine on earth.</span><p></p>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-33565209285597243582022-04-04T11:02:00.004-07:002022-04-04T11:07:46.015-07:00Cyd Presents a Simple Explanation of the Gnostic Gospel to the 2022 Aeon Byte Astro-Gnosis Conference<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">In March of 2022, Dr. Ropp presented an hour-long discussion concerning how the Gnostic gospel has improved the original Simple Explanation of Absolutely Everything. It turns out that studying the Nag Hammadi and then writing my own book, The Gnostic Gospel Illuminated, added to and actually amended the Simple Explanation. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, if you are a long-time fan of the Simple Explanation, you will want to watch this presentation of </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Gnostic Gospel Illuminated now woven into A</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Simple Explanation. The Gnostic Gospel finally cleared up some longstanding confusion over the difference between the "mud," or non-living material, and the "meat," or living Units of Consciousness.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Here is the private YouTube link to the presentation. <i>The first five minutes is trying to cue up the Power Point for the talk</i>: </span></p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uA_4Rr_i8gs?start=335" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-39873512002389891642022-03-01T14:48:00.005-08:002022-03-01T14:50:13.691-08:00Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio Appearance This Week<p> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgsFK2sHO6A" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;" target="_blank">Here is a link to an Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio program I will be appearing on this Thursday. </a><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I'll be among the guests who will be speaking at the upcoming Astro Gnosis Conference to be held on March 20th. We will be discussing our upcoming presentations and other interesting topics.</span></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="393" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xgsFK2sHO6A" title="YouTube video player" width="699"></iframe></p>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-79491875273506496002022-01-10T07:38:00.000-08:002022-01-10T07:38:07.824-08:00Looking at Left and Right as Vice and Virtue<p> <span style="font-size: medium;">You can listen to the essay below over on my Gnostic Insights podcast, available on most podcast platforms. <a href="https://newgnosticgospel.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Or you can listen to it at the Gnostic Insights website at http://gnosticinsights.com</a> .</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In this essay, I look at the relationship between gnostic left and right, and political left and right.</span></p><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Left and Right</b><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i>by Cyd Ropp</i><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I noticed something interesting the other day, while I was
thinking about vice and virtue. In the Nag Hammadi, vice is referred to as
being on the left, and virtue as being on the right. The Tripartite Tractate
puts it this way:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To each one he gave a name.... Those belonging to the
thought and those of the representation are called "the Right Ones"
and "Psychic" and "the Fiery Ones" and "the Middle
Ones." Those who belong to the arrogant thought and those of the likeness
are called "the Left", "Hylic", "the Dark Ones,"
and "the Last."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The "thought" refers back to the Father's
originating thought—that being what is called The Son. The Son is the thought
of the Father, and it is this thought that starts everything. "Those of
the representation" are the Aeons and those that come from the Aeons—they
represent the values of the Thought, or the Son.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"Those who belong to the arrogant thought" refer
to the Fall of Logos away from the original thought. Literally it refers to the
departure of Ego away from Reason and Logic. As we have discussed here on
Gnostic Insights, "arrogant thought" is another word for
"ego." And here at gnostic insights "ego" is the imitation
of the One Self we all embody and share. Ego is the counterfeit embodiment of
the Son, or originating consciousness. Ego takes care of the individual rather
than the whole. Ego is concerned with personal needs and desires rather than
the needs and desires of one's neighbors. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You can listen to these previous episodes for an in-depth
exploration of Ego compared to Self:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/ego-vs-self/" target="_blank">https://gnosticinsights.com/ego-vs-self/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/i-am-not-me-the-self/" target="_blank">https://gnosticinsights.com/i-am-not-me-the-self/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/egos-shroud/" target="_blank">https://gnosticinsights.com/egos-shroud/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You can find these episodes and more under the <a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/complete-episodes-library/" target="_blank">CompleteEpisodes tab at the GnosticInsights.com</a> website.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Back to the Tripartite Tractate quote—Those who belong to
the arrogant thought and those of the likeness are called "the Left",
"Hylic", "the Dark Ones," and "the Last."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The "likenesses" referred to on the left are the
archons of the deficiency that were formed as copies of "the
representations" of the Aeons of the Pleroma.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So you have Likenesses on the Left, and
Representations on the Right. These Likenesses on the one hand and
Representations on the other hand, reflect the values of the Left and the
values of the Right. This is what distinguishes Gnostic Left from Right.
Another word for these ones on the Left is "hylic," which means
materialist. Another word for the ones on the Right is "Psychic,"
which in Gnosticism refers to those with a soul. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although here at Gnostic Insights, we would
say everyone has a soul, it's just that hylic humans don't acknowledge the
soul.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, we've had a lot of
discussions about that; whether or not consciousness, which could be another
word for soul, whether or not consciousness is an inherent quality that
preexists or whether consciousness is like a by-product of the meat bodies that
we wear, or even mathematical nodes in some sort of a grand algorithm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One type of individual has an orientation to
the material and personal needs, and the other type of individual has a
remembrance of the spiritual realm. They also call the ones on the left
"dark ones" and "the last." And that's because light is
associated with the Father, and after the Fall—the Fall was from the light into
darkness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the reason that those are
called "the last" is simply because they are going to be the last
ones to acknowledge the Father, the Pleroma, and the Son, and the Christ. They
are going to hold out for their materialist worldview, which will make them
last in line for redemption, by their own choice.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So, when I drew up the chart of vices vs. values in my
Gnostic Gospel Illuminated book, the archonic values appear on the left side of
the page and the aeonic values appear on the right side of the page.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The archonic values on the left are the inverse of the
Aeonic virtues on the right. So, for example, if on the Right, the value is
loving, then on the Left, the value is hateful and spiteful. If on the Right
the value is patience, then on the Left the value is impatience and wrath.
Mercy vs. ruthlessness; freedom of will vs. enslavement and coercion; joy vs.
depression; truthful vs. lies; prudent vs. reckless; humble vs. arrogance;
justice vs. unfairness and capriciousness; temperance vs. gluttony; charitable
vs. greedy... you get the point. You can find the entire chart on page 26 of <a href="https://newgnosticgospel.blogspot.com/p/bookstore.html" target="_blank"><u>The
Gnostic Gospel Illuminated</u> book by Cyd Ropp. </a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What I noticed the other day, is that Left and Right are
also worldwide political patterns. And, whereas the personal labels deal with
one's own life choices, the political labels deal with how the government names
and then accomplishes its goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
morning I looked up differences between the values and methods of the Left and
Right political bodies. And here is what I read:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>the Left favors<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>while
the Right favors<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">equity<span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>equality<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">constraint<span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>liberty<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">prohibition of hate speech<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>free
speech<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">technological oversight<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>privacy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">universal governmental assistance<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>self-determination and responsibility<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bigger Governments<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Smaller
Governments<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">race and class distinctions<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>color-blind society, one nation under
God<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;">relative values depending on
circumstances<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>u</span>niversal
absolutes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">gender as a social construct<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>biologically
determined gender<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">secular government and society<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>secular government, religious society<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">greatest threat = environmental collapse<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>evil<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">all cultures are equal<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>some
cultures are superior<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What I was wondering about Left and Right, was if the moral
values a person holds also determine the political values they hold. And, to a
large extent, it appears to me that they do. The social policies of the Left
seem to favor exterior control over interior control. The bigger governments
favored by the Left not only cost more in taxes to pay for them, they require
more coercion to enforce their will in order to get the job done. Big
government favors mandates and the use of technology to monitor and compel
these mandates. People who disagree with the government's edicts are denied the
right to speak their dissent out loud, and continued dissent can cost forfeiture
of their freedoms of movement and association as well. Political prisoners are
those people who disagree most strongly with those in power. Any and every
tactic is justified if it advances the goals of the Left—lying about the status
quo, or about history, or about scientific facts come to mind. In the service
of achieving Leftist goals, anything goes. And the further Left you are on the
Left-Right spectrum, the deeper and stronger is your affiliation with this
"whatever it takes" approach.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On the other hand, the more one tips the scales to the Right
side, the more you see values such as freedom of speech and other liberties,
smaller government, and more emphasis on privacy, self-determination, and
personal responsibility. These values are also in line with the virtuous side
of the Left-Right spiritual divide. Of course, there may be wolves in sheep's
clothing, posing as Right types while secretly holding onto Leftist memes and
goals. In this case, you actually have Leftists posing as Rightists.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Extremism in either the Left of Right direction both
encourage archonic interference in human affairs, as they represent the
person's strong attachment to power and control over self and others. Power and
control over humans is much to be desired by the Demiurge and its archonic
helpers. Anytime one favors an authority pulling the strings and forcing
behavior upon the citizenry, you have Leftist values at play. This is
Demiurgic. Inversely, anytime one favors personal responsibility and
self-determination, you are embodying Aeonic virtues. <b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Now, the interesting thing about these Left vs. Right lists
is that both sides were established by the Aeon known as Logos. The <u><a href="http://gnosis.org/naghamm/tripart.htm" target="_blank">TripartiteTractate</a></u> says that those on the Left are put into ruling positions here on
earth, and work in direct cooperation with the archons of the deficiency. They
are not evil, but rather they provide order<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>through three means: beauty, threats, and lust for power. Here's the
quote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"Also over those who belong to the likeness, he set the
word of beauty, so that he might bring them into a form. He also set over them
the law of judgment. Again, he set over them the powers which the roots had
produced in their lust for power. He appointed them as rulers over them, so
that, either by the support of the word which is beautiful, or by the threat of
the law, or by the power of lust for power, the order might be preserved from
those who have reduced it to evil, while the Logos is pleased with them, since
they are useful for the organization."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Those on the Right operate in a different way. Those on the
Right carry an active remembrance of the Father and the Pleroma, and this is
used to lessen their grip on this material existence. Here is what the <u>Tripartite</u>
says about it:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"However, to those of the thought he revealed the
thought... in order that they might also bring forth an impulse for diminution
from their attraction to evil, so that they might not any more rejoice in the
glory of their environment and be dissolved, but might rather see their
sickness in which they suffer, so that they might beget love and continuous
searching after the one who is able to heal them of the inferiority."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Both the Left and the Right have a lust for power as a
result of the original Fall and the never-ending battle with the material
forces of the Demiurge. The Tripartite Tractate also says that both the Left
and the Right are respecters of authority and hierarchical chains of command.
In other words, neither the Left nor Right promotes anarchy.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"The Logos knows the agreement in the lust for power of
the two orders. To these and to all the others, he graciously granted their
desire. He gave to each one the appropriate rank, and it was ordered that each
one be a ruler over a place and an activity. He yields to the place of the one
more exalted than himself... <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are
kings, there are lords and those who give commands, some for administering
punishment, others for administering justice, still others for giving rest and
healing, others for teaching, others for guarding.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"Over all the archons he appointed an Archon with no
one commanding him. He is the lord of all of them, that is, the countenance
which the Logos brought forth in his thought as a representation of the Father
of the Totalities. Therefore, he is adorned with every <name> which
<is> a representation of him, since he is characterized by every property
and glorious quality. For he too is called "father" and god" and
"demiurge" and "king" and "judge" and
"place" and "dwelling" and "law."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"The Logos uses him as a hand, to beautify and work on
the things below, and he uses him as a mouth, to say the things which will be
prophesied.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"The things which he has spoken he does. When he saw
that they were great and good and wonderful, he was pleased and rejoiced, as if
he himself in his own thought had been the one to say them and do them, not
knowing that the movement within him is from the spirit who moves him in a
determined way toward those things which he wants."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This long passage I have just quoted from the Tripartite
Tractate is saying that the fallen Aeon known as Logos left behind an imitation
of the Father Above in the form of the Demiurge. And it is this Demiurge that
puts the Archons in power over earthly rulers. And it is the Demiurge that
speaks to the prophets as the voice of God. But the Demiurge is not God, but
rather the imitation of the Father above, and the Demiurge does not realize
this because he has amnesia of everything that came before the Fall. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And, as previous episodes have pointed out, the methods of
the Demiurge are not the methods of the Father, and the goals are not the same.
For, whereas the Demiurge is all about control of this material world and those
of us who reside here, the goal of the Father is about love, remembrance of our
Aeonic inheritance and ultimate abode, and redemption from evil. And, whereas
the Demiurge requires coercion and the exercise of power and strong control to
effect its agendas, the Aeonic side of the divide operates through cooperation
and the Simple Golden Rule of working together with information, assistance,
and love for the betterment of all. The Left is not evil, so much as it is
attempting to instantiate Paradise without benefit of the Aeonic virtues. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So the next time you wonder if you are serving the Demiurge and
its archons or if you are serving the Aeons, the Son, and the Father, look to
the list of vices and virtues, look to the policies of the Left and the Right,
and determine for yourself which path you are on.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh__Lh2hiiO4JoUzC5hrnjit9pCk-1P0HrXPBGsnreP6-5iCkWXAjmXh7Urd1U0bIJ_Ey6piF3S9yBqndXx4FG05HpQfi6D8cOMz-tnrFXr056zIFUfGunDBHMu93R64cuzRolc39bmTuDj6KAFin60zh7zAFI04CQyxPdLMUBIU9mi2c72I-4ftzuw=s1723" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1697" data-original-width="1723" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh__Lh2hiiO4JoUzC5hrnjit9pCk-1P0HrXPBGsnreP6-5iCkWXAjmXh7Urd1U0bIJ_Ey6piF3S9yBqndXx4FG05HpQfi6D8cOMz-tnrFXr056zIFUfGunDBHMu93R64cuzRolc39bmTuDj6KAFin60zh7zAFI04CQyxPdLMUBIU9mi2c72I-4ftzuw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><p></p>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-91407231623539520762021-12-25T06:54:00.005-08:002021-12-25T06:54:56.468-08:00The Infancy Gospel of James posted on Gnostic Insights podcast<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> You may enjoy listening to my Christmas podcast episode over on Gnostic Insights. For this episode I read <b>The Infancy Gospel of James</b> outloud. This gospel is not particularly "gnostic;" it is more along the lines of an early Christian fable of the nativity that we haven't heard before.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">For instance, did you know that Mary was raised as a vestal virgin in Herod's Temple in Jerusalem? Did you know that Mary was betrothed to a much older widower, Joseph, when she was 12? Did you know that Mary and Joseph got into a world of trouble when Mary turned up pregnant at age 16? Did you know that a Hebrew midwife performed a pelvic exam of Mary after the birth of Jesus to see if she was truly still a virgin? There's plenty more we have never heard, from this banned gospel. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Go have a listen. Hopefully you will enjoy hearing it. It's my Christmas present to you.</span></p><p><a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/the-infancy-gospel-of-james-mary-and-the-birth-of-jesus/"><span style="font-size: large;">The Infancy Gospel of James: Mary and the Birth of Jesus – Gnostic Insights</span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Onward and upward!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">cyd</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaqGG9BssL3kBXlGKjayBrdXMMp4e-Ec-iV_uSaIE4WIDZP33i-Q8WjIL6DZ8PWcUk820noFLao8SfIuUN_JoZeNYBKTi5UmGLWDCDFbdVns6p2q6MagpV_Coqrxf9TU3Foz8umB1nzHcC0epNMG5xvL0r00UPNfdk4zEqx7uNaNnplmXJQg3KFI4n=s900" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="706" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaqGG9BssL3kBXlGKjayBrdXMMp4e-Ec-iV_uSaIE4WIDZP33i-Q8WjIL6DZ8PWcUk820noFLao8SfIuUN_JoZeNYBKTi5UmGLWDCDFbdVns6p2q6MagpV_Coqrxf9TU3Foz8umB1nzHcC0epNMG5xvL0r00UPNfdk4zEqx7uNaNnplmXJQg3KFI4n=s320" width="251" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-53854109344001656892021-12-10T08:26:00.000-08:002021-12-10T08:26:10.729-08:00Are you listening to the Gnostic Insights Podcast?<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/these-episodes-describe-the-gnostic-gospel-and-its-central-terms-and-ideas/" target="_blank">My Gnostic Insights podcast</a> is worth listening to! I am putting most of my effort into Gnostic Insights, posting at least once per week. There are now well over 50 episodes to listen to. If you begin at the beginning of the podcast and work your way forward through all 50, you will find yourself in a "master class" of Gnostic cosmology and insights.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWGdyM4g0Au65KoZyB-2jupihJfhtRdgAlYhiijgaWoQCzbYbkQ7dHpqVwIMuJgR7g3UeSdkCLg_xr0wNXA1Dqhry-j_GGYWUpxGI9WoOSzhQOOwWr3lWA76C41JWYgBMIG_4a8_YkWL2gzsMyT6wvdGZwzTGLjbJaQfOqRWXjUhjsCUrBO2Qf2S03=s360" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="359" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWGdyM4g0Au65KoZyB-2jupihJfhtRdgAlYhiijgaWoQCzbYbkQ7dHpqVwIMuJgR7g3UeSdkCLg_xr0wNXA1Dqhry-j_GGYWUpxGI9WoOSzhQOOwWr3lWA76C41JWYgBMIG_4a8_YkWL2gzsMyT6wvdGZwzTGLjbJaQfOqRWXjUhjsCUrBO2Qf2S03=s320" width="319" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">All episodes are alive and actively dispensing information there at the Gnostic Insights home page. When you visit Gnostic Insights you will find two menu tabs at the top of the page with all episodes listed in order of their posting.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Under the menu tab called <a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/these-episodes-describe-the-gnostic-gospel-and-its-central-terms-and-ideas/" target="_blank">"The Gnostic Gospel Primer"</a> you will find the first eight episodes of Gnostic Insights, which lays out the gnostic cosmology according to the Tripartite Tractate of the Nag Hammadi scriptures. Begin at episode 1 and then carry on listening to all eight episodes in order. The episodes follow a logical progression, designed for your understanding and developing gnosis. If you follow these episodes in order of their presentation, you will not get lost.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Then, after completing the Primer, go to the menu tab called <a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/complete-episodes-library/" target="_blank">"Complete Episodes Library."</a> There you will discover an extremely rich trove of gnostic thought. If you go in order, from the top episode, called "Ego vs. Self" and continue down the ever-lengthening list of podcast episodes, you will be able to understand the material. If you jump to the middle or the end, I can't guarantee that you won't get lost. I record these episodes in a particular, logical order, and many of the terms and concepts depend upon your having listened to the preceding episodes.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The purpose of Gnostic Insights is to help you remember the gnosis that was placed in your mind and heart prior to your birth. I am not trying to wow you with my mystical brilliance or academic credentials. I am doing my best to keep the language simple and understandable for anyone to grasp. The concepts may be foreign and deep, but if you listen with an open heart and mind you will get it. I promise.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/contact-us/" target="_blank">You may also write to me with questions or comments</a>, using the contact form there at Gnostic Insights. I would love to hear from you! There, you also have the opportunity to help support Gnostic Insights with a donation. I would so appreciate that.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Onward and upward! See you at the top!</span></p>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-82949237296180127972021-11-06T11:30:00.004-07:002021-11-06T11:30:41.438-07:00Message from a Catholic Archbishop Concerning the Worldwide Health Crisis--Reprint<p> <span style="font-size: medium;">This Catholic Archbishop sounds the alarm against the true meaning behind the pandemic and the untested, dangerous jabs. Reprint below:</span></p><header class="ArticleFull_header__11o5_" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: DINOT, Impact, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding-top: 6px;"><h1 class="ArticleFull_title__2cUI6" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 30px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 36px; margin: 10px 0px 25px;">Archbishop Viganò Writes Stunning Letter On Vaccine Program</h1><footer class="ArticleFull_headerFooter__2Nt6Y" style="align-items: flex-end; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; justify-content: space-between; margin: 15px 0px;"><div class="ArticleFull_headerFooter__authorInfo__huJvw" style="align-items: flex-end; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex;"><img alt="Tyler Durden's Photo" class="ArticleFull_headerFooter__authorPhoto__2G1M8" src="https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/pictures/picture-5.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 40px; margin-right: 15px; width: 40px;" /><div class="ArticleFull_headerFooter__author__2Ch4r" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.15rem; text-transform: uppercase;">BY TYLER DURDEN</div></div><div class="ArticleFull_headerFooter__date__3T7FN" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.85rem; text-transform: uppercase;">WEDNESDAY, NOV 03, 2021 - 04:21 PM</div></footer></header><div class="NodeContent_mainContent__38L44" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-height: 600px; position: relative;"><div class="NodeContent_body__2clki NodeBody_container__1M6aJ" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><a href="https://summit.news/2021/11/02/archbishop-vigano-writes-stunning-letter-on-vaccine-program/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1470b2;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News,</em></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has written a stunning letter to America’s bishops in which he makes several astounding claims about COVID-19 jabs and the Church’s role in promoting vaccines.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/021121vigano1.jpg?itok=6O40fBP5" data-link-option="0" href="https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/021121vigano1.jpg?itok=6O40fBP5" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="675650d7-4513-4421-ad29-ed3c922d87a6" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="263" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/021121vigano1.jpg?itok=6O40fBP5" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%;" typeof="foaf:Image" width="500" /></a></p><div class="Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex;"><aside class="Advert_verticallySpaced__wnPy3" id="in-content-video" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 1 1 100%; margin: 30px 0px;"></aside></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">Viganò <a href="https://insidethevatican.com/news/newsflash/letter-136-2021-wed-oct-27-vigano-to-gomez/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1470b2;">asserts</a> that vaccines normally go through years of rigorous testing, and that the lack of such a process in the case of COVID-19 jabs represents public health authorities<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"> conducting “experimentation on the entire world population.”</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">The Archbishop referenced drug treatments that have proven effective in fighting COVID without the risks of vaccines, noting that such drugs have been discredited by global health bodies and the media.</p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">“It must be reiterated that there are effective treatments which cure patients and allow them to develop permanent natural immune defenses, something that the vaccines do not do,”</strong> he wrote.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">“Furthermore, these treatments do not cause serious side effects, since the drugs that are used have been licensed for decades.”</p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">“International standards specify that an experimental drug cannot be authorized for distribution except in the absence of an effective alternative treatment: this is why drug agencies in the USA and Europe have prevented the use of hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, hyper-immune plasma, and other therapies with proven effectiveness,” he added.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">Viganò goes on to state that the vaccines proving ineffective in preventing people from getting and passing on the virus means they can’t even be called vaccines.</p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">“In fact a “vaccine” is defined as a medicinal preparation aimed at inducing the production of protective antibodies by the organism, conferring specific resistance against a specific infectious disease (viral, bacterial, protozoal). This definition was recently changed by the WHO, because otherwise it would not have been able to include anti-Covid drugs, which do not induce the production of protective antibodies and do not confer a specific resistance against the SarsCoV-2 infectious disease.”</p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">The Archbishop went on to assert it was a moral “duty” to refuse inoculation given what we now know about the vaccine program.</p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">“Worldwide, the number of deaths and grave pathologies following vaccination is increasing exponentially: in only nine months these vaccines have caused more deaths than all vaccines in the last thirty years. Not only this: in many nations – such as Israel for example – the number of deaths after vaccination is now greater than the number of deaths from Covid.”</p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Viganò went to to assert it would be “immoral and unacceptable” for Catholics to take the vaccine given revelations by Pfizer executives that the jabs contain material from aborted fetuses.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">The Archbishop expressed his fury at other members of the clergy and Pope Francis himself for facilitating a “crime against humanity” and “satanic action against God.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">Viganò pulled no punches in outlining the wider agenda at play.</p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">“<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">I realize that it may be extremely unpopular to take a position against the so-called vaccines, but as Shepherds of the flock of the Lord we have the duty to denounce the horrible crime that is being carried out,</strong> whose goal is to create billions of chronically ill people and to exterminate millions and millions of people, based on the infernal ideology of the “Great Reset” formulated by the President of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab and endorsed by institutions and organizations around the world.”</p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">Viganò previously <a href="https://summit.news/2020/11/10/archbishop-writes-open-letter-to-trump-warning-of-covid-health-dictatorship/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1470b2;">wrote</a> to then President Donald Trump asserting that the COVID-19 pandemic is part of a plot to impose a “health dictatorship” and that Trump is “the final garrison” in stopping this agenda.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">Last year, we also <a href="https://summit.news/2020/12/18/top-catholic-cardinal-warns-covid-19-being-used-to-usher-in-evil-great-reset/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1470b2;">highlighted</a> how Cardinal Raymond Burke warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is being exploited by proponents of “The Great Reset” to “advance their evil agenda.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">* * *</em></p></div></div>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-9536304598082762062021-10-31T13:34:00.000-07:002021-10-31T13:34:04.733-07:00As Below, So Above: Inferring the Transcendent<p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/as-below-so-above-inferring-the-transcendent/" target="_blank">Here's an episode of Gnostic Insights podcast that I uploaded this week, on October 29th. Pretty good essay on the relationship between us and the realm above. You can access the episode here, or you can read the script below.</a></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">As Below, So Above: Inferring the
Transcendent <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">by Cyd Ropp, Ph.D.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for Gnostic Insights Podcast<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">The manner by which we are mining gnosis here
at Gnostic Insights often involves using analogies between what is known and
what is less tangible—"as below, so above" provides a handy tool for
inferring otherwise undetectable aspects of the spiritual dimension. If we
start with the premise of a singular consciousness that pre-exists everything
that came after it, then we can follow the genesis of our universe from that
consciousness step-by-step. In today's episode, we are going to map aspects of
our human personalities onto the Gnostic Gospel to see what we can infer about
ourselves down here below and about the forms of consciousness above.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">So, what do we "know" by now?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We generally begin at the beginning and build
outward from there. So we start with consciousness. We know that all life forms
are conscious, and we infer from that a ground state of consciousness, and that
we call the Father. The Father, or consciousness itself, is not the same as
having thoughts. It is simply self-awareness. This is the no-thought state that
people seek through meditation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then we say that consciousness, or the Father,
or what we call in the Simple Explanation—the Metaverse—had a thought. This
thought is a ripple in consciousness that rises out of the undifferentiated
state of no-thought. The Gnostic Gospel calls this thought the Son. The Son
reflects the consciousness of the Father in a circumscribed form. Circumscribed
means contained, like drawing a circle around something. Yet, the Son is not
lesser than the Father, because there is no size or distance here; and there is
no time or space in the eternal omnipresent. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Tripartite Tractate says that no sooner
did the Son arise, that it had its own thought which differentiated into every
possible thought, like rays of light shooting out from a central star. The Son
mirroring the creative act of the Father gave rise to himself in the form of
countless thoughts. These thoughts became aware of themselves in the same
manner that the Son became self-aware. The moment they became self-aware, they
named themselves. And the moment they named themselves, they sorted themselves
into a hierarchy of relationships with one another.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">These thoughts of the Son are called Aeons,
and the hierarchy into which they arranged themselves is called the Fullness of
God, also known as the Pleroma. The Aeons consist of names, stations, ranks,
duties, and locations. This is another way of saying that the Aeons form a kind
of geometry of functions and forms that all know where and what and who they
are in relationship with each other. Within the hierarchy of the Fullness, all
Aeons have their own identities as well as their self-assigned locations and
functions. Everyone knows who they are and where they stand in their
intermingled ecology. Each Aeon occupies a unique place and perspective within
the union of the Fullness. No one is left out and no one is more important than
any other Aeon of the hierarchy. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Fullness reflects the entirety of the Son.
They co-exist and overlap. The Son wears the Fullness as a garment, and the
Fullness wears the Son, in the same manner that our own bodies can be said to
be a garment for our souls—our bodies contain and co-exist with our selves. The
Fullness is a singular entity composed of countless Aeons, in the same way that
our bodies are singular organism composed of countless cells.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Aeons sat in a unified state. "All
for one and one for all!" is their motto. Their main function is to love
and to be loved. They love each other; they love the Son. The Aeons love the
Father and gave constant glory to the Father, so happy were they to be alive.
The Aeons yearned for communion with the Father for they recognized themselves
as the fruit of the Father. In the same manner that blood flows throughout our
bodies, delivering oxygen and nutrients to every cell, the Holy Spirit of the
Father's consciousness flowed through the Aeons of the Fullness, constantly
feeding them love.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">Although the Aeons dwelt within the single
body of the Fullness, they were each an independent self. Their immense variety
required them to work together and remain in full agreement, for only through
their union could they approach the Father's greatness. It was only in their
unanimity that they reflected the perfection of the Son, and only the Son had
direct access to the Father. If they were not in complete agreement, then they could
not add up to the Fullness of the Son.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was through giving glory to the Father that
the Fullness remained unified as one body. Giving glory means focusing upon an
object with adoration and love. The Tripartite Tractate tells us that there was
a simple set of rules that insured the unanimity of the Fullness. In order to
remain aligned with the Father, the Aeons needed to glorify only the Father and
never themselves. The Aeons were not to glorify their neighbors, neither those
beside them nor those above them. They were not to glorify the Fullness as a
whole. Rather their focus was to remain upward, giving glory only to the
Father. Furthermore, each Aeon was to give glory from its own location in the
hierarchy, with its own talents and capabilities, and not borrowing the talents
of its neighbors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">I know we have covered this territory before
on Gnostic Insights. But bear with me and we will soon be able to relate this
information to ourselves and our lives here below.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">Our universe began with the Fall.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Tripartite Tractate calls the Aeon-who-Fell,
"Logos." That is a significant name. Logos is defined as the
principle of order and reason. If we think of the logos within ourselves, we
would align logos with our mind's reasoning capabilities, including the ability
to apply logic and make inferences.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Tripartite Tractate says that Logos was
the final Aeon produced when the Aeons sorted themselves into their
hierarchical arrangement of the Fullness of God. This Aeon, Logos, contained
within itself not only the ability to reason, it also contained all of the
traits and abilities of the Fullness, wrapped into a single package. In terms
of the Simple Explanation, we would say that Logos was the perfect fractal of
the Fullness, carrying within itself all of the knowledge and functions of all
of the other Aeons. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Bible's Gospel of John identifies this
Aeon called Logos as the Son, but this is an error, according to Gnostic
cosmology. As we have just laid out in the cosmology, the Son is the first
fruit of the Father, and the Son is the father of the Fullness. The Aeon who
Fell is but one Aeon out of the Fullness. Yes, you can see how Logos reflects
the Son, being a fractal of the Fullness of the Son, however, it is only a
fractal, an iteration of the Son in a lesser form, not to be confused with the
Son, who precedes it and is more exalted than the Aeons. The Aeon called Logos
carries fractal copies of all the Aeons within itself, but these aeonic copies
are not each self-aware in the way the Aeons themselves are self-aware. The
aeonic copies contained within the Aeon known as Logos are not themselves
conscious; they are merely fractal reflections of the hierarchy, but lacking
the consciousnesses of the Aeons. By way of analogy, think of the fractals of
the imitation like two-dimensional reflections of a three-dimensional world as
seen in a mirror; a resemblance of the Aeons only on the surface, lacking the
depth of consciousness and thought.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Tripartite Tractate tells us that the Aeon
known as Logos yearned to reunite with the Father, as did all of the Aeons. But
rather than sitting with the others in the Fullness, giving glory according to
the rules of unanimity,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Logos had a
thought that deviated from the rules. Logos had its own, singular, bright idea.
This idea came to be known as the "presumptuous thought" in Gnostic
cosmology. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"Presumptuous"
means "failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or
appropriate." What Logos decided to do was to reach out to the Father all
on its own. In other words, Logos mistook its own personal will for the will of
the Fullness of God. Logos mistook himself, you could say, for the Son. It is
this presumptuous thought, borne out of misplaced love for the Father, that
caused the Fall. This presumptuous thought was the original sin.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">Christianity continues to make the same error
of identification that Logos made. Logos is not the Son; Logos is the Aeon-Who-Fell.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">Logos separated itself from the Fullness of
the Son when it took action on its own. This action of leaving the Fullness to
strike out on its own is the first act of the Ego. The Ego of Logos brought
about the Fall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This action of Ego is
the true nature of the Fall—not a human being handing another human being forbidden
knowledge in the form of a magic apple. The Fall is birthed by the Ego acting
outside of the Will of God, which is to say, Ego putting itself on the throne
and making decisions on its own.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">And this is very true of our own personal
human psyches as well. When Ego displaces Self at the center of our Unit of
Consciousness, as we call it in the Simple Explanation, then we are allowing
our self-centered Ego to run the show. Ego displaces the One Self we share with
the Fullness and the Son. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">And it's all downhill from there. Logos Fell
and broke apart into poor, weak imitations of the Aeons above. And, because
they were no longer arranged in the orderly ecology of the Fullness, the
imitations lacked places, functions, and names, throwing them into a disordered
state of chaos. The imitations of the Aeons were not self-aware in the manner
of the Aeons whose figures they mirrored, and this lack of consciousness
manifested only disturbance, upheaval, and confusion. These phantoms of the
deficiency did not reflect in any way the glory of the Fullness, the Son, or
the Father. They were feeble, small, and unruly. There was no cooperative will
among them. There was no Golden Rule.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is how this is described in my book, The
Gnostic Gospel Illuminated, pages 20 and 21:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Presumptuous thought and arrogance
replaced the wisdom granted by the Father, and Logos lost himself to ignorance
and oblivion. Everything he produced as a result fell disastrously short of his
intended glory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The imitations produced
as a consequence of the Fall lacked the ability to reason. Their only thought
was for themselves, arising as they did from division. They thought they were
all there was, and they admired only themselves, not realizing they were but
dark shadows of the Aeons of the Fullness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Because Logos had been reaching for the
heights when he fell, the imitation of the Fullness that emerged from the Fall
kept trying to reach the unreachable. Only now, what had been a desire of the
Aeons to reunite with their Father became an upward striving for power.
Personal ambition eclipsed the Father's will."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">And, by way of analogy, so it is with all of
us. When our Ego holds the throne of our Unit of Consciousness, as we would say
in Simple Explanation terms, when our Ego is put in the center rather than the
Self, then we experience the same sort of self-centered ambition and the only
drive becomes power. When the Self sits at the center of our consciousness,
rather than our Ego, then our Self is in full alignment with the One, with the
Son, and with the Fullness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Tripartite Tractate says that the best
part of Logos was horrified by the chaos it had created and fled back to its
brethren in the Fullness, abandoning the broken imitation. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So let us consider what of Logos was left
behind when the best part of the Aeon abandoned the deficiency. The answer
would be Ego. The Ego of Logos had no remembrance of the Fullness or the Father,
for the Self that fled to the Fullness was the sliver of consciousness that
remembered the Father. The Ego of Logos, abandoned below, continued to believe
that it was all there was, having forgotten the true nature and source of
consciousness. The Ego of Logos did not remember love or the life of the
Pleroma. As the best part of Logos had vacated, the Ego of Logos took over
management of the Fallen deficiency. We know from both the Bible and from the
Tripartite Tractate that the God of this universe brought order to the chaos, forming
the heavens and the earth. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">However, since the creations of the Fall
lacked self-awareness and intrinsic order, they needed to be ruled with an iron
fist. Lacking aeonic cooperation and unity, the imitations of the deficiency
required their every move to be directed by the Ego of the Fallen Aeon. The God
of this cosmos is known as the Demiurge in Gnostic studies, a term it borrows
from ancient Greek philosophy. The Demiurge is described as an artisan-like
figure responsible for fashioning and maintaining the physical universe. In the
Bible, the God of this universe is known as Yahweh, or Jehovah. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">Unfortunately, this God, the maker of the
heavens and earth, is not the same as the Father above, as we have seen from
the Gnostic cosmology. This Demiurge is a slight-of-hand misdirection from the
true source of life and light. This is one reason I like to begin these
discussions with the Father, and show the relationship of the Father to the Son
and the Son to the Aeons of the Fullness, in order to demonstrate that this is
not the same Father as the one we were taught to consider the Almighty. The God
of this earth and of this material universe was created out of Ego, during the
Fall. This God is the fruit of the original sin. This is definitely not the God
Above All Gods, who is our right and proper source of consciousness and the
glorious focus of our devotion. This Demiurge, who calls himself the Father, is
not the Father Above. This Demiurge is only the Egoic manifestation of one
Fallen Aeon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">And again, to make an analogy to our own
psyches, our Ego is often mistaken for the Self. But, it is the Self that is
the true reflection of the Father and of the Fullness of God. The Ego is merely
a Fall away from the Self; and when you fall away from the Self, or the
Fullness of God, you mistake your own Ego for Truth. But it is not Truth; it is
a reflection of the world. It is a reflection of those things around us in the
material world that are created by the Demiurge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">The manner by which the Demiurge becomes the
God of this universe is logically self-evident, considering the Gnostic fable
I've just shared. The reason for the Fall is that Logos forgot about the rules
of cooperation and unanimity that allowed the Fullness to sing their song of
glorious praise. Presumptuous thought brought the Ego of Logos to the forefront
and replaced its spirit of cooperation with self-centered ambition and lusting
for power. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In terms of the Simple
Explanation, the Universal Unit of Consciousness became shrouded by the Ego of
the Demiurge, and the Self of Logos retreated to the Fullness to lick its
wounds.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">Left on its own, what the Demiurge lacked in
terms of the cooperative structure of the Fullness, it made up for with brute
force. The Demiurge was able to create order in the material world by a system
of bondage and close supervision. The Demiurge took the disordered material of
the quantum foam and caused it to level up in a manner reminiscent of the
aeon's Golden Rule. Particles to atoms, atoms to molecules, molecules to
elements, elements to minerals. But where the Golden Rule uses the principle of
reaching out to others to willingly hold hands and share information,
assistance, and love for the betterment of All, the Demiurge uses strings that
bind and entwine from a central source, giving no choice in the matter. The
Demiurge fills in the lack of consciousness within the deficiency with its own
egoic power and plans. The Demiurge is a tyrant who exercises complete
domination.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">We who are conscious here below are not simply
puppets of the Demiurge. The Gnostic Gospel explains that Logos and the
Fullness sought a solution to overthrow what had come into being through the
Fall. The Aeons fashioned a fruit that reflected their own lives, and imbued
this fruit with life and a memory of the Fullness and the Golden Rule of
Cooperation. This fruit was sent into the deficiency, our universe, one at a
time, from the smallest and most humble to the largest and most complex. It is
these life forms that inhabit the universe, and they are called the Second
Order of Powers. Born from a good, cooperative thought, the Second Order Powers
work in harmony and love, for they had come forth from the harmony and love of
the Fullness and the Father.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">The life forms of our universe are a melding
of the Fullness of God, with all of the consciousness and cooperation that
comes from the Fullness, with the material controlled by the Demiurge. This
marriage of the Fullness to the Demiurge creates an arena of constant conflict
and striving, both within ourselves and with our neighbors as we strive with
elements of Self and Ego, Above and Below, virtue and vice, freedom and
tyranny. We find ourselves in a "never-ending war" with forces and
principalities beyond our control as we balance our lives between the powers of
the Demiurge and the powers of the Pleroma. In the course of battle, most of us
have forgotten our aeonic inheritance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;">The good news is that the Gnostic cosmology
doesn't stop there. <span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">In order to restore memory and reason to the Second Order
Powers, the Aeons of the Fullness, every one of them individually and all of
them collectively, gave glory in unison to their Father while praying for a
helper to bring peace to the Deficiency and forgiveness to Logos. Out of their
focused prayer, a unique fruit emerged, one that contained all of the
capabilities and powers of the Fullness along with all of the love and eternal
qualities of the Father.</span><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In Simple Explanation
terms, the Christ is a perfect and </span><span lang="EN"><a href="http://asimpleexplanation.blogspot.com/2011/01/fractal-roots-of-consciousness.html"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #5c5ec2; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">full fractal</span></a></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> of the Father and the Son, all rolled up
into One perfect form. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Christians believe
that Jesus of Nazareth was both perfect Man and perfect God incarnate.
Christian Gnostics believe the same. Here is the more complete explanation of
who Jesus was:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It is said that Jesus
was conceived without sin, because he carried within his body the perfection of
Man and God. This would mean that Jesus’s DNA was perfect and true to the
original DNA formula for humanity, hence the importance of the virgin birth
that imparted that perfect DNA to the baby.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus was also without
negative karma in his soul, as his soul was the soul of God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The components of
Jesus’s body were also without sin, as the cells and flesh that became Jesus
were in fact the Aeons of the Fullness incarnate. As Colossians 1:19 says, “For
God was pleased to have all his Fullness dwell in him, and through him to
reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven,
by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This one sentence from
Colossians contains the entire Christian Gnostic gospel. Because Jesus brought
along the entire Fullness of the Pleroma when he incarnated, every aspect of
the Father and the Son came to material instantiation on earth. In this manner,
the eternal God experienced the finite life of us Second Order Powers and all
of the struggles between birth and death that plague us all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is how the
Tripartite Tractate describes it:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“They gathered
together, asking the Father with beneficent intent that there be aid from
above, from the Father, for his glory since the defective one could not become
perfect in any other way, unless it was the will of the Pleroma of the Father,
which he had drawn to himself, revealed, and given to the defective one. Then
from the harmony, in a joyous willingness which had come into being, they
brought forth the fruit, which was a begetting from the harmony, a unity, a
possession of the Fullnesses, revealing the countenance of the Father, of whom
the Aeons thought as they gave glory and prayed for help for their brother with
a wish in which the Father counted himself with them. Thus it was willingly and
gladly that they brought forth the fruit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“And he made manifest
the agreement of the revelation of his union with them—which was his beloved
Son... the one who is properly called ‘Savior’ and ‘the Redeemer’ and ‘the
Well-Pleasing One’ and ‘the Beloved,’ ‘the One to whom prayers have been
offered’ and ‘the Christ’ and ‘the Light of those appointed,’ in accordance
with the ones from whom he was brought forth, since he has become the names of
the positions which were given to him. Yet, what other name may be applied to
him except ‘the Son,’ as we previously said, since he is the knowledge of the
Father, whom he wanted them to know?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Not only did the
Aeons generate the countenance of the Father to whom they gave praise, but also
they generated their own; for the Aeons who give glory generated their
countenance and their face. They were produced as an army for him, as for a
king, since the beings of the thought have a powerful fellowship and an
intermingled harmony. They came forth in a multifaceted form in order that the
one to whom help was to be given might see those to whom he had prayed for
help. He also sees the One who gave it to him.” [Tripartite Tractate,
sections 85—87]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So, you see, the
mission of the Christ, as stated in Colossians, was to redeem all of creation,
including the fallen Aeon who founded our material universe. Because the Christ
came to redeem everyone, the body of Jesus came to earth with every one of the
Fullnesses on board. For every fallen spirit, the Christ brought their own
personal and recognizable Savior. The function of Jesus as an earthly, human
savior, is to demonstrate to us that we can all be redeemed and resurrected out
of the mud and death and into everlasting life. The Jesus figure is presented
as our exemplar of how we may all rise, every one of us, including the Demiurge
itself. In Simple Explanation terms, the Christ brought the correcting formula
for all of our spirits and souls, each unique and personally formulated to meet
our individual needs. The baptism of the Christ washes away the mental and
spiritual confusion brought on by the endless war with shadows of the
Fall. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Gnostics are
apocalyptic, as are Christians. There will soon come a day when the Deficiency
ends. On that day, a new economy will unite Heaven and Earth, and all souls
will find their joyous place in Paradise. The only forms banished to the outer
darkness will be the shadows and phantoms of the Fall, which did not exist
within the Father from the beginning. These shadows are not real, and they have
no home with us in Paradise, and the light of the Father will evaporate them.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOZeDJi_VO_1qvbZDiPb17Uv9ye7E8b5jqgrqA9EIdGGxGO4sbcwyfj0ZtkxxUpvKk4ukhFu5Q76_0t2KDnKjvSsT1HC6KhNN8Ya2C7fiAe-gyGa_m-ZUy6VKhBwbNAnE5JyPu5Q1PHzeqozVeC4r0cETdnamOopaD-a4C7MmQozTjWhooMBkgOXcP=s320" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOZeDJi_VO_1qvbZDiPb17Uv9ye7E8b5jqgrqA9EIdGGxGO4sbcwyfj0ZtkxxUpvKk4ukhFu5Q76_0t2KDnKjvSsT1HC6KhNN8Ya2C7fiAe-gyGa_m-ZUy6VKhBwbNAnE5JyPu5Q1PHzeqozVeC4r0cETdnamOopaD-a4C7MmQozTjWhooMBkgOXcP" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-10240752207308825902021-08-21T12:28:00.002-07:002021-08-22T19:13:57.675-07:00David Bentley Hart's New Testament--Quite Gnostic<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">You can listen to the article below on my Gnostic Insights podcast. Available now on most podcast platforms, or visit my <a href="http://GnosticInsights.com">GnosticInsights.com</a> website for easy access to all podcast episodes.</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/aeons-not-ages/" style="background-color: #ffe599;" target="_blank">Click on this link to go straight to the podcast episode of this article.</a></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">In 2017, Yale
University Press published a new edition of the New Testament. This New
Testament was translated afresh by David Bentley Hart. This new translation of
Hart’s was, as he puts it, “scrupulously faithful” to the original Greek text,
and not merely a reiteration of conventional versions. In his introduction to
the book, Hart says that “most modern readers are separated from the new
Testament not only by obvious differences in language, culture, and
intellectual formation that put them at an immense historical remove from the
authors, but also to a considerable degree by the doctrinal expectations that
have shaped the decisions of translators through the centuries.”</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmjGY4OHxOEkaZnMMtPgu_07Km-apheGeUVCwvIHSdykt31dI05R8VqLb9EyvzrHBJHtYSSd3mE76W42eGunCLrrjfohWznGxchemH0M-H9bm70iuGhAj-UAVv8xQE8t7TSYTGw6hp_0/s2048/Harts+New+Testament.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1328" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmjGY4OHxOEkaZnMMtPgu_07Km-apheGeUVCwvIHSdykt31dI05R8VqLb9EyvzrHBJHtYSSd3mE76W42eGunCLrrjfohWznGxchemH0M-H9bm70iuGhAj-UAVv8xQE8t7TSYTGw6hp_0/s320/Harts+New+Testament.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Hart points out that
theology not only shapes translations, but particular translations have had
enormous consequences for the development of theology. He goes on to say that
“in extreme cases doctrinal or theological or moral ideologies drive
translators to distort the text to a discreditable degree.” Hart holds up the
New International Version and The English Standard Version as notorious
examples of distortion, with “preposterous liberties taken” to accomplish
‘correct theology’ often verging “on a kind of pious fraudulence.”</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">“Where difficult words or syntactical
uncertainties or grammatical obscurities appear in the Greek, the solutions
favored by earlier translators are generally carried over by their successors,
even where there may be more plausible or more interesting alternatives.”</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Hart has produced, as
he puts it, “an almost pitilessly literal translation.” Hart even matches
style. He says, “Where the Greek of the original is maladroit, (<i>left handed,
awkward</i>), broken, or impenetrable, as it is with some consistency in Paul’s
letters, so is the English of my translation; where an author has written bad
Greek, such as one finds throughout the book of Revelation, I have written bad
English.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">He also translates many
words by their literal meanings in English, departing from tradition. Thus the
Anglicized Greek word “Christ” is translated “Annointed;” the Anglicized
Persian word “devil” is translated “Slanderer;” and “Church” becomes
“Assembly.” Although Hart admits he could not bring himself to render “angel”
as “messenger” in all instances, because it would render some famous passages
“absurd”—“legions of messengers,” for example, or that the face of Stephen
before the Sanhedrin looked like “the face of a messenger.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Hart then mentions
another word he struggled with: aion, and aionios—what we would call aeon and
aeonic. In the scientific postscript to his New Testament, Hart spends seven
pages on the topic of aeons. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Now, you know from your
general studies of gnostic literature and our studies here at Gnostic Insights,
that gnostic cosmology considers aeons to be the differentiated qualities of
the Son of God. When the Son becomes self-aware, it differentiates itself into
ALL of its parts. These parts or differentiations of the Son do not fly apart
into individual entities, but they stay tucked up inside the Son, sitting
together in perfect harmony, each one a self-aware unit of consciousness. This
place where the aeons dwell is called the Totalities, or the Fullness, or the
Pleroma of God.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The aeons of the
Pleroma is an integral concept in our understanding of gnostic theology. The
aeons are thought of as conscious entities that came before the creation of our
cosmos. Moreover, they are thought of as our parents in a sense, for we are
described as “their fruit.” The aeons not only represent our ancestors, but
they also constitute all of the powers, forces, and relationships that manifest
here in creation, forces and relationships such as the laws of physics and
chemistry, biology, logic and math, and every conceivable relationship amongst
the objects of creation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">This is how I describe
the aeons of the Fullness in my book, The Gnostic Gospel Illuminated:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“The ALL, like the
Father and Son, is infinite and limitless in scope and capability. The awakened
aeons sorted themselves into a mutually beneficial and cooperative colony—a
hierarchy consisting of names, stations, ranks, duties, and locations. Each
aeon occupies a unique place and perspective in the union of the Fullness. The
newly self-aware aeons were not separated from the One Who Is, for their Father
was the Son and embodiment of the Formless one, and His Holy Spirit flowed
throughout them as a reassuring presence. Although the aeons dwelt within the
single body of the Fullness, they were each an independent self. Their variety
required them to work together and remain in full agreement, for only through
their union could they approach the Father’s greatness.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">One wonderful aspect of
Hart’s New Testament is that each time aions and ainoios are mentioned in the
original Greek, Hart footnotes the word as an uncertain translation. He notes
that aionios in most traditional translations is rendered as “eternal” or
“everlasting;” in other words, as a unit of time rather than a unit of
consciousness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hart points out that
“there are many Christians whose sometimes furious objection to any other
rendering revolves around a single verse, Matthew 25:46."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Here is how the verse
reads in the New King James version:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Then he will say to
those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire
prepared for the devil and his angels, for I was hungry and you gave Me no
food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; I was a stranger and you did not
take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not
visit Me.’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Then they also will
answer Him, saying ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger
or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ Then He will
answer them, saying ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to
one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me. And these will go away into
everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.’”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">So, you can see how the
King James version threatens to punish the cursed into “everlasting fire,” with
everlasting being the word ainios.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">According to Hart, this
passage, used to threaten eternal damnation by pious Christians for centuries,
is replete with mistranslations, so much so, that even the concept of eternal
punishment is erased from the New Testament. Hart translates “punishment” as
correction or pruning—in other words, not as a vindictive activity but rather a
learning experience with correction as a goal, rather than eternal torment. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Here is Hart’s
translation of the same passage:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Then he will say to
those on the left, ‘Go from me, you execrable ones, (<i>execrable means cursed,
very bad, hateful</i>), into the fire of the Age prepared for the Slanderer and
his angels. For I was hungry and you did not give me anything to eat, I was
thirsty and you did not give me drink, I was a stranger and you did not give me
hospitality, naked and you did not clothe me, ill and in prison and you did not
look after me.’ Then they too will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you
hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison and did not attend
to you?’ Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Amen, I tell you, inasmuch as you
did not do it to one of the least of these my brothers, neither did you do it
to me.’ And these will go to the chastening of that Age, but the just to the
life of that Age.’”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">But in my gnostic
reading of this passage, I prefer to go all the way and substitute the word Age
with the concept of the aeons of the Pleroma. So in my rendering of the
passage, I would have Jesus say, ‘Go from me, you execrable ones, into the fire
of the aeons of the Totality, prepared for the Slanderer and his archons.’
Remember, the “angels” of the demiurge are not true angels but archons, or
messengers of the Slanderer. So this is an example where Hart should have left
the word “messenger” rather than “angel,” as these are actually archons and not
angels.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Jesus says later in
this passage, which again to remind you, is Matthew 25:46, “And these will go
to the chastening of that Age, but the just to the life of that Age.” Here,
using our gnosis, we can tell that Jesus more likely said, “And these will go
to the correction of the Aeons, but the just to the life of the Aeons,” which
we can consider to be the original source of life itself, the Pleroma.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">There is no eternal
damnation spoken of. There is a correction for the unrighteous, a dropping of
the memes of vice and the worldview of the demiurge, a burning away of the
emotions engendered by the Slanderer—which are those whispers of archonic
voices that condemn us already and keep us from blissful union with the
Totalities of the Pleroma.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">With gnosis we can see
that this well-known passage in the book of Matthew does not promise any
eternal anything, because the ainion of the original Greek is not a reference
to eternity or any amount of time; it is a reference to the abode of the aeonic
forms.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">And what is the
chastening, or correction, that is required of those on the left? Here is what
it says in Mark 3, verse 29:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Amen, I tell you that
all will be excused the sons of men, the transgressions and the blasphemies,
howsoever they may blaspheme; But whoever blasphemes against the Spirit, the
Holy one, has no excuse throughout the age, but is answerable for a
transgression in the Age.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I would turn those
references to time, age and Age, to references to the life of the Pleroma, to
read, “But whoever blasphemes against the Spirit, the Holy one, has no excuse
to provide the aeons, but is answerable for a transgression to the entirety of
the Fullness,” or words to that effect.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">As far as the
blasphemies, those unkind and untruthful things we say to one another in anger
or jealousy, those are against each other and entirely irrelevant to the aeons
above. Those will be forgiven upon death when your unit of consciousness
loosens its grip upon your incarnation. And in the final death where we are
free from returning to this earth and are welcomed to dwell in the paradise of
the Pleroma with the aeons. There our minor blasphemies will be forgotten and
we will exist on the right side of the virtue ledger, with our negative karma
and memes entirely forgiven. They will hold no place with the aeons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">But the blasphemy
against the Holy Spirit is a different thing altogether. This is not nastiness
to one another; this is rather the state of not loving the Father. This is the
state of mind that leads one to hate holiness and virtue. This is a state that
is antithetical to the love of God and the life of the aeons. It is a state
where the person does not want to go home; where the person<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>would rather hate righteousness and virtue
than surrender to it. It is the person actively pushing the aeons away. It is
this hardness of heart against the Father than requires correction, or chastening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or as it could alternatively translated in
Hart’s New Testament: “answerable for a transgression against the aeons.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">But the good news is
that, according to the Tripartite Tractate and my own rendition of the Tripartite,
The Gnostic Gospel Illuminated, everyone will eventually surrender their fallen
ego and happily return to the Pleroma. <br />
Even the hylics, the materialists, and the atheists. When every second order
power begins to know the Father and surrender their egos to their higher Self,
then all of creation will be redeemed. And our psychic and spiritual selves
will pass over into Paradise at last. When the last second order power is
redeemed, Logos will be fully redeemed from the Fall. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">So, you begin to see how
gnostic the New Testament can be when one simple but major translation
correction is made: aeons for age, or units of consciousness for units of time.
I can assure you that these Greek words, aion and aionios, appear throughout
the New Testament. Fortunately, Hart footnotes most of them as<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“unclear,” and so points out their
appearances on the pages where they appear, giving us an easy way to locate the
passages. Just thumbing through the book reveals numerous passages where Age
and Ages can be easily rendered as aeons and Pleroma. Which suddenly makes the
New Testament entirely compatible with certain gnostic texts of the Nag
Hammadi.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Join me for our next
episode and I’ll go through Hart’s New Testament and share these aeonic
passages with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until then, be well.
God bless. And onward and upward.</span><o:p></o:p></p>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-78675037483073493892021-07-11T08:02:00.000-07:002021-07-11T08:02:08.049-07:00Comments from a podcast listener--wonderful insights<p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://gnosticinsights.com" target="_blank">The Gnostic Insights podcast</a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> has been up for two months. I am pleased to report that there are dozens of listeners who appear to be working their way consistently through all 30 podcast episodes posted thus far. As this is a teaching podcast, I'm impressed by my listeners' dedication to discovering the gnosis within themselves. Back when I was a college teacher, I often felt as though I was spending way more time preparing lessons than my students spent studying them. I do not have that feeling here at Gnostic Insights, where truth is steadily leaking into our fallen world and freely shared with all who desire it.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNcfa-IVyXJYRmN_K2uztnqnSXjeWtUvzGN7USE_MsZOWEfDXWc2qYigAoF4Aw5PvsEocHsZZUWRPiuQy1p-9FuH12SYzGgTp59Hi-vvlN9BAbIBKCHeILxatlSkLVwOcGyCgV0jkGcvc/s1432/web+binds+meme.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1402" data-original-width="1432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNcfa-IVyXJYRmN_K2uztnqnSXjeWtUvzGN7USE_MsZOWEfDXWc2qYigAoF4Aw5PvsEocHsZZUWRPiuQy1p-9FuH12SYzGgTp59Hi-vvlN9BAbIBKCHeILxatlSkLVwOcGyCgV0jkGcvc/s320/web+binds+meme.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Memes contributed by listener</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Below is a set of comments sent in by an international listener who wishes to remain anonymous. I think the comments are so lovely, I wanted to share them with all of you. They take the form of a series of questions, and my answers are included. This listener also offers me (as well as you) some encouraging advice and support that is very much appreciated. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Gnosticism, for me, at is core is
inspiring me to enhance further the connection I have to the subtle light
source of life. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Q: Do you agree, please? <b> <o:p></o:p></b></span><b>Yes</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Life upon earth sees us
inhabiting human vehicles that are subjected to a dense heavy energetic force
and the world does its best to keep us caught in its spell, in its grip, in
its maya. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Q: Do you agree, please? <o:p></o:p></span><b>Yes</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In reality, we are eternally
aware and we can train ourselves to be mindful of and to live moment by
moment in the presence of the true source of life, a subtle light energetic
source of calm and peace irrespective of anything external in the
world. That is my understanding and my experience.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Q: Do you agree, please? <o:p></o:p></span><b>Yes</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The gift of eternal divine
awareness comes also with free will, for me to be aware of that subtle light
energetic source or to remain trapped in the dense heavy energetic force of
this maya illusion that is the physical world. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Q: Do you agree, please? <o:p></o:p></span><b>Yes</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Buddha stated that attachment
is the cause of all suffering. In my opinion, it is the attachment to this
physical world, the body, the mind, the grievances and so forth that are the
cause of all suffering. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Q: Do you agree, please? <o:p></o:p></span><b>Yes</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Enlightenment is only a thought
away. In fact, a thought is going too far. Enlightenment is simply being in
touch with that light subtle energy that exists eternally and is found before
the mental element or mind. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Q: Do you agree, please? <o:p></o:p></span><b>Yes</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I am eternally grateful to be
where I am today and to have access to a connection of such peace and calm. I
just wonder if my understanding resonates with your understanding. I respect
your vast understanding of gnosticism.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Q: Do you agree, please? <o:p></o:p></span><b>Yes</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There is a saying that:<br />
'You are not what you think because what you think is not reality'.<br />
Thinking is what the temporary flesh prison vehicles do but it is not who we
are.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I would like it to be that
everyone has the ability to wake up to the truth of themselves and does so in
their own way and time. However, there is also a belief that in the ancient
past humans were genetically modified. The first experiment rebelled, would
not serve nor worship the fake gods and departed to live their lives
connecting to and honoring the true God, or subtle light source of life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A second experiment was
undertaken whereby the humans were designed purely to serve and worship the
fake gods. The humans had no connection to their spirit and could not ever
wake up to their enslavement. I see so many people in this world asleep and
willfully ignorant to truth choosing only to believe their television despite
inwardly knowing they cannot truly trust it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Q: Do you agree, please? <b><i>Hmmmm... see below for full answer....</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">I have concluded that the vast
majority of humanity are indeed second experiment humans and cannot ever wake
up to their enslavement. Plus, that their very enslavement is also intended
to enslave me and others like me because their enslavement causes me to feel
sad and frustrated thereby causing me to live in the dense heavy force of
this world as opposed to the subtle light source of life. <o:p></o:p></span><b style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Hmmmm... see below for full answer....</i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Q: Do you agree, please?</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a genuine enquiry to try to see if my
understanding of this world and life itself resonates with someone as
experienced and wise as yourself. </span><b>Yes, thank you.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>My reply: </b>Your letter was lovely. I fully, absolutely
agree with everything you have to say. Up until the final couple of
propositions concerning the details of the two waves of humans on the planet.</span></div><p class="yiv1724070720msonormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv1724070720msonormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"> I do agree that there was a first wave of
humans, who were genetically manipulated by perhaps aliens or “gods” in the form
of possessed archons and technological and/or sexual changes in our DNA. Then
came the cataclysm, basically the world wide flood, that wiped out almost all
creatures on the planet. I understand there were only about one thousand humans
located mostly in the Middle East that survived the flood. Our modern humans appear
to derive from them. </span></p><p class="yiv1724070720msonormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv1724070720msonormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">The second wave that you are referring to
is not, I think, a distinct race. I think these people are completely deluded
by the god of this planet, who keeps them distracted from truth and virtue by
means of electronic toys and digital junk food. These deluded people are
easily led astray by archonic influences and may even be fully possessed by
archonic personalities. But all humans are fractals of the Fullness of God.
The god of this world can make mud, but it cannot make life. Therefore there
are no purely evil humans, only deluded and possessed humans. But the
humans all belong to the Fullness above, we are their fruit and we are in their
care. Each human only needs to stop listening to the imitations and the
archons and turn away to face the light.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv1724070720msonormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Loved all of your other points and I fully
concur.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Onward and upward!</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">****************************************************</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">His reply:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="yiv1724070720p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="yiv1724070720s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: UI, serif;">Hi! </span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: UI, serif;">Thank you for
your prompt response. </span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: UI, serif;">You clearly know
what you are talking about. You are very welcome to post my letter(s) to your
blog. I hope the information helps others.</span></span></p>
<p class="yiv1724070720p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: UI, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="yiv1724070720p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="yiv1724070720s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: UI, serif;">The subtle light
energy of life underlies the dense heavy energy of the mind and this world and
is what fuels its very existence.</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: UI, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="yiv1724070720p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: UI, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="yiv1724070720p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: UI, serif;">I was once very
unconscious myself and no different to the majority of people in this world. It
was suffering a divorce that knocked my ego enough for awakening to begin. </span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: UI, serif;">My hope is that
the majority of the unconscious in this world will be fortunate also to wake up. </span></span></p>
<p class="yiv1724070720p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: UI, serif;"> </span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: UI, serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="yiv1724070720p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="yiv1724070720s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: UI, serif;">Humanity are
heading for great suffering in the coming years, that suffering no doubt will
be their catalyst to begin to awaken and people like yourself are here in this
world to help them at that time.</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: UI, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="yiv1724070720p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: UI, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="yiv1724070720p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="yiv1724070720s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: UI, serif;">Thank you for
prompt reply and for the information that I always hoped was true.</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: UI, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="yiv1724070720p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: UI, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="yiv1724070720p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="yiv1724070720s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: UI, serif;">Many Thanks</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: UI, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">A follow-up comment from the same person:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">In my opinion, the gnostics had
very important information for humanity. That information was only found in
1945 and for those with eyes to see that information explains very clearly what
is going on in this world.</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">Buddhism outlines the cycle of
birth and rebirth, the constant suffering because of attachment to this world
and the goal to escape its clutches. Hinduism outlines that this world is maya,
an illusion. In short, both add more weight to the gnostic information.</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpTpKBNb-5fN7HcGaG9riiI9quSM8oGARFP3mT1u2zQeVucoNzvwMxH2jngVgmyBK_Cx4lv6jyyO_7SBG8udco_q3Uye19TNl8SmSW_X3WjlrDLjD9yA36dyfjQi8gkgU0hn7W3s5p94/s353/buddah+meme.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpTpKBNb-5fN7HcGaG9riiI9quSM8oGARFP3mT1u2zQeVucoNzvwMxH2jngVgmyBK_Cx4lv6jyyO_7SBG8udco_q3Uye19TNl8SmSW_X3WjlrDLjD9yA36dyfjQi8gkgU0hn7W3s5p94/s320/buddah+meme.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">Just one look at the world today
and recent pandemic events demonstrate the deception that humanity are
subjected to constantly and humanity's willful ignorance and programming to see
the world differently from the official narrative.</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">Spirituality encourages those
awake to wake up those asleep. This I have concluded is an impossible task.
Those asleep will only be open to begin to wake up when their life is destroyed
and they are at rock bottom.</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">The true power in this world is
with the minority who are awake. If that minority came together then that awake
minority all connected to the subtle light energy of life could bring about
great change. The bible outlines "Where two or more are gathered in my
name ...." (name = subtle light energy of heaven). The one hundredth
monkey effect and critical mass also indicate the true power is with the awake
minority.</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">The controllers of this world know
this hence the need to send those waking up in the wrong direction away from
their power. Those asleep reside in the dense heavy energy of this world. Those
awake have the knowledge of the agenda or deception but find themselves
residing also in the dense heavy energy of this world because trying to wake up
those asleep is an impossible task and achieves only to make those awake sad,
frustrated, and weary. Be careful, please!</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">You have put together a brilliant
website. Those that need it will be directed to it and to your life. It is very
important that you live your life in a way that suits you and ensures that you
reside always in the subtle light energy as you live each day. The bible
outlines "Seek ye first the kingdom of God" (kingdom = subtle light
energy).</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">The bible outlines that humans
comprise of mind, body, and spirit. All humans are eternally aware. That choice
of awareness is either the subtle light energy of their spirit and heaven. Or,
it is the dense heavy energy of their mind and body and the earth of hell.</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">This world, the earth of hell, does
its best to lure humans into its energetic trap. In reality, humans have to
allow satan what belongs to satan. That includes the mind, the body, the world,
grievances and so forth. This world has no more significance than the dream
last night.</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">Seek ye first the kingdom of God.
From that subtle light energetic state of peace and calm a person quickly
realizes that there is nothing to do, nothing to change, nothing to improve, and
nothing to fear. There is only being. You are already perfect exactly as you
are and you just need to be not lured away from your true self.</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2CJ93lk1KM5Y4gu-C1oJ07XIPV_zRdn0M4FQeDzY4YR2JGxSEavMGnZIz8fSNa9h-Bq7YrpM-16UOzVkRbXI8DurZEEzpS7sintgzEBpCFeTkw52VUqIcxooAR7Eb6-5AjVItejIoBKY/s510/gandhi+meme.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2CJ93lk1KM5Y4gu-C1oJ07XIPV_zRdn0M4FQeDzY4YR2JGxSEavMGnZIz8fSNa9h-Bq7YrpM-16UOzVkRbXI8DurZEEzpS7sintgzEBpCFeTkw52VUqIcxooAR7Eb6-5AjVItejIoBKY/s320/gandhi+meme.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">While a person resides in the mind
and body, death will see that person go to the afterlife whereby it is an
extension of the mind and a continuation of the matrix or hell. That person is
caught in the cycle of birth and rebirth simply going back and forth from the
physical world to the afterlife world with the aim of becoming a better person
to become enlightened. In reality, that person is caught in the archontic
matrix or trap.</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">That person is not the body that
died nor the mind that is made up of astrological influences, dna influences,
cultural influences, family influences, experience influences, and education
influences. The mind cannot be perfected. It is not a part of life. The mind is
the trickster.</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">That person is the spirit,
eternal, divine, and perfect. That person has free will and is forever aware
and has the choice to be aware of its true home, the subtle light energy or to
be aware of the dense heavy energy. That person will only truly be fulfilled
and at peace when they are aware of the subtle light energy. That person is
already perfect as their spirit, they just need to realize it by letting go of
what they are not.</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">Gnostics, I thought, taught that
the goal of life on earth was to escape this energetic prison by waking up to
the deception of this world and by having personal experiences with the Divine
and that Jesus was the example to copy rather than to revere.</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">The world is the world. What is
important is that you do not lose yourself in it. You are responsible for
yourself primarily. You are responsible for ensuring that you live aware of the
subtle light light energy. It is not hard to do. </span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">(1) Wait for the dense energy of
the trap mind/heart to calm sufficiently!</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">(2) Be aware of and connect in
with the energy at the rear of your head or neck!</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">(3) Recognize that subtle energy
by how it makes you feel, reside in it and trust in it!</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">Stay unaffected by this world and
connected to an energy that is not of this world! Those of us that are awake,
to some degree, have to accept that connection is not about anything eternal to
us but is about where we are AT always. (AT = Allow + Trust)</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">We must do the necessary mental
gymnastics with our minds to ensure that we allow this connection to the subtle
light energy and that we trust in it totally. With a good connection we are
automatically at peace, have no fear, what will be will be, we witness the
world, assist those looking for assistance, and have no weariness. We are
strong and stand quietly, politely and unopinionated in our power respecting the
free will choices of others ensuring that they respect our free will choices
and that they do not pull us into their problems or energetic state. We are
here to help them to help themselves. There is a good saying "The road to
hell is paved with good intentions."</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">Those awake need to be careful at
this time, a balance of helping others but at the same time not losing
themselves in the process. </span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">If anything here resonates then
take it onboard. If not, dismiss it. I already know you and I agree on many things.</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">Take Care of Yourself!</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">(You are important, not because of
your work in this world, you just are. Being important is your birthright)</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">Best Wishes</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><span style="font-size: medium;">******************************</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">And another follow-up from the same person! </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">Hope you are fine! My final
enquiry I promise! Thank You! <b>You are so welcome. Please do not stop your comments!</b></span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"> </span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">Gnosis is knowledge. Sometimes, I
am fortunate to realize truth within myself. Other times, I am fortunate to
receive information that resonates with me and becomes my truth. I recognize
your immense knowledge and hope you can help me. </span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you! <b>Thank you. You are welcome.</b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"> </span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">In my experience, people are
generally only open to new truth when they are suffering, struggling, and in
need of help. During this time their normal approach to life has failed them
and they are open to anything that can help them ease their suffering and struggle.</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Q: Do you agree, please? <b>Yes</b></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have tried many many approaches
over many years with family without success. Information simply does not
penetrate them. Their world is already cast in stone by the television
viewpoint and the lifestyle of the majority of humanity.</span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">People, in my opinion, are afraid
to know the truth of life. Therefore, they live willfully ignorant happily
marching to the cliff edge knowing a drop awaits them. They just hope the drop
is not a steep one. People have so much invested in their existing life and in
their world that they are too afraid to see themselves and their world
differently.</span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Q: Do you agree, please? <b>Yes It is difficult for me to remember that everyone progresses at their own pace. I am impatient with people, and I would like to be less impatient.</b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Free will is an essential
component of the divine eternity that all humans ultimately have in common.
These days I simply remain available to share knowledge and experience within
anyone seeking or genuinely open to truth. I assume that everyone is exactly
where they each need to be in life, even if that is total ignorance right now.</span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Q: Do you agree, please? <b>Yes, you are right. My brother reminds me of this on a regular basis, to assist me with patience.</b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For me personally it took many
years of seeking knowledge, of suffering and struggle, and of meditation to
realize the truth that God is the subtle light energy that I can be aware of
and connect to and be at peace and calm irrespective of any circumstances in this
world.</span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">I realized that my connection to
this subtle light energy was dependent upon the state of my mind and emotions.
If I become gripped by my mind or this world then my connection suffered. I
realized that there was a link between my mind and my connection strength or
intensity.</span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"> </span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">My connection is the most
important thing in my life. I have had out of body experiences therefore death
does not scare me. Death while my awareness is trapped in my mind does scare me
because that would mean I would still be trapped in hell, this matrix, or the
cycle of birth and rebirth referred to by Buddhism.</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Q: Do you agree, please? <b>Not entirely. I would not fear loss of enlightenment and being trapped in this matrix. Once you are enlightened, you are redeemed. You cannot be permanently exiled. It may be the case that after your death, you will have more information with which to decide if and how you will reincarnate. You may decide to come back in order to help others, for example. My own inclination at this time is not to reincarnate, but I may find out differently after my death.</b></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Death while my awareness is in
touch with my spirit is the goal of life. Enlightenment is for me being in
touch with the light subtle energy that exists before the mental element or
mind. In the bible Matthew is reported to have said.</span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Enter through the narrow
gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and
many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to
life, and only a few find it."</span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcv9YWGDdx-4xMUoGMWtFfrWh6NkUkf1Ybo1uxk9ftLHQyGsJHGhyurpky1yexg5igjvlk0QynpPR2udELCmX2nO_rUtT9tYOqA9JL6gg_qDghYAiDRQ5gIoo8YCDZtcn8tp4AMqwESpo/s562/gate+meme.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="562" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcv9YWGDdx-4xMUoGMWtFfrWh6NkUkf1Ybo1uxk9ftLHQyGsJHGhyurpky1yexg5igjvlk0QynpPR2udELCmX2nO_rUtT9tYOqA9JL6gg_qDghYAiDRQ5gIoo8YCDZtcn8tp4AMqwESpo/s320/gate+meme.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Juggling is very easy to
understand but quite difficult to achieve. Being aware of or connecting to our
spirit is easy to understand but quite difficult to do because of our taught
reliance upon thought and the mind.</span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Q: Do you agree, please? <b>Yes I do. Yet I would remind you that it is the power of Christ to redeem everyone, eventually. Only the archonic shadows will be destroyed by the Light.</b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My parents and siblings have all
been vaccinated. As yet I have not. The vaccine concerns me in that it is not a
regular vaccine. It is a MRNA vaccine that permanently alters DNA. In short, it
will affect the body which in turn could affect the mind which could affect my
connection to the subtle light energy of life that I hope is the kingdom of
heaven.</span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The world we live in is a very
dark place. It is maya or an illusion according to Hinduism and it is a world
of deception where anything we are told is true most likely is not. I had all
my vaccines as a child and feel that was when I lost the connection spiritually
I had briefly as a child.</span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That connection spiritually to the
subtle light source of life is something that I only became aware of again in
recent years. There is something about this new vaccine does not resonate with
me at all. I have no fear of the virus but alot of apprehension around the
vaccine.</span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">Q: Do you agree, please? <b>I absolutely agree with you on this. The vaccine is not for our health; it is for our continued delusion. I mistrust it entirely.</b></span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I understand that life is a soul
journey, a sole journey in that it is a personal relationship between us
individually and the true God. However, sometimes, in my experience, gnosis
comes to us also from others if we are alert enough to realize their experience
and wisdom. </span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">Hence, my message to you!</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SFUIText", serif;">Many Thanks</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you so much for sharing your insights with me and all of my readers! Onward and upward! God bless!</span></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">cyd</span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhcldzg54m4NuFSuPs8Tc7fcyuR1l_owRkkWRG4JADfrpIZX3rjYNSIMdSxLukG-uh7M1YqsgEctWFdLFyYO-KrL4Tw-1o9eyKxL7j4GIPgZCLJmg5GFEuhUS_vjziufrWk6_KGqDHx8w/s440/letting+go+meme.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhcldzg54m4NuFSuPs8Tc7fcyuR1l_owRkkWRG4JADfrpIZX3rjYNSIMdSxLukG-uh7M1YqsgEctWFdLFyYO-KrL4Tw-1o9eyKxL7j4GIPgZCLJmg5GFEuhUS_vjziufrWk6_KGqDHx8w/s320/letting+go+meme.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-54717077179193984492021-05-03T14:36:00.013-07:002021-05-03T14:40:30.009-07:00Gnostic Insights Up and Running!<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Oh happy day! The <b>Gnostic Insights</b> podcast is available to hear at my new website: GnosticInsights.com. There you will find all of my audio podcasts, newly recorded and designed for your enlightenment. I plan on releasing two episodes per week. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/" target="_blank">Check out Episode 1: Gnosis and Heresies</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I have disabled Comments on the podcasts, but feel free to return here to A New Gnostic Gospel to leave comments on this post.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://gnosticinsights.com/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB7446lpvskd9wPJqK5LuHqHDNaWZK2UCwwyq2Gp9-tbzfeApLpAFezmGw_cEagPkavWpof4aSQwYTIUcpQnj3sCqbHmrvdLM4vCqBDAG5Az2qFCWo9xvr_g2NDCIUHYWFa7QbO3pZDlg/w400-h225/screenshot+of+first+podcast+episode.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-85506440879713075352021-04-08T07:30:00.000-07:002021-04-08T07:30:03.226-07:00Gnostic Insights Podcast Coming!<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm working on launching a podcast devoted to the Gnostic Gospel. It's going to be called "Gnostic Insights." Huge learning curve for me, with many moving parts. Having to set up another web site in Word Press, then I need to subscribe to a podcast hosting / streaming service. When I say "I" need to set up this and that, I mean "I," and it's a learn-as-I-go endeavor. I do wish I had a tech wizard to put it all together for me, someone like Moondog over on Aeon Byte. But I'm too shy and too cheap to ask for professional help, so I'm muddling through on my own for now.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I have already recorded a couple of episodes, plus I have dozens and dozens of potential podcasts on my iphone in the form of voice memos that I need to move over to the computer and clean up for transmission as podcasts. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The focus of Gnostic Insights will be simple presentations of my own particular spin on Valentinian Gnosticism. No lists of aeons and realms, no magic or rituals, as you find in Sethian Gnosticism. Just the most basic gnosis needed for remembering the ALL, the Son, and the Father. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I hope to see you there!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqO0j4PVHvA7Hk5J1xicVlQqY0MGFthHeS3bOniLa0vdetT08_Ug8oCNyPLJxqQhOLJUy4Jtj7krcHI-alNV8d-C6j3TZCtv_IY20KAsMN1kdF7llkIvTp629RTqcoou6krPrlkw9aalc/s1280/Cyd+and+Gaucho.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="769" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqO0j4PVHvA7Hk5J1xicVlQqY0MGFthHeS3bOniLa0vdetT08_Ug8oCNyPLJxqQhOLJUy4Jtj7krcHI-alNV8d-C6j3TZCtv_IY20KAsMN1kdF7llkIvTp629RTqcoou6krPrlkw9aalc/s320/Cyd+and+Gaucho.jpg" /></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">Cyd and Gaucho out for a contemplative walk, channeling gnosis.</div></blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-13385848804130299802021-01-07T05:34:00.009-08:002021-01-07T08:59:49.831-08:00Our Universal Hierarchy, Diagrammed and Simply Explained in Gnostic Terms<p><span style="font-size: medium;">It is often said that there is no single Gnostic text or philosophy. While it is true that there is much diversity in the texts of the Nag Hammadi over details, there is a certain set of core beliefs that various Gnostics should be able to agree upon. Below is a diagram taken from my Simple Explanation blog and book that applies just as well to Gnostic beliefs. Let me explain--</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCdFAedv8ixIK6wvphG6VOGBzVe7l1-5_esOCIynL053aTEUye7Bh6nUrCxAsCHJ_FdnsJ8ZnzeQqGTnmAydXWnjdcrWb9bMlFOpyTuw7qUEQN3Zey5KWefzCdV2AdHo9SyeH-_4bqHa4/s900/basic_hierarchy%252C+force+knots%252C+sophia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="900" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCdFAedv8ixIK6wvphG6VOGBzVe7l1-5_esOCIynL053aTEUye7Bh6nUrCxAsCHJ_FdnsJ8ZnzeQqGTnmAydXWnjdcrWb9bMlFOpyTuw7qUEQN3Zey5KWefzCdV2AdHo9SyeH-_4bqHa4/w400-h266/basic_hierarchy%252C+force+knots%252C+sophia.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">The diagram above was designed with the <i><a href="https://asimpleexplanation.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Simple Explanation of Absolutely Everything</a></i> in mind. However, it works equally well as a Gnostic diagram that explains how our universe is put together. This article will define the words that both philosophies use in an attempt to clear up any confusion of terms. If you are already familiar with the Simple Explanation, you can use this article to understand basic Gnostic belief. On the other hand, if you are a reader of the Nag Hammadi texts, you may find this diagram useful for sorting out our cosmogony.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The limitless consciousness the Gnostic books call the Father, or the God above gods, is called the Metaverse in Simple Explanation terms. This originating consciousness is the One with no thought that forms the basis of all that follows. The diagram above places the Father/Metaverse outside of the triangle. The Father is the ground state behind the diagram, out of which everything else arises. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The Gnostic cosmogony diverges from the Simple Explanation here to discuss entities that exist outside of our universe, whereas the Simple Explanation is only about our universe and so does not attempt to characterize specific occurrences prior to that. The two philosophies will synch back up once creation kicks in.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">In Gnostic terms, as well as traditional Judaic and Christian terms, the Son is a piece of the Father. The Son contains all of the characteristics of the originating consciousness, in a discreet form. The Son is what we would now call a perfect fractal of the entirety of the Father. The Son is like the bucket dipped into the limitless sea that contains exactly the same ocean water.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtG4CLh8JJaG00Fmla3PPJfuKWtPD7LDLJE_vcrLMcuvX5JoGsCywZTOM-oz74W6ynGhZ9cTBCcGGpW8ubDJt3bph7ox7OOqjK4SP9bgS3XxxUCDhk2qQXl601C255zE5KfGQFITs82o0/s480/The+ALL700dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtG4CLh8JJaG00Fmla3PPJfuKWtPD7LDLJE_vcrLMcuvX5JoGsCywZTOM-oz74W6ynGhZ9cTBCcGGpW8ubDJt3bph7ox7OOqjK4SP9bgS3XxxUCDhk2qQXl601C255zE5KfGQFITs82o0/w200-h150/The+ALL700dpi.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The Aeons are facets that emerge from the Son, each different from one another. The Aeons are like individual rays of the sun. Together they form the totality of the Son. The Aeons sit together in perfect harmony in a state known as the Fullness of God, also called the Pleroma. This aspect of Judaism and Christianity was cut out of the canonical texts of the Bible by the Emperor and the Pope during the Nicene Council's packaging of Christianity for the Empire. The Pleroma of the Aeons was well known to the Jews during the time of Jesus, and survives in the New Testament as references to "aeons" misinterpreted as units of time rather than units of consciousness. The "Fullness of God" is also contained in the Bible as a more vague reference to the size or capacity of the Father, which is basically true but stripped of its meaning as the aggregation of the Aeons. The Pleroma is the place of the "Elect" and the "Spiritual Ones," referenced in the New Testament.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">According to Gnostic texts, our universe was created when one of the Aeons deviated from its place in the Fullness and headed out on its own without consent. Most books of the Nag Hammadi identify this Aeon as "Sophia," while others identify it as the Aeon called "Logos." My own interpretation of the Gnostic gospel, <a href="https://newgnosticgospel.blogspot.com/p/bookstore.html" target="_blank"><i>The Gnostic Gospel Illuminated</i></a>, identifies this Aeon with Logos. By the way, "Logos" in Greek means "the Word" or knowledge. "Sophia" in Greek means "wisdom."</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The Gnostic gospels are religious books, and their rendition of these events carries implicit religious moral judgments. The Aeon who left to strike out on its own is said to have "Fallen." This "Fall" is the original Fall referenced in the Bible, not the Fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden, although it may be possible to consider the Garden as another word for the Paradise dreamt by the Fullness, and a reference to the same Fall as that of the Aeon. In my view, the Fall represents the rise of the Ego, as this Aeon acted on its own presumption with its own motives, apart from the will of the Father and the Fullness.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is where we catch back up with the Simple Explanation cosmogony. The Simple Explanation characterizes the Fall as simply the Metaverse having a Thought:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then consciousness had a thought. This multidimensional Metaverse still lacked space and time but it now quivered with limitless mathematical potential unfolding into countless dimension. In a twinkling, our entire universe was imagined in the fullness of its complexity, from the tiniest quanta through the greatest astral body; every animal, vegetable, and mineral; every element. Every thing and every function.</span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Once the Metaverse had a particular thought, thought became an object in the great sea of no-thought... On this day that time began, consciousness wrapped itself around our universe, forming a border between us and infinity. Mind took on a shape.</span></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YuikIAIvge6E1QvuvO22Dq_f2vG5qsSlp8HRtfkeQb78t0L4SCFt2TwjNkuZz2KmmX8ptk9GjMEuv45t-mOlQsMm3iXOu7OLvzniAIUlXmApIbhl4vTjOYJcbOIYcyCKlleMJgWnfDw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="382" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YuikIAIvge6E1QvuvO22Dq_f2vG5qsSlp8HRtfkeQb78t0L4SCFt2TwjNkuZz2KmmX8ptk9GjMEuv45t-mOlQsMm3iXOu7OLvzniAIUlXmApIbhl4vTjOYJcbOIYcyCKlleMJgWnfDw/w400-h230/image.png" width="400" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In the Simple Explanation, this shape is a torus-shaped container composed of conscious thought and its concept of this universe, which I call the Universal Unit of Consciousness (Universal UC). In Gnostic terms, this universal "border" was thrown around the Fallen Aeon to limit its influence and hold it away from the Fullness until such time as the Fallen Aeon can be redeemed back to the Pleroma. The Universal Unit of Consciousness "sits" within the Metaverse and remains in communication with it.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As I said, Gnostic texts differ in their identification of the Fallen Aeon as either Sophia or Logos, although they seem to agree the Fallen produced this universe and its ruler. Once the Aeon fell, its abilities and plans spread throughout the contained space and created our universe. It is said that the Fallen Aeon was horrified by what was created and it retreated to the Fullness to figure out how to rectify the result of the Fall. Within the Pleroma a plan was hatched to deal with it. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Away from the Pleroma, contained within this newly formed space and time, a separated entity with all knowledge of this place became aware of itself. This entity thought it was the prime parent of the universe because it was not aware of the Pleroma or the Father and Son. This creator-god is called by Gnostics "the Demiurge." The Old and New Testaments call it the creator-god "Yahweh." One of the great heresies of Gnosticism is our identification of the creator-god as product of the Fall rather than the "God above gods," or the true "Father." </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Because it is the result of the Fall and unsanctioned by both the Father and the Pleroma, the universe produced by the Demiurge is devoid of life. It is called the "Deficiency." The Deficiency is populated by small, lifeless things--things that are "shadows" of those that live in the Fullness. It is also populated by forces and principalities that arose from and were left behind by the Fallen Aeon. The Simple Explanation, being science and math based rather than religious, does not identify this universe as Fallen in the negative sense of being deficient. It is merely limited by localized monads replacing the omnipresent Metaverse. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Looking at the hierarchical diagram above, the Demiurge sits near the bottom, producing the minerals of our universe. As the Demiurge is contained away from the Father/Metaversal consciousness, it lacks the life force and love that characterize the Father. The Demiurge can only produce lifeless matter--"mud." The Demiurge is able to animate some of the mud by means of the forces and principalities contained within the Border. A good example of animated mud is viruses. Viruses are not alive, yet they are amazingly complex molecules that are able to carry out far-ranging search and destroy missions. It is also thought that the Demiurge produces lifeless entities out of pure force rather than material. These disembodied entities are called "archons." Archons are the offspring and servants of the Demiurge. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">At this point in the story, many Gnostic texts explain how the Demiurge mated with the life-force carried by Sophia to produce living creatures out of the mud. Again, this is a religious description of the process of bringing consciousness to matter. Sophia is given the title of the Mother of Creation, bringing life to the universe. Her mission was authorized; it was the plan cooked up to redeem creation from the Fall.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Simple Explanation identifies Sophia as the Universal Unit of Consciousness. Sophia resides on the outside of the fractal border that holds the universe apart from the Metaverse. As such, she is pressed up against the Metaverse and also part of the toroidal flow, and it is this flow that pushes the life-force and consciousness out through the zero-point field at the center of the universal torus. In Gnostic terms, Sophia rides upon the outside of the Border, which I identify as "the waters" of ancient texts. Sophia's "face" "presses against the waters" and can be seen by the Demiurge, contained within the Border.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The ancient Gnostic texts say that Sophia mated with the Demiurge to produce the living creatures of our universe. Another way of saying this is that dead matter is imbued with life and consciousness at the point where it emerges from the zero-point field at the center of the Universal UC. Every living thing has its life force attached to the "mud" of its body at the point of conception. It is the consciousness given by the Father through the actions of Sophia melding with the otherwise dead material produced by the Demiurge that brings life to our universe. This is how "mud" becomes "meat." It is through this process of populating the universe with consciousness that the Fall and the Deficiency will be rescued.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Simple Explanation puts it this way:</span></p><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As the torus of our universe expanded, over and over and over again, echoes of the Universal Unit of Consciousness attached themselves to the particles streaming out of the Big Bang, each of a Unit of Consciousness (UC) with a particular, localized, point of view.</span></p></blockquote><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-o0mOiXmAVa9D0VIVmF_l6h4IdzdoDtU267Cyj-Wkt_NvsI8ZWzV55Jww99fcEuDopUh0iFIoyplpoh0UBM6AZYsZ5CRRHcI4haUKYE8-acWggckoZiROEJzYxekMcREhvQt2_a1Rm0U/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="705" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-o0mOiXmAVa9D0VIVmF_l6h4IdzdoDtU267Cyj-Wkt_NvsI8ZWzV55Jww99fcEuDopUh0iFIoyplpoh0UBM6AZYsZ5CRRHcI4haUKYE8-acWggckoZiROEJzYxekMcREhvQt2_a1Rm0U/w400-h348/image.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Looking at the hierarchical diagram at the top of this article, Sophia occupies a higher position than the Demiurge. The Demiurge is responsible for creating and controlling the dead material of the universe, while Sophia is responsible for birthing life and Units of Consciousness from the center, infusing them into the mud to create conscious life forms.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Gnostics can use this fresh insight to figure out other aspects of Gnostic belief, such as the relative strength and power of entities created by the Demiurge, versus entities imbued with the life force of the Fullness of God, that being the true Father and the God above the god of this material sphere. It is said that the life forms of this universe are the Second Order Powers sent to do battle with the forces of the Deficiency. We have been assured that the power that is in us is greater than the power that is in the world. I hope this article and the hierarchical diagram helps you to realize this.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Blessings. Onward and upward!</span></p><div><p></p></div>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-73902994082445735952020-11-02T13:32:00.005-08:002020-11-05T06:38:22.055-08:00The Gnostic Christ--Who, What, Why? A Simple Explanation of the Redeemer<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Gnosticism is the forerunner of the modern Christian faith. As such, a better understanding of the figure of the Christ is essential to understanding both Gnosticism and Christianity. The cosmology outlined below was well-known to Jesus and his original followers, but was cut out of Christianity about 1,700 years ago by the Nicene Council at the urging of the Pope and the Roman Emperor. Fortunately, a trove of 13 ancient Gnostic texts was discovered in 1945, dating back to the origins of Christianity. This collection is known as <a href="http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/nhl.html" target="_blank">the Nag Hammadi codices</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Because this theology was subtracted from orthodox Christianity, many of the ideas of Gnostic cosmology sound odd and unfamiliar to modern church-goers. Some of the ideas may even sound heretical at first glance, due to their unfamiliarity. Yet the theology contained in these early scriptures make sense of so many puzzling aspects of Christian faith that they must be reexamined. So, if you will bear with me, I will explain in very simple terms the key points of Gnostic belief. I am confident that once you understand Gnostic Christianity, you will better understand your relationship with God.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYVMrxfxtf-VgBRrmRHh8p4GjWsOWiCSwP3xCAdPQmEFCzmkHgBZluYveFELsWR88qdOwVFQibrNc3VaNWSg91kvPzm9busTsK7ZsczZYTNLuZH_cU18gI33qXaw9htkE7r3CuVw4IpM/s244/Christ700dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="239" data-original-width="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYVMrxfxtf-VgBRrmRHh8p4GjWsOWiCSwP3xCAdPQmEFCzmkHgBZluYveFELsWR88qdOwVFQibrNc3VaNWSg91kvPzm9busTsK7ZsczZYTNLuZH_cU18gI33qXaw9htkE7r3CuVw4IpM/s0/Christ700dpi.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 14pt;">According to
Gnostic cosmology as laid out in the Nag
Hammadi, we humans</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">and all other forms
of life on earth, from bacteria and eukaryotes on up, are the "fruit" of the Pleroma and
Logos. We Second Order Powers find ourselves locked in a never-ending battle </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">for dominion over the earth with forces that</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> were generated as a result of the Fall. Due to the law of mutual combat, we
have forgotten our origin in the </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Fullness</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> and our mission to bring love and harmony
to creation, and have instead taken on many of the characteristics of the
shadows of the Deficiency.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Below is how
I have visualized the Gnostic creation story—this may help you to better understand the order of creation and why the Christ is needed.</span></p>
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</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitijWj2-hGg46PvVjDSvAwcjVFrMbF2cWPzDvv54yrEk9sBhKKg8WGWyJczT-Mp10wFfALo7pm129a6H0p3lq86ZVeE5r5Kzg1rgWpyJnb4-3lvPV_Uvz_AocX3xiG9qcXAVWoPJZ1-Xc/s406/The+Father300dpi.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitijWj2-hGg46PvVjDSvAwcjVFrMbF2cWPzDvv54yrEk9sBhKKg8WGWyJczT-Mp10wFfALo7pm129a6H0p3lq86ZVeE5r5Kzg1rgWpyJnb4-3lvPV_Uvz_AocX3xiG9qcXAVWoPJZ1-Xc/s320/The+Father300dpi.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: left;">Before the beginning, before our universe, before time and space, there was pure Originating Consciousness and Love (the Father).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td><br /></td>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMiTRCcM6w2Ez5eEb0hpAlmkJvVMox9VhcoOlgDss02TlsWngFdo2UCiXjl82tdoDj1A1itZiOnWWL80cEYoRLnMA0Z_-iJtnAnACGjaIc4B_QAVcjS0s2R0TOkf1cOgmPLCRkH99m2k/s288/theSon700dpiCroppedFlipped.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMiTRCcM6w2Ez5eEb0hpAlmkJvVMox9VhcoOlgDss02TlsWngFdo2UCiXjl82tdoDj1A1itZiOnWWL80cEYoRLnMA0Z_-iJtnAnACGjaIc4B_QAVcjS0s2R0TOkf1cOgmPLCRkH99m2k/s0/theSon700dpiCroppedFlipped.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">Then Originating Consciousness had a thought. This first thought is called the Son. The Son is the First Fruit of the Father.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYd09aonk2w3sdbKxaCZ-bMCe1PNOHOyb1KmlHzbrB4r0HA6nRq0vR8c-SF1iByEZ5kOGeIrbNgLNSfvahYyL2HnAvkEV9ixHJR5JBwjv5jEUXlF_OkaJpg_Hx178Xf_esxcQEFAVaUk/s377/AeonsNameThemselves.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYd09aonk2w3sdbKxaCZ-bMCe1PNOHOyb1KmlHzbrB4r0HA6nRq0vR8c-SF1iByEZ5kOGeIrbNgLNSfvahYyL2HnAvkEV9ixHJR5JBwjv5jEUXlF_OkaJpg_Hx178Xf_esxcQEFAVaUk/s320/AeonsNameThemselves.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: left;">The Son had many thoughts. These distinct ideas and attributes of the Son are altogether known as the Fullness of God. Individually, they are called "Aeons."</span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG84HB9xmS5-kQGE_2_wDmbmFpq788d_iTL4rNTBPxlRn_gjwQvRauRdqwF1k1uEz2CG_MFdDtUNiK7v1JMrHkQt93ixmavIueIA206mh5NsaMVtXbcLfnDhbtbIymw8N68shVunrTGGQ/s2048/LogosCrownsHierarchy700dpi.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG84HB9xmS5-kQGE_2_wDmbmFpq788d_iTL4rNTBPxlRn_gjwQvRauRdqwF1k1uEz2CG_MFdDtUNiK7v1JMrHkQt93ixmavIueIA206mh5NsaMVtXbcLfnDhbtbIymw8N68shVunrTGGQ/s320/LogosCrownsHierarchy700dpi.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: left;">The Pleroma (the Fullness of God) is the Aeons sorted into a hierarchy of functions and forms. Some of the Aeons are personalities, and some of the Aeons are processes such as laws of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology; still others are powers such as gravity or beauty; still others are talents such as music and art. The Pleroma is made up of all of the individual characteristics of the Son working in perfect harmony.</span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSpNxaWjNhfWM96DEuUfXdAD0K92yGiU3_IEWURUiUyGfOn48KP9b118f6MbsAVVHb0wj46kRnCo_6jk2CMc2R-1g1yjARpQXfB0QecfjnACuUMj67yHbp6k2c2Yi8jCDdTcwoKTZYmH0/s338/LogosForgetstheALL.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSpNxaWjNhfWM96DEuUfXdAD0K92yGiU3_IEWURUiUyGfOn48KP9b118f6MbsAVVHb0wj46kRnCo_6jk2CMc2R-1g1yjARpQXfB0QecfjnACuUMj67yHbp6k2c2Yi8jCDdTcwoKTZYmH0/s320/LogosForgetstheALL.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: left;">The Aeon at the top of the hierarchy, named Logos, broke the rules by attempting to reach beyond the Pleroma and Fell; the Fall created the material universe.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA8jM1S8pIcNhyphenhyphenymNjjVIPq41wK4Fkbdu20IcdtWoBy2N862HX3-Tmt1_YiGfAtsUkXvvL8wMiM6Jx_gDU1ZghFuBMtl7aTolrbxxyZb4f6ji9F3SbDuVohRSXQqUQC3fAAxJwSo-R190/s480/Dispersion700dpi.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA8jM1S8pIcNhyphenhyphenymNjjVIPq41wK4Fkbdu20IcdtWoBy2N862HX3-Tmt1_YiGfAtsUkXvvL8wMiM6Jx_gDU1ZghFuBMtl7aTolrbxxyZb4f6ji9F3SbDuVohRSXQqUQC3fAAxJwSo-R190/s320/Dispersion700dpi.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">Lacking the Son's blessing of love and consciousness, the shadows of the Fall (known as the Deficiency) are small, dead, and chaotic.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The Aeon
named Logos, who had fallen and broken open, prayed for a solution to clean up the shadows that had spilled forth from his creative blueprint. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJFJqBLAuiHkhtxOr-oMg-E5h44j8AHREdVLHC_YsLg298U6FcXYDzRbWiNNpToOGqUIGWEofGa2eETwHaoEgJzGxbyaNs1RvPfAJqEpWw5LmcnvxQIDoC6v5lRPMTRxpMskY8mq8VP0/s379/2ndOrderOfPowers700dpi.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJFJqBLAuiHkhtxOr-oMg-E5h44j8AHREdVLHC_YsLg298U6FcXYDzRbWiNNpToOGqUIGWEofGa2eETwHaoEgJzGxbyaNs1RvPfAJqEpWw5LmcnvxQIDoC6v5lRPMTRxpMskY8mq8VP0/s320/2ndOrderOfPowers700dpi.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: left;">Together, the Aeons and Logos fashioned the Second Order Powers to populate the Deficiency and bring life to the lifeless material of the Fall. (Most Gnostic texts call the Mother of these Second Order Powers “Sophia”—the Aeon who serves as the conduit and doorway for birth and consciousness into this universe.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYhvGUyGLWGbMmSsgJ-23BBk02HdSjmI8bFRtd0MZlRZbkm_CtWJq8GmCD30zJPNrHSXUB7FPOEUfrIoPKdIdXtH30ABDnZKQKyGL2dRndisITCXcbCfACzqRZKoC_zkteUWVwU4zFIk/s361/complex+torus.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="361" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYhvGUyGLWGbMmSsgJ-23BBk02HdSjmI8bFRtd0MZlRZbkm_CtWJq8GmCD30zJPNrHSXUB7FPOEUfrIoPKdIdXtH30ABDnZKQKyGL2dRndisITCXcbCfACzqRZKoC_zkteUWVwU4zFIk/s320/complex+torus.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: left;">The <a href="http://asimpleexplanation.blogspot.com/2011/02/process-note-why-is-my-model-toroidal.html" target="_blank">Simple Explanation model</a> identifies this torus shape as the Womb of Creation. In Gnostic terms, this shape is “Sophia,” the Mother of Life on Earth.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In order to restore memory and reason to the Second Order Powers, the Aeons of the Fullness, every one of them individually and all of them collectively, gave glory in unison to their Father while praying for a helper to bring peace to the Deficiency and forgiveness to Logos. Out of their focused prayer, a unique fruit emerged, one that contained all of the capabilities and powers of the Fullness along with all of the love and eternal qualities of the Father.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS2R4LdrIBtuWgpEgfNgDGL51ovWnXCoaQJIJ7J3_kFMl68n7L7ipmzXM_UTyWqbxc09T9LKSHTQjfF_Y5OohQciD5or54Y3-Pr1p87bYkZFs4mw1t4m4oFY_g3tKH29VPR8dQg5L8b1A/s244/Christ.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="239" data-original-width="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS2R4LdrIBtuWgpEgfNgDGL51ovWnXCoaQJIJ7J3_kFMl68n7L7ipmzXM_UTyWqbxc09T9LKSHTQjfF_Y5OohQciD5or54Y3-Pr1p87bYkZFs4mw1t4m4oFY_g3tKH29VPR8dQg5L8b1A/s0/Christ.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: left;">The singular Fruit of the Fullness and the Father is known by various names—the Christ, the Savior and the Redeemer, the Advocate, the Light, the Beloved.</span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In Simple
Explanation terms, the Christ is a perfect and </span><a href="http://asimpleexplanation.blogspot.com/2011/01/fractal-roots-of-consciousness.html" style="font-size: 14pt;">full
fractal</a><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> of the Father and the Son, all rolled up into One perfect form.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Christians
believe that Jesus of Nazareth was both perfect Man and perfect God incarnate. Christian
Gnostics believe the same. Here is the more complete explanation of who Jesus
was:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It is said that Jesus was conceived
without sin, because he carried within his body the perfection of Man and God. This
would mean that Jesus’s DNA was perfect and true to the original DNA formula
for humanity, hence the importance of the virgin birth that imparted that perfect
DNA to the baby. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Jesus was
also without negative karma in his soul, as his soul was the soul of God.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The
components of Jesus’s body were also without sin, as the cells and flesh that became
Jesus were in fact the Aeons of the Fullness incarnate. As Colossians 1:19
says, “For God was pleased to have all his Fullness dwell in him, and through
him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in
heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">This one
sentence from Colossians contains the entire Christian Gnostic gospel. Because Jesus brought along the entire Fullness of the Pleroma when he incarnated, every aspect of the Father
and the Son came to material instantiation on earth. In this manner, the eternal God
experienced the finite life of us Second Order Powers and all of the
struggles between birth and death that plague us all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0u9AxGx17tcE9UAQZiUE_IR3KYYDQj5aJR-rFqf0jW3ehK7M1ORsSJntvs3pPWapD7NCjHId-alQyLK7Fq9vxUU8rOPdBtTh_6UhCFkppZIzSvicSYhMN4ndvfTc5QxFQVdcVBdLd8Wc/s356/baby-jesus-manger-clipart-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="340" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0u9AxGx17tcE9UAQZiUE_IR3KYYDQj5aJR-rFqf0jW3ehK7M1ORsSJntvs3pPWapD7NCjHId-alQyLK7Fq9vxUU8rOPdBtTh_6UhCFkppZIzSvicSYhMN4ndvfTc5QxFQVdcVBdLd8Wc/s320/baby-jesus-manger-clipart-1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Here is how
the Tripartite Tractate describes it:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“As for
those of the shadow, [Logos] separated himself from them in every way, since
they fight against him and are not at all humble before him... The stumbling,
which happened to the Aeons of the Father... was brought to them, as if it were their own, in a careful and nonmalicious and
immensely sweet way. It was brought to the Fullnesses so that they might be
instructed about the Deficiency by the single One, from whom alone they all
received strength to eliminate the defects. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“They
gathered together, asking the Father with beneficent intent that there be aid
from above, from the Father, for his glory since the defective one could not
become perfect in any other way, unless it was the will of the Pleroma of the
Father, which he had drawn to himself, revealed, and given to the defective
one. Then from the harmony, in a joyous willingness which had come into being,
they brought forth the fruit, which was a begetting from the harmony, a unity,
a possession of the Fullnesses, revealing the countenance of the Father, of
whom the Aeons thought as they gave glory and prayed for help for their brother
with a wish in which the Father counted himself with them. Thus it was
willingly and gladly that they brought forth the fruit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“And he made
manifest the agreement of the revelation of his union with them—which was his
beloved Son. But the Son in whom the Fullnesses are pleased put himself on them
as a garment, through which he gave perfection to the defective one, and gave
confirmation to those who are perfect, the one who is properly called ‘Savior’
and ‘the Redeemer’ and ‘the Well-Pleasing One’ and ‘the Beloved,’ ‘the One to
whom prayers have been offered’ and ‘the Christ’ and ‘the Light of those appointed,’
in accordance with the ones from whom he was brought forth, sine he has become
the names of the positions which were given to him. Yet, what other name may be
applied to him except ‘the Son,’ as we previously said, since he is the knowledge
of the Father, whom he wanted them to know?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Not only
did the Aeons generate the countenance of the Father to whom they gave praise,
but also they generated their own; for the Aeons who give glory generated their
countenance and their face. They were produced as an army for him, as for a
king, since the beings of the thought have a powerful fellowship and an intermingled
harmony. They came forth in a multifaceted form in order that the one to whom
help was to be given might see those to whom he had prayed for help. He also
sees the One who gave it to him.” [Tripartite
Tractate, sections 85—87]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">So, you see, the mission of the Christ, as stated in Colossians, was to redeem all of creation, including the fallen Aeon who founded our material universe. Because the Christ came to redeem everyone, the body of Jesus came to earth with every one of the Fullnesses on board. For every fallen spirit, the Christ brought their own personal and recognizable Savior.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Redemption has already taken place. It is up to the Second Order Powers and the Aeon who fell to recognize and accept that redemption in order to complete the mission of the Christ. In Simple Explanation terms, the Christ brought the correcting formula for all of our spirits and souls, each unique and personally formulated to meet our individual needs. The baptism of the Christ washes away the mental and spiritual confusion brought on by the endless war with shadows of the Fall. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Gnostics are apocalyptic, as are Christians. Gnostics believe that some day every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus the Christ is Lord. Repentance and redemption comes harder for some than for others. Some souls take more time to recognize and remember. Ultimately, there comes a day of reckoning, for the Father cannot be denied forever. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">There will soon come a day when the Deficiency ends. On that day, a new economy will unite Heaven and Earth, and all souls will find their joyous place in Paradise. The only forms banished to the outer darkness will be the shadows and phantoms of the Fall, which did not exist within the Father from the beginning. These shadows are not real, and they have no home with us in Paradise.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">*************************</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">If you are interested in reading more about the Gnostic gospel, please read my very simple <b>The Gnostic Gospel Illuminated</b>. I have priced it low so that everyone who wants to know more can afford it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://newgnosticgospel.blogspot.com/p/bookstore.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1529" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga2xAM42hZrGnObs3ceGvY-3_SB9HwzcRt_TdgPuKiyU-rMsJhC9KWkllzCgWHuwv0g-yG_bXEqH-KrMMjHjbXDToS3ClrAlwIM1VmgVUtvQV-C4kC1GMZ5Md3nd68ZH0Ox6G4_TPfK5A/s320/bookcoverbest700dpi.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://newgnosticgospel.blogspot.com/p/bookstore.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">The Gnostic Gospel Illuminated is available at all online bookstores and also as a kindle ebook.</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></h3><br /><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span><p></p>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-1739934263093846162020-10-18T06:48:00.006-07:002021-07-14T05:14:24.654-07:00Aeon Byte Program--Gnostic Roundup 2<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Cyd appeared on Miguel Conner's second Gnostic Roundup program on Aeon Byte radio on October 15th, 2020, alongside a few other self-identified Gnostics. We discussed a number of interesting topics, such as some differences between Sethian and Valentinian Gnosticism, and the role of gender and if the aeon's have male and female genders. Miguel shared some of his vast knowledge of histories and fables of the gods and how ancient and modern Gnostics relate to them. Some of the panelists shared their personal enlightenment stories about how they came to discover the God above all gods and how it changed their lives, and Miguel shared how he continues to have his worldview shaken by ongoing revelations of truth. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This is an unusual and sometimes profound discussion amongst a unique assortment of souls. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Miguel has asked me not to repost these videos, so if you want to view them, please visit Aeon Byte and become a subscriber to his podcasts. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/469293162" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6eziOggBkYwkgzB_I8ukP3cx4LeKItAp3KMF6dPmu09xCJVWpO7HrGoXv3NLr3atEZ8XqqGkQ1nq5-mxPzotlvG_cfwsXS4eqnKDeYkg7H7aH3HWbMJZ5lQq28WSYw6x0llevbkKBbTg/w400-h225/image.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-47081923093289629352020-10-10T14:12:00.003-07:002020-10-10T14:35:28.190-07:00Our Aeonic Inheritance<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <b style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Our Aeonic Inheritance</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">According to
the Tripartite Tractate, the structure of the Pleroma is described as a
hierarchical structure where the spiritual aeons are at the top, the psychical
(mental) aeons are in the middle, and the physical (material) aeons are at the
base. The material types of the Pleroma must be thought of as forces and
powers, not as actual material, for the Pleroma is an ethereal concept that
rests outside of our material universe. The
psychical types are similar to the personalities of the gods of various ancient
religions—Greek and Roman gods, Egyptian gods, and so on. These types of aeons
have well-defined personalities and talents. The spiritual types are called the
“spiritual ones” and the “original church,” and it is their job to remain
focused on the Father, continuously giving glory. Giving glory to the Father is
the method by which the Pleroma remains aligned with the One and functioning
within the Father’s will.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG7ZzUyYRbvtN_9k-FjAhWCc09ZV_Iw7d9qiSNACK7H90IbOIGJZwmYAaDyAMrSkjQ-5OCdRr7jLUY9JerI2Qqqmv-jyblVrTDy47925QhN0F7LmgzlUYj3PrkvWhrpZBkjCYB9UdZubM/s2048/LogosCrownsHierarchy700dpi.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG7ZzUyYRbvtN_9k-FjAhWCc09ZV_Iw7d9qiSNACK7H90IbOIGJZwmYAaDyAMrSkjQ-5OCdRr7jLUY9JerI2Qqqmv-jyblVrTDy47925QhN0F7LmgzlUYj3PrkvWhrpZBkjCYB9UdZubM/s320/LogosCrownsHierarchy700dpi.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">These three
types of aeons sit together in the hierarchy of the Pleroma. And while we
identify the spiritual type as closest to the One, all aeons of the Pleroma are
virtuous and good, for they are expressions of all of the traits of the Son,
and the One and the Son are good. The aeons of the Pleroma <i>(the ALL, the
Fullness, the Totalities)</i> have material counterparts here in our material
universe, although they themselves are ethereal potentials with no physical or energetic
manifestation. The aeons and their forces and personalities are more akin to
thoughts or designs than they are to creatures.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We humans
are aggregates of all three types of aeons, fulfilling a version of the adage “As
above, so below.” The material part is our physical<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>structure--the mud and meat informed by the
matter-building aeonic forces and powers. We can think of these matter-building
forces and powers as the primary forces of our universe, such as electromagnetic
energy, gravity, and the strong and weak atomic forces, coupled with the laws
of physics and chemistry. All together these material forces and powers build
every physical structure in our universe, from sub-atomic particles through
stars and galaxies, as well as all of the material building blocks of life
forms. The matter formed by these forces will not continue on when the end of
this cosmos comes, although the aeonic forces will. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
psychical part of our human bodies is very easy to identify as the
psychological nature of our selves—our personalities, our talents, our emotions
and minds. Our personal identity mainly resides in the psychical level. Our
identities will continue after the cosmos is over, because our identities are
fractal composites of the personality aeons. When Jung talks about sub-selves
and archetypes, this is what he is referring to.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
spiritual part of ourselves is that part which is often identified as our
higher Self—the inner sense of awe of the transcendent. This is the part that
turns to prayer and other worshipful activities such as meditation, hymn
singing, and religious rituals designed to strengthen that connection with our
higher self and communicate with God. This is the portion that keeps us aligned
with the Father and the Pleroma—that which faces onward and upward. This part
will also continue on as it is patterned after the spiritual aeons.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">All three
elements of the person--the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>material,
the psychical, and the spiritual—are part of us, and it is our life task to
recognize and merge these fragmented parts into an integrated whole. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
Tripartite Tractate says that there are people who are mostly physical, people
who are mostly psychical, and there are a few who are mostly spiritual. We can
observe this through personal experience.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The physical
types we call materialists. They generally believe that matter is really all
that exists and that consciousness is a only a fleeting by-product of the
material brain of humans brought about by chemical reactions. Materialists
often work in the sciences, describing the physical universe as precisely as
they can. There are even psychologists who are physical types; they tend to
believe that humans are simply conditioned from birth to behave the way they
do. BF Skinner, the father of behaviorism and discoverer of operant
conditioning, is a good example of a materialist psychologist who did not
believe in either the psychical or spiritual dimensions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
psychical types of humans are quite interested in the life of the mind. “I
think therefore I am,” as Descartes put it. They may even be solipsists—folks who
believe that their mind is the only mind and everything and everyone else in
the apparent universe is a projection of their own viewpoint. This position is
sometimes called extreme egocentrism.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
spiritual types of humans are those whose primary orientation is upward toward
the Father. These are the prophets, teachers, evangelists, hymn singers and composers,
and so on. They often discount the importance of the ego self and the physical
body, placing emphasis upon the higher Self and the spiritual plane. They are
sometimes mendicants or those with a strong streak of asceticism, as was Buddha
before his experience of Enlightenment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In my
imagination, the Pleroma sits in its hierarchy like a pyramidal-shaped slime
mold. The fascinating thing about slime molds is that they are comprised of
single-celled organisms that work as a fully integrated whole, moving as one,
simultaneously sharing information and nutrition across the entirety. “All for
one and one for all” is their motto. Like the slime mold, the Pleroma is both a
singular unit as well as a collection of individuals with one mind, singing one
song, dreaming one dream. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjek9q7Cjem8lsLrAA0DFWu6SvEn0_VpoKjp4q4dxfplsOw3C3VKGpugadKFVGhTRmGKAkAG9UIYXYjQ7CLRcMiMKewuEQ38FuWvdwBQjbHibTk9FPc_pFle5MENBJDso-K0ixPsTkfI6A/s1600/BlogHeader.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="1600" height="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjek9q7Cjem8lsLrAA0DFWu6SvEn0_VpoKjp4q4dxfplsOw3C3VKGpugadKFVGhTRmGKAkAG9UIYXYjQ7CLRcMiMKewuEQ38FuWvdwBQjbHibTk9FPc_pFle5MENBJDso-K0ixPsTkfI6A/w400-h115/BlogHeader.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">The dream of
the Pleroma is that place we humans recognize as Paradise. In this dream of
theirs, there are the “figures” which preceded us and our world. The Pleroma
dreams of our entire cosmos, including everything and everyone in it, with all
of the figures imagined in the same manner a human filmmaker imagines the
characters and settings of a movie long before the stage is built, characters
cast, and the play enacted and filmed. And the way the Paradise is constructed
and populated is by the aeons (<i>Totalities</i>) combining their abilities and talents to make
up novel combinations of themselves.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">According to
the Tripartite Tractate, we are the “living figures” that represent in this
material world the figures and forces of the Pleroma, and we are patterned
directly from them and we are their “fruit.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Not only did the aeons generate the countenance of the
Father to whom they gave praise, ... but also they generated their own; for the
aeons who give glory generated their countenance and their face. They were
produced as an army for him, as for a king, since the beings of the thought have
a powerful fellowship and an intermingled harmony.” [Tripartite Tractate, v. 87]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“The fruit of the agreement with him, of which we previously
spoke, is subject to the power of the Totalities (<i>aeons</i>). For the Father
has set the Totalities within him, both the ones which pre-exist and the ones
which are, and the ones which will be. ... He directed the organization of the
universe according to the authority which was given him, from the first and
according to the power of the task.” [Tripartite Tractate, v. 88]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The way this
generation came about is part of Gnostic cosmology. It is said that the best
and brightest of the aeons reached for the glory of the Father and attempted to
reunite with the One without consensus, leaving behind the rest of the Pleroma.
Instead of reuniting with the Father, the aeon fell out of the Pleroma and
broke open in another dimension, scattering its components in all directions.
It is this scattering of the disobedient aeon that became our cosmos. At first
the cosmos was entirely chaotic, arising as it did from disobedience. The Pleroma,
in concert with the Father, immediately sent down their forces, talents, and
personalities to give structure and order to the chaos. These were all based
upon the aeons’ dream of Paradise. In this manner, creation was populated by fruit
of the Pleroma.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Then from the harmony, in a joyous willingness which had
come into being, they brought forth the fruit, which was a begetting from the
harmony, a unity, a possession of the Totalities, revealing the countenance of
the Father, of whom the aeons thought as they gave glory and prayed for help
for their brother (who fell) with a wish in which the Father counted himself
with them. Thus, it was willingly and gladly that they bring forth the fruit.”
[Tripartite Tractate, v. 86]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Our world
reflects the multiplicity of the aeons’ dream of Paradise, overlaid upon the
consequences of the broken cosmos created by the Fall. Our universe mirrors
Paradise and its figures while still possessing the chaos and shadows that
arose from the Fall. We creatures here below must contend with the disaster of
the Fallen state, yet with a dim remembrance of the Pleroma, the Father, and the
Paradise which is our true home. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In order to
give more assistance to us, the living figures, in our struggles with the shadows
of the Fall, the Father and the Pleroma produced another fruit that was the
perfection of the entirety combined with the love and eternal traits of the
Father. This one is called the Christ, and it came to our cosmos in the guise
of every form and figure, so that every form and figure would recognize it and
receive aid, reassurance, and redemption. The plan is for every manifestation
of the material cosmos to be inhabited by the correcting information and love
of the Christ, thereby eliminating once and for all the Fallen State. At that
point, our eternal spirits will return to a new home in Paradise, where there
is no death or destruction, no loss, or grief, and every living figure that has
existed throughout time will someday call home.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrKWl6SYfDcMcvK2H151NgzauiOk_-lfngtLTnwSjl0OpoR3DeNfU5m06r6gnW7GVlCfRewWTYg4KNRZKMxXuCbYUtKRmP1wI_ZUhiaFXWASmm3xYIhLOUJbOGln634K6zUk-b_WtXAY/s360/poised+in+the+economy700dpi.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="359" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrKWl6SYfDcMcvK2H151NgzauiOk_-lfngtLTnwSjl0OpoR3DeNfU5m06r6gnW7GVlCfRewWTYg4KNRZKMxXuCbYUtKRmP1wI_ZUhiaFXWASmm3xYIhLOUJbOGln634K6zUk-b_WtXAY/s320/poised+in+the+economy700dpi.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">It is our
life’s task to integrate the physical, psychical, and spiritual aeons of which
we are composed into a single, “truly living” figure. This can only be
accomplished with the guiding aid of the Christ to steer our spiritual orientation
onward and upward. We call this “giving glory” to either the Christ or the
Father, which necessitates a turning away from focus on our isolated egos and
preoccupation with our physical forms.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgwrVtrhzsxTLFPmPDUZW_TD2iKlZLiAqy1X2gxaIHHa-ZCCwZbfoVR8ZomQ1tOxyZH1yBM3ts6gNNyo7j9dl2QJ96uXF7hg_KnJsGe8Itgf1xckVVDOAkJj2usbY53bzL9eGe2_1_tQI/s495/crossEconomy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="428" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgwrVtrhzsxTLFPmPDUZW_TD2iKlZLiAqy1X2gxaIHHa-ZCCwZbfoVR8ZomQ1tOxyZH1yBM3ts6gNNyo7j9dl2QJ96uXF7hg_KnJsGe8Itgf1xckVVDOAkJj2usbY53bzL9eGe2_1_tQI/s320/crossEconomy.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">In Gnostic
Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth is Christ incarnate. He was a fully integrated
human being, fully human, fully God, sent to lead humanity out of our fallen, fragmented
state. It is said that on judgment day, every living figure will recognize,
remember, and repent, with help from the Christ, that they came from the Father
and to the Father they will gladly return. This, of course, is exactly what the
aeons who are our parents are waiting for. Waiting to welcome us home.</span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><a href="https://newgnosticgospel.blogspot.com/p/bookstore.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">You may read all about this in my very simple book, The New Gnostic Gospel. Please purchase here.</span></a></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://newgnosticgospel.blogspot.com/p/bookstore.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1081" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglRU38X66o3ejgrL1WWRsv5NDypv13kPWBbNvtVPwM6ucZ4WdD70OvMTrnuZpW-llHgYfxdfxqD2J9KqAEumAmOQ2OuEOGR_RPIg6IKlMiZBkPR0MBxIu84TRFLDn8VoKjSue3nLAmH3c/s320/GnosticFrontCover.jpg" /></a></span></div><br /><o:p><br /></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-49698482345967215142020-10-06T09:04:00.006-07:002021-07-14T05:16:16.284-07:00Aeon Byte Program Gnostic Round-up 1 Appearance<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This blog's author, Cyd Ropp, was a guest panelist last week on Aeon Byte's Gnostic Round-up program with Miguel Conner. The entire program lasted a little over one hour. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Miguel has asked me not to repost these videos, so if you want to view them, please visit Aeon Byte and become a subscriber to his podcasts. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAWmiKz2xo-y8bgP6QLo6NKf8dB-zJaeQ9LzVWdbK_OWG_rjMJ_jlRu3cXBgzyIRMy39ohdL7CgonnBnTYNbVflcxzN7qcTDy0-bNTu7Si4AJIy_uj8gi30WJBmWrTrigbrTXk8X1jkc/s1175/gnosticroundup1still.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="1175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAWmiKz2xo-y8bgP6QLo6NKf8dB-zJaeQ9LzVWdbK_OWG_rjMJ_jlRu3cXBgzyIRMy39ohdL7CgonnBnTYNbVflcxzN7qcTDy0-bNTu7Si4AJIy_uj8gi30WJBmWrTrigbrTXk8X1jkc/s320/gnosticroundup1still.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Here is a three minute clip from near the end of the program. In this clip, I remind us all that we do not need to read and learn every darned thing that is out there. There is too much to master. Gnosis is self-generated through contemplation and remembrance. We need only to search for the answers within.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwr-0xxN853Pw5hqG6UNcfwxAJlvNr6ShBfwYZ_TdSGpd4W7CcPZtmYlX5YfcruMSQO90-Ki2lyyM5ZI5ZRew' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In my reading of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, I noticed that the instructions for the departed soul's escape from the various bardos boil down to this one simple phrase: </span><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">"Onward and Upward."</b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> No matter which bardo the soul is stuck in, the solution is Onward and Upward. That's all you need to remember. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">If you find yourself stuck in a strange place, and you are tumbling about under the surface like a surfer who has just wiped out, remember to go Onward and to go Upward. That is always the solution, no matter which particular bardo you find yourself in.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The demons that are grabbing at you are always back and below. Back and below is where the things that cause you to be stuck are. The past and the recriminations are back and below. You do not have to beat them or even to interact with them. All you have to do is turn around and look up. <b>Travel onward and upward.</b></span></div>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-42848379570161465452020-09-14T09:29:00.000-07:002020-09-14T09:29:47.522-07:00Archons Making a Full-Court Press for the World--Lay Down Your Fear through Faith<span style="font-size: medium;">It becomes more and more clear that life has taken a distinctly weird turn to
the left into territory usually occupied by apocalyptic science fiction. There is no denying that the archons are making a big power play right
now for Earth. Distinctions between vice and virtue, evil and good, materialism and
spirit, are being revealed to all. What was once murky and confusing becomes more clear by the day.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">As I type this, a world-wide pandemic has locked down humans to their homes. In the name of the pandemic, humans are wearing masks to hide their faces. In the name of the pandemic, humans may no longer shake hands in greeting or come within six feet of each other. In the name of the pandemic, children do not go to school. In the name of the pandemic, small businesses remain boarded up while mega-corporations prosper. In the name of the pandemic, politics as usual has been suspended in favor of protests, riots, and assassinations.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Cataclysmic weather and fires assail the earth. The sky is orange and thick with smoke. Homes are destroyed.<br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Are you frightened? There is no need to be. Will you allow me to reassure you?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Most people think the opposite of faith is disbelief. This isn't true. The opposite of faith is fear. The way out of your fear is through the gateway of faith. This is a gateway that every person must pass through on their way to redemption from fear.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Anger will not remove your fear. Blame will not remove your fear. Resistance will not remove your fear. Masks and social distancing will not remove your fear. Only faith will remove your fear.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">If you are a religious or spiritually-oriented person, you already know this, deep in your soul. If you are a materialistic or worldly person, you do not realize this truth yet and you reject this advice as hopelessly ignorant and naive. But the fact of the matter is that everyone, every human being on the planet, will come to realize this, and it is a hoop that everyone must pass through. And we all must pass through one at a time, individually.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The good news is this: good is stronger than evil. The One who is above all other distractions, gods, and archons, will win in the end. It is time for you to remember that. It is time for you to remember that you come from Above, and you will return to the One after death. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Remember, these events shall pass and we will all live happily ever after. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">You may read all about these eternal forces and your home Above in many sources. One good source is my book, <b><a href="https://newgnosticgospel.blogspot.com/p/bookstore.html" target="_blank">The Gnostic Gospel Illuminated,</a></b> which explains all that you need to know for redemption and freedom from fear.</span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://newgnosticgospel.blogspot.com/p/bookstore.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1383" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GrL1os-ZqUnwIKnkNe_P-t9Q27B_Zv5YTBrmA1DGJaNL2sqKtz-kNJw8Z7C1HLr2p-z-K-gdieMKYwtqN1Qf2yYaWlvyA7ZKdvpFUn1mwRcab3-Fd5c3IMmYNp50CdWGIIRwU8CwW60/s320/GnosticFrontCover.jpg" /></span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://newgnosticgospel.blogspot.com/p/bookstore.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">This book is easy to understand and very affordable.</span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Onward and upward!</span></div>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452078357357431142.post-78970092321173365482020-08-02T13:45:00.001-07:002020-08-02T13:45:19.633-07:00Gnostic Dog Walk Musings--Can Humans Create Life from Scratch? <font size="5">I've just posted an article over on my Simple Explanation blog called <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><a href="https://asimpleexplanation.blogspot.com/2020/08/we-cant-level-up-to-create-consciousness.html" target="_blank">"We Can't Level Up to Create Consciousness."</a> </span></font><span style="font-size: x-large;">The article is suitable for the Simple Explanation because it talks about things like "leveling up" and the Simple Golden Rule, and it has a toroidal diagram. On the other hand, it could have been posted here, to the Gnostic Blog because the Big Answer to my musings turns out to come from the Pleroma and the Father.</span><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">So, go ahead and click on the link above and read this article over on the Simple Explanation blog if you are interested in things like artificial intelligence, virus self-awareness, or why humans can't seem to prod lifeless matter or even stem-cells into consciousness.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Simple Explanation article explains and answers the musings on the following audio, recorded on December 18, 2018.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/o7THJlL16DQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="o7THJlL16DQ"></iframe></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><font size="5"><a href="https://newgnosticgospel.blogspot.com/p/bookstore.html" target="_blank">And don't forget to read my Gnostic Gospel Illuminated book</a>. If you are curious about Gnostic cosmology, this is the best beginner book that simplifies the Gnostic Gospel as presented in the Nag Hammadi collection.</font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglRU38X66o3ejgrL1WWRsv5NDypv13kPWBbNvtVPwM6ucZ4WdD70OvMTrnuZpW-llHgYfxdfxqD2J9KqAEumAmOQ2OuEOGR_RPIg6IKlMiZBkPR0MBxIu84TRFLDn8VoKjSue3nLAmH3c/s1600/GnosticFrontCover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1081" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglRU38X66o3ejgrL1WWRsv5NDypv13kPWBbNvtVPwM6ucZ4WdD70OvMTrnuZpW-llHgYfxdfxqD2J9KqAEumAmOQ2OuEOGR_RPIg6IKlMiZBkPR0MBxIu84TRFLDn8VoKjSue3nLAmH3c/w216-h320/GnosticFrontCover.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><div><br /></div>cydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289590700972732767noreply@blogger.com0