We Don’t Wake up in Good nor in Evil but in the Being - (275)

Introduction

Retreats can be useful for the Gnostic student for many reasons. One big reason is that new knowledge and understanding can be acquired, especially the knowledge or understanding that bridges a gap or fills a hole in our understanding.

The retreat that a number of Gnostic students in Australia took part in (Perth November/December 2014) was particularly useful for me in the way of healing many sores in my mind, one of them was that of the awakening in good or in evil.

Awakening in Evil

We know from what Master Samael teaches that those in the abyss end up awakening in evil, that this they are very aware of evil, how it is done and of the negative side of occult powers and forces etc. The Gnostic student is not on that path and neither wants that, though the Gnostic student knows of that awakening by hearsay and reading only.

Surprise - Awakening is not Awakening in Good

Because of duality and the opposites we think that the Gnostic student when he or she awakens will awaken in good. That though is not the case. The Gnostic student does not awaken in good, but awakens to reality, awakens in the Being (one’s ultimate reality) and awakened to that above good and evil.

It has to be that way because the awakening can only bring freedom this way, if one is awakened to good only, one is trapped and limited and condemned to the eternal fight between good and evil. To be awakened is to be aware of the great reality and both good and evil is part of the great reality, so the awakening soars beyond duality, the good and the evil and encompasses their unity in the great reality of things. Anyway to be awakened in a moment is to transcend the relativity and duality in the event of the moment and within oneself in the moment.

The Awakened Person Acts Outside of Good and Evil

The awakened person though can do some things that seem evil but have a good result, if one was trapped in good that could not be done. The awakened one also knows how to do good, the real good, because the sleeping person so many times wants to do good but can not, intends to do good but fails in doing the good.

Conclusion

I always fought that idea of awakening in good because I thought that it was just the same as those who awaken in evil, just the opposite side of the same coin.

However the awakening is something of awakening to the cosmos and of the great reality of life. Buddha was asked once, “Are you a sinner, are you a saint” and he replied “I am awakened”. That reply of Buddha to those questions says it all, the awakened one is not a saint nor a sinner but someone who is outside of these things and aware of the reality of both in their balance and fusion.

End (275).