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What to expect from Gnosis - (586)

Introduction

I wanted to write this post just to put out there what I have come to understand and experience while studying Gnosis.


Expectations

We come to Gnosis with a few expectations, some that we may express openly and therefore know about and then there are some that we don’t know that we have. It is only later when certain things happen that come to discover these hidden expectations.


The Lists

I was thinking about what could be the best way to communicate my ideas in this post. The first thing that came to mind was a list.


List 1

So the following list, is a collection of expectations that we can have when we start Gnosis and even have while we are studying Gnosis. Though the trick is that these expectations are ones that unfortunately can not be or are not fulfilled by Gnosis or a Gnostic school fully or even partially. We can though fulfil them but in a different way, which entails bringing Gnosis inside of us and applying the Gnostic teachings on our interior.

Have the Gnostic group or instructor solve our problems.

Oops I think I have to stop here! I just got a bolt of a thought that writing such a list may not reflect positively on Gnosis. Honestly my intentions are not to damage Gnosis or any body studying or teaching Gnosis.

List 2

I also thought that a second list would be helpful. In this second list I thought to write down the things that we have to do in Gnosis for ourselves, and these things are things which another person, our Gnostic Instructor or Gnostic school or group can not do for us.

Love our Being. They can teach us the benefits and show us the benefits fo doing it, but wea re the only ones that can do that.

Look after our spiritual welfare. They can help with advice, guidance and meditations. But it is ultimately up to us.

Transmute our sexual energy. They can help with teachings etc. ut we have to do the action of it when it really needs to be done.

Dissolve our egos. They certainly can help with advice, teaching and practices.

Awaken our consciousness. They can certainly help with teachings and practices, but we have to put in the daily effort.

Try to solve our confusion about the doctrine and the teachings. We can get help from our instructor and fellow students, though we have to put in the effort to work it out.


Conclusion

Well I think you know everything that I have posted. However what I really wanted to convey in this post is that sometimes within us are expectations that we don’t know straight away that we have. Usually when there is some sort of a problem or things go wrong these expectations come out and we experience a conflict within us. We can actually feel quite hurt. Mainly because we expect so much more from a spiritual school and people who are working spiritually. I just want to urge people to find their expectations and neutralise them or contrast them against reality so to be able to if they see it correct to neutralise or drop these expectations all just so as not to suffer later on.




End (586).

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