Introduction
In this post I thought to write about the psychological gymnasium
and explain a bit about the science involved in it. As it certainly seems that
way, that there is a science involved in it. It may perhaps be an offshoot of the
“Science of Probity”, which is the science of tests on the initiatic path.
Definition
A gymnasium is something typically referred to as a set of
circumstances that attempt to provoke
a person’s egos into physical manifestation, providing the person with a
tangible means to observe the provoked egos and the opportunity to evaluate one’s
comprehension as well as to develop further and exercise one’s ability and
capacity to counteract them.
Some may see the psychological gymnasium as something
odious, painful and difficult or some may see it as something liberating, a
bearer of new life and therefore as something beautiful. It is up to us always
to “ponder carefully and choose wisely”.
Important Point – All Relative
Each psychological gymnasium is relative, meaning it depends
on the individual. In other words, it is relative to the individual. A certain
gymnasium for one is terribly difficult, but for another the same gymnasium is ‘a walk in the
park’.
The main thing is that the gymnasium provokes into tangible
manifestation certain egos. That is its role.
Gymnasiums only exist in relativity, that is in relation to
something. Gymnasiums exist in relation to being: put into an event, into a circumstance,
with a person, with people, in a country, on the Moon, in space on the space
station, or in a relationship, in a certain bodily condition such as being sick
etc.
We can not have a gymnasium where we are not in something. This means that fundamentally while we are ‘in’ creation there can always be a gymnasium.
We can not have a gymnasium where we are not in something. This means that fundamentally while we are ‘in’ creation there can always be a gymnasium.
This is something for us to accept. Creation equals the
possibility and high probability of the appearance of psychological gymnasiums.
Two Types
There are really two types of gymnasium. There are those
that come to us and then there are those that we can chose and enter and leave voluntarily.
In regard to the gymnasiums that come to us there are a few
more classifications. I will explain each of these different types a little
later on. However, they differ from the gymnasiums that we chose in the sense that the gymnasiums that come to us can not be so easily left, they usually must be seen through to the end or goal is achieved.
No matter what type of gymnasium, whether it be one that we
chose to one that comes to us each gymnasium has the same purpose and the same
way of ending.
Purpose Of
The purpose of each gymnasium is to work a certain
psychological defect (“I”) or concept or attitude or habit or way of thinking etc.
until the difficulty, problem, inconvenience or suffering present in those
circumstances is dissolved. This may not mean the elimination of an ego, in
most cases it doesn’t but it can do. Usually they aim at certain degree of dissolution.
A Didactic, An Order Present
These circumstances are usually set according to a certain didactic
or order established by our inner Real Being and are done so in accordance with
His will.
There are mechanical gymnasiums “like school holidays” and “Christmas”
that are naturally busy times and tend to provoke our egos more but they are
not those set forth by our inner Real Being.
Our Inner Lucifer or Typhon Baphomet and Divine Mother can
also play major roles in setting up certain psychological gymnasiums for us. In fact that is the way that they help us, so psychological gymnasiums are a means through which our Inner Divinity helps us. It may also be the impetus for them to help us, and just quietly, it is really them working through us. So psychological gymnasiums are their work.
Ending
Every gymnasium ends as soon as we overcome the central
issue (ego or “I”) that made those circumstances into a psychological
gymnasium.
As soon as the required level of psychological work is complete
the need for those circumstances ends and new circumstances usually appear.
Karma
Certainly all the gymnasiums are karmic, and they are
all opportunities for us to cancel the karmic debts created by the egos central
to that gymnasium.
Unfolding Where
Gymnasiums usually unfold in one of our environments at a time. It is really difficult when there are gymnasiums unfolding in all of our environments.For example, at home is one environment, at work is another environment and at Gnosis is another environment. We usually have a gymnasium in one environment at a time, perhaps some have gymnasiums in two environments at the same time. If work is fine, then Gnosis is difficult, if Gnosis is fine, then home life is difficult etc. etc. It always tends to process this way.
When our Being has to pay more karma or our work needs to be accelerated gymnasiums appear in more than one environment at a time.
A Help
Psychological gymnasiums are a help. It is very much like
you are at work and the boss gives you some work to do. This work allows you to
get paid, increase your skills and learning and keep your job. If your boss
does not give you any work to do, the opposite happens. We don’t learn, our skills don’t
improve and if we are not doing anything and it won’t be long before we are ‘axed’.
So to be given a psychological gymnasium is to be helped and be considered
worthy of work – Thank God!
A Gymnasium and Not a Gymnasium
A circumstance or event is a gymnasium when there is
specifically something in us to overcome within those circumstances. When we know that we have to
conquer a particular virtue or behaviour or psychological understanding then
that is a gymnasium.
When something is just difficult and there is nothing that
specific to acquire or work towards then that most likely is not a gymnasium.
Remember gymnasiums have a defined purpose and reason for existing.
Every Gymnasium and the Level of Being
Every gymnasiums presents certain impressions to transform and
every gymnasium is about certain values that need to be transformed into a
state that by possessing them in their transformed state, elevates us to a new
level of Being.
Every gymnasium wants to elevate us to a new level of Being.
There are gymnasiums that are to conquer a new level of the Being and then there
are gymnasiums to consolidate that new level of Being.
Supervisors, history tells us were always present in the Ancient Greek gymnasiums. This indicates clearly that training was the aim, and certain standards were to be upheld. |
Gymnasiums and the Path
There are tests on the path that serve to show us the truth
about ourselves and to formalise how our work is going and to allow us access
to more advanced stages. They essentially confirm and present to a greater and
wider set of witnesses that one is ready to progress.
The tests may also teach and they may also allow us to pay a
certain amount of karma.
Gymnasiums can also do this in that they can prepare us for
the tests, and they can also help us to clear karma and they can also teach us
certain truths about life and the path. They can also teach us how certain
principles operate in life and on the path.
Gymnasiums are the circumstances from which we extract and generate
our own wisdom about life and about the path and our essence and consciousness.
They may also teach us what is standard for everyone to know
and experience when walking the path.
Gymnasiums are for the Consciousness
Every gymnasium is for our consciousness. It is there to
help our consciousness develop. So logically if we take it with our
consciousness or with the work we will send the gymnasium directly to the place
where it was intended to reach and we will obviously accelerate our trajectory through
the gymnasium.
Gymnasiums That We Choose
An example is where we know a certain person and when we visit them they always without fail ask us to help them with their computer, and because they are old and not very computer savvy they tend to bring out our impatience and our annoyance. So to really work our impatience and annoyance down to the ground we can voluntarily visit that person as often as we need to, so to have that annoyance and impatience made cosmic dust as Master Samael puts it. This is a gymnasium that we can choose to take on board.Another example would be to visit or talk to a person that dislikes you and always makes remarks that offend and sadden you. As soon as talking to that person does not offend and sadden you anymore you are done with that gymnasium and you can chose another one.
Voluntarily choosing our gymnasiums has the effect of accelerating the progress of our own work.
What is interesting though, that the gymnasiums available for us to chose from have been designed or programmed or made available to us according to a certain design. We can not always just choose any gymnasium that we like, because it may be inconvenient or we may not actually need it or rather our inner Being does not require it as yet..
Types of Gymnasium That Come to Us
Short Term
There are those that come to our life for a short period of
time only and are often not repeated. These are special circumstances in our
life where something unusual happens. It could be that a parent who never gets
sick, gets sick and you are the only one home to look after him or her.
It could be that someone is sick at work and you have to
assume his or her duties for a short time until they are better. These gymnasiums
usually catch us by surprise.
Long Term
These are the more difficult gymnasiums. Where heavy egos
are involved and much time is required for us to work those egos making those
difficult circumstances for that ego to be transformed into joy.
This could be in a relationship for example where a person remains angry, cold, aloof and resentful with you for a long time and you can’t escape that person or circumstances with that person. And all the while you didn't really anything that great to incur such a lengthy harsh treatment.
This could be in a relationship for example where a person remains angry, cold, aloof and resentful with you for a long time and you can’t escape that person or circumstances with that person. And all the while you didn't really anything that great to incur such a lengthy harsh treatment.
Stages
A gymnasium could be a certain stage of our life or a
certain stage in a relationship.
Repetitive
There are gymnasiums that repeat and repeat. This is because
we often don’t acquire what was inherent to acquire in the gymnasium. These
gymnasiums may repeat in very similar ways even with the same people and even
with the same circumstances and words. As soon as we acquire what is required
these repetitive gymnasiums end.
Repeats in Octaves
Some gymnasiums repeat in octaves. In other words, they
start off light and gradually increase in intensity, complexity and therefore in
the amount of work required to transform impressions present in the circumstances
and dissolve the defect taking those impressions.
Passive
This is when you do nothing and circumstances just unfold
around you. This is usually because people around you develop for a short while
a negative attitude towards you, perhaps by having spoken to someone else and then
they contribute to setting up some difficult circumstances.
Special and Specific
There are those that are very unusual and are very short
maybe an hour or maybe a couple of days. They may be so short that they are there
to just teach or show us something.
Usually they are so unusual that naturally we know what to
do and we feel imperatively impulsed to answer the situation with our work set
to the highest quality this includes turning up our state of alertness to its
highest setting.
These gymnasiums could be to teach you certain principles and
truths of the initiatic path.
A Particular Person
We could have a gymnasium with just one person. This is quite
common. The nature of the relationship with that person could be the gymnasium and
as soon as we overcome the defects feeding off that nature or contributing to
that nature or quality the relationship takes on a new lighter and better in
quality type of a nature.
Conclusion
That is our work! It is done through and thanks
to various types of psychological gymnasiums. Hope this rather long post has
been useful to you.
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Eldred Evelyn Tyson Woodson,
ReplyDeleteIt appears from reading this post ,Oneness is not experienced ' and must be realized only after Ego no longer is allowed to have dominion
Is that your name? You are very right I agree.
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