“People Outside of Gnosis are Nicer” is an Illusion - (2008)

Grizzle Away

We sometimes complain and say that the people in Gnosis, even our missionary, are grumpy and cold and generally not very friendly and don’t care.

Then we say that people outside of Gnosis, like where I work, at the hospital, at the corner deli are nicer and friendlier.

Let’s examine that perception. Is it real or is it an illusion?

They are Not Really

Put those ‘nice’ people, and for the interaction that we have with them - they are indeed nice, into Gnosis and they will change. Why?

Because when one decides to work on oneself, one begins to feel pressure coming from inside of oneself and one’s egos emerge more often. Sometimes overwhelming in intensity. This is because the Being of the person needs that the person pays attention to those aspects of themselves and works harder.

For the person who works on themselves time is short, one can not waste time and make their life too complicated, so sometimes it serves the person well to be a little “dry” at times.

If you were to put those friendly and nice people into Gnosis they would change as well. They would be different. Their forces instead of being directed outside would be more directed within.

How friendly is a cup of tea! You can have a cuppa in your Gnostic Centre.

Overly Grumpy

There are cases thought that the egos of students and missionaries are quite big and they are grumpy, annoyed and narky and it is unmistakably ego.

Then don’t worry, they need to dissolve those egos and we can’t do anything about it, only they can. Just do your part, transform whatever impressions come from them and totally break the concept in your mind that they should not express their egos or that they should not have those egos or that they should work more on themselves.

Why? Because that concept is not real and only makes you suffer. They are just not working on that aspect of themselves for one or another reason. If they keep working the day will come that they will work on that aspect and change. We are the same in other aspects of our lives.

Your Mother

Your physical mother is your mother and you won’t find anyone anywhere that will care more and love you more than your mother. You can not compare your mother to anyone outside of or inside Gnosis in terms of the amount to which they care about you.

Conclusion

We don’t have to be ‘dry’, ‘cold’ and ‘unfriendly’, in fact it does not serve us to be like that, but one thing that we should understand is that we can not compare people outside of Gnosis with people inside, because the person inside of Gnosis working on him or herself comes under different laws and principles and has very different obligations, priorities, concerns and has a different way of thinking and seeing life.

End (2008).