Lessons of the Trials of the Elements

Lessons of the Trials of the Elements – (2317)

Passing the Trials is not all that there is!

Gnosis teaches us that after the very first trial of the path, called the Guardian of the Threshold, there are the trails of the elements of earth, air, fire and water.

Each trial is an ordeal that the candidate must satisfactorily pass through. Even though passing the ordeal is the main concern of each trial, that is not all that there is to each trial.

There is the lesson of each trial, that is perhaps the more fundamental and useful part of each trial.

A Lesson in Each Test and Trial

I say this because in general, each trial and each test is an ordeal plus a teaching, a lesson in other words. One always learns from a test, whether one passes it or fails it, there is learning involved.

In fact if one learns with their consciousness the lessons of each trial before hand, one is more likely to pass those trails and tests. If one has not yet learnt the lesson of any upcoming trial or test then either the person will fail or the person learns the lesson on the spot and passes the test triumphantly.

About the trial of the elements, each trial imparts very fundamental and ultimately useful lessons to us about life and the path.

My marvellous missionary also says these trails of the elements are repeated in the major path as well, however at a much higher octave as one would expect. Everything is about octaves and octaves.

Conclusion

In conclusion now, these lessons are ones that one can learn before had and sometimes because they are not so difficult we may pass those trails not really learning the lessons specifically but because of our strong yearning to go ahead in pour work and the path we passed.

Learning the lesson of each trail of the elements will help us no end in facing the many varying circumstances of life and our path. In fact you find yourself calling upon these lesson often. Another added advantage of learning these lessons is that when they are repeated on a higher octave we will be over ready.

I will follow up with some posts talking about the lesson is in the trial of the elements.

End (2317).

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