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Favourites in a Gnostic Group - (4767)

Favourites in a Gnostic group is not an ideal situation as the other students may see this as unfair, and this can create a silent disharmony in some group members that can grow in time and become voiced disconcertedly depending on the level of Being of the group. 


It's true in each group there are students who give more and then there are students who give less. 


The injustice may be felt when there are students who give more and receive less and students who give less and receive more. 


If an apparent favourite is doing a lot, and is doing what others don't want to do or can't then it is unfair of others to feel disdain towards that person. It is more fitting to comprehend instead.


From the work point of view, the favorites if not vigilant are in a disadvantaged situation. As if, they are not psychologically aware enough they can easily fatten their egos of pride and self-importance. This is something that is not often seen, because the fattening works slowly in time and is only really noticed when the impressions that fatten these egos stop.


Often, however not always, the favourites can develop a superiority over others not because they really are more conscious or more psychologically transformed, but because of being favoured they come to believe they are better. 


That superiority can take the form of believing that others are not working on themselves, are making mistakes, are not so defined and in general it means distancing from others with an attitude of subtle superiority.


As with all attitudes of superiority in the mystical field one deceives oneself, believing oneself to be progressing but really one is strengthening egos that need to be dissolved and are becoming more difficult to dissolve as they are getting stronger.


The ones who are not favourites have the great chance if they feel hurt by this to work on pride and self-importance. As they are not receiving impressions that fatten these egos they can if they work make good headway in dissolving some facets of these egos.


There is good and bad in every situation. Somethings that may be good for the personality are not good for the essence and the work and vice versa.


End (4767).

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