I have heard many people say that.
In reality Gnosis is knowledge which is neither negative nor positive. So Gnosis is not negative. It is just the way that it is presented or the way it is perceived and the way it is taken.
Knowledge does not harm or injure anybody. It is all how it is used as to what happens next. If that be benefit or injury of some kind.
The negative - that is the 'bad ego', is often focused on a lot in Gnosis, because that is what is the cause of so many problems and so much suffering. There are many people that focus on the light and forget the ego, yet they still suffer and cause problems to themselves and others. The key is to work on both the darkness and the light. There is that definite empahsis on the 'ego' just so that people do not fall into the trap of focussing on the light alone.
What happens is that empahsis is often taken out of context and we make the mistake of only focussing on the dissolving the ego and that inevitably makes us bitter.
The work of dissolution is a large part of the work. However that does not have to be negative. The work of dissolving the "I" is about doing the opposite and giving the values which is really affirming the essence within us - which certainly is not negative.
It could well be that people present Gnosis in an unbalanced way, that is with too much of a negative tone - how so much is wrong with people and society, how corrupt it is and how taken over by sleeping consciousness it is... Yet tehre is so much beauty in the world and human beings as well...
If we affirm the Inner Being in us, Gnosis can be presented realistically as showing the problem and straight away showing the solution which immediately gives hope, light and faith in possibility instead of everything being doomed to failure.
End (4763).
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