Skip to main content

Self-Realisation in the Next Life - (4973)

This is a question that we at first say to ourselves: "No, in this life, not in the next!". Though as we go along we start to think about it...


Thinking deeply about it, it is not about of having failed but rather having worked and needing more time. When it comes to time and our capacity it is a realistic concern. 


We have to be real with time and our capacity and not suffer.


One thing though, all this thinking can't mean that we reduce the time, energy and attention we are currently putting into our work.


It can only mean that we update our expectations while still doing our best.


We know deep down that what will make the self-realisation of the Being to occur in the next life is that we do all that we possibly can in this life. What is important is the bridge, the connection between lives, so that the work done this life is carried over to the next to be taken up again.


Sometimes it makes one think that if after thousands of years of living a lives completely divorced of the Being and having accruing great quantities of karmic debt, how can all of that be undone in one life to get the self-realisation? 



Well we are told that the self-realisation is one thing but undoing everything from all those lives is another which indeed does take more than a life time after the third mountain is complete.


Well the Being can do it, it is the miracle of the Being that it can realise itself via the three mountains in a lifetime. Many have realised themselves with the three mountains in a life time. Yet how many have done it over a few lifetimes? Has to be many also.


There are many people in Gnosis who have come to the teachings in old age and they are working now in preparation for the next life. 


There are many who are young and they are being prepared for the next life or later.


What can not be guaranteed is giving up now and taking it up in the next life to success.


In any case this or the next life fighting to our fullest capacity for our self-realisation is what is needed of us.


To need to complete our work in the next life is certainly not a failure, it could well be the plan of the Monad for reasons the essence can know now or will only know in the next life when it unfolds.


Many times when we see a realistic goal in our sights we work towards it with much more 'gusto' and dedication than before when things were not quite clear and very uncertain.


End (4973).

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Attention with Mind, Attention with Essence - (5197)

These two attentions are different. Attention with the mind tires the brain. and reduces the flow of life into steps, where it is inevitable that the narration of the mind begins to take over. With the awareness of steps comes a certain tediousness and the feeling of the flow of life leaving us behind. With the attention of mind very little of what's behind events comes to us... Attention with the essence brings the power of presence, in other words brings a certain depth and continuity of flow  Attention with the essence doesn't tire or strain and opens doorways into perceiving what is behind events and the thoughts and feelings that appear within us. It allows us also to flow with the flow of life, which is a pleasant feeling. Conclusion, make the essence bring attention to outer and inner life. End (5197).
2 comments
Read more

The Sacred Substance Askokin - (962)

Introduction In simple terms, the sacred Askokin substance is the result of the mercury and the sulphur. It is the transmuted energy that crystallises to form the internal bodies (astral, mental and causal). In other words, it is the transmutation of our sexual energies. The Abrustdonis’ and ‘Helkdonis that Gurdjieff mentions in the excerpt below, taken from “Belzeebub’s Tales to His Grandson” are none other than the elements of mercury and the sulphur so spoken about in Alchemy. Excerpt on the Sacred Substance Askokin “I first learned that the destiny of beings arising on this planet of yours is chiefly to elaborate—by means of the process of their existence—the vibrations required by Nature for the maintenance of those former parts of the planet now called Moon and Anulios, when, do you remember, I became worthy personally to converse for the second time with His Conformity the then still Angel, but now Archan...
3 comments
Read more

Wisdom from the Movie “Kingdom of Heaven” - (2168)

Introduction There are some movies that leave you with some pieces of advice that at point or another in your life or in the lives of others prove useful. This movie: “Kingdom of Heaven” was terrible to watch (too many battle scenes and people dying) but offered some very useful messages. In this post, I have presented a few, that have come in handy at point or another. Just to give you a bit of context, the movie is about the crusades, where the French and English were trying to defend the “Holy City” – Jerusalem from Islamic occupation. The topic of religion and God is a constant theme in the movie. It is very violent though, matching it frankly, quite awful to watch. Your Soul is in Your Keeping Alone An interesting dialogue between the French appointed king of Jerusalem and French Knight, the protagonist of the movie. Note, the king wears that metal mask because he has leprosy. King Baldwin I...
Post a Comment
Read more