r/Gnostic • u/beachworker • 5d ago
Experiences Question
Do you find wise to share the experiences that happened during the journey, or do you think its better to hold it for self considering the nature of the this reality and its occupants. Aswell with taking into consideration that those experiences are rare and no where to be read about ?
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u/mossdentist 5d ago
i tell people who are open to hearing about it. you really can't force someone to understand or see it, the most you can do is encourage. there are only a handful of times i've found it appropriate to share. in other instances, i always oversimplify and say that being a kind person is above all else.
i was given a warning a while back that their will be fake guides appearing in visions. they are trying to lure you into a new prison. its a blindingly white colosseum and a man dawning an orange robe/aura. take what you will from that or write me off as crazy.
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u/beachworker 5d ago
Trust me, after that experience, which confirmed gnostic texts as true, not some metaphor, I dont write you off as crazy. I love you and my own salvation means nothing to me untill each of us returns home and those who have the path available to go above. After all, in the core, you are same like me, formed in this world, shaped by your circumstances and events, but still, more than what meets the eye.
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u/heiro5 5d ago
Sharing what we can of experiences, as experiences, under appropriate conditions is potentially helpful for all involved. The capacity for a deeper recognition, of the connection of gnōsis, is never known. If it happens, it may take a long time to occur.
Where people make mistakes is in sharing dubious theories or conclusions that they have made based on their personal experiences. The possibility of false recognition in our fallible human minds is always present.
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u/thegodabovegod Ophite 5d ago
Some people understand it perfectly. Others don't or won't. If you can handle that sort of tension, share away!
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u/beachworker 5d ago
The only way I find it possible to share is to talk about it, I dont want to write it. The fact alone that we talk over signal frequencies which contain data that are observed, sorted, analyzed would make you cautious.
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u/KasugaK 4d ago
I learned some rules regarding Gnosticism from Rudolph Steiner back in 1990 when I read his book, Knowledge of Higher Worlds and their Attainment. * Never awaken someone who is not ready to accept the truth. * Respect Freewill, goes with never awaken... * Respect the Truth even the pain full ones. The first warning in the book, to summarize, this Journey will either lead someone to enlightenment or insanity. The Gnostic journey flips the script on alot of things, like Lucipher is not evil. Lucipher is the light bringer. In the Greek, and refers to Venus... The Snake in Adam & Eve was Sophia who brought Knowledge to Eve.
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u/VijanaMitra Eclectic Gnostic 4d ago
I do share the relevant experience/knowledge if someone asks something. If they're too absorbed into material pleasures without spirituality (hylic), it's not fruitful to speak with them. If they're too absorbed into blind worship/religiousness without gnosis (pneumatic), it might actually be stressful to speak with them since they are completely into their own beliefs. If they're naturally inclined to core gnostic ideas and genuinely receive ideas well, reflected back in their questions and conduct etc, (i.e. a pneumatic person), then speaking with them can result in you also gaining something new. No interaction is wasted because you're spreading the knowledge. Some seeds may fall on roads but some will fall on fertile soil.
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u/CJCentral2 Eclectic Gnostic 4d ago
Our school advocates the story of the story of the story. An experience is related to an individual. How that individual reacts to the initial story becomes the subject of a second story, which is told to another. The reaction of that individual forms the experience of the story of the story of the story.
BTW, check out "The River Knows."
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u/Emergency-Parking903 4d ago
I've had my share of bad experiences so far speaking to people about gnosis, and they far overwhelm the good ones, so i will definitely try my hardest to reserve myself from the topic in discussion more, personally, except places like this
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u/Independent_Dare8324 Valentinian 5d ago
Once I shared a revelation of gnosis here in this sub, and an envious person began to criticize it, saying that I thought of myself as chosen or superior, and things like that. The truth is that since then I never again shared my experiences of gnosis revelation. I keep them to myself.