Bruce Michael
Well-Known Member
Interested parties,
When entering in the realm of Gnosis (true Gnosis i.e. knowledge) there is a loss.
"When Men came to adopt knowledge they did so forsaking their heavenly inheritance of innate wisdom. The two may not actively coincide."
You can observe this in churchgoers of deep religious feeling: their ideas and faith being quite simple. On the other hand, searchers for knowledge invariably end up losing those deep religious feelings as they enter the first stage of the path. It takes quite a bit of work before they end up (hopefully) with the same depth of religious feeling that those of simple faith have.
So this is another reason why we wouldn't want drag away folk from the Church to the path of knowledge (Gnosis).
On the other hand, free thinking is here to stay, and one should never seek to deny that either.
Christ has entered into the etheric world, the world of Nature. The world is changing as His influence is felt more and more (the real impulse behind the "Green" movement). With this event too, one might get an idea of why a cognitive Christianity is so important for this age. We are challenged more and more to approach the Christian Mystery with understanding.
Br. Bruce
When entering in the realm of Gnosis (true Gnosis i.e. knowledge) there is a loss.
"When Men came to adopt knowledge they did so forsaking their heavenly inheritance of innate wisdom. The two may not actively coincide."
You can observe this in churchgoers of deep religious feeling: their ideas and faith being quite simple. On the other hand, searchers for knowledge invariably end up losing those deep religious feelings as they enter the first stage of the path. It takes quite a bit of work before they end up (hopefully) with the same depth of religious feeling that those of simple faith have.
So this is another reason why we wouldn't want drag away folk from the Church to the path of knowledge (Gnosis).
On the other hand, free thinking is here to stay, and one should never seek to deny that either.
Christ has entered into the etheric world, the world of Nature. The world is changing as His influence is felt more and more (the real impulse behind the "Green" movement). With this event too, one might get an idea of why a cognitive Christianity is so important for this age. We are challenged more and more to approach the Christian Mystery with understanding.
Br. Bruce