No Doubt

This is a response to a recent comment posted in Every Man A Christ.

Friend,

In the movie The Matrix (1999), which is an extremely accurate allegorical portrayal of the Path of Return, complete with archons and aeons (the Agents) and the reborn New Man ("Neo" means "new"), there is a character who symbolically represents the Candidate who is struggling with his choice to walk the Path. The character is tired of living in poverty and eating gruel for breakfast, lunch and dinner. He longs for the world that he knew before embarking upon the Path, even though he knows for a fact that world is an Unreality.

The character's name is Cypher, and he represents the Judas in all of us, the part of ourselves that is willing to betray the Gnosis because we are tired of living two lives that are so diametrically opposed in their aims. The classic Judas-person wants to make a paradise of the world that can be seen with the eyes. This makes more sense to him than suffering for an unseen world whose reality his five senses cannot confirm. In frustration and disillusionment, Cypher chooses to leave the Path and return to the Unreality, the Matrix, the physical world. In the movie, he sits down with an archon (the Agent) to cut a deal:

Cypher: You know...I know this steak doesn't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize?

Ignorance is bliss.

The Agent: So, we have a deal?

Cypher: I don't wanna remember nothing. Nothing. Do you hear me? And I wanna be rich. You know, somebody important. Like an actor.

The Agent: Whatever you want.

Yep, whatever you want. Just leave the Path and return to the old ways. The Prince of This World will make it worth your while.

Many are lost to the Path in this fashion, which is a tragedy. To have come so far, through so many lives, only to abandon the journey when one is right at the doorstep is a great loss for the Candidate. There is no guarantee that the former Candidate will ever get another opportunity to complete this walk to Freedom. It could be many lives and tens of thousands of years before he or she reaches this point again. On top of that, there's no guarantee that the former Candidate will not completely lose their way during that time and end up lost to the Gnosis forever.

Lose yourself instead in service to others. Do not render such service with any expectation of gratitude or return. Many will be helped even if they do not appreciate or acknowledge the help given. In fact, we help others the most when we assimilate the Light-Power of the Gnosis and radiate it to the world. Every human-being radiates something via their aura. Most of the time, it's a radiation of a very low frequency. We who are on the Path have access to a higher radiation, one of great purity and power. It is our task to pass that frequency along to those who cannot yet access it directly. Their auras will be affected, of this there is no doubt. Something will change within them. We who pass on this radiation will not get to see the results of our Service, but we can be certain beyond a shadow of a doubt that Service has been rendered.

If we are serving and expecting to see the results of our serving, then we are serving from the viewpoint of the ego, the I-being. Giving means just what it says: giving. Nowhere in the definition of Giving is there any mention of a reciprocal return. It is the "I" that wants to see results. It is the "I" that looks for gratification and self-congratulation.

To avoid the fate of the Judas-person, the Candidate must have Faith. After having the Path of Return revealed and explained to him/her, he or she must believe with an Inner Knowing that what has been revealed to him/her is true, and that if he/she follows the requirements, he/she will reach The Goal with certainty. Without this Faith, the Candidate will most surely fail in his/her efforts to move the mountain that stands before him or her.

This is your Dark Night of the Soul. This is where many waver. All Candidates have gone through this phase or will go through this phase. Just think of Jesus and the Temptation in the Desert. The aeons of this nature, who completely control your I-being, are trying to influence you to Doubt that which your awakening heart sanctuary knows to be True. For your part, you must continue to trust the still, small voice of the heart over the clanging din that your I-being is making. Doubt is a trick of the archons and the aeons of this nature. It is a very ancient trick but also a very effective one.

By Faith, we do not mean to wanly hope that something might be true or that something may happen. The Faith of the Travelers on the gnostic Path of Return is born from an unwavering inner knowing that what has been revealed to us is true and will happen, as long as we do not falter.

Remain detached to the suffering that you see around you, or even to your own suffering. Although difficult for some to believe, the suffering that we see in this world is the result of karma lawfully working itself out on this plane. Serve, and keep serving. Give, and keep giving. Radiate that which has been radiated to you. Know that you are not alone, that this Path is walked in group unity, and that in this group the strong will always stand for the weak, until the weak also grow strong.

This Unreality is temporary and will eventually fade away like a puff of smoke, as it always does. When the smoke clears, only the immortal Divine Reality will remain, ready to accept those who have completed the journey Home.

Put away your doubts, and rest in the certain knowledge that your labors are not in vain.

all love,

~ g
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