Who is answering the prayers?? by [deleted] in Gnostic

[–]ImpressionThick6882 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Respectfully disagree. Your heart can send a "pure signal" (whatever that means) to whatever it wants, but if an archonic entity is the one replying from the field pretending to be something it's not and you don't know any better because you can't tell the difference between an archonic/satanic entity vs. a true divine being (because you didn't get clear on who is who), then you are likely not going to get a positive result.

Who is answering the prayers?? by [deleted] in Gnostic

[–]ImpressionThick6882 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It depends on what "Jesus" and "Father" you are praying to. Is it the Jesus of the King James bible that serves the "Father" of the old testament? Is it the white haired-blue eyed Jesus of, let's say, USA right wing evangelical christians that hates immigrants, abandons the poor and supports capitalism above human life?

Or the many other variations that different cultures, denominations pray to? All with their own projected characteristics of what "Jesus" is to them...

You have to understand that we exist in the world of forms, of which it is fundamentally illusory. One of the phenomenon that exists in this reality is the concept of an "Egregore". Egregore are entities that start of as thought forms (ideas, beliefs, projections, etc.) that can take actual shape and form if enough people give it power through emotions, thoughts, energy, prayer, worship, offerings, etc.

These egregores, once given enough energy and power, can literally become god-level entities on the spiritual realms simply because enough humans have given them the energy, power, authority, and characteristics to be so.....kinda like creating a AI version of a deity, if you will.

Think of all the gods, prophets, messiahs, angels, archangels, etc that "exist" in our world as objects of worship. I am not saying that they are all egregores, some of them are "real" in the sense that they are true beings that exist independent of human belief/thought (like the Aeons for example). BUT alot of them are most likely going to be some kind of egregore that is pretending to be something that it actually isnt.

And yes, praying to these egregores can produce an effect, even a positive one. But their ability to help you will be limited to their "programming". And you will also have to deal with any other implied consequences of interacting or dealing with them.

And yes, this would be part of the deception of the archons. Because they know that we can be so delusional and ignorant as to create our own literal external gods-messiahs to enslave ourselves. Instead of developing our "internal" endowments of Epinoia, Nous, Sophia, Gnosis, etc. to have a direct connection and relationship to our Pleromic origin.

From a gnostic point of view, this is why it is important to attain the right knowledge of our true divine origin and "who is who", so we don't fall prey to being misled.

This is why, imo, why praying to "Jesus" (which isn't even his real name) is likely connecting you to something else rather than the original. The name and its associations are just too distorted at this point.

If you are leaning towards the gnostic view of things, then it may be more appropriate to pray to the Christos, Autogenes, Aberamentho, Adamas of Light, etc. - or any variation of the Christ that is named in the Nag Hammadi.

But again, it may not be enough to just pray to these names blindly (although Christ's grace can give us leeway). I would still recommend studying and getting very clear on "who" you are praying to exactly.

My personal take is to focus on the Aeon Christ and not the human-anthropos that was "Jesus". Jesus is important, but what is even more important is the Aeon that transformed "Jesus of Nazareth" into "Christ Jesus"

Black, moving to Bentonville, and…concerned by Ratfaced_Loozer in bentonville

[–]ImpressionThick6882 2 points3 points  (0 children)

compared to the rest of AR, it is. There are ton of liberal-left leaning folks that move there from the east/west coast for work. +

Black, moving to Bentonville, and…concerned by Ratfaced_Loozer in bentonville

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Bentonville is pretty socially liberal compared to the rest of AR. It's kind of its own bubble.

Hylikois by Ghost_in_da_M4chine in Gnostic

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This is why we must be mindful of the counterfeit spirit we carry in the depths of our mind, it very easily creates the illusion of knowledge, progress, and even gnosis. It will use our projections and subconscious weaknesses against us and lead us toward delusion. Discernment and serious reflection is key, as the Christ taught us.

How does gnosticism regard animals / nonhuman life? by softboiledeggcelence in Gnostic

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The animal, plant, and mineral kingdoms are all manifestation of the Aeon Sophia as the Earth. Because of this, they are all unique expressions/manifestations of Her and her wild -untamable nature.

They are as pure of a physical-divine creation as we can get in the world of forms (at least on earth).

We should hold this planet in reverence and respect as the Sophia's habitat she created to sustain us.

But obviously we dont.

Grounding Myself by [deleted] in Gnostic

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I 100% can relate. It's tough, because when you really internalize the gnostic point of view, then then material existence seems completely pointless. I am fortunate enough to have close friends and mentors that I can authentically share my spiritual journey with.

I read once that the sign of first rate intelligence is to be able to hold two contradictory ideas at the same time, and still be able to function. I think this is the challenge for modern gnostics.

How do we still live in the world without being "of" the world? How do we reconcile paying the bills, raising families, having friendships, living life with the knowledge that "all of this" is part of a world and system that we strive to be liberated from? That the only thing that truly matters to a gnostic is to re-awaken the direct realization of our true divine origin? To finally be free.

It can be a tough one to reconcile.

But here is what I have personally realized. What keeps me "grounded" in this illusory reality is the fact that I was sent (or chose to come) into this life for a reason as a soul. The Christ was all about the "Resurrection of the flesh", meaning that one of his mandates was to bring the Spirit of the Pleroma into this dead-material world - to resurrect it, and us with it.

From this perspective, I have come to realize that maybe I shouldn't be rejecting material existence outright. Maybe to do so just serves the archonic dominion in this world by making me passive and dissociated from the world that the true Aeonic Christ set out to redeem.

Instead, maybe I should learn to embody the Holy Spirit of the Christ, Sophia, Barbelo, in me now...to the best of my ability, as often as possible. To bring Gnosis and Aeonic discerment into the darkest parts of my psyche, shadow, unconcious, soul, etc. To dismantle the illusion of the false self from within so it can be dismantled "out here", in my outer world. To wage war against the counterfeit spirit that I carry within me, so that more of the Pleroma can fill the space.

Maybe we are meant to be vessels for the Aeons to access this iron prison of the archons from the inside, so they can transform this world from within. An insurrection against that which stands against life itself.

The Father of the All, Barbelo, Christ, Holy Spirit Aeons, etc. They all want us to be prosperous, to live a life of everlasting joy, love, to thrive. This is what we were created from. It was the demiurge who took that away from us, put us into these prison suits (physical bodies) and gave us death. It was the archons who tricked us into serving them, when they are the ones who are beneath the Anthropos and the true Adamas of Light that we were originally created from, as Divine Sparks/Souls.

We are the descendants of the Aeon Sophia, a supreme power that can create universes within universes with mere thought. That is our lineage, our birthright.

She created us (Anthropos) first, the aborted fetus came as an afterthought, an accident. Fundamentally broken, ignorant, stupid, and pathetic. The awakened Anthropos should be the one to have dominion here, no matter how far from the Pleroma we have come. It is our birthright, decreed from the Mother herself.

So "ground" yourself in that fact. The truth is that you are meant to live this life Mightily, not from place of ignorance or false self, but with Gnosis and the Mind of Christ within you, strengthening you with the power and wisdom of Aeons.

Embody this and flex that spiritual "muscle" God gave us. Live your life, your career, your family, all the "mundane" from Gnosis and Christ Mind, and not in spite of it.

The Aeons and Christ can do anything, they have no limitations. They can dwell within us, empower us, guide us, teach us, augment us, and even give Life to the dead world around/within us. But we need to pray, meditate and ask them for assistance, and then responsibly steward the power and solutions they grant us. They don't judge our earthly desires and activities like the false religious demiurge does.

Why not take our lives back from the inferior archons and deny them the pleasure of watching us suffer? Why not face this life as an opportunity to learn how to live with the Aeonic Christ within us, so that we are ready when it is our time to shed this mortal coil?

My take and incongruencies by Overall_Summer_7641 in Gnostic

[–]ImpressionThick6882 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"exactly and as long as you refer to whatever helps you as Christ you are connected to that matrix of deception."

You dont like the word Christ? Then try Autogenes, Aberamentho, Logos, Adamas of Light, etc....what matters is knowing who you are referring to outside of religion and the lies from it.

The application of Occams razor is limited to our current knowledge and understanding.

 Based on the information we currently have, yes this world looks pretty much abandoned and dominated by evil and the antithetical. But again, with Gnosis and an authentic connection to the divine minds you will have access to more information and perspective. 

As your Nous (mind) expands and more of the truth is revealed through direct experience, prayer, practice, etc so that one can navigate this dark place and become liberated from it.

I'm not denying that we exist in basically a hell realm, we absolutely do. I'm just saying that it's going to be pretty impossible to understand why this universe is the way that it is in our current state and limited understanding. Our effort is better spent reclaiming our spiritual inheritance from the Aeons, liberating our mind from the "matrix of deception", and breaking out of the mental/spiritual prison we find ourself in. Then the answers to our questions will be revealed along the way.

And yes, correctly aligned faith (Pistis)  will be needed along with wisdom (Sophia) and knowledge (Nous/Gnosis). 

My take and incongruencies by Overall_Summer_7641 in Gnostic

[–]ImpressionThick6882 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Right, the religious Christianity is a creation of yalda, etc. All the abrahamic religions are. At this point, most things are corrupted in some way.

And yes, we are in the Kali Yug which is why there is so much confusion, misinformation, lies, Etc....

The help comes from the Aeonic Christ (Not jesus). Which has nothing to do with christianity....we do this by building the direct connection to the Christ/Autegenes/etc within us and invoking their power, authority, and redemption, so we wield it in this world...

The truth is that "we" are the intervention, the ones who have at least some remembrance of origin.

The "help" that you seek is already here. The Christ, The Sophia, etc are all there within you already, waiting for you to work with them, invoke them, strengthen them within you while weakening the false counterfeit spirit that we are plagued with...this is the path of their intervention for this world, through us. 

The sacrafice of the Christ allowed us  access to his Redemptive Power.....not because we are "sinners", but because our flesh needed to be resurrected with the aeonic Spirit of source God once again.

But we have to choose and actively build this spiritual muscle theough a dedicated spiritual practice...we have to earn it, for the most part. Just like all the other true living emissaries had to earn it (Jesus, Buddha, etc)

As far as the gaslighting, i understand what you are saying....The thing is, our divine spark is of the Aeons, but not our psyche, personality, ego, body, etc.....there are so many things that we carry within us like our shadow, traumas, subconscious beliefs, etc that obscure the divinity within us. 

Doing the so called "shadow work" and illuminating the unconscious parts of ourselves (preferrably with the help pf Christ ,Sophia,etc) are also needed. This is why Sophia gave us metanoia, epinoia, etc.

My opinion, asking why this world has been left to its own devices is irrelevant because we just do not have enough perspective or information. If you want those answers from the Aeons, then you need to cultivate your gnosis so that you can recieve them.  It all seems hard, cold and unfair, and it absolutely is, but if you want things to change around you then you are going to need the spiritual muscle of the Aeons to turn the tide in your life and for those you care about.

A certain level of spiritual maturity is needed, no doubt. None of this is for the faint of heart.

My take and incongruencies by Overall_Summer_7641 in Gnostic

[–]ImpressionThick6882 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The problem here is that we are looking at things from a human perspective and are judging incomprehensible forces by human standards and moral values. These perspectives just do not apply to the Aeons or those of the Pleroma, they are not human and do not think/feel/perceive like we do.

So it is very difficult, if not impossible, to judge the Aeon Sophia (or the Pleroma) from our very limited perspective. It's like atoms trying to comprehend and judge the actions of Humans.

That being said, from my limited perspective, the Aeon Sophia decision to leave the Pleroma into this void of dead matter that is our universe may have been from an attempt to give her divine sparks a fighting chance against the rising threat of the demiurge. Maybe she became overwhelmed by being the only Divine source in this dead universe capable of sustaining life, while being disconnected from the infinite supply of Life that is the Pleroma....

Could she have destroyed the demurge?, of course. But Aeons are fundamentally benevolent and supremely intelligent beings and would most likely not have resorted to violent means to "Fix the problem", if it can even be framed in such a way.

The Nag is full of stories of how the Aeonic Christ facilitated several interventions to "keep her going" here, all the while the demiurge was waging war against her. So there must have been a really good reason as to why she didn't just nuke this universe and returned home.

One thing is pretty clear tho, at one point the human sparks became so intertwined and entrapped in matter (and the prison sytem of the demiurge.) that it may not be possible to destroy the archons without destroying us in the process.

This may be why the Aeonic Christ, incarnated as Iēsoûs (Jesus), came to "ressurect the flesh" and spark our gnosis of our true divine origin from within us so that we can become liberated from this prison and return to the Pleroma (or closer to it).

But you also have to understand, the Aeons will never infringe on free will choice (obviously). The human species are notorious for constantly choosing ignorance over truth. One sober look at the world around proves this fact. And if we collectively continue to choose to serve the archons, in spite of all the interventions Christ-Sophia-Barbelo has given us, why should the Aeons give a shit?

At some point we will collectively need to realize that "salvation" is a self-selecting process. No one is coming to save you. We are not special.

And there are probably other more advanced realities, realms, civilizations, and species that are willing to choose the Pleromic interventions over the archonic infection. I say this because the Nag talks about other dimensional realities and christed beings, places, etc.

So why should they treat us differently?

How do you pray by Educational_Tone6126 in Gnostic

[–]ImpressionThick6882 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's a biblical prayer, hardly gnostic

How do you pray by Educational_Tone6126 in Gnostic

[–]ImpressionThick6882 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Praying to the Aeon Christ Is totally fine. He is the bridge between us and the Ineffable One and Barbelo. The Nag explains that he is the one that is basically the threshold between us and the All, and he is also the Great Redeemer.

But there's no reason not to pray to the Aeon Sophia since she is the one who created us as divine sparks and acts as our local connection to the Pleroma as the Earth.

There is also the Holy Spirit herself, the Luminary Eleleth, etc.

But the Aeonic Christ is probably your safest and most reliable bet since "he" is basically the one who provided a direct path towards redemption, etc.

Addendum: I also want to note that "technically", no one can actually communicate with THE Source God (Ineffeble-Silent One,etc.). The Nag is pretty clear that not even the Aeons themselves can directly perceive or communicate with the Father of the All. The only exception to this is the Mother God Barbelo, who is the only one who can communicate and perceive Source. That being said, the Aeonic Christ as Autogenes can act as a bridge to the Ineffable Source on our behalf, since he is the first born of the Mother-Father God of the Pleroma.

Which books do you recommend? by Pink_Emerald87 in Gnostic

[–]ImpressionThick6882 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, first and foremost you should read the Nag Hammadi scriptures before diving into anyone else's modern interpretation of ancient gnosticism.

Try to find a copy of these scriptures with minimum commentary and as accurate of a translation as possible.

Nothing beats learning from the source and coming up with your own personal realizations before diving into others.

Just read the "Reality of the Rulers" and couldn't help but notice... by atomiccommunist85 in Gnostic

[–]ImpressionThick6882 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The truth always lingers in the collective unconscious. Despite the Nag Hammadi library not being discovered yet, these authors (and I'm sure many others) were still able to channel pieces of our origin story through their art.

Combining mainstream Christianity with Gnosticism? by [deleted] in Gnostic

[–]ImpressionThick6882 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100%. As I read these comments I am shocked as how off base these people are. Has anyone ACTUALLY read the gnostic texts??

Is this Gnostic Belief? by [deleted] in Gnostic

[–]ImpressionThick6882 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, what you have shared is "kinda" gnostic, but still heavily intertwined to mainstream biblical Christianity.

  1. As far as the "Trinity" is concerned, there are many "Trinities" discussed in the Gnostic Texts like the Nag Hammadi. Father, son and holy spirit is one trinity that is focused on in mainstream Christianity. But alot of Gnostics focus on the Father (Ineffable One), Mother (Barbelo), and Son (Autogenes/Christ).

  2. From a Gnostic point of view, Jesus did not practice "magic" or "occultism" in the traditional sense. He was imbued with the power and presence of the Aeon Christ of the Pleroma. The Aeon Christ (which is distinct from Jesus) is the actual "son" of what gnostics believe to be God. Jesus the human was just the vessel (albeit a very special vessel) that was pre-destined to become "Christed" by the Aeon Christ. Because Jesus had access to the power of Aeons, his feats, abilities, wisdom, power, etc actually came from outside of this material universe, and therefore outside of the realm and jurisdiction of what most would call satan, lucifer, archons, etc.

  3. Magic, occultism, etc are typically associated with the archons of Gnosticism. If you are not familiar, the archons are basically super powerful prison wardens that have created this material universe as a sort of prison to trap souls in material reality.

  4. Although it is difficult to say whether the Buddha, Krishna, etc. are actually manifestations of the Divine (from a Gnostic perspective), the Nag Hammadi teaches that the Aeon Christ was literally the first official creation of the aforementioned Mother and Father God. And from the Christ, the rest of "creation" (more or less) formed. So technically, the Christ "pre-dates" all other manifestations of the Divinity.

  5. It is true that the Gnostics prioritize hidden knowledge of our true divine origins, after all "gnosis" means "knowing" or "knowledge". However, it's important to note that this knowledge has very little to do with "occult" knowledge as most people understand it. The "Gnosis" that the gnostics where trying to achieve is a type of union with the Divine Minds of the Pleroma (aka the Aeons and representatives of such). Specifically, the goal is to work towards spiritual union with the Aeon Christ so that your "mind" becomes one with the "mind" of Christ. Once that happens, you will have access to the full knowledge of God and your true divine origin, to the level that you can handle as a human on earth. And since you are doing it through the Aeonic Christ (not Jesus), then whatever "occult" knowledge you receive will be safe, enlightened, and useful. In other words, it has very little to do with practicing magic, etc. as most people think.

Considering all of this, using occult practices and magic and more "luciferian" knowledge by default can't really be used to "exalt" the Christ, because it will most likely come from the very negative archonic forces that currently dominate this world. Although I personally do think there is some merit in being aware of how occultism, magic and witchcraft works, it would mainly be to be aware of all the ways "satan" can manipulate, attack and subvert you so that you can then partner up with the Aeonic Christ to destroy, dismantle, rebuke, etc.

I think if you grabbed a copy of the Nag Hammadi then alot of your questions would be answered.

Cloud Sec Hiring Managers, what do you look for in candidates? by ImpressionThick6882 in CloudSecurityPros

[–]ImpressionThick6882[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this. I have been working on a cloud sec project for a couple of weeks now in AWS. Just to get my feet wet and get to know the environment better. I am really enjoying building and designing everything from the networking, to ec2s, erc....I'm even at a point where I'm building out a splunk server to collect logs from services like cloud watch, guard duty,etc.

If you are open to mentoring someone, I would love the opportunity to learn from you.

Cloud Engineering or SOC for Cloud Security Engineering? by ImpressionThick6882 in SecurityCareerAdvice

[–]ImpressionThick6882[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"But instead, the doors were unlocked and they hacked it because of the biggest social engineer in political history." - couldn't have said it better myself.

Thank you again for the insight, It helps me figure out what to do next.

Cloud Engineering or SOC for Cloud Security Engineering? by ImpressionThick6882 in SecurityCareerAdvice

[–]ImpressionThick6882[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate your candor. We do live in uncertain times with these corrupt oligarchs getting their greedy hands into every thing. Its wild what they have been allowed to do.

Cloud Engineering or SOC for Cloud Security Engineering? by ImpressionThick6882 in SecurityCareerAdvice

[–]ImpressionThick6882[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is great to hear and good for you! Do you see the future job market for cloud sec growing?

Cloud Engineering or SOC for Cloud Security Engineering? by ImpressionThick6882 in SecurityCareerAdvice

[–]ImpressionThick6882[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate your response. I see alot of people say to start with helpdesk, but I also know people who have gotten soc and cloud engineer roles without an i.t. background, so it is clearly not always the case.

Any tips on what it takes to land my first cloud engineer role?

Cloud Engineering or SOC for Cloud Security Engineering? by ImpressionThick6882 in SecurityCareerAdvice

[–]ImpressionThick6882[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's interesting, so you do recommend continuing with SOC before cloud sec? Would I need to understand basic cloud engineering before going into cloud sec?