For the last few weeks, everywhere that I have gone, I have read innumerable instances of people holding extremely fixed and rigid viewpoints, almost to the point of being myopic. Now, sometimes I suppose I am guilty of this also, I mean, I bristle every time someone says that we Gnostics believe that the Archons are lizard men from Mars, or that we don’t believe in Jesus, or what have you. I mean, what the hey, I am right here, and am more accessible than most people on the planet, so instead of telling me what I believe, why not ask me, and I’ll share my beliefs?
Another type of rigidity is the keyboard (insert religion here). I want to narrow this down to the keyboard Gnostic…..I will let the keyboard Catholic, or keyboard Muslim be for now. All of you keyboard Gnostics, and you know who you are, it’s time to get off you duffs. Back away from the computer, take a deep breath, and ask yourself if you really want to be a Gnostic, or just play one on the internet? Join a church, join a group, get some live voices in your ears. Find out that being a Gnostic is more than just arguing with a fundamentalist on the internet; there is a loving caring family out here waiting for you. Get your weekly dose of hugs, and then go back to arguing with your fundamentalist friend.
There is a whole bunch more examples of rigid thinking, but I don’t want you to think that I think being rigid is bad—I mean, no kids, you can’t play in traffic, and I am going to be pretty inflexible about that! However, there is a type of rigid that comes about when somebody has found their comfort zone, and they don’t want to leave this comfort zone because they are afraid. That’s bad.
“What d’yer mean afraid, I ain’t afraid o’ nothin’!”
Liar. As long as you wear the flesh, you’re afraid of something. Being a Gnostic does not mean that you have to be a recluse, though I suppose that being a recluse would predispose someone to be a Gnostic. Come on, fess up— you’ve been attempting to be a Gnostic for a couple years now, and you’ve stalled; you can’t seem to get a leg over that hurdle of introversion. Gee, am I a psychic or what? Never fear, that’s what we are here for.
Give your soul a slap shot
No more excuses. “I’m too busy”, or “there are no groups in my area”, or “this is the only rationalization I have at the moment to stay in my comfort zone”. Folks, the graveyard is full of people who didn’t have time to die.
Get un-busy. Start a group, or join our Skype group, we don’t bite. Face those inner Archons, and defeat them(They are not lizardmen from Mars). Just do something that get’s you out of that shell.
