27 “The world” as a frozen meaning

LG27

Jesus said:
If you are not stuck towards the world,
you will not find the kingdom.
If you do not observe the Sabbath as a Sabbath,
you will never see the father.

As a child we are included in the world of appointments of our parents, teachers, priests and rulers. We get to know the agreements that our educators have made with each other around the world. “That is how the world works,” we think as good children. And with that in mind, we step into the world of agreements around us. In this way we become part of the world of our educators with dedication.

Is it wrong that we insert ourselves into the world of our educators? In some spiritual traditions it is claimed that we must renounce all these agreements about reality, that is to say, to completely distance ourselves from it, because they, as agreements, do not actually exist, they are only an illusion, in the negative sense of that word.

But in gnostics it is different. It is not about leaving the world of agreements and leaving us behind. The goal of gnostics as a spiritual path is to make people free participants in “the world” and with that freedom to co-create the agreements we make with each other about the world. As free people, we can make love a part of life.

To be able to achieve that freedom, we must, however, dare to let go of our belief in the absolute truth of the agreements that have been learned. So we do not let go of the agreements, but the belief in the absolute truth thereof. That is “fasting” compared to “the world.”

By fasting with regard to the world, and thus protecting our inner freedom, we enter an infinite space of meaning. Then we can freely give our meaning to life on earth. It is precisely the fact that we can hold meaningful meaning on earth, nature, our fellow man, ourselves, that is the creative divine power in our heart that Gnostics refers to. Releasing that creative power offers the opportunity to establish the kingdom on earth, if at least our significance is associated with the compassion of our hearts.

But what is unfortunately often the case? If we believe that the learned description of reality is the same as reality itself, if the former meaning is frozen to absolute truth, then we are trapped in our own faith, and therefore we are not connected to the heart. Then we heartily test everything against the agreements. Then the judgments about our fellow human beings are ice cold and unloving.

But when we free ourselves from our belief in the absolute truth of the descriptions in which we grew up, space is created to become co-creators of life on earth, from the connection with love within ourselves. Then our heart will thaw and become sensitive to the relationship between all people at the soul level.

Only then can we make the two one, “the world” and the heart. Then we can even experience that “the Father” – whatever you mean by that at the level of description – is present as a source in our own heart and can also be known there. Then we can become co-creators of the kingdom on earth, where peace and justice are figures of the inexhaustible love that dwells in us.