Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:33 am
Hello Dick,
I never said Knowledge was evil nor unnecessary. We are commended to seek knowledge more than gold, added to it. The issue is, it is a path of hardship and sacrifice because knowledge divides and sifts and this produces an emotional response in others who you may be applying your knowledge towards and though you did nothing wrong, you find yourself on a path of loneliness, or grief because of it. It is of my opinion, people who value emotion over the knowledge, will find in the days of turbulence, emotion is a weak anchor and they will be tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine to regain that emotional stability. Those who took their time to establish their knowledge concerning the things of God going through the grief and sorrow of knowledge and wisdom, will like a rock and the waves and waves will come but they are able to stand up having their emotions stable. Emotion should be based on what is true not on fear but most people don't recognize where their emotions are coming from. It is my opinion and it has be proven over and over again. I can contribute to discussions but I have no need to convince anyone of what I learned.
Lastly, spiritual knowledge is comprehended by intellect. Therefore there is no separating gnosis from intellect.
This is a good discussion.
I never said Knowledge was evil nor unnecessary. We are commended to seek knowledge more than gold, added to it. The issue is, it is a path of hardship and sacrifice because knowledge divides and sifts and this produces an emotional response in others who you may be applying your knowledge towards and though you did nothing wrong, you find yourself on a path of loneliness, or grief because of it. It is of my opinion, people who value emotion over the knowledge, will find in the days of turbulence, emotion is a weak anchor and they will be tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine to regain that emotional stability. Those who took their time to establish their knowledge concerning the things of God going through the grief and sorrow of knowledge and wisdom, will like a rock and the waves and waves will come but they are able to stand up having their emotions stable. Emotion should be based on what is true not on fear but most people don't recognize where their emotions are coming from. It is my opinion and it has be proven over and over again. I can contribute to discussions but I have no need to convince anyone of what I learned.
Lastly, spiritual knowledge is comprehended by intellect. Therefore there is no separating gnosis from intellect.
This is a good discussion.