The Gnostic Path of the Golden Rosycross
An Introduction in 12 Explorations
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Introduction to the Gnostic Path of the Golden Rosycross
Self Knowledge
Summary Exploration 2 - Self-Knowledge
Where do I come from? Why am I here? What will happen to me after I die? As seekers, we feel certain that there must exist an objective answer to these questions. But such answers are only available to those who open themselves to the living, transforming Truth. But this living Truth is not something that was once said by a philosopher or a theologian, or found hidden in some ancient manuscript. Neither do you need to seek it far from home, for it lies within you, yourself, and has only to be reawakened and allowed to bloom.
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Exploration 2 - Self-Knowledge
One of the main points made in the first exploration was that many ideas about the aim of human life are based on a delusion, a fundamental misconception, the mistaken idea that the earthly human being is the true human being, and that perfection can be found in this world or in the hereafter.
We explained that, very often, the ideals people strive for originate from the primordial atom, the last remnant of the original life in the human being. This remnant is what gives rise to pre-remembrance and the deep-seated, often unconscious, yearning for a life without conflict