THE WORLD OF RELATIONSHIPS
The world of relationships has three very different aspects which we need to clarify precisely
First: We are related with the planetary body, that is to say, with the physical body.
Second: We live on the planet Earth, and are, by logical consequence, related with the exterior world and with the matters that concern us, such as family, business, money, professional matters, career, politics, and so on.
Third: The relationship of man/ woman with himself/herself. For the majority of people, this kind of relationship does not have the least importance.
Unfortunately, people are only interested in the first two kinds of relationships, looking upon the third type with the utmost indifference.
Nourishment, health, money, and business really constitute the principal preoccupations of the Intellectual Animal (the animal that has developed the intellect the most) mistakenly called “man”.
Now then; it is evident that both the physical body and the matters of the world are external to ourselves.
OUR BODY
The planetary body (physical body) is at times sick, at times healthy, and so on.
We always believe that we have some knowledge of our physical body, but in reality, not even the best scientists in the world know much about the body of flesh and bone.
There is no doubt that the physical body, given its tremendously complex organisation, is certainly far beyond our comprehension.
In respect to the second type of relationship, we are always the victims of circumstances. It is lamentable that we have not yet learned to consciously originate circumstance.
There are many people incapable of adapting themselves to anything or anyone, or of having genuine success in life. When thinking of ourselves from the point of view of the Gnostic esoteric work, it is necessary to ascertain in which of these three types of relationships we are deficient. It may happen in fact, that we are incorrectly related with the physical body, and consequently, we are ill. It may happen that we have a bad relationship with the external world, and as a result, we have conflicts, economic and social problems, etc.
It may be that we have a bad relationship with ourselves, and consequently, we suffer greatly due to a lack of inner enlightenment.
LACK OF INNER ILLUMINATION
Obviously, if the lamp in our bedroom is not plugged in, the room will be in darkness. Whoever suffers from a lack of inner illumination must connect their minds with the superior centres of their Being. Unquestionably, we need to establish correct relationships, not only with our planetary body (physical body) and with the external world, but also with each one of the parts of our own Being.
Patients who are pessimistic, tired of so many doctors and medications, no longer wish to be cured; optimistic patients fight to live.
Many millionaires who lose their fortune gambling in the Casino of Monte Carlo commit suicide; millions of poor mothers work to support their children.
Innumerable aspirants, depressed by their lack of psychic power and inner illumination have renounced the esoteric work on themselves. Few are those who know how to take advantage of adversity.
POWER OF SELF-REMEMBERING
During times of rigorous temptation, dejection, and desolation, we must appeal to intimate self-remembering.
In the depths of each one of us is the Aztec Tonantzin, the Stella Maris, the Egyptian Isis, God the Mother, waiting to heal our painful hearts. When one gives oneself the shock of self-remembering, a miraculous change is produced in the entire working of the body, so that the cells receive different nourishment.