Gnostic Question of the Week
Some examples from Buddha and Jesus about the awakening of consciousness.
Answer from the V.M. Samael Aun Weor and the magazine.
We are asleep, but we believe we are awake; we don't admit to being asleep, we even take offense when someone tells us so; but in truth, WE NEED TO AWAKEN.
The Four Gospels insist on the need to “awaken”; if we were awake, we could see, hear, touch, and feel the great realities of the Higher Worlds; if we were awake, life for us would be totally different: We would not be victims of circumstances, we could manage them at will. But we, in truth, are not awake, we are deeply asleep; we sleep deeply, unaware that we are unaware...
The time has come for us to concern ourselves with awakening; when we awaken, we will be able to perfectly perceive That which is Truth, That which is not of Time, That which is beyond the body, affections, and the Mind...
Samael Aun Weor
Ah! If you only understood what it means to be awake...
Listen, I tell you! To the Dhammapada, the sacred work of Buddha Siddhartha Gautama...
"The awakened one's supreme penance is to be patient, their supreme Nirvana is to be suffering; for he is not an anchorite who strikes others, nor an ascetic who insults others."
Samael Aun Weor. The Unveiled Parsifal.
Answer from the magazine "The The wisdom of the Being.".
One of the Buddha's disciples, Chulapanthaka, was worried because he was lagging behind the others, he didn't understand the depth of the teachings, and he hadn't achieved enlightenment. He approached the Buddha and asked him for a direct means to reach that state. The master replied, "What is your work in the temple?" Chulapanthaka answered, "I sweep the floor, Master." To which the Buddha replied, “Then sweep the floor.”
A peasant woman carrying water approached the Buddha, who was preaching in her village. She asked him how to achieve enlightenment. The master asked her the same question: “What do you do in life?” The woman replied, “I carry water, Master.” To which the Buddha replied, “Then carry water.”
The divine teacher of Galilee, Jesus Christ, had a similar dialogue with the devil in the desert. He was tempted: “All this I will give you if you kneel before me.” The “me,” the “myself.”
The apostle Paul, in his Epistle to the Ephesians, says, “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
In the parable of the ten virgins, Jesus Christ shows that the problem is not knowledge, but a lack of vigilance. “Stay alert because you won’t realize when the thief comes” (our own mind)
The Magazine "The Wisdom of the Being" 109: "Jesus Christ, the Buddha and the Awakening of Consciousness."