Previous Gnostic Questions

Reflect on the sutra from the Buddha: “To straighten what is crooked, you must first do something more difficult: straighten yourself.”

Answer from the V.M. Samael Aun Weor.

If you truly wish to succeed, you must begin by being sincere with yourself: acknowledge your own errors. When we acknowledge our own errors, we are on the path to correcting them. Anyone who corrects their errors inevitably succeeds.

The businessperson who daily blames others for their own failures and never acknowledges their own errors cannot succeed. Remember that great criminals consider themselves saints. If we visit a penitentiary, we find that no thief or criminal considers themselves guilty. Almost all of them tell themselves: "I am innocent." Do not fall into the same error; have the courage to acknowledge your own errors. In doing so, you will also avoid worse evils.

Whoever acknowledges their own errors can build a happy home. The politician, the scientist, the philosopher, the religious person, etc., who comes to acknowledge their own errors, can correct them and succeed in life.

Samael Aun Weor.

Answer from the magazine "The The wisdom of the Being.".

Excellent, discerning reader: we are the shapers of new generations and must shape them well; for this, we must first transform ourselves. We must discover our own faults, for everything is governed by authority. In the home, the government is the parents; in school, the teachers; in countries, the presidents; but—and herein lies the truly important point: no one can govern others without first governing themselves. Words of the Guru.

The Buddha declares:

“It is very difficult to see one’s own faults, because you never look at yourself.”

You are constantly focused outwardly, looking at others.

The Magazine "The Wisdom of the Being" 110: "Chapter: Sutras 13-19."