Knowledge & Ignorance
Channel: Consciousness Research Centre
Date: 22/07/2017

This series is classified *Introductory | General *
All meaning, all truth, is context-dependent. Something that seems true in one context may seem untrue in another context. As soon as we create a 'truth' we also create an 'untruth'; as soon as we create 'knowledge' we create 'ignorance'; creating 'right' also creates 'wrong'; creating 'good also creates 'bad', and so on...

Because we exist in duality, we cannot create one thing without also creating its opposite. Therefore as soon as we think we have a thing, we also have its opposite or complement. There is no escape from this except to enter nonduality. And even then, to identify some experience as nondual automatically identifies another as dualistic. 

When we are in duality, to operate at all we have to embrace and accept duality, otherwise we are resisting, tense, stressed and suffering. Similarly when we are in nonduality (such as during deep sleep) we have to allow and accept it, otherwise we are disturbed and uncomfortable. "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."

Different spiritual disciplines often contradict one another, yet all are truth within their own contexts. This is not a problem if we can see them on a large-scale context inclusive of all stages of spiritual being. The Esoteric Teaching includes both The Fall and The Path, creating a context that can accommodate all types of knowledge.

A real spiritual mentor is someone who deeply understands your stage on the Path, but also is at home in the many stages of the Path outside your comfort zone. The best mentoring is when you’re actually willing to trust that the mentor sees something you don’t see. There’s a reason, after all, that you sought them out in the first place.

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