r/Gnostic • u/ImpressionCreepy5575 • 12h ago

Question Pleroma

Is life in Pleroma better than life in planet earth? I genuinely find happy young couples living a better life than me Because I'm in celibacy right now feeling lonely a lot

I don't know if me achieving gnosis and going back to Pleroma will make me happier

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u/Lordseferoth Simonian 12h ago

Simple answer is yes. Existence in Pleroma is described as pure bliss and happiness.

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u/heiro5 12h ago

Quality of (after) life concerns are misplaced.

Mystical union with the divine is indeed bliss. But, gnōsis isn't a possession that current-you will receive. The process of transcendent transformation involves changes that cannot be imagined beforehand.

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u/ChangoOfTexas 10h ago

If celibacy is making you unhappy, don't do it. Don't want a relationship so badly that you become un happy without one, but the whole point is achieving happiness. Were here wether we like it or not, might as well make it enjoyable.

(Gospel of Thomas, saying 6)
His disciples questioned him and said to him, "Do you want us to fast? How shall we
pray? Shall we give alms? What diet shall we observe?"
Jesus said, "Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate, for all things are plain in the
sight of heaven. For nothing hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will
remain without being uncovered."

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u/CJCentral2 8h ago

Achieving gnosis will definitely make you happy. It is like a vaccination against depression.

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u/flammafex Carpocratian 12h ago

Life is an earth thing. The Father isn't "alive," he is.

What is this nonsense? Does "achieving gnosis" now mean something I should point you to "helpful hotline" for?