Gnostic Gospel, Pt 12 -- Peace Offered to End the Endless War

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The hierarchy of the Fullness

The original Economy was that of the Hierarchy of the Fullness, wherein every aeon knew its place, position, and duties for cooperative overall functioning. Each of the Fullnesses lived in a state of "joy, benevolence, and harmonious agreement," giving glory to the Father and never to themselves or each other [The Tripartite Tractate, v. 86]. 

Over the course of illuminating the Gnostic Gospel, the Simple Explanation has designed a series of visual metaphors representing facets of Gnostic and Christian belief. For the fullest understanding of this article, you may wish to read the entire Gnostic Gospel Illuminated series from the beginning.  If you would prefer to first read the "Simple Gnostic Gospel, Part One: The Father, The Son, and the Birth of The ALL," click here.

The Second Order of Powers was created to establish a "new Economy" to replace the Deficiency that had arisen as a result of the Fall of Logos.  

Logos and the Fullness brought forth these "little ones" of the Second Order so they could receive the "life-giving light born from the thought of brotherly love of the pre-existent Fullnesses" [The Tripartite Tractate, v. 85], in contrast to those that arose from the Fall. The "Powers of Remembrance" resembled the aeons whose likenesses they were, and they were in harmony with themselves and with others of their kind.

Those of the Remembrance were from a good disposition, with an inclination to seek and pray to what is glorious and pre-existent and an ability to ponder and appreciate it. 

The new economy of the Second Order of Powers reflected a different method of doing business from their parents in the Fullness. In the new economy, the Powers vied for position and authority within a limited space. Here, those of the Imitation, who continued to wholeheartedly embrace the shadows left over from the Fall, actively fought against those of the Remembrance. 

For their part, those of the Remembrance forgot all about the values of the Fullness, due to the "law of mutual combat" they were enacting. The new Powers acquired the same "lust for domination and all the other passions of this sort," and wound up acting "against itself on account of its rage." It was during this Endless War that a myriad of "various kinds of matter and all sorts of powers [were] mixed with one another and in great number" [The Tripartite Tractate, v. 84, 85].

Those of the Remembrance battle Those of the Imitation in a never-ending war over whose memes will rule the world.

Clearly, another solution was required if peace were to enter the Deficiency. 

Remember that none of this was due to an error of planning; rather these steps were all necessary to bring about an economy still to come. "For this reason, then, it is wrong to condemn the movement of the Word as the cause that made an ordained economy come to pass" [The Tripartite Tractate, v. 77].

The aeons of the Fullness "took upon themselves the Fall that had happened as if it were their own, with concern, goodness, and great kindness. . . for the one who had become deficient could be made perfect in no other way except by the Fullness of the Father" [The Tripartite Tractate, v. 86].

And so the aeons of the Fullness, every one individually and ALL of them collectively, gave glory in unison to their Father, while praying for help for the Deficiency. 

The Fullness gave glory to their Father and the ALL while praying for the Endless War to be over.

They brought forth One that combined every attribute of the ALL manifested in the image of the Father "of whom they had been thinking when they gave glory and prayed for help" [The Tripartite Tractate, v. 86]. 

The Christ Principle, The Son of His Will, the Fruit of the ALL and the Father

This One was called "The Son of his Will" and "of the good pleasure of the ALL." It is "the knowledge of the Father, who wished to become known." It is also described as holding "authority vested in him from the beginning and the power needed to execute it" [The Tripartite Tractate, v. 87, 88]. 

The aeons not only produced a singular Fruit reflecting the Father, but that Fruit also reflected their own individual countenances and aspects from their positions in the hierarchy of the Fullness. In this manner, they "went forth in a form that consisted of many forms, so that the one whom they were going to help should see those to whom he had prayed for help as well as the One who brought it to him" [The Tripartite Tractate, v. 87]. 

Continue on to the next article in the Gnostic Series: Part Thirteen -- The Revelation of the Son
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Those readers who are put off by the name "God" or other religious words like the "Father," the "Son," and the "Holy Spirit," are free to continue using more modern memes like "consciousness" and "self-awareness," "algorithms" and "fractals." You may study these same topics in my Simple Explanation blog and book. However, if you are already familiar with Hebrew and Christian memes, then you will understand these Gnostic writings without needing to first dip into the Simple Explanation, and so you may skip the following translation.

The Fruit of the ALL and the Father becomes another fractal iteration of the Universal Unit of Consciousness, but this iteration is not a fractal deriving from Second Order of Powers. The Christ Principle would be a perfect fractal iteration of the Universal UC, taking into account the new information available to the universal formula arising from the goings-on in our bounded space. 

Here's what that sounds like in terms of the Simple Explanation: The Universal Unit of Consciousness has just amended the primary algorithm of the universe to include up-to-date data specific to each individual Unit of Consciousness in our space-time continuum. This new code represents patches to the fragmentary error-code of the Deficiency, in order to end the stalemate and reestablish harmony and proper functioning of the Economy.  

The reason why each UC needs its very own correcting code is because each UC's karma has been affected by the Imitation in a unique way, different from its neighbors. For humans, this means that each person has a personal point of view and a unique meme shroud that needs correcting. The creation story above also speaks to the need for each UC to be able to hear and recognize the voice of reason for themselves.

On another scale, the "forms consisting of many forms" also refers to the nested fractal hierarchies of our toroidal space that may need tweaking from time to time. Our Universal UC continually pours information, metaversal values, love and coherence into our space.