Talking about lay gnosis with a friend today reminded me of that funny moment in the movie Shrek(1) where Shrek and Donkey are walking through a field and the ogre is trying to explain how his species is so misunderstood:
"Ogres are like onions.."
"What- they're stinky?"
"NO! Layers! Ogres have layers!!"
"Oh."
Layers abound in gnosis. Lay gnosis peels back those layers faster and in deeper ways than pure "academic" gnosis ever can.
Kinda like ripping off a band-aid really fast. But more infinitely more enjoyable!
Practitioners of lay gnosis connect more fully, I think, with one another because we have learned to live with the extraordinary occurring so frequently in our everyday lives that ... it becomes normal. Being serenaded with music, bells, and other instruments by Pleroma, given metaphysical "hugs" and the like are all normal with us. As is being guided through dreamscapes which have us waking up either laughing or crying in joy or sorrow. Emotions are magnified one hundred fold, and yet so is the comprehension.
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