Continuing…
This cardinal sin you might find especially at those who strive to belong to important people. They search for all possible ways to become overloaded with the temporary seemingly precious values (money, property, and respect) and surround themselves with the treasures of the Earth. They adorn themselves with cognitive knowledge, because they lack inner knowledge. They surround themselves with wealth because deep inside they feel somewhat lost.
Gluttony proves itself by searching outside yourself. Those who are looking for knowledge and truth in the outside world have fallen prey to gluttony. For example, they read hundreds of books or do many studies, but failed that one study or the right book to internalize it. They may not apply the information in daily practice and continue to practice more of the same. They are looking to the search itself because they are not fed (internalize) by what they do.
They are often self-centered observers, politicians, media people, philosophers, writers or religious persons who believe that only their idea or religion is the right one. They remain unbalanced, while they already have seen the right knowledge and truth come by and has been mentioned but have not been able to apply it. They are the seeing blind and the hearing deaf, they do not taste the food but continue to cram.
Without the value to gauge they turn on something new that comes along. A new hype, a new book, a new garment, new trend in home or garden etc. They are a bottomless barrel (without grounding) that needs to be refilled because they feel an inner hunger and thus they put themselves full of teachings (they can trot out of the holy books), lectures and meetings such as in the churches. They believe that if they do so enough they become fed enough and then anointing or Salvation comes.
The glutton is joining the sloth because the glutton is still searching for new food, while the sloth wait for the food to come to him.
Gluttony is like the other deadly sins a form of deep craving. A craving for balance, equality, view of life, and an end to the repeating power of the life-and-death cycle on Earth.
When you get to know your character (know yourself) then you start to use your gifts and return to the fine-tuned balance in the middle and come to inner knowledge (power supply). To know yourself is described in all holy books but not applied. Just learning the texts out of your head or performing cognitive knowledge created by another is allowed. Then you become not nurtured but is simply gluttony.
To become fed there is the need for an intelligent, very aware, but relaxed interplay between your qualities (inner gifts). This makes you a rich person. This means that your character serves your soul (your being). Head and heart must work together c.q. the ratio (cognition) with the feeling. Self-criticism and self-knowledge is not enough, you should get fully committed to eradicate the dirt’s/ dust of the deadly sins out of your system, with all roots. On weak moments (when you are uninhibited) the primal sin (Devil as you want) is again lurking around to take possession of a piece of your, in thoughts, emotions, words or deeds.
An inner rich man seeks both outside himself as within. They feel at some point saturated of inner food. They make critical choices and are less and less attached to earthly goods. They know the value of worldly goods and therefore just act carefully with whatever material as they would act on behalf of their own body and mind.
By Temperance and control without coercion they start to eliminate the deadly sins (Tala) and begin with self-realization and to follow the way up through the Loka to the Pleroma, the light, the origin, the father and mother.
To be continued…
Pauline Laumans
Aura and Chakra Reader/Healer, Naturopath/Therapist
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