"Heroism" is what people who've been bitten by radioactive spiders or born a shape-shifting mutant do. Until that happens to you, best to steer clear. And so a world of superheroes leads to a world without non-super heroes. A world, that is, without heroes.Gnosticism means being awarded the gift of a special knowledge that enables you to rise above your current status (occupy the moral highground) to become greater than your fellow human beings:
...the teaching that the realisation of Gnosis (esoteric or intuitive knowledge) is the way to salvation of the soul from the material world.The problem with this is that both ends of the continuum create a negative. On the one hand apathy and resignation are engendered and on the other, its mirror opposite, excessive hedonism. Without this special knowledge you cannot achieve your destiny. Without special powers you cannot be a hero. So increasingly the propaganda insidiously suggests that your only choices are to give up and be resigned to your fate, or dance, drink and be riotous for tomorrow you die!
Both positions are a sad but unfortunately compelling lie.
Courage is not the absence of fear but the overcoming of fear as opposed to a surrendering to it.
I believe that true heroism is found in everyday life when the 'ordinary' becomes the extra-ordinary through feats of courage, generosity, truth, love, kindness and my personal favourite; perseverance.
Gnosticism leads to a false duality whereas 'true-truth' (Schaeffer) ushers in an abundant life.
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