Gnostic Wisdom

Attention As we have said before consciousness and attention are very much linked and the consciousness is exercised when we focus it on something using our attention. A Key to Intensify Consciousness There is a key to intensify one’s consciousness and it is to focus our consciousness on itself. This works to intensify the power of the same consciousness. When one actually does this one feels an increase in awareness, an increase in alertness and knowledge of oneself. Also one’s vision and senses intensify as well. Consciousness Obeys the Laws of Light Master Samael said that consciousness obeys the same laws as light does. So a laser is basically a very intense beam of light that has been focused and intensified. So we can do the same with our consciousness following the same procedure or laws.  A laser beam is created by focusing light into a cavity where bye it bounces off reflective walls repeatedly until the reflected light comes into waveleng...

Attention Consciousness and attention are very much linked. Our consciousness is where our attention is. If we put or focus our attention onto something our consciousness is there. With our consciousness focused on something or our attention on something our consciousness begins to see, understand, become aware and reveal information and truths about the object that we are focusing our attention on. Consciousness is in Your Mind and “Put your Mind to it!” People say put your mind to something and you will achieve it. That is true because when we put our mind onto something we put our attention onto it and therefore our consciousness. With our consciousness focussed on something the consciousness with its magic supplies all the creativity, invention, conviction and force to work so to achieve our goals. Conclusion Our consciousness is a light or a light bulb if you will, and is something that can be focused and only really works when it is focused. Consciousnes...

It Pays with Humiliation Well arrogance does pay, but only with humiliation. In fact the price for being arrogant is humiliation. We think in the moment that we are above being humiliated though later on down the track something happens beyond our control and we get humiliated. We can get sick, family or friends can get sick or die, we can lose our job, someone can crash into us and we can humiliated by someone superior to us. You know there  are always people above us, always. Arrogance Costs Arrogance really has a high price, we can be arrogant but know that it costs and either very soon or a little while down the track we will be charged and the currency in which we will be charged with will be humiliation. In other words when we are arrogant we run up a charge against our dignity. We may have a lot of dignity and so we can afford certain degrees of arrogance but if we have little dignity, the charge of arrogance against our dignity can be quite high, me...

Introduction Personally I had a big aversion to the possibility of becoming a saint. I thought erroneously that the work makes one a saint. Well it does make one a saint but it depends on what we call a saint or rather what we think a saint is. It is usually our own concept of what a saint is that we reject. We don’t want to become the concept that we have. Because we are not saints, we don’t have an idea of what it is really like to be a saint. Erroneous Concepts One can have a concept of a saint as being the holy person walking around in a monastery always in prayer with his or her hands joined together pointing upward towards the heights. The persona of a saint fitting more or less this appearance may appeal to people or may not appeal to people. Anyway the truth in the end is that as we work on ourselves we become more and more the Being, and the Being is the Being, He is not a saint, nor a hero, nor a magician or anything but Himself. However, just to confuse yo...

Introduction If you are ever stagnated in dissolving an ego check how your definition for the Being and the path is going. Your stagnation could be due to a lack of definition. You may still be wanting something from life and so subconsciously you keep this ego alive, hoping that it will be able to one day provide you with that thing from life that you want or think that you need. Holding onto the Ego for a Reason When we work on an ego and manage to live without it for a while but later fall back into it, swinging as a pendulum would from working to identifying with that ego there is a something that is stagnating us. There is some special factor there that we have to discover so to be able to go ahead in its dissolution. That special factor is usually a reason of some sort, a reason for why we are not letting that ego go, a reason why we still find that ego useful. There could in reality be many reasons but the reason I am proposing now is that it could be due to a lac...

Introduction In this post I want to address this topic from a practical and very specific point of view. Imagine a Line Imagine you are with your parents and they offer you with all the support you need to complete your studies and establish yourself in your chosen career. And so before you, you see a line - a future, all that you have to do is to do your part, study, pass exams and find a job and we will reap our reward and so will our parents. However there is something rebellious inside of ourselves that does not want to be in that line because in that line it knows that it won’t be able to pursue its desires. Our Situation Our internal situation with our Being is exactly like that. With the work on ourselves and with the help of the Being and the Divine Mother a line extends before us from ourselves to the Being. All we have to do is to make sincere efforts to die in ourselves, to transmute and to teach others the work towards the Being. Following such a ...

Introduction Affirmations have been mentioned many times. Susan Jeffers mentioned affirmations in her book “Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway” many times over. One affirmation that she found very useful was “I can handle it”. She claimed that this affirmation and many others are powerful and very useful in overcoming fear or at least making fear to somewhat subside. This post explains why affirmations can be powerful from the Gnostic perspective and how and why they work. What is an Affirmation? An affirmation is simply a sentence - a string of words nothing more. That is intended to repeated to one’s self many multiples of times. A true affirmation is really a sentence that expresses a truth. This truth may be one that we have experienced or one that we have taught or even one that we have been given to use so as to one day realise the truth in it and behind it.  It is though in all the cases and types, the goal of an affirmation is to strengthen, cult...

Introduction We need to use the power of our internal word to battle the ego, especially when it is in our subconscious and it manifests strongly urging us to act. Fights with the Ego When the ego really comes up strong in us and wants to manifest to get what it wants, we can either just allow it and go with it or we can chose a different way, the way of the work and the Being, which will may well lead us into direct conflict with the ego. Reason Makes the Internal Word Powerful In that case we need a way to fight the ego, we need a weapon. When we have reasons not to go with the ego we have a weapon, but it is one thing to have a weapon and entirely different thing is to know how to use the weapon. This post is about using eh weapon of the internal word, which is no more than our powerful reasons. The internal word would be useless if the reasons we have to not go with the ego were weak. The more powerful are our reasons the more power our internal word has...

Introduction If you have ever been worried about how much you should sleep or not sleep, just go to sleep after our practices are all done and then ask the Divine Mother to wake you up. Put the rhythm of your practices in her hands. She Works Lo and behold she will certainly wake you up a time for you to practice and get yourself ready. I am trying to do this, trust in Her and put my work schedule in her hands. Sometimes She can wake you up very early, co-operate with it and do your practices and whatever other chore you need to fulfill. Conclusion Try it really works, I have heard that others have had many good results with this as well. End (261).

Introduction Master Samael gave humanity to key to whiten their sexual waters and to thus move from the black waters of infrasexuality to the white waters of Alchemy or suprasexuality. There are the four colours of Alchemy, black, white, yellow and red.  Black to White Transitioning to white is really the first confirmation of having entered, in a stable way, into suprasexuality. The white waters are a result of very responsible transmutation combined with the yearning for the Being. Conclusion One then whiten their waters by transmuting, never losing the sexual energy and then yearning for the Being, making the sexual act a a prayer and yearning deeply, intensely for the energy to rise up one’s spine into the brain and down to the heart so that the Being can take this energy for his self-realisation and that this act of transmutation brings us closer to the Being in other to Him. End (260).

Introduction To enter into and cultivate suprasexuality one needs love . Why? Because infrasexuality is characterised by sex devoid of love. So if we combine transmutation with love we enter into suprasexuality. Elements of Suprasexuality There are some basic elements of suprasexuality. One is transmutation of the sexual energy, another one is love and the other one is the Being, the Spirit. Without these three elements our sexual practice lacks really being that of suprasexuality. Conclusion So if we love something either the Being and our spouse and we practice the transmutation then we begin to enter into suprasexuality. End (259).

Introduction Infrasexuality or infrasexual are certainly terms that in the beginning surprise one to hear them, mainly because we may never thought of sexuality as having a superior and inferior classification to it. However, after some time reflecting on the subject it becomes clear that there are different types of sexuality. Some that seem healthy and others that are not. Definition of Infrasexuality Master Samael I believe gives an excellent definition of infrasexuality. He essentially describes it as being sexuality devoid of love and sexuality trapped in sensations, senses and matter. Curious Observation Regarding Infrasexuality There is one curious observation regarding infrasexuality and that is that there are many facets to it. That is, it is characterised by fragmentation, infrasexuality seems to be the fragmentation of sexuality into the various combinations of sex and other things such as drugs, alcohol, violence, money etc. that do not have anything to...

Three Reasons why we Hoard 1.) Someone gave it to us, sentimental value. Giving or throwing it away is to throw the beloved person away. 2.) Will need it later. It come to be handy later on and I will regret having thrown it away. 3.) It was a great deal, three for the price of one. It had to be taken advantage of. Conclusion The basic reason is that we place a value on these things. And we can’t do away with it because of that value. End (257).

Introduction We have to make the work on the ego like a project. Something that we pick up everyday from where we left and follow a coherent logical line, until the didactic of the Being and the Divine Mother takes over. A Line of Work Create a line of working on that ego. That is a small set of tasks that will weaken the ego and build the inner scenario for it to come and take us by surprise. A suggestion for such a series of tasks to weaken that ego preventing such a massive attack are: One Stop its rolls of thinking and inventing, by taking your attention off its issues and thoughts. Two Remembering how last time it led you to ruin and how this time it will do the same so do not want what it wants do not become it, do not take its identity and do not decide to go into it. Three Take it as an ego, as something that is bothering you as something that you do not need. That is the most dangerous thing when we feel that we need what the ego wants. Fo...

Express Your Worries to the Divine Mother My Divine Mother Kundalini, I am worried about this ego that I have. I have gone with it, identified with it and have wanted what it is has been conditioned to give. I wanted what it could give me and in the way it was going to get it. When I came close to getting it, I realised that I didn’t want it! I felt nervous and scared. It was not going to be pleasant as I believed it would be. I felt that I could not do without it, that what you my Divine Mother could give me or that which my own consciousness could give me would not satisfy me. I am Confused – Illuminate Me My Divine Mother I am scared that it will come back again. I have to work to not allow it to come back. To work hard to learn to get that deep satisfaction which is beyond that of this ego wants. What satisfaction does this ego give me in the end anyway? Help me to comprehend, I am confused maybe I do not need this satisfaction, maybe with the death of this ego...

Introduction At first it does not really seem true, but given a closer look it appears to have some truth to it. So this post is about bringing trying to bring this truth out. Why We Hide Things The truth behind this statement lies in investigating why we hide things. When we hide something from others it is because we actually do not feel so good about what we are hiding. In some way we know that we should not be doing it or that we should not have done it. It could be something neutral even, like having bought an expensive pair of sunglasses and we don’t our fellow Gnostics to see that we bought them because we think that they will think that we are full of vanity. We Hide Because we are not Fully Ok with it! So when we hide something it is because we are not fully ok with it. Some parts of us are (some egos are) and some other parts are not. So those other parts that are not ok with that do not really accept that we have done something or are doing that somethin...

A Thousand Words This is picture is really marvellous, it says a thousand words.  Apathy of the Humanoid This painting shows us that the Divinity, the Gods, angels and especially our interior Divinity make great efforts to help us and due to our sleeping condition we ignore this, are not aware of it and make very little effort to reciprocate. The Divine-Human Relationship The Divine-human relationship is one sided where the Divinity is the one giving all the time and the human is the one receiving, taking all that is offered and not being aware of where it comes from. If we study and practice Gnosis, this imbalanced type of relationship will gradually change. Our interior Divinity will reach out more and more as we begin to reciprocate and as we begin to reciprocate we will reciprocate more and more strengthening and deepening the relationship between the human and the Divine. Conclusion The more we awaken and die the closer we are to our inter...

Need Help? If we need help with something or anything at all, then we should try to help others. If we have a problem that we can not solve we can ask for help and that may well make all the difference, however if it doesn’t then we need to help others and acquire the merit or capital to receive the help that we need to overcome the problem or find the solution. Conclusion Getting help is all about merits, if we have the merits the help we need will come automatically and freely, however if we lack merits we will struggle for a certain time until we have paid the debt and when the debt is paid the help will come. End (251).

Logical isn’t it? This statement by Master Samael is very wise and logical and it makes complete sense. We are so strange sometimes in that we ignore something so sensible and logical. Love is not Fed with Indifference Love or affection is not fed with indifference, hatred, disdain, dislike, harsh words and the like. These things actually erode love. Love is fed with the opposite of these things and more. How can we Expect Others to Return Love if we Don’t Give it? Sometimes we ignore this thinking that treating others harshly or even a little harshly will be liked by them and even cause us to return love. It never really does, it just causes or brings more separation. Conclusion When I notice that I am complaining internally that people are treating tough or harshly I check my present actions and my past ones to see how I have treated them. I am feeding them with positive impressions etc. and with love? End (251).

250 Posts Finally this blogspot has published 250 posts! A Feeling of Satisfaction It has really been very helpful writing all these posts, a lot has been learnt but more than that a feeling of satisfaction has arisen where finally a decent amount of what comes to one’s understanding has been put into words and made available for others. There is no point in understanding a little bit about something and not sharing it with others. New Announcements!!! I am currently working on several websites, one is up and running though it does not have too much material on it as yet. There is also another one that soon will be majorly reworked and then there are a few others in the pipeline. See below for the web addresses. www.gnosticesotericstudies.org A website containing articles on: the origins of things in esotericism, cosmic laws, mystical death, awakening, esotericism and sexuality. This website is basically for the Gnostic student. www.gnosishelps.com A ...

Introduction We have two special forces here in creation. They are life and death. They always come together and together they complete a cycle. We really must have both of them even if we only ever want one. Life Brings us to Matter Life as a force or as a ray brings us to creation and into matter in the form of a physical body. So in effect life as a force makes us to descend become involved and immersed in matter and human issues. So that is the role of the ray of life in creation. Death though has a different role in creation basically the opposite role as you will see, read on… Death Takes to the Spirit Death of any sort is a journey back to the transcendental. That is back to the true spiritual nature of ourselves. That is the role of death, it is always to return to the spiritual or the metaphysical or the invisible or the beyond the common, while life is to return to the material. Many Deaths There are so many kinds of death, physical death, psy...

Introduction Every event has something good and bad in it. This is hard to believe sometimes, but if we look a little harder we will find both the good and the bad. An event may be overall good but there will be some inconvenient or bad aspects to it. In fact if there is good there has to be bad, and vice versa they always always come together. Our Vision is One Sided The problem with us is that our vision is usually one sided meaning we only see the bad or good side of an event. This is unbalanced you would agree? Seeing both sides is to have a balanced view of life and its events and that means a more realistic view. When we are close to reality we suffer less and when we are far from reality we suffer greatly. Conclusion - Practical Use If we accustom ourselves to seeing both sides of life we will be able to neutralise the badness that always made us suffer. So if you see events as something bad or harsh then ask yourself to find three good things about th...

Introduction To eliminate the ego is to arrive at illumination. The work of eliminating the ego requires much comprehension and the apprehension of new truths. Go Nowhere Else If we want illumination we have to go nowhere else but inside of ourselves to find it. The elements we need to acquire illumination are inside of us here and now. Process of Liberation is Illumination Focusing on the ego, becoming aware of it, comprehending brings illumination to us. That process of liberating new comprehension and the apprehension of new truth about ourselves, our essence, our Being and the universe; is illumination. Conclusion Simply focus on the ego within and work to free the essence conditioned and sleeping within and the new comprehension and the apprehension of truth to do this work of liberation is illumination and brings more illumination. We could also concentrate on the consciousness and when it apprehends new truth that will also bring us illumination as wel...

Introduction We know that we are going to have some future lives especially if we know what life we are in? If we are in life number 106 then we know that we are going to have two more lives at least: 107 and 108. The interesting question is what will be doing in lives number 107 and 108, it is very interesting and useful to know. If we Yearn to Know If we are very worried about it or we really yearn to know what we are going to do in our future lives then as a gift of our interior Divinity or as a gift from another Master very close to us we can be told. It is very comforting to know and it essentially explains the why of so many circumstances of your current life. It also explains the reason why you are the way you are to some degree. Will of the Being What we are going to do in our future lives is essentially according to the will of the Being. It is really what our Being wants to do. However, it depends so much on us following the line of the work on ourselves ...

Introduction We know from Gnosis and Buddhism that we as an essence at the humanoid level of evolution have the right to enjoy 108 human bodies or existences on the planet Earth before a decision is made by the Judges of the Law as to whether we are given another chance to finish the work of our realisation or we are sent into involution in the bowels of the Earth. The question is, where are we in the number of 108? 107? 106? 105? 89? 72? 23? We can know and we have the right to know! How to Find Out When we accept that we have had previous existences or human bodies then it becomes pertinent to know where we are and where we are going, and more still how do we find out where we are. Three Methods Gnosis says that the way to find out is to do either of three things. One is to ask our interior Divinity or the Masters of the internal worlds while having unfolded consciously and positively in the astral plane. Another one is to ask our interior Divinity through prayer...

Introduction There is a point where we really struggle to find new and powerful reasons to dissolve an ego and sometime we can’t but by virtue of the old very good reasons we preserve in the work on an ego and then as a result of that work we realise the benefit of working on that ego and we consequently feel the new reasons. Sometime the new reasons are not to be conceived with the mind but they are to be felt. One of the benefits of working on lust is that it brings wholeness to ourselves and to our life. I will tell you why working on lust brings you wholeness. In Sexuality there is Union Sexuality is very obviously about unity, it brings connection, communion and unity between two people but more importantly within oneself, it unites and harmonises the different parts within oneself – that is peace. Sexuality (supra-sex) brings connection and union between the higher and lower parts of the Being. It has the power to create connections in within us. It creates within ...

Introduction Master Samael thorough his many books gave us (humanity) several mantras to invoke our interior Divinity in the form of the Father. By the Father we mean in Gnosis our Spirit which is Atman in Theosophy or Hinduism and Chesed (Jesed) in Kabbalah. We also refer to this as the Being. By the Monad or the Father of the Father we mean in Gnosis the Elder of the Days or Kether in Kabbalah. Master Samael gave us mantras to invoke each of these parts of our interior Divinity. Here they are. OMNIS JAUM INTIMO Master Samael said that this mantra is to invoke our Father or Atman or Chesed . It is very good to chant a few O mantras and then some OM and concentrate on the heart. TUM Master Samael said that this mantra brings to us our Being , he said that it is very powerful and when we pronounce it our Being stops whatever it is doing and directs its attention toward us. He also said when he explained the power of this mantra that the initiate ha...

Introduction Generally dissolving the ego is difficult but at the same time very pleasant because we feel that gradually you are getting free of what pains you, but there are times when the ego is strong and we lack the comprehension and will to not want what it wants, we don’t see it as wrong and we are teetering on the edge of falling deeply into it. This is when we cry because we have no other remedy than to beg our Divine Mother with tears for help. Edge of the Abyss Sometimes an ego is so strong and we are so identified or unified with it yet we know if we don’t stop it we are going to fall deeply into and into deep trouble humanly, psychologically and spiritually. We feel that we are the edge of the abyss and the abyss is beckoning. This you would agree is a grave situation and it may happen to those who are working on the ego. Not very often but it may happen and it may have happened to those who have dissolved the ego, I don’t think we are alone in that. ...