Introduction (7 Note Sections)
This post contains the notes taken during the fourth day of the
retreat at Lake George. Note, on the third day I didn’t take any notes, that’s
why I havn’t posted any notes for that day.
The Ego lives in the Small Details (1/7)
A very important observation of the ego is that it lives in
the small details. It depends upon or nourishes itself using the small details,
which are the small words that people say, the small gestures, the nicknames, a
smile, good night, good morning, opening the door a phone call etc.
The egos that we have actually nourish themselves with these
small details. We can work to dissolve these things and as we do we give the
ego less food and it begins to starve, and therefore die.
Gnosis does not Belong to this World (2/7)
If we look hard at the Gnostic doctrine we see that Gnosis
really is something that does not belong to the world. It really does not belong
to the current human psychology. It has a nature so different to the
psychological nature of human beings.
This means then that Gnosis must came from another world or
from another dimension. Master Samael says that Gnosis is a natural functionalism
of the consciousness, therefore it comes from the consciousness and from the
internal worlds and they are for the consciousness.
Your Pain is not You! (3/7)
We have to see that the pain that we feel does come from the
essence and it is not us as we are the essence and it is not of our essential
nature and it will pass, this is where we need separation! Recognition is a
major part of separation! We have to see that it is of our mind and it is an illusion
and as soon as that ego passes we feel fine again.
Value and Function of Sexuality (4/7)
Really if we look deeply into sexuality we see that its real
function is for the spirit. We know this because above all sex affects us
spiritually the most. If we misuse sex we fall spiritually and if we use it
correctly we ascend spiritually.
Sex really has a spiritual function and ally when we use. i
tor the spirit it assumes or lakes on it real role or function in life.
Emotional Baggage (5/7)
We come all of us to Gnosis with a certain degree of
emotional baggage. Our work is to reduce bit by bit that quantity of emotional
baggage.
If after some years working on ourselves we still have the
same amount of emotional baggage we have not done much!
When are we Responsible for Hurting Others? (6/7)
You know many times in life we, meaning well we up annoying
or hurting another person. We were very nice, sweet, considerate and kind, yet
they did not take tat so well. In such a case we are not held karmic ally
responsible for such harm that the person felt.
We are only karmically responsible when we intentionally
meant to hurt another person, and they were actually hurt or felt hurt. This is
because the cause was in us – the intention to hurt matched the effect. In the
case where we didn't mean to hurt and we did, the cause did not match the
effect.
Point of Reference in the Consciousness (7/7)
One property of the psychological moon or permanent centre
of gravity is that one's point of reference is in the consciousness.
Normally, our point of reference is in others or in our
personality. For example we feel happy only when others are happy or are happy
with us. This means that to be happy we are dependent on others, we derive our
own happiness based on others.
It is us that generates happiness but based in the input
from others. We all generate our own happiness or state of well being, how we
generate it is the big question. If we generate it based on others we are
slaves, if we generate it based on ourselves we are free.
Just that the way it is done can vary. It can be based on
others or based on something else, like our consciousness; Or on the simplest
of levels it is from ourselves, from our own actions etc. But for the
psychological moon it is the consciousness. Thus the presence of conscience.
With the conscience in our centre of gravity we feel that we are ok in our life
or not, based on objective clues from our consciousness.
End (1040).
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