Gnostic Wisdom

What Makes us to See the Ego as One? What helps separation is when we don’t want that ego. It is identification that makes us to see ourselves as one with the ego. We fully adopt the identity of the ego. The identity of a person who has been wronged, or the identity of a Don Juan or an identity of a person who is being attacked or being offended or insulted etc. etc. Separation, really is a matter of awakening and comprehension. This is probably the first step in the awakening in Gnosis. We do it most of the time only partly, but to do it fully consciously is the real key. Self-Remembering The real self-remembering comes from that being that consciousness not taking on other identities which are the egos. We have to do that consciously. Without separation or an in depth knowledge of that self-remembering is not really effectively possible either. How can we separate from something if we don’t know the two parts that we are going to separate from? Degrees of Sep...

We are an Essence Separation is the understanding that we are the awareness the essence and that the ego or the other things that appear in that awareness are something that are not of the essence and are not us. The whole key to that of separation is this formula: These thoughts are not me, this logic is not mine, these emotions are not mine either. But we need the consciousness experience that we are not the ego, nor the thoughts, nor the body nor the personality. Non-Identification Separation is also non-identification. Meditation on the ego is not that superficial thing of analysying the details of what happened, and how it could have been avoided etc, but being the consciousness and questioning deeply the existence of that “I’ that is trying and we have let it take the place of the consciousness. How do we Know we are an Essence? How do we understand that we are the awareness the essence? The answer is by meditating deeply on these formulas or facts and inquirie...

Introduction Objective of this post: to give people concrete and solid techniques to separate from the ego. When we Fail Where we fail in the work of the ego is in separation. This step out of the five is the most important step that there is. We can work in the other steps but if there is no separation then we will fail. The Basis or Foundation of Separation There is a very important crucial truth underlying work on the ego and specifically the separation of the ego from our psyche is that which we fundamentally are. We are awareness or we are consciousness. The question is to really separate the ego deeply from ourselves we have to know that to have experienced that have to come to the consciousness discovery and acceptance of that. That all that we are is an awareness that is consciousness of itself that recognises itself and is not the body, the mind, a sensation, an emotion, the voice in our head, the impression of the tone of the voice in my head, the persona...

Introduction Separation is where we comprehend that what is bothering us is really an ego and not something else. And that the ego is not us. Separation is really a sort of comprehension it is to comprehend that the ego is not us or is not the consciousness. Separating To do separation well we really have to know what the hell we are. We have to know and comprehend that we are the consciousness that what we are is space, is awareness and is nothing. In the sense of no “I”. Conclusion The Tibetan Buddhists are great in this sense because they destroy the “I”. The consciousness is not an “I”. The ego cannot recognise itself, it follows from the biblical saying, “the darkness did not recognise the darkness”. To separate from every ego is a slow awakening and to be awakened is to be able to separate from every “I”. End (190).

Introduction This is such an important stage in the dissolution of the ego without it we go nowhere. Techniques to Separate from the Ego Some techniques that we can use to separate from the ego are: Knowing the Ego Beforehand When we know the ego well, we know when it will come. We get to know the ego by having observed it for so many years. When we can predict that it will come or when we see that it appears as a reaction, that is when it appears mechanically and later disappears we have some separation. This separation comes from the understanding that we see it as something mechanical as something is that is not us as something that lives in our psychology, as something that we carry around with us, but not us because we don’t assign to ourselves its mechanical qualities. A Beast Living in our Head When we understand that it is like a beast or a creature living in our head. We can separate when we don’t need it. When we know we can do without it. The thing...

Introduction There is a point here to do with the work on lust. Our sexual centre by itself issues sensations. These sensations are expressions of its own vitality. Sensations Appear These sensations can apparently appear for no outside reason, or in other words they can appear when there no outside stimulation is present. They basically appear because the sexual energy is accumulating or building and it is showing us that. We Can’t Stop it We can’t stop this force expressing itself, though what we can do is modify the way we interpret it, and of course we can chose what this energy is used for or where or what it is channeled into. Interpretations A very common interpretation of this spontaneous manifestation of force is that we need to have sex. We though, have to ask ourselves, is it true that those sensations mean I need to have sex? Obviously not, it is not true, but what is truer from the Gnostic point of view or from the conscious management of our sex...

Introduction There are many impulses in us, one of them is the impulse for the new, to know, to experience what is new. This impulse just like so many within us if channeled or directed correctly can be marvelous. However, if channeled incorrectly it can be devastating. Impulse to Experience the New That impulse to experience the new can lead us to study to meditate to explore ourselves and experience the joy of a new discovery about nature, life, esotericism and ourselves. The problem is that we have to be aware of that impulse. Know that it is something that comes from beyond the mind. Not Aware of Impulse When we are not aware of that impulse we have a problem, we think that we are that thing (i.e. that impulse). We should see within us that that impulse is fine, the only problem is that it can be taken by the egos within us - principally, by lust and materialism. That divine impulse when it is taken by the ego, is taken into matter. So we buy new things, we s...

Introduction Gnostically speaking, we have been thrust into creation, where we are subject to much pain and suffering and so much dependence and impermanence, our situation here is really dependent upon so many factors and we are so weak, we are so fragile, our body and our health can change for the worst with only a small incident. The human condition is very fragile. The Way we take All of This We instinctively perceive this, when we say instinctively we mean that we perceive it in our gut and not necessarily with our mind, but on a deeper more visceral level. We perceive the impermanence of everything here, the ever changeability of everything here. However the problem arises in us when we psychologically make a base or a reality or an identity out of this impermanent and fragile condition. This becomes a problem because a part of us deep within maybe unknown to us perhaps, in our subconscious, knows that all is impermanent, but then on the other hand we begin to make...

Introduction This post includes describes some of the issues that can make us quite sensitive in our psychology and of course when these sensitive buttons in us are touched we react quite strongly. We are not Loved We could feel that and perhaps this issue of not being loved brings us to a state of worry and any other impressions that we receive after that we could take in a way that the other person does not love us, makes us very reactive. We are scared about losing someone or the love of someone, because we need them for something. It could be that without them we feel that we can’t be happy in life, that we can’t do someone sort of task or job, like raise the children, run a business etc. etc. The Question is that we Think that we Need them. Why Does it Hurt not Being Loved? Lets go into not being loved. Why does it hurt when think that we are not loved? We don’t demand love from everybody but we may demand that people in general like us or we may even dema...

Being Oversensitive There are times in our life where we can become very sensitive and as a consequence of that we react to the slightest provocation. The reactions could be outwardly directed as in an angry outburst or they could be inward where we really feel upset, hurt and worried. One example of when we become quite sensitive psychologically speaking is when we It is quite strange because on the other hand we can be at other times indifferent to the remarks and actions of others and only suffer very slightly if anything at all. Being Sensitive – Is it Good? Being sensitive in relation to others can be good, that is to be quick on the uptake to when somebody is getting upset or angry or disagrees with something, that has been said, gives us the chance to direct the outcome in such a way that it will be favourable for both. On the other hand being  sensitive towards ourselves can be terrible, because any small detail can worry us, anger us or even depress us. ...

Anger – Role of Convincer When others think poorly of us and after some talking and some explaining on our part, it is still apparent that they still think the same of us, anger comes to force them to change their way of thinking about us. So anger plays the role of convincer and mind you without something in us having been hurt or exasperated first, anger would not have come. Anger – Verbal Violence Anger comes most likely not in the form physical violence but in more frequently in verbal violence where usually we make threats. Threats that scare the person and out of fear they change their mind. Anger – Because we Lack Patience Anger comes to try to use force to get the result as quickly as possible because we know that if we don’t use anger we have to be very patient and wait for the facts to come out and show the person that we are not that bad or for the person to forget about our mistake and relate to us normally again. Conclusion With good reason it ha...

Tree of Life If we look at the Kabbalistic tree or the tree of life we can gleam the relationship that exists between the various parts of the Being on the tree of life. Reaching Kether The Intimate or Jesed is joined to his Father who is Kether. So if we want to reach Kether we should concentrate on Jesed or our Intimate or our Atman or our Spirit. Reaching Atman or Jesed/Chesed If we want to reach Atman, Chesed or our Intimate we can concentrate on our human soul as they are the Being or they constitute the Being. The three join together to be one. This happens for real at the end of the first major initiation where Buddhi and Atman or Geburah and Chesed join together to become one. Reaching Chockmah To reach Chockmah we can concentrate on our intimate Christ and to reach our intimate Christ we can concentrate on our human soul, because, the human soul is the human face of our intimate Christ. Conclusion It is convenient to say at this point that he...

Introduction One of the reasons behind the anxiety we feel when dealing with others is our tendency to take things in an overall manner. I’ll explain. Our problem is that we have a tendency to make identities of ourselves in our minds and then we believe in that identity and assume it to be our real or true identity. Now lets get more down to real life. Anxious About Criticism When we identify with the words of others telling us that we are really bad we unavoidably suffer. One of the many ways in which we suffer is anxiety. The problem lies in that we adopt in an absolute way the words of others or our own internal words as who we are and so when we do that the new yet false identity that we have adopted is taken to be an overall, condemning, damning and inescapable statement of who we are.  When we feel that unavoidable, condemning, damning, no way out, will be forever thought we feel anxious. We feel anxious because we conclude in our mind that being lik...

Introduction One of the reasons behind the anxiety we feel when dealing with others is our tendency to take things in an overall manner. I’ll explain. Our problem is that we have a tendency to make identities of ourselves in our minds and then we believe in that identity and assume it to be our real or true identity. Now lets get more down to real life. Anxious About Relationship Breakdowns Have you ever felt anxious when someone that you are in a relationship with is upset with you and there is the feeling in the air that the person may stop trusting, liking and loving you and perhaps even leave you. A very powerful reason behind this is that we assume ourselves to be that relationship, and when it seems as though it is ending we are ending as well. We feel fear because we think that we are going to end or that we are going to lose something. We often say “I don’t know what I am going to do”, “I need you”, “I have no reason to live”, “I can’t live without yo...

Self-remembering is really the antidote to identification. Because with self-remembering we remember who we truly are and doing that keeps us from adopting any false identities. The fundamental base of self-remembering is really knowing or having experienced our consciousness or our Being. We have to as an imperative know that we are the essence or the consciousness. Once we know that we just have to remember that that is what we truly and really are. This is the start of real self-remembering. Self-remembering advances more and more, as we get to know ourselves in our inner Divinity or Real Being or true self, the more we self-realise the more we know ourselves or the deeper is our  self-remembering. End (179).