Gnostic Wisdom

Q: Where? I often wondered about this. Where are my egos, I know that I can hear them in my head and when I identify with them I act as they would have me act. But where do they come from or where do they live. A: In the Internal Bodies Master Samael comes to the rescue and clears this all up saying basically that they live in the internal bodies and manifest or express themselves through the centres of our human machine. They are in our internal dimensions or bodies and then they send their impulses through our brain to our centres. Also if we have the bodies the bodies are here with us in our physical body but in the astral dimension of the physical body for the astral body and in the mental dimension of the physical body for the mental body and so on and so on. Conclusion So then our egos live in our internal dimensions if we don’t have the bodies, but if we have the bodies they live in our bodies, tha...

Introduction In the very beginning in the work on ourselves, separation is crucial . That is the student has to one day notice a separation, that is the separation between observer and what is being observed. Or in other words the thoughts or the voice in our head and the person who is listening or witnessing those thoughts. That separation between the voice in our head and the one who is listening to the voice is crucial. Separation produces two things and that gives us the chance to contrast ad to notice the real and the unreal. Real and the Unreal That separation of there being a listener and there being a voice is the start of the awakening. What the real and what is the unreal. The real is the listener and the unreal is the voice. To know this we have to observe the voice. How do we know this, simple because the listener is always there as our awareness (we are awareness) and there are times (not very often mind...

Introduction We have all heard of the case of the fallen bodhisattva. We have probably hoped that we are one. It is possible to find out and this is what this post is all about. Ways to Find Out There are really two parts to finding out that we are a fallen bodhisattva. First Part The first part is where we are told either physically or internally or learn by some kind of revelation that we are a fallen bodhisattva. At this point we can accept that we are or we can forget about it. However, there is still the another part in finding out, which in many ways is really about confirming what was discovered here in the first part. Second Part The second part of finding out is to confirm or verify here in the psychological and physical realms, what has come to light in the first part. The end result is knowing that we are a fallen bodhisattva in all three realities, that is the esoteric, the psychological and physic...

Disclaimer I have written this post out of my own experience and struggle with the very difficult thoughts and emotions that such situations provoke in oneself. I hope what I have understood and have consequently written here will be of some use to you. The Situation We can get angry and upset when we give love to another person in the form of saying: “I love you”, “thank you very much”, “see you soon”, “you mean a lot to me”, a hug, a kiss, a hand shake, a touch on the shoulder, a smile and so on, and alas what we have expressed is not returned to us. Well, this simple thing can be very upsetting, we can feel inside of ourselves very disappointed, very worried, angry, betrayed, a loss of control, used, humiliated, stupid and even go so far to aggressively demand 'our love' to be returned. What I am going to do in the next few paragraphs is to address each reaction. Though before I do that, I am going to give you an understanding that has helped me a lot in p...

Turn it Around When we feel what we commonly call self-conscious, which is not self-conscious state that we know in Gnosis as the third state of consciousness, but rather the awkward, uncomfortable feelings when we enter a room full of strangers or we are about to give a presentation, or we’re there on a stage standing in front of people, or we are in a meeting where we know there are people there that are not really happy with us. When we feel self-conscious, the best way out of it is to turn it around, that is to feel fine or comfortable with yourself. Why, I’ll explain. Why When we are self-conscious it is because we are looking for acceptance or reassurance for ourselves from others. That is impossible to have so as we can’t forget about it and we need it to feel happy we have to give it to ourselves. When we get reassurance from others we actually get the impression from others then with that impression we actually give the assurance to ourselves, so ultimately ...

Introduction These are some notes taken during a class, so they are not my observation and understanding but my missionary’s. Indication It is important while working on fear to keep ourselves away from people, activities, events, movies, articles, conversations etc. generate impressions that cause or provoke fear. General Fear is the ego of 'countless possibilities'. It is also the ego of 'but' and 'if'. It is the ego of finding a thousand seasons not to do what we are scared of. We need to find a ay to confront each and every one of those excuses. We must avoid the impressions that keep alive all the excuses and reasons of fear. We have to know the impressions that affect our fear. We have to know the thoughts and especially the type of fantasies that affect our fear. Confronting the Impressions of Fear We have to end up either confronting those impressions, or either wise...

Introduction What is so really very hard for us in dissolving the ego, is its hypnotic grip. The hypnotic grip id what ties us to the ego and basically, in synthesis the hypnotic grip makes the ego or rather its excuses, reasons, compulsions, desires seem absolutely real, authentic, legitimate, within our right, honest, correct etc. etc. Reason Why The real reason why we can not give up the ego is because we feel it real or one of the above reasons given above. We when the ego manifests have the option to just let it go, to ignore it, to not pay attention to it or to push it into the background, to displace it from our psyche but the reason why we don’t and we chose the ego is because of the hypnotic grip. The hypnotic grip makes the issues of the ego seems real. But we don’t believe that now, but in time we come to know that the reasons of the ego are not really real. They are the ego itself. We really urgently need with regards to the ego we are working on recognise th...

Introduction We Gnostics can create a fear of the number 16, Sometimes we can even go so far as to change tables at a restaurant when we are seated at table 16, or what seats in a bus or plane when we are seated on row 16 or swap numbers with a poor unsuspecting co-worker when we get the number 16 assigned to us or our number has number 16 in it. What I would like to do in this post is to just try and shed a bit of light onto that subject of mechanically or being scared of number 16. Arcanum 16 In the Tarot, the Arcanum 16 signifies failure, obstacles, difficulties, fulmination etc. This is often quite painful and something we naturally would like to avoid. There are certain activities, processes and events in our life that can come under the number 16. This can be because it was always perhaps by karma, destined to fail or because it is not the will of our Being or because something along the way went wrong, ...

Introduction There is the well known Law of Three and the Law of Seven, and there is the Law of Four, which is not so well known but it exists. Lets have a look. The Four There are the four:           Kingdoms of Nature (human, animal, plant and mineral)           States of consciousness (sleep, vigil, self-consciousness, awakened)           Elements (air, water, fire and earth)           Seasons (spring, summer, autumn and winter)           Colours of the Alchemy (black, white, yellow and red)           Ages (Gold, silver, bronze and iron)           Yugas           Cardinal points (North, South, East and West)           Worlds (mineral, cellular, molecular & electronic)   ...

Introduction What master Samael says about Hercolobus is that Hercolobus will draw the liquid fire under the crust of the Earth closer to the surface. This of course will affect the environment, the climate, the overall temperature, also the atmosphere; however the conditions will still be such that we can continue to live. The real or more important question is how will Hercolobus affect our mind or our psychology. No Effect on our Essence but on the Sleeping Essence Yes It won't affect our essence or our Being but our quantity of sleeping consciousness, it will affect. It will affect our egos and our subconscious. It will agitate them, bring them to the surface and make their manifestation in us more intense than normal. In actual a lot like the effect of the Full moon on our psyche and subconscious, though much greater in intensity. Laws of Physics and Chemistry The proximity of Hercolobus to the Earth may not alter the laws of physics or chemistry so ma...

Introduction There are certain situations in life that repeat and repeat. These situations may have even started while in childhood. The reason why these situations repeat and repeat is because we have still not learnt the lesson why these situations exist in our life. There is a certain value that we have to develop from within these situations. When we do not handle values correctly we get a bit of karma and so the lesson to learn from thee difficult situations that repeat and repeat, is to learn how to correctly handle these values. Examples of Values Some examples of these values could be patience, tolerance, responsibility and perhaps even to learn how to say no or to speak about things as they are. Each person has one or more of these values in their life to develop. Way Out The way to find out which value we have to develop, we first must find the situations that constantly repeat and are painful in our lives. Once we have these situations, we need to search...

Introduction What I think is the most important thing to practice is the state of alertness. If you want to work on yourself or know more about yourself we really need it. It is so very important! What is it? We need to be in a state of alertness, that is: alert, waiting to catch the next thought. Like waiting to pounce, waiting to jump on an intruder. It is to wait in silence, in inner quiet with all your psychological senses finely tuned and sharp ready to pick up the slightest psychological movement. Gives you Critical Information We need to catch the thoughts of the ego so that we can know what the ego wants and what it is all about. Then when we have this information we can work on it. We can’t do anything in relation to the work on the ego when we don’t know anything about it. If we Lack Information If we lack comprehension and information we can pray and ask the Divine Mother to weaken it and we c...

Introduction Here are some notes taken during a class, so they are not my observations and understanding but that of my missionary. Definition Selfishness is about not sharing our time, money, space, energy etc. It is the resistance to co-operate. It belongs to pride. Co-operation is about the superior good being chosen over an inferior option. What it Does and Likes It is to put our interests before the needs and wants of others. It is to take things to our advantage. It is about possessing and controlling values. It is very rife in relationships. It has fear or uses fear to protect its interests and possessions. Selfishness creates intrusion and intruders. IT feels that people intrude upon its space. It also creates isolation. It always takes first place. It is also about enjoying the best that is available before others can get to it. It either goes to the front to receive the best or to the ba...