Gnostic Esoteric Study & Work Aids

When it comes to helping people with charity it is better to say 'yes' and help all the way or simply say 'no'! Saying 'yes' with conditions, such as 'meet me half way' ends up being cruel when it comes to people who have so very little. The conditional 'yes' often doesn't work out. Those who need help make an effort but because of lacking in resources they can't meet you half way and their effort is wasted and they don't receive the help.  Then the hopeless cycle turns again. End (5991).

A big thing in the work on ourselves is knowing how to deal with the 'unfair' feeling. Here are some notes. There are absolute and relative unfair. It's crucial to know the difference. Knowing this can save us so much suffering. The absolute unfair does not hurt. We can do something physically and humanly about it and if it is truly unfair it will be rectified or we understand that clearly it is a karmic debt that we have to pay. The relative unfair is what causes us all the grief. Because the relative unfair only seems unfair to us and not the other person or people. The relative unfair is also unfair relative to some belief, concept or attitude that we have. To clear our suffering we have to find what in us it is unfair in relation to. Often the things people say are unfair to the idea we have of ourselves or the perception we have of our intentions. As soon as we know what it is unfair in relation to, we are almost free. Often when find the unfair reference point we will...

A lot of our issues come from, for some reason not accepting where we are really at, and trying to work at and expect results from a level that we are just not at. When we don't accept where we are at we end up beating ourselves up and halting our progress. When we can accept truly where we are at with something and then go back to the steps at that level we make real progress. Sometimes most of the work we have to do is actually coming to terms with where we are at. Once we do, we progress quickly. Why? Because we actually do some proper work that counts. Many times even though we have been working on ourselves for years we have to go back to the beginning steps. It's false expectations, inflated beliefs in our self-worth and capacities that lead us astray, making us to not see and accept where we are at. End (5990).

To hold ourselves to a higher principle within or outside of ourselves is something that helps us to go upwards in our level of the Being. Holding ourselves responsible to a lower principle inside or outside of ourselves is what makes us to drop our level of the Being. To hold ourselves responsible for our actions and words to our Inner Being is wonderful. It is truthful to do that as we also feel the consequences of our actions within us. To hold ourselves accountable to the noble standard of the work as well as the student's creditability in the work is wonderful as well. This really helps us to hold it together and to keep an upward line. To hold ourselves responsible to our egos or to the level of the Being or the conditions of others causes us to drop our level of the being. When for example, we hold ourselves responsible to upholding our pride we react defensively and get angry causing harm. Instead of holding ourselves to uphold our Pride we can hold ourselves to uphold high...

We ask this question because we are not happy ourselves, or we ask because we are happy and want the other person to be happy.  We ask to sell something, as a starter to our sales pitch.  We ask to check in to see how the other is going.  We ask to start a conversation about making a significant change in our joint affairs or life together.  We ask ourselves when contemplating a life change.  We ask ourselves this when something in our life is going wrong or went wrong? Overall it's a question that inspires introspection and stands at the start of change. It doesn't have to be a sad affair, it can rather be a catalyst to making a great change in life. The question is start and the easy part. The hard thing is the courage to follow up on the answer to the question.  The follow-up actions from this question are what in most of our lives, produces the big changes, the big turn arounds. End (5978).

For a person to consciousness it is not to believe oneself to be nor is it to have the attitude of being conscious or think oneself is conscious. It is not knowing anything but being and knowing we are in the present moment. It is nothing, but to look, see, hear in all openness to our inside and outside. It is definitely not to believe we are conscious or to think we possess consciousness. End (5982).

Of course in the right moment is the best. But sometimes we can't. That doesn't mean that we stop doing it. For example we can't relax and compose in the moment, keep doing it and we will get it. An hour or two later that is much much better than if we did nothing. End (5981).

Threats of many kinds are a common feature of our individual and collective psyche at some point. Especially when things are not going too well. At the depth of it we make threats to get back some kind of power that we perceive has gone missing.  Either we have allowed it to go or it was taken. Often in the case when it was taken we allowed it to be taken. Sometimes it has never gone it just seems to be gone. This is definitely the case with our individual expression. In Western society we are all free all the time to express ourselves. Either way to make a threat is a compensation, a cheap way using force to get the other to yield the power they have or have apparently taken.   The solution is to empower ourself. There are two ways to do that. One way is to empower ourself and take our freedom of expression back (just express don't think just express) or empower ourselves by truly letting go and dying to the 'need' for that power.  The key is in giving back inner po...

This is a good question, that when you engage your mind to answer it, your answers will make your essence stronger. As you answer you will find evidence as to why the central statement of the question is true. Then see what you feel. End (5979).

There is this psychological quality called entitlement.  Usually when this word is mentioned, there is a negative connotation. It is often associated with some kind of arrogance, because it is really a word to describe a feeling. In general, entitlement is the feeling of having a right to something. Where this 'something' was agreed upon previously or is a tradition, a society norm, a law or just plain common sense. For example, you paid for something fair and square, you are entitled to have it. There seem to be four cases that can be observed in relation to entitlement. There is the simple case where there is the right to something and it is granted. There is justice and peace because merit and right come together. This naturally inspires respect. There can also be the case of entitlement where there is clear right but merit is lacking. Then there is the case where there is some right but little merit. Then there is the case where there is neither right or merit.  When we ob...

What usually happens is that when we fail to comprehend in the moment and instead judge critically, we later on end up in the same situation. We end up in the same situation as those we judge, so as to comprehend . The reason why we end up in the same situation and acting the same as those we judge, is because we failed to apply comprehension, and the best way comprehend is to be in the same situation. The payment or escape from judging is to comprehend. Apply comprehension and we will not fall into the into the same situation as those we judge. This is because with comprehension we learn and we fix the lesson into our consciousness which naturally allows us to avoid falling into the same situation. When we fall into the same situation the heat we feel is the feeling being a hypocrite. Which can be embarrassing. It invertedly gives people the evidence to call us exactly that - a hypocrite - especially those we previously judged. When we judge and realise it, this is one of the best opp...

In the inner silence - the more profound the better, is where one can heal, rejuvenate, strengthen and balance In the inner silence problems melt away because one is closer to the master within. People said that they would be full of problems and when they were before Master Samael ready to explain all their problems - their troubles melted away. Inner silence allows us to digest the impressions and transform them. Inner silence relaxed and conscious allows the consciousness to be present and when it is present it naturally transforms and orders what we have been going through. We just need to give it a chance to do so and it naturally does all by itself or with some gentle prompting (like AI but better). Many times before a retreat we are full of complaints and after the practices, especially meditation those complaints go by themselves.  Seeking inner silence or rather allowing to arrive brings what we all need and want. Which is balancing, organizing, healing, insight and illumi...

If we can say to ourselves: "I'm going to wake up at 5am so that I can start the day early" and we actually do wake up at 5am on the dot or some minutes before, we can just as well say to ourselves: "I'm going to dream about the planet Mars!" or "I'm going to wake up in my dreams!" and we will! It's the same thing really. We have to state our night's purpose such as "I'm going to dream about Mars" with as much will, determination and need as when we say to ourselves that we are going to wake up early. Then lo and behold we will dream about Mars. This actually does work. End (5973).

The key to understand relaxation is to see that relaxation is about supplying energy to something. It is counter to our common understanding which is to think that to be relaxed means to be devoid of energy. To be devoid of energy is to be depleted, not relaxed. When our body is depleted we are either aching all over and very agitated or totally limp. Neither of these two are to be relaxed. When our mind is devoid of energy it is so agitated that it or we just can't stop thinking. Further to this discussion there is relaxation on several different levels. There is relaxation of the body, of the mind, of the psyche, of the soul and of the spirit. For each of these parts to be relaxed certain food or energy must be given to each part. That is a different energy for each part and an energy that is in sync with the nature of the part. To relax the spirit we must give fulfillment of deep purpose. Spiritual work producing transformation. For the psyche ethical and correct conduct in the ...

We in our life are faced with so many options and after a while we get confused as which is the best one to focus on. Because of time limitations we after all want to focus on the thing that will bring the most benefit for our effort and time. Which practice do we do most and focus on? The Gnostic answer is on transforming ourselves and clearing our karma. However we need to still find our answer which will in our way somehow coincide with that or not. We just have to first look. The key is in the dilemma or conundrum. The key word is focus. If we start by focusing on focus, things will become clear because that is how we got confused in the first place by having lost focus. Once we can focus we can focus on the essential part of ourselves and life.  The essential could be to find connection to our essence and flow of life so that we share some connection to above in us and some connection to the future in this life and beyond it. End (5971).