Gnostic Esoteric Study & Work Aids

Believe it or not! Believe it or not evil begins in our sexuality. When go to one side of duality in relation to our sexual energy we initiate the beginning of evil. Duality – Cause of Good and Evil Good and evil are certainly duality, it seems that they are the first manifestation of duality. Good and evil are opposites and really they are derived from the sexual poles which according to Gnosis were the first manifestation of the opposite poles or in other words duality. So, in summary the first instance in the creation of duality, the opposites came through, or were expressed by sex, male and female. So, in sex we have the first holder of duality. Depending on our Use So then depending on our use of sexuality or the sexual energy, if we polarised ourselves with one side we would get one result. If we were to polarise ourselves with the negative use of the sexual energy the side, we would end up falling into evil or into the nature of that side of the sexuality (neg...

An Ominous Name The tree of the science of good and evil is certainly ominous. It brings to mind the apple tree and the tempting serpent from the biblical scenario of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. It brings to mind with some trepidation actually the fall of the human being and the human being and the exile from paradise (the Absolute). Certainly from a Gnostic perspective the tree of the Science of Good and Evil is really this tree. This tree that holds the knowledge of evil and the knowledge of good, therefore holding the knowledge whereby the human being may to fall into evil, and the keys whereby the human being may ascend towards the heavens. The potential for great good and great evil are contained both within this strange and foreboding tree of duality. What is this Tree? Is it Symbolic? This tree actually being the fantastic manifestation of duality is symbolic and in fact this tree is to be found in every human being here and now. The tree of the Scienc...

The Situation in Gnosis If we understand Gnosis well, we will come to the conclusion that Gnosis is not about us receiving and being pampered but about us giving and serving. This if I am honest is more what the real situation in Gnosis is about. A Wise Man A very wise man once said about Gnosis, that he came to Gnosis to pay, as this wonderful and wise man understood that everyone comes to Gnosis with a lot of karma, some more than others of course, but in general, we all have heaps to pay and Gnosis is a very marvellous way to cancel all the karmic debts that we have. Don’t Expect to be Pampered If we come to Gnosis expecting to be pampered, not to contribute financially and to receive praises about everything we are getting it pretty wrong and to put it bluntly we will suffer. Giving = Merits – No Other Way! Only in giving can we acquire merits and come to die psychologically and therefore change for eh better. A person who is always receiving will one day...

Difficult – Why Not to Move between Centres? This is a very difficult subject actually and that is the reason why I am writing this post, in the hope to shed some light on the subject and make the issue much more understandable. You know I have seen many students really upset over this issue, and instructors as well. The better the students understand the issue the less problems will arise for both the students and the instructors. One Line – One Dynamic The main reason why moving between Gnostic centres is not really so constructive is because we are not taking or following one line. Yes the core of the teachings is the same, but every Gnostic centre has its own dynamic and rhythm. When we move between centres we partake of both dynamics and rhythms and what usually happens in us is that because we compare those two different dynamics and rhythms don’t synchronise but they clash and that clash is not really productive for us. It actually harms us. We find it difficu...

Oh Poseidon! Oh Neptune! Oh Poseidon whom the ancient Greeks knew you by! Oh Neptune whom the ancient Romans knew you by. Even if the ancient times have now long passed, today you who still exist, you are the force and life of our oceans, seas and rivers. You are Life! You provide us with much food, you continue to give us food despite our irresponsibility, our greed and our negligent pollution. You are in the waters of the Earth and as there is much water in us you are in us as well. You are a primordial God, a special God, without you we would not have life, water is life and you are the God of water. Our water comes from you, by evaporation, our cooling rains that cool the sun parched earth and the rain that makes our crops to grow comes from you. You are one of the axes upon which the life of our planets rests. Regent of Earth’s Waters You must know Melchizadek , the regent of our marvellous planet. You must work in unison, what you know he must know. Your love a...

The Power of the Divine Law The power of the Divine Law, the esoteric body of Divine Beings that administer cosmic justice is immense. The Divine Law has power of our life and our death. There is nothing in our life and in our mind that the Divine Law does not govern. Nothing can be hidden from the Divine Law, everything about us and within us is known to them. This very fact about their power should and must inspire respect and a certain wariness in us. It is really absurd that we feel defiant, arrogant and disrespectful in front of them. Absurd! Our life is in their hands and the truth is that each one of us owes the Divine Law many payments, we are in fact indebted to the Divine Law. Love the Law We may of course fear the law and therefore (what we fear we hate) hate or despise the law or even resent the law but, believe me, not one of those attitudes helps! The best attitude I have found is to love the law and to work with the law openly, honestly (they know ...

Introduction There are several answers to this question, and each answer depends from what perspective you are looking at it from. In this post we are going to answer this question from the Gnostic point of view. After a Mistake From the Gnostic perspective or esoteric spiritual perspective, after we have made a mistake the best thing to do is to act quickly in the following directions: First Thing To Do Recognise that we made a mistake. Become fully aware of the gravity of the mistake. Know why and how we made the mistake. Know what ego lead you to make that mistake. Second Thing To Do Take full responsibility for the mistake. Be fully willing to pay the consequences, i.e. the karma. Third Thing To Do Beg pardon from the Divine Mother. Fourth Thing To Do Do a very strong petition with the Divinities from the Tribunal of the Divine Law (Lords of Karma), begging them for a chance to dissolve the ego that caused the mistake and beg them for the ...

Gnosis is Free Essentially the knowledge of the consciousness, common to all humankind should be free, the knowledge to set everyone free should be free and is in reality free. It is only man that thinks it should have a cost. This knowledge exists in the cosmos and has always existed from the very instant there was creation. This knowledge by which we can come to know ourselves at our deepest roots has been made available to us by the omnimerciful one, which is present for every living creature without exception. The cosmos does not charge money for this knowledge, it however may require that you wish for it and that you make sacrifices for it but there is no charge of $100, $1000, $100,000 or $1,000,000. Donations Sign of Valuing the Teachings Usually donations come naturally from the students. This usually happens when a student sees value in the teachings. As soon as the student applies the teachings and attains results the teachings have for the student a value, whi...

What is it? Master Samael described it as situation or a very difficult state where the initiate is in a process of transition between darkness and light or in other words between the ego and the consciousness. The initiate has at the point of passing through the dark night of the soul a certain degree of awakening of the consciousness yet the initiate still has a large degree of ego, i.e. there is still sizable amounts of both light and darkness within the initiate. This equal or nearly equal amount of light and darkness in the initiate is the problem, this undefined amorphous mixture within the person brings the dark night of the soul upon the person. The person is not accepted by the white lodge nor is the person accepted by the black lodge the initiate is somewhere in between abandoned by both sides. Typically the initiate feels very lonely and with force, that is without the force that comes from the Being and without the force that comes from being dedicated to the ego...

When it is Lust! It is lust when we engage in sexuality, even in thought and emotion and we do not have love, respect, care, consideration etc. within us. I tis also lust when we are trapped in or are only focussed on sensation, senses and matter. These four major indicators: devoid of love, care, respect etc., senses, sensations and matter are sure signs that lust is in our human machine. Lust always, always refocusses sexuality into these bottles or conditioners. When it is not Lust! We usually think that no sexuality or no sex or abstinence is no lust. That is true to some degree but there can always be a heavy amount of lust in our mind. The general indication as to know when it is not lust is when there is sexuality and there is love and the main focus is spirituality or a spiritual purpose above senses, sensations and matter. Or there is of course no sexuality and the mind and emotions are completely clear. Conclusion Use these indications to know when...

When it is Lust! It is lust when we engage in sexuality, even in thought and emotion and we do not have love, respect, care, consideration etc. within us. It is also lust when we are trapped in or are only focused on sensation, senses and matter. These four major indicators: devoid of love, care, respect etc., senses, sensations and matter are sure signs that lust is in our human machine. When it is not Lust! We usually think that no sexuality or no sex or abstinence is no lust. That is true to some degree but there can always be a heavy amount of lust in our mind. The general indication as to know when it is not lust is when there is sexuality and there is love and the main focus is spirituality or a spiritual purpose above senses, sensations and matter. Or there is of course no sexuality and the mind and emotions are completely clear. Separate Lust from Sex So in the case where we have sexuality but no lust we have to separate lust from sex. We think that they...

Surprising at First but Makes Sense! To someone who has worked on the ego for a while, this statement that the ego is in our genes becomes ever-so gradually more apparent, especially in relation to some egos. It is not so apparent in all the egos but in some, in the rather large ones that we have it can be quite apparent. Parents If you have the luck of having your parents still with you, you can by observation really come to verify this statement. The theory goes in Gnosis that the egos that we have, have a genetic component to them. We actually inherit in our egos certain characteristics that are present in the egos of our parents. This is even true when it comes to our personality. Our personality has many traits or characteristics that come directly from our parents. This does not apply to every characteristic in us, it only seems to apply to some of our personality traits. Mind you environment and impressions builds our personality and much of our environment that...

Mystical Death the First Factor Pays the Most! A really good question is, which factor should we concentrate on? Some say the third because it gives all the merits that we need to progress in the second and in the third and some say the first. In this post we ar saying that the first is the one that pays the most. A Master Investigated I heard a recording in Spanish where a Venerable Master, A Master that I honestly respect a lot, a master whose inner Being is a judge of the Divine Law, said that after an investigation carried out in the internal worlds he concluded that the factor that pays the most in the first. Makes Sense – Mystical Death Pays the Most It makes sense because it is the cause of our karma and when we die we change causes and acquire merits and in truth we are fundamentally different in our nature and when we die we can do, and we are. With mystical death the other two factors: transmutation and sacrifice for humanity are easy. Conclusion ...

How can We Be Benevolent with Our Inner Divinity? We often wish that our inner Divinity is benevolent with us. In fact we all like being in benevolence and especially receiving benevolence. What about being benevolent with our inner Divinity? Most of the time we feel upset and complain in our mind or even out loud, when we are not given the things that we feel that our inner Divinity should provide us with. In short we only really think about receiving and very rarely do we think about giving back to our inner Divinity. Well the good news is that we can give back to our inner Divinity in a huge number of ways, and one  of the two best ways is transmutation. The other of the two best ways just for your information is dying in yourself. So, we’ll see why transmutation is one of the best ways in the next section below. Be Benevolent with our Inner Divinity by Transmuting When we transmute we are providing our inner Divinity with energy, that speaking specifically ou...

Whatever has a Beginning has an End There is a principle in Gnosis that says whatever has a beginning also has an end. So any ego or any sort of creation will have an end one day, because it had a beginning at some point. This is why the ego of lust we have will have an end one day, either due to our voluntary efforts or the result of the efforts of nature working involuntarily on us. It is important to say here that the Being in us, the divine, immortal and universal presence has never had a beginning and so will never have and end. You as a spiritual Being or as a soul cannot be lost! But your egos which are creations, wrong ones at that will one day be dissolved and have their end. Its Days are Limited As with any ego, lust is limited, its days are numbered, one day somehow it is going to cease, it is going to disappear, it is going to weaken and die. This is a certain truth. The only thing is that that may take a long time, longer than the duration of our life. ...

What is the Sexual Energy? To be very plain and clear the sexual energy in the human being is the reservoir of energy in the body that is used to function sexually. If that reservoir is empty then the person can not operate sexually. Sexual Energy as Substance In the human being the sexual energy is very special it is actually a magical substance and that substance is in men the semen and in women, well I’m not exactly sure but it follows the same principle in that it is a magical semi liquid semi solid substance. I say magical because it is the only thing in the body that is a substance and an energy as well. It is very hard to locate movement energy or thinking energy or feeling energy as a substance in our body. In Men and Women Because there seems in medicine not ot be  name for the substamce that is the sexual energy of a women sexual energy has been often referred to as just semen. But as many women point out that is one sided it only takes men into...

Why do we have a Crisis? Sometimes we pass through a crisis and the reason why we pass through it, it seems, is to first find out what is in our heart and then define our heart. Typically these crises are to do with definition and we usually end up in such a crisis because we have been harbouring a contradictory attitude for too long and we have wound up at a very critical point. A very apt name for this critical point is a point of definition. Point of Definition We usually reach a point of definition in our relationship to something. Typically in our relationship to our spiritual work, even to our physical work and of course in human relationships. Why of a Definition Point The definition point is characterised as being a point where we can no longer progress in our relationship while still having a contradictory attitudes, thoughts, feelings and actions. We feel that we can no longer sit on the fence having a foot in both sides. Ando so the inevitable appears, a...

Crisis Sometimes we pass through a crisis, and it seems that the secret reason of that crisis, is to first find out what is in our heart, and then later to define our heart for what we have discovered is in it. The question comes to us in such a crisis, are these spiritual studies really in my heart? Do I really want to keep going? Is there a point to it all? Others are progressing and I’m here stuck! Scary The crisis can be quite scary we can feel that we have nothing in our heart and we can even become disorientated and not know why we are persisting with these spiritual studies. Pleasing the Ego for Too Long Sometimes this comes about because we have spent a too longer period of time being insincere, that is not really trying to progress and just giving way to the ego. When we should have really not gone that far into pleasing the ego, we should have stopped it before time. Allowing ourselves to please an ego for too long leads us to feel that we can’t def...

Sleeping Essence? By sleeping essence we mean the essence trapped or bottled in the ego. By ‘bottle’ (symbolic) we are referring to conditioning, from the psychological point of view the ego is a degree of conditioning. From the esoteric point of view the ego is a metaphysical entity or a bottle or container trapping a piece of essence. The sleeping essence is the conditioned essence, its conditioning has trapped it into thinking, feeling and acting in accordance with its conditioning and this very same conditioning has also lulled it to sleep. The conditioning of the essence is very peculiar, it is a conditioning that is polarised in duality. The sleeping essence is polarised in such a way that the sleeping essence processes itself or generates thoughts, feelings and actions in a way that is opposite to the ways of the Being. Sleeping Essence does not Know its Own Conditioning The very strange thing is that the sleeping essence does not know it is conditioned and fu...

Depiction of the SleepingKundalini The Kundalini serpent known very well to the yogis of India, in her dormant state is classically depicted as a serpent coiled 3 and a half times around a special black ‘lingam’ (shaft) in the coccyx of every human being. Depiction of the Awakened Kundalini On the other hand when awakened the Kundalini is depicted as a fiery serpentine power extending from the coccyx all the way up the spine, neck, head and ending at the forehead of the initiate who has awakened it. The Egyptians in their paintings, sculptures and sarcophagus’ depicted the awakened kundalini as a golden serpent extending a little way out from the forehead and then rising a short vertical distance. Why 3 ½ The kundalini is coiled three and half times around the special lingam int eh coccyx of the human being representing the three Gunas and the Kliphos. The three complete turns each represent a Guna and the half turn represents the Kliphos or the infernal regions ...