Gnosis Wisdom

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).

Introduction The best way to take criticism is to take a balanced position. Always be balanced in the face of criticism. Some Home Truths about Criticism Here are some truths about criticism that are very useful to remember. When you are being criticised, or know that you are going to be criticised or that you have just been criticised reading these truths will help you. ·          We can use it to improve ourselves. Because of that it can have a good outcome. ·          Not all criticism has to be constructive. ·          We have to be open to both types of criticism: constructive and non-constructive criticism. ·          There is some truth in it. ·          There is something false or exaggerated in it. ·          Disregar...

Trust in Him We may try to arrange things in our life by ourselves and the agents in us that will do it, will be the egos, and they of course may get it wrong. Actually often they do. Sometimes it can be so obvious that with the ego we can get something that we need for life or for the work so easily. We may know well that it is the ego doing it then the call of faith comes in. Have to have faith in the Being that he will organise it for us that he will bring to us whatever it is that we need to work spiritually for Him or that we really need in our human life. End (177).

Pride - a Relative Correction of a Previous Imbalance We know that what pride really is, is the sense of dignity and balance of the Being distorted by relativity. Pride always looks to compensate or correct an imbalance. The problem is that it does it against others and in favour of ourselves, so it is the correction of an imbalance made in relativity. Unfair If we feel that something is unfair our pride won’t be long in appearing. We will feel the unfairness, the hurt, the rejection etc. we can go with Pride and fight, however, we can put the action of balancing the unfairness and the loss of dignity in the Being’s hands and allow him to arrange the affairs so that what is fair and just appears. Conclusion In conclusion, that is the key, to put the unfairness in the hands of the Being. We need however patience to do it. We need to wait. When we wait anyway a process goes to fruition, we give time for the Being to arrange things correctly for us. That is the right th...

Introduction The way to use time wisely is to make the time we have productive, to use it for something related to the development of our consciousness or in something that will bring a positive result to us. Do not Compartmentalise Time Another point is to not compartmentalise time. We divide our whole life into compartments where we behave in certain ways and enjoy ourselves or not enjoy ourselves and so on. We should make our whole life one. It is the mind that makes compartments and it is the one that says we can enjoy ourselves now because in a minute this activity will be finished. Usually that activity is one of the work on ourselves, a bit sad isn’t it. The very thing that liberates us makes us unhappy? Make our Life our Work The advantage of making our work all one in our life, means that we can work anytime in whatever activity we are doing and so we are not waiting for something to finish or start or dreading that something will finish. It requires...

Why We Suffer In life we suffer for many reasons. One of those reasons is because we take things as an absolute. By ‘things’ we basically mean the words of other people and the outcomes of the various events of our life. What Does “in an absolute way” Mean? The best way to describe what “in an absolute” way means, is to give you an example. However before we do, we would like to say that in a general sense to take something “in an absolute way” means to take something small that relates to small aspect of our life as the whole of ourselves. The Example When we for example, are told in a harsh tone that we are “useless at time management” we may suffer, by feeling sad, anxious, humiliated, low or even angry and filled with the desire to convince the person that they are wrong. A very powerful factor behind this suffering especially the feeling of anxiety is that we see that we believe the person’s words that we are bad and then we assume ourselves as a whole or as an ab...

Sexual Energy is a Gift We ignore this side to do with our sexual energy. That is the sexual energy we have is given to us a gift. It can be easily taken away from us. It can be used to regenerate ourselves and come closer to our inner Divinity where by our difficulties, hardship and suffering will be but a shadow. Certainly for this to happen it is a great gift of God. We as human beings are not denied sexual energy because we need it to reproduce and keep creation and nature (life on this planet and the life of the planet) going, but we don’t all have the gift to approach our inner Divinity and that is why we have lust, because misuses the sexual energy we are given. How Sexual Energy is Normally Used We use the sexual energy to generate sexual sensations, and when we start to feel those sensations we combine them with emotions and thoughts that we find satisfying and pleasing. It is really these thoughts and emotions that we add onto the sexual sensations that at some poi...

Introduction This post says that sex has the power to degenerate a person. It also has the power to regenerate a person and it has the power to generate i.e. reproduction, procreation etc. Our Fate Depends on Our Use of Sex Being conscious of this truth we can choose our fate, all depending on our use of the sexual energy. If we use sex according to superior spiritual principles we can regenerate ourselves, but if we use sex normally we reproduce, but if we use sex according to inferior principles we will degenerate ourselves. Those inferior principles are namely lust and all its various branches. Conclusion Why not decide to regenerate yourself, to do so you have to learn about suprasex and the transmutation of the sexual energy. End (172).

Sex is not Lust This post makes the point that sex is very different to lust. We always make the mistake of thinking lust and sex are the same. Consequence The consequence of this is to then think that sex is dirty because we see lust as dirty or wrong. But that is not so. If we make this separation we will see that sex can be managed without lust. New Possibilities Open Up Then many possibilities open up for us, namely the spiritual use of sex. Without making this separation the spiritual use of sex is very difficult or impossible. This separation will help us to relate correctly with sex and know what sex really is and also to gain insight into the mysteries of sex. Conclusion We can dissolve lust, and still use sex. We can in fact use the power of sex to dissolve lust, which is a psychological structure. We can only do this if we separate lust from sex! End (171).

Sexual Energy – Our Fundament This post says that the sexual energy in the human being is the most fundamental energy in the human being’s body, psychology and spiritual aspect. Ordered Sexual Energy Therefore, if we relate correctly to it and have it functioning in an organised and ordered way in our life the rest of our inner functioning and life will also be ordered and harmonious. If our sexual energy is out of control then our spiritual, psychological and physical life will also be out of control and full of difficulty and hardship. Conclusion If we keep our sexual energy calm and channel into the correct channels then the functioning amongst our various psycho-physiological centres (i.e. intellect, emotion, motor and instinct) will be ordered and so will our life be. End (170).

Sexual Energy This post informs us that the human being has sexual energy in the form of a semi liquid semi-solid substance (i.e. seminal entity) and that substance can be moved out (ejaculation) or much better, moved inwards. Moving sexual Energy Inwardly However, for this substance to be moved inwards it must be transformed or transmuted into energy and then it can move inside the body and be absorbed by the body. This is the transmutation of the sexual energy. Conclusion If there is a channel to go out there is also a channel for the sexual energy to go inwards. End (169).

Introduction There are certain body parts that lust likes. This is undeniable. We don’t like to admit it, but it exists within us, or at least there is a certain preference of one part of the body to another. For men the breasts and the buttocks are great fascination. Why? We can analyse this and see that both of these parts are round and symmetrical. In other words they both immediately please the visual sense. What is round, smooth, shiny and proportional pleases or attracts the visual sense. Senses Convey Information Each sense also gives us certain bits of information, and in turn these bits of information are interpreted by the mind or to be exact it is the ego in the mind that interprets them. Desire and Memory Desire is based on the memory of pleasure and the yearning of the senses for pleasure. Because the senses are pleased and they make the mind know that they are pleased. The senses are connected to our mind through the layer of the sensual mind, which...

Introduction When we are upset because of the way they think about us we get angry at them and think negatively about them and stop loving them. Actually it is good to observe that our love is conditional, i.e. relative because it depends on them feeling positive towards us. So freeing ourselves from the dependency will take us to love them in a way that is closer to unconditional love. Getting Angry We get angry because we want to correct their way of thinking towards us. We see that we can’t change their way of thinking towards us so we use anger to do it which is a blind force. We make threats in anger all so that we can force them to change their way of thinking. The Key The key here seems to take away their importance that we have placed upon them in our mind. That solves the first observation, if we see them as everyone else as important as everyone else, we will feel differently. Then the thought appears I will not love them as much. The truth is that I will l...

Introduction I’m not sure if this is the correct name for this ego that in the following paragraphs I am going to describe. The aim of this article is to describe this ego and to prise it apart so to provide ourselves with an in-depth understanding of it that will produce in us separation from it. Being able to separate from it means we have broken its hypnosis. A Curious Observation The first observation of this ego is that the same impressions received from someone don’t hurt whereas the impressions received from someone else really hurt and bother us, where these impressions that hurt are essentially being words, gestures and tone of voice. Therefore this ego is relative to certain people. Dependant on Others… In our mind we have put a lot of emphasis on these people. It has happened that we have made the way we think about ourselves relative or dependent upon the way these people think or feel about us. If they think ill of us we can not be at peace. We become ve...

Introduction Every relationship has a beginning and an end. Every relationship is temporary. Even they can last a long time, there will come the time that it will end or be modified or start a new phase. This is a truth. The Tricky Part What is dangerous in us is that we try very hard to keep it going as if it were never to change. That I’m afraid is our illusion that we very costly try to keep alive. Relationships are Dependent Arising No relationship exists even by itself, all relationships are dependent arising’s. They depend on certain factors. To surrender to the fact that it may change, to surrender to this truth is at first scary and there is much resistance. Why do we get scared? It can’t be impermanent, it can’t finish, it has to keep on going that is what the mind says and this produces a lot of angst and desperation. Why are we so adamant that the relationship should not change or end? Because we see that it is us that it is everything in my life. ...

Introduction The motor centre is a very important part of our physical life. In fact if our motor centre were shut down, our physical life would really stop. It is certainly for the benefit of our physical life worth studying the motor centre, because it is really our physical life and what we do with it, gives us our results in life. Learning What we learn, is deposited in the motor centre. We have many actions and skills in the motor centre which have been intentionally taught to the motor centre. We are not born with them, though this is the case with the instinctive centre. The instinctive centre already comes with data built into it, whereas the motor centre does not have that data. Memory The motor centre has its own memory. That it how it remembers actions even when the mind forgets. We drive with this memory. Sign of Physical Life In relation to the physical world it is the most important centre. In fact movement which is controlled by the motor centr...

Introduction We are unfortunately given impressions and education (a false education) to say that losing the sexual energy is correct or is good. Nearly everyone believes it to be so. Of course pornography is the worst advocate of that, it does not explicitly say that losing the sexual energy is good but the impressions that the actors give off show or send the message that it is good to lose the sexual energy. So we have deep in our minds the belief that to lose the sexual energy via ejaculation is beneficial, good, pleasurable and makes us happy. This really deserves a deeper look and this is what this post is all about. Physical Effects Physically we see that losing the sexual energy via ejaculation straight away takes away our ability to continue with the sexual act. It takes away immediately the sexual trance which brings with it amorous feelings. The amour and attraction that is felt when the sexual currents are circulating through the person all of a sudden disappear....

Introduction There may be an instances in our life where we resent usually one person from taking or enjoying something that we buy for ourselves or for others. What’s strange we don’t resent a different person taking or enjoying something that we have bought for ourselves or for others. For example, we may buy a box of chocolates for ourselves and our mother and sister may take one and we feel ok with that however when our father takes one and we resent it. Why do we have that feature in our psychology? The answer is in our mind, we must have a concept or way of thinking in our mind that disagrees with that particular person taking something from us or others. Where do we Find the Answer? The first place we have to investigate is our mind. Being honest we will find that there is something there in relation to that person. We may think that he/she doesn’t deserve it, that they are selfish, that he/she only takes and doesn’t give, that he/she are selfish, that that person...