Gnostic Wisdom

Introduction Experience and statistics show that craving usually wins. We can take a craving or an intense desire away which of course is good but the fights and struggles soon begin. A division forms within us, us against it – the craving. The key is to remove the craving yet not create that division, which is done by redirecting. Division - the Cause of Struggles The sexual function is a legitimate function in the human being that is to be used, however the cravings and desires associated with it become a problem for the person and others. When the person starts to fulfil them how the mind or lust wants, then a problem later develops and of course the person wants to stop them and then when he or she does the division is created and the struggle starts. Redirect As mentioned above the key is to redirect, which to keep the function going but using it differently, using it in a way that will benefit us and others. Of course the key is that the new use must be tot...

Introduction This post is a remedy to the situation when you know that you really have to work on an ego but it is strong and you don’t want to work on it. In some way we still want what it gives or promises us. What it Gives or What it Promises? Before I go on, there is a very interesting point here to look at and it is are we wanting what the ego actually gives us or what the ego promises us. When we get what the ego wants is that really what we wanted. In a majority of the cases we don’t really want what the ego gives us, because the reality of getting what the ego gives is not so happy, pleasing and agreeable as it sounded. Usually we want what the ego promises us and that can be something that we can get truly get through the Being instead of through the ego. The reason why this is because what we may want is something that is not bad. For example For example we may want some sort of freedom and so lust tries to get it and then that becomes inconvenient ...

Introduction Trust is an immense remedy to a situation where we feel insecure. Trust Trust calls upon the memory of the past actions of others. It sees that the other person really helped us and sincerely liked us, and as nothing has changed, trust says that that person still likes us very much and things will go along very well and so then, why to feel insecure and to fear that that person’s love or friendship will disappear. Trust that Love Remains It is not going to disappear. It will remain, if it has lasted for so long already why should it disappear just now. Thinking this and then feeling it is the key. Feeling it is the trust, and we feel it when we actually believe it. Then our fear and feelings of insecurity go away. When we don’t find any reason for us to doubt, trust wins and our fear dissipates. Difficult Situations However there are situations when it is difficult to trust because the person is very erratic and unpredictable and you never kn...

Introduction Our sexuality is totally outside of ourselves. We need to take it back for ourselves. This is actually quite grave and is the cause of much of our problems. I say this because when our sexuality is constantly going outside of ourselves we recognise that sex is very powerful and we become driven by it, that it is we are powerfully driven to experience its sensation and take its impulses to their conclusion. We can do crazy things in order to fulfil these sexual impulses. When our sexuality is inside of us we recognise in sex an amazing power that is ours that we can use to become powerful in life but more importantly use to die within ourselves and to awaken. Starts and Ends with Us Our sexuality starts and ends with us. This is hard to understand when our sexuality is outside of ourselves. We feel that we need another human being so much - but do we? Maybe our mind and emotion believes we do but I don’t know how much sexually. Well definitely our sexual ...

Origin of the Word Sex The word sex is thought to come from the Latin word ‘seccare’ which means to cut or to divide or in other words disconnect. The words: section, dissect, bisect, sect, sectarianism etc. all show this common meaning. Some say that the word sex comes from the Latin ‘sexus’ which the state of gender, i.e. that of being either male or female. However, the origin ‘seccare’ is much more interesting and descriptive of eh true nature of sexuality. Degree of Connecting or Disconnecting In sexuality we find our capacity or ability to connect or disconnect to something. In other words with sexuality we can connect to something and by duality also disconnect from something. Sexuality has that amazing duality where it can free or enslave, heal or harm or regenerate or degenerate. Sexuality is at the Base of Life We are always connecting and disconnecting in life and so our life is always sexual. Any type of union implies sexuality. Normally we think of...

Introduction There are actually many symptoms to know when an ego is dying in you. One is that it is manifestations get weaker in intensity, shorter in duration and less frequent. However, the symptom that I want to focus on here is the one of not feeling like it anymore or not having emotional force to go with the ego anymore. Just Don’t Feel Like it! When after much work on an ego start to not feel like getting what the ego wants us to get we are dying in that ego or rather that ego is dying in us. When you no longer feel that you want what that ego wants you are separating from that ego and in is weakening and dying in you. Don’t Feed it The mental part of that ego may exert pressure on your mind for you to feed that ego but don’t do it! Because it is dying, peace is coming your way soon! Sometimes it is false There is something to watch out for sometimes we just feel tired of the ego and we don’t feel like getting what the ego wants emotionally speak...

Introduction You know it is really fundamental that you know your PPP! To know it is a very big part of self-knowledge. It actually reveals to us the central key of our egotistical nature or structure. If we know it and work over it we can discover a lot of about ourselves. When you Know it! When you know what your PPP is you know just one word. If you can’t tell someone what your PPP is in just one word then frankly, you do don’t know it what it is! When you say something like “it has to be” or “it must be” you do not know it or rather your consciousness has not verified it as yet. Conclusion My sincere advice is to search for it because it will give you much light about your karma and your life’s karmic circumstances and the nature of your psychology. End (235).

Introduction This is such an important skill in life and in the path. It seems that we are always learning about what is right and what is wrong and when we have made a mistake it is mostly because we didn’t know that it was wrong or would bring harmful or inconvenient consequences. We really have to have a way to work out if something is wrong or right if our intuition or consciousness or conscience is not telling or even hinting at anything. How to Discern Right from Wrong What I am going to do here is give you a system or a technique that will help to discern right from wrong. Basically the technique is based on the wisdom that “every tree is known by its fruit”. In other words something that is wrong is known by its end result or consequences. So to know right from wrong we have to project into the future to see the consequences and end results. Key – Look for the End Results! So here is the key, if you want to know whether something is wrong or right...

Introduction This post is a follow of up of a previous post where it was promised that several points regarding a Gnostic retreat would be touched upon. This post expands upon the first point given in that previous post, namely: “Elements of a retreat”. Basic Elements A retreat consists of four basic elements. They are: attendees, goal, activities, leader/organizer and venue. The goal of the retreat really determines those who attend and also governs the activities that will be conducted in the retreat. The goal may even select the leader, because some leaders may or may not be able to guide attendees to achieve the retreat’s goal. Retreat Goal Fundamental Goal Fundamentally the goal of a retreat is to create a special environment away from our normal busy and distracting life. Mind you our life may not be that busy or that full of distractions but a retreat usually consists in creating an environment that is free of many of life’s elements such as noise, impressio...

Introduction It is the belief of the person writing this post that one’s PPP or principal psychological profile can be found in less time than the prescribed five years. This can be done we claim by paying very careful attention to the indications that we will present in this post. What do you Suspect it is? First of all what do you suspect your PPP is? Ask yourself that question and come up with a clear answer. Your answer will obviously be one of the strongest egos that you have. Be open though to later discover that what you first thought was our PPP may not actually turn out to be your PPP. One of the Three Strongest Egos In most cases the PPP in a person is one of the three strongest egos, which Master Samael says are pride, anger and lust. We can rule out anger because it is an effect ego, that is it works to protect the interests of any ego, and it never comes alone. It can work in conjunction with pride, lust, fear, jealousy, envy, greed, ambition you...

Introduction I am writing this post as a conclusion to effort that I have been making to understand the topic of retreats. I plan to extend the writing divide this understanding over a posts. The Points The points that I plan to touch on are the following:           Elements of a retreat           Why of a retreat           Benefits of a retreat           Shortcomings of a retreat           Sacrifice in a Retreat           Participants of a retreat           Leaders of a retreat           Effectiveness of a retreat           Retreat length           Three dimensions of a retreat           Conclusion – go or don’t go? Conclusion Hang on for the next couple of po...

Introduction This post in particular will explore the PPP of Master Samael. We don’t know what it was for sure but we can infer something about it. He Never said What it was! Well we do not know for sure what Master Samael’s PPP was because he never anywhere that we know of expressed it. But there are certain things that he says about his work and past that lead us to make a very educated guess. We Think it was Lust The real fact is that Master Samael dissolved his PPP - whatever ego or characteristic it was. Anyway we think that it was lust for these main reasons. Reason 1 The first reason is that Master Samael said that while he was Julius Ceasar he still had some initiations from Egypt, however while being Julius Ceasar he lost all of them, in other words he fell and he said that he fell by giving into a sexual temptation. So lust was what caused him to fall back in those ancient Roman times. He was an initiate however he was not that far along the path ...

Introduction As mentioned in the previous post, this post will be dedicated to describing some more characteristics of the PPP. In particular this post will concentrate on describing what it is like to have Pride as the PPP. Pride as Your PPP What I would like to achieve with this post is to describe how one’s psychology is and life is having the pride as the PPP. My hope is that with this description it will help you to either rule out that your PPP is pride or either set you on a course to discovering and confirming that your PPP is pride. What is it Like to have Pride as a PPP? If your PPP is pride then the majority of your psychological processes will be taken up with envy, resentment, offences – giving and receiving, remembering insults, arguing, mental and verbal protesting, being worried about being wrong, feeling hurt, being right, fantasies of glory and heroism, fantasies of being right and loved by everyone, feeling important, feeling devastated by no one...

Introduction As mentioned in the previous post, this post will be dedicated to describing some more characteristics of the PPP. In particular this post will concentrate on the characteristic that the PPP is the main reason as to why we fell spiritually speaking in the past. The PPP is the one that is always behind our fall. PPP and the Spiritual Fall We say here in Gnosis that the PPP is the one that has always been there behind each and every one of our past spiritual falls. By this, I do not mean losing the sexual energy during some sort of sexual activity, but rather when we fell from the illuminated, one with our interior state Divinity state and fell in the physical world where much crying and gnashing of teeth is heard. The factor Behind that fall is the P.P.P it is the one that causes all our falls, which implies that the P.P.P is a very painful ego that carries much karma and is the strongest one and is also one that is 100% rebellious and very hypnotic. The ...

Introduction As mentioned in the previous post, this post will be dedicated to describing some more characteristics of the PPP. In particular this post will concentrate on the characteristic that the PPP is the main framework of our egoic structure and impregnates or participates of all or nearly all our egoic manifestations. Participates of all Our Egoic Manifestations So then the PPP is the foundation of our personality, a point we will examine later on, but back to the point our PPP can be found in every well nearly every manifestation of our egos. To verify this we have to really know our PPP and go deep into our egoic manifestations and search for it. For example if a person’s PPP is Pride which is a very common one, such a person will be able to see Pride in his or her egoic manifestations and this is quite easy to see actually, because there is much pride in anger, envy, jealousy, lust, fear, greed, ambition and even laziness. Pride is a great combiner ego, that i...

Introduction As mentioned in the previous post, this post will be dedicated to describing some more characteristics of the PPP. Characteristic 1 One very important characteristic of the PPP is that it is the one that sets up a great majority all of our difficult moments in life. It actually sets up the nature and circumstances of the events that make our life difficult. The PPP is responsible for the major egoic events in our life, that is its main characteristic! Characteristic 2 The PPP sets up a certain egoic pattern in our life. We will mostly decide or do things because of this ego. It is behind most of our big decisions in life and it is the one that creates circumstances in our life for it to manifest. Remember it can do this because it is a causal ‘I’, meaning that it has access to our causal world and therefore it can generate causes, well actually causes that go to benefit this ego or go to fulfil the aim of this ego. Verify Characteristic 1 To veri...

Introduction This post among many more to come about the Principal Psychological Profile, commonly known as the PPP describes what the PPP is. What is the Principal Psychological Profile? The principal psychological profile or chief characteristic is a part of our psychology. As the name suggests it is a very important part, actually it is the predominant part. It is the part that colours our psychology, it is the part that makes up our psychology and it is the part that forms the nature of our egoic psychology. The PPP is Ever-Present The PPP is something that is present in virtually every one of our psychological processes. It is the one that sets the mood to our everyday egoic psychology and it is one that sets the backdrop to our psychology. It is something that stays more than goes, other egos come and go but the PPP is mostly always there forming the nature of our egoic psychology and it is so natural that we don’t know that it is there and we don’t suspect...

Introduction There may be many ways to appreciate others and one of them is to learn from others, and when we learn from them we come to appreciate them more and they are happy to have helped us. This post is about one way that you can learn from others. Everyone Has Certain Gifts Everyone has certain gifts in life. Without exception everyone is good at something. Everyone has a good to excellent understanding of something in life that we do not have. That is something wonderful, that is why we have a multiplicity in life, so that all the gifts and talents can be shared amongst all of us, and all of us together produce all the wisdom in creation. These gifts may come from life’s experiences, past lives and some their own innate inner nature and understanding. That is from their Being or Monad or Essence. Find their Gifts One way to appreciate others is to learn from their gifts, but before we can do that we have to find their gifts, find what they are excellent a...

Introduction Sometimes we struggle immensely in life over why we are not loved by people in general, and above all by people who are ‘meant’ to love us, such as partners, spouses, children, family and friends. Truly we can really suffer, from bouts of disappointment like depression to bouts of intense anger and ill-will. You know what the solution or the way to get out of such a terrible rut is to love, forget about receiving love and give love. This post explains way this is the best option all of the time. Receiving Love Receiving love can be really great but not so great when it stops or drops in frequency, intensity, duration and quality. We often start to think that something is wrong and that the person does not love us anymore or that we have done something for the person to not love us or that we are not good enough which is one of the worst emotions we can feel. The Art of Receiving Love There is a way to receive love from others and we have to know it. We h...