Gnosis Wisdom

Our Problem - Seems Real Our problem these days is whenever things are not going well in any aspect of our life we turn as a crutch to the internet for a substitute. We are doing this more and more these days at an alarming rate in fact. Our problem with the internet is not that we use it, as if we would use a tool but rather that we rely on it as a substitute for our reality or a means to compensate for a real area of our life that is not going well. For example, if our relationship side of our life is not going well we turn to the internet to provide or supply or fulfil the relationship aspect. We talk to people online, we send messages, we sign up to this or that forum etc. In general whatever desire that we can not fulfil in real life we turn to the internet to try and fulfil. The only thing though, is that the things we get from the internet are mostly an illusion, except for the shopping items that we buy. Whatever we can’t get here physically we seek out on th...

Introduction – Psychological Moon We all know from our study of Gnosis that we can create a psychological Moon. The creation of the psychological Moon is really the first creation of our interior universe or interior Genesis. The psychological Moon is in other words the first work we perform in our self-realization, and our self-realization is the work of the creation of our interior universe. The psychological Moon is the permanent centre of gravity, where we have within us, the tendency to work on ourselves and to see life through the work on ourselves as the dominant tendency. That is within us we are more interested in the work than anything else. All other things come second inside of ourselves in a balanced way.  Gabriel Regent of the Moon We also know that Gabriel is the regent of the Moon, our Earth’s satellite, and following the Hermetic axiom “as above so below” we must also have within us a regent of our psychological Moon when we create it. So our int...

Introduction “Imperium Neptuni Regis” translates as “The Empire of King Neptune” or in some cases “The Domain of Lord Neptune”. As above so below, we have within us our seas or spermatic waters which must come under the domain of some power within us. The principle of "as above so below" once again would have us think that as Neptune rules the seas of the Earth we must have an interior Neptune that rules our own waters. Neptune we must Become So like Neptune we must become. We must come to rule over or command our interior waters, that is our spermatic waters which is our sexual energy. Neptune is also the Mercury and the agent within us that can instruct us about wisely working with the Mercury. Conclusion – Hidden Lesson Our interior Neptune rules over our Mercury and we must come into favour with Him by working wisely with the Mercury and by creating Mercury through the transmutation. Sometimes w...

Desire is Will Basically desire comes from the causal world and filters through the mind and into our emotions and then into our actions. Desires are felt as more emotion than anything else, however before they were in the emotion they were in the mind. Mind and Desire Desires are trapped will, and what does the trapping is the mind. The mind also receives the desires or the will and either directs it into the mind’s own conditionings and patterns or diverts it or weakens it. The mind can accelerate the fulfilment of a desire or delay it. Usually what the mind does when there is a will to work on our self or to do something that the body or the senses don’t like, is to delay the idea. Too Many Desires Frazzles When we have many initiatives or desires they all collect in our mind and our mind as the organiser of desire becomes very frazzled on how to fulfil all of them. We can easily fall into a state of hesitation, excessive planning and overall frazzling, where we j...

Why Concentration is Difficult The Theosophists say that the substance of eh mental body by its very nature always seeks variety and so our mind being made of the same substance always by its nature seeks variety making it difficult for us to keep the mind on one thing. This search for variety is actually a good thing, only if we use it in a way that works for us. Just like a knife, it can be very dangerous but used in the kitchen it is very useful. So it depends on how we make this search for variety to work for us. Read on to find out how. Variety in Focus Basically the way to do it is to learn to focus or concentrate and then the mind within that focus or concentration will discover new things. That is within focus the mind or the essence will produce creativity as the focus deepens or penetrates and integrates with the object of concentration. Conclusion By focussing we enter deeper into what we...

Difficult Situations When it gets difficult between ourselves and others and things are rough, you know the situations, those that are very awkward, ill-will in the air, friction, tension, potential for arguments and offence etc. etc. To make such situations go smoothly and amicably we really need a higher power. Higher Power To make a situation go smoothly we really need a higher power, something higher than our good egos, holding our tongue, being alert and our self-control. While we may be able to hold back our own egos we can not hold back the egos of others. So to really appease the whole situation, that is to placate the egos in all those present so to make the event or activity or meeting go smoothly we really need a the help of a higher power. For this the best higher power to appeal to is specifically the Divine Mother and the Third Logos. Why the Best? I am not sure why, these two parts of our Being are ...

Introduction When we fail at something, for example the situation when the ego starts in its manifestation and the temptation for it to manifest builds and builds and then we succumb, not doing what the ego wanted the next day after we fail is good but does not have as much value as when it first built up. We Need to Wait We need to wait basically for our system to be reset so to speak, that is we need to forget all about the ego and its desires and get to the same state as when we failed the previous time. Then not succumbing to the ego after our physical and psychological system has been reset has the same value as what we could have earnt previously. This is all because the same external and internal circumstances and energies have recurred. Not succumbing the next is necessary but it is very much easier because we have the pain of eh ego in us in a very intense way that helps us, because we don’t want to feel ...

Introduction Alchemy as presented by the medieval Alchemists is something really very peculiar and interesting. Many of the terms are so peculiar and way out of line with what we commonly understand that we can so easily become confused and lost. On the other hand the Alchemy of Master Samael is very simple and clear, maybe even too simple we may think. What is useful at times, is to understand what the Alchemists were actually referring to with their symbols and peculiar terminology. This verification gives light, understanding and more confidence or faith. This post is a little about that, looking at term of metals, which for me anyway was so very interesting, maybe because I am very stuck in my concept of a metal being the result of man taking ore from the Earth then moving that ore through a refining process to produce a very solid, hard and shiny bar or beam that if used wrongly can really hurt another person. Anyhow...

Always Wondered which is Best I have always wondered which is the best way to do things in life and in the esoteric and psychological work. Here is what I have found so far. Many of the Same From working at factory packing boxes with a variety of different items, I found by trial and error that the best way for me and also the guy who taught me was to not to complete one box and then the next and then the next but to lay out all the boxes and then put 2 brackets for example in each box then four screws in each box, then four nuts in box, then one console in each box, then one user manual in each box and so on, until each box was complete then close each box and tape them all up one at a time. This way worked out to be the quickest and the most enjoyable and less tiring actually. We can work the ego this way too, it is crazy to just work on one ego until it is dead and forget the others, because the others can get very active, distract us and even cause us to make some ...

Always Wondered Why and Never Understood I think I still don’t fully understand but maybe I am a little closer to understanding why. Here anyway is what I have come to understand so far. Within Sex Within sex are the very primordial powers of creation. Very primordial, ancient and powerful forces move and come into action when there is sexual arousal, contact and connection. The real creative properties of the sexual and instinctive centre begin to work in these moments and it is then that the person working in the Alchemy must channel and drive these forces of energy and creation towards an inner creation (transmutation, sublimation, Kundalini, solar bodies etc.) Sex is Chaos Because the chaos or the abyss or inferno is the birthplace of men, beasts and Gods and sex is really the birthplace of everything, sex is also the chaos and also the abyss. When I say abyss, I mean it in the sense that the abyss is wher...

Certainly Evil Actions have been Carried Out Certainly there are people who have done some terrible things in the past. We may call those people evil and they may be partly or totally evil. There are those who have repented and felt great remorse for what they have done and so they are the ones who as a whole are not evil but have a part in them that is evil and they unfortunately failed to control it. There are those on the other hand that are fully evil. Those are the ones that we can not understand because they continue to do evil things and they show no remorse at all. Instruments of Karma Gnosis says or teaches that there are cases where human beings have done something really terrible, such as for example, kidnapping and charging a ransom, that the essence or soul in the body of the person that does such a thing is sent immediately into involution, and what is left on the surface of the Earth is just a shell...

Relativity the Cause of the Ego Basically the ego enters into quick manifestation as soon as there is relativity or in other more practical words – differences. As soon as there is that more or less in relation to one or the other, that is as soon as one receives more than another in comparison or in relativity the ego enters into action! So, if we could eliminate relativity the ego would not manifest. However that in this world is impossible, we can not remove relativity and duality, it is part of creation. All that we can do is to modify our interpretation of it, we can’t modify our perception of it, but our interpretation of it. Interpretation Causes the Problem So it is not relativity that causes the problem nor is it the perception of it but what or how we interpret it. We always interpret relativity when we receive the less as something against us or negative for us and so we have to then feel negative emoti...

Knowledge of Creation What I think is important for any human being is some knowledge of creation, especially the points of how creation began, how creation unfolds and how creation ends. Knowing where we are in the process of the expansion of creation is also so very useful. Thankfully, Gnosis is able to provide an answer to these four points. With this knowledge one is able to locate him or herself in the process of the expansion of creation and therefore be in a much better condition to understand the time in which we are living. The knowledge in Gnosis about creation I believe has been given to us so that we can acquire an understanding of where we are as a humanity in creation, that is, from where we have come and where we are going. End (495).

Awakening - the Heart of Any Spiritual Doctrine Awakening - this is one of the hearts of the Gnostic doctrine and for that matter, any spiritual or esoteric doctrine or endeavour that wishes to transform he human being. Any attempt towards a change for the better will fail if there is no new awakening produced. Awakening to See Reality Awakening is to see reality in its various levels and depths and furthermore it is to see what is commonly not seen. Awakening allows one to understand the things that previously were not understood and allows one to see the deeper causes of the present, and the future that the present actions will unfold. Several Awakenings There are several types of awakenings which we must gradually arrive at. There are the physical, psychological and esoteric awakenings. We can start working in the psychological awakening and later progress to the esoteric or spiritual awakening. The psychological awakening is to see our full inner reality and ...

Mind is Useful Only in its Orbit The mind can be very useful and helpful in the work, though as soon as it goes out of its orbit it becomes counterproductive. The thing to watch with the mind is that we don't get trapped or stuck in it. If we use it as an instrument and get good at using this instrument that is fine, as long as we are free from it, that is we know that we are the essence and the Being behind the essence, and the mind is not us it is just an instrument, i.e. something that the essence and the Being can use. With the mind as long as you live from the essence and the Being and think by virtue of the work, essence, path and the Being and use the mind as an instrument to help you in these endeavours and in life that is ok. Conclusion The problem arises when we live from our mind, if we can only do things that our mind plans and programs and we can't surpass the concepts in our mind and we c...

Introduction – Video Games as an Escape from Troubles Playing video games can be used as a way to take the focus off the hurtful feelings and thoughts that swirl around inside of us when there are troubles in our lives. Many people have this sort of thing, it could be drugs, alcohol, gambling, sex, smoking, driving fast, walking, holidaying etc. etc. though what they all have in common is that they are used by us or our psychology as a way to escape or a way to bring happiness, or a way to bring pleasant feelings and thoughts or even a way to regain control (because we can't control the hurt inside etc. so we look to a place that we can control). Because we know while we are doing those things we are far away from the troubles and we feel fine. A Solution Anyway the way to deal with these things is to solve the problem or the issue. Many times we can't solve the issue, just like that so then we have to provide a balm to the pain in us that our thoughts and feelings a...

Introduction So many times in life when it comes to decisions, we would like to know when the right moment is to make and act upon those decisions. The aim of this post is to give some pointers that may be true or helpful for you. The Right Moment The right moment may never come, or then again, it may. When the right moment does come, the trick is, that we will know that it is the right moment and we will feel that we are living that moment. Basically you will feel it. If you don’t feel it, then it is not the right moment. Basically when the moment is right, the obstacles that stopped you before are now either physically not there or either in you a solution has appeared and you now see a way around it or them. Inside of you is the key. You feel the way clear and it is now all very possible. You may feel that you can no longer delay, you may feel that a new road is opening before you, the fear that you felt be...

Introduction I first heard this idea of a petty tyrant from an author Victor Sanchez, a disciple of Carlos Castaneda. He said that the warrior has a or many petty tyrants that help me or her to work on themselves. This petty tyrant provokes in a major way the warriors egos. The objective of having a petty tyrant is to get free of the effects that our own egos provoke in us because of the petty tyrant’s impressions. A petty tyrant can make us angry, sad, depressed or very upset. All the Warriors had One All the warriors used someone to work on themselves. It was said that Master Samael would often visit a certain man in order to work on himself. It was said that that man would criticises and insult Master Samael and Gnosis. When Master Samael dissolved the egos that would often get affected he stopped visiting that man. It has also been written that Carlos Castaneda’s teacher Don Juan would visit a certain man ...

With Pleasure Comes Fear With pleasure comes fear, the fear that the pleasure will come to an end. When there is pleasure there is always that particular fear. Pleasure by its nature must have an end. Pleasure can not continue forever without an end. It is certainly subject to a start and a beginning. While Experiencing Pleasure While experiencing pleasure there is that feeling of anxiety that comes from our attachment to the pleasure when we know that it is going to end. What is much better is joy! Joy comes from the consciousness and fear and anxiety is not inherent in joy. Best Way to Approach Pleasure is with Detachment The best way to approach pleasure is with detachment. We are even when pleasure arrives and we are even when pleasure stops. There is no great expectation and over exaggeration nor is there any sadness or anxiety when the pleasure is about to end. Detachment produces moderation and that is something that is very good, because after pleasur...

Introduction So much has been written about the philosopher’s stone, it is understood as being the pinnacle or goal of Alchemy. The following excerpts by Master Samael Aun Weor clearly reveal what the philosopher’s stone in very clear and easily understandable language. Excerpt 1 – Philosopher’s Stone “What is the Philosophical Stone? The Philosophical Stone is the Intimate Christ dressed with his bodies of Gold. This Gold covering, formed by the bodies, is ‘To Soma Heliakon’, the body of Gold of the Solar Man. Whosoever possesses the Philosophical Stone has complete power over all of Nature. Nature knows how to obey such a being. This person possesses the Elixir of Long Life and can keep the physical body for millions of years.  Lo and Behold the path. The path is in the (sexual) seed. There is no other way. Interesting things take place within the human organism. The existential superior bodies of the Being are nothing more than Mercury fertilized by Sulphu...