Gnostic Esoteric Study & Work Aids

We Have This Fear Only those who have no karma or little karma reduce the fear of the Divine Law to null. It makes sense to say this even if I am very far away from having no karma. While we have karma we have this fear within. As karma resides in the subconscious we do not know what is yet to come to us and so we fear the ‘unkown’. The image below gives us a feeling of the power of the Divine Law. That nothing can stop it, that it is formidable. Not even our stupid pride can stop it. There is that stupid pride that feels even when we have erred that we should not be punished, or just because it is ‘us’ that we should be made exempt and that karma is for others not us! If we have errors behind us, it is best to work hard now before that karma hits! The Golden Lion of the Law. The Blindfold indicates justice. Justice is blind, it does not see friend nor foe. What Can we Do? What we can do is to trust tha...

The Issue Here Sometimes we don’t feel in our emotional centre and in our world of feelings like doing what the wants at all! But yet there is a force coming from it seems higher and beyond the feelings that pushes us to do it. It feels like we are even compelled to do it against our feelings. The Why of This This is because that ego has a very strong casual component, and from our very own causal dimension (our own mini world of will) that ego sends its commands for us to do its bidding. Remember – Only Consciousness can Dissolve Will. Another equally strong will can contend with those commands from the causal aspect of that ego. But better yet, is our own consciousness understanding the ill-functioning of that ego. Our own consciousness must recognise it as an ego that is not us and that we must decide to side with our essence, our consciousness and our work. End (1858).

Not Our Business If we understand this point we can gain some separation as well as a good weapon to combat the illusory and deceiving processes of lust. Truly lust psychologically tries to get into the business of another person. It wishes to get involved in the life of the person just because they have a good body or are good looking. But in reality, the life of another person is really none of our business. The other person having a good body or being good looking is none of our business as well. Why does lust try to possess that somehow and try to make it our business when it is not up to us. The other person having that good body is their business, their merit and the result of their Divine Mother’s work/creation. We had nothing to do with it, we had no part in it, so why does lust think it has a stake in that? That is where lust makes an error or falls down. It thinks just because it likes the body of another that it can possess it or make an entrance into the lif...

Ill-Will of Jealousy Jealousy has this aspect to it, that it develops a negative attitude towards the person whom it sees as a threat. For example, a jealous wife would develop ill-will towards another lady that her husband is friends with. Note, jealousy is an “I” that works equally as well in both men and women. Focus of Jealousy Jealousy remains focused on the person that it is in a relationship with. For example, the jealous wife only focuses on her husband and from this stand point begins to attack the person considered as a threat. If this position is changed something can shift. Stepping Out of this Standpoint and Talk If the jealous person genuinely talks to the person (not telling them to go away and never come back, but talk with the genuine intention of befriending or to get to know the person) considered as a threat, then a new understanding can be attained which can be very beneficial to the person identified with their jealousy. Getting to know...

The Best Thing As hard as it may be, the best thing for us to do at times is to forget our emotional pain, how we have been unfarily hurt for example, and pray for those you are ill or are suffering. Even when praying for others don't remember your pain - past or current. End (1855).

Excerpt “The poor intellectual mammal does not want to realise that the multiplicity of thoughts crossing his mind have their origin in the several selves that we have within. This means that we are not true thinking individuals, we really do not have an individual mind. However, each of these different selves that we have within us, use our intellectual centre to think whenever they can. It would therefore be absurd to identify ourselves with any particular negative or harmful thought, thinking that it is our intellectual centre.” This is what we do when we identify with negative thoughts. We condition or enslave our values and make them  work in a earthly, mechanical and materialistic way.  Comment - Non-Identification The above excerpt is paragraph number 4 to 7, counting down from the top of chapter 14. These paragraphs say so much to us. One thing that they say is that the practice of non-i...

Excerpt “Thinking profoundly and with full attention is something unusual in this involutive and decadent age.” Comment This is the first paragraph of chapter 14 of the book “Revolutionary Psychology” written by Master Samael. Straight away we feel after reading this that thinking is not bad. However, we get the message that the way we think now is not productive. This paragraph says that humanity now days basically thinks superficially and in an ad hoc way. Which I infer, because of the lack of attention, makes our thinking incoherent and mostly illogical. Is our thinking like this? Yes! Then this paragraph gives us the way to regenerate ourselves: begin to think “profoundly and with full attention” . End (1853).

Background I was told by my marvellous missionary that in the year 1973 Master Samael and Master Rabalu carried out an assessment of the Gnostic people, and they found that no one was ready for the exodus . That is, no one met the requirements for the Exodus, which was set to be a minimum of 50% of the ego dissolved and the possession of the astral body . For me this cover image is more inline with the reason why this book was written: Psychological Death. In Response As a result of this assessment Master Samael wrote the book “Revolutionary Psychology” to help the Gnostic people to work psychologically so that they can eliminate more of their psychological defects and the ego - the ‘myself’. It has also been said that Master Samael after this assessment saw that what would happen if he does not write this book is that there would end being a harvest of Hanasmussens. In other words, people who practice the Al...

Quote from Master Samael “Esoteric work which is directed towards the dissolving of any psychological defect, is a veritable riddle; not only must we previously understand the defect in question in each and every subconscious level of the mind, moreover we must eliminate each of the Egos which characterize it.” V.M Samael Aun Weor. “The Mystery of the Golden Blossom”. The Riddle Solving the riddle of each defect is essentially discovering the value at the heart of each defect and then unravelling the truths of the value. That is understanding it as the antidote, remedy or opposite of the ego, then finding it with our own Being and then knowing how it functions and then profoundly comprehending that this function is the authentic and real function. The “I’s” that Characterise it The “I’s” are eliminated affirming the truth of the value hidden within the defect with the help of the Divine mother. End (1851). ...

A Principle or Truth or Law It seems that this is the way! Master Samael said that the Gods rise up from the mud of the Earth. Meaning that like a lotus flower which rise out of the muddy marshes and waters, the Gods come from the depths of degeneration and darkness. This is because as Master Samael says we must submerge ourselves into the depths of the abyss so to ascend. There can not be any ascension otherwise. “We need to transform ourselves into Serpents of Wisdom, or “Naga”. We need to transform ourselves into crocodiles; if we wish to ascend we must first “submerge ourselves into the depths s of the abyss” this is the Law.” Such a Person Therefore, a person who has much experience in life, a person who has done and seen a lot of things, is one that can rise out of that mud and become one a very wise and developed human being and later on a master and later an angel and so on as Master Samael teaches. C...

Observe a Fire Burning If you observe a camp fire or a log fire you will see that what sets everything alight and what keeps the whole fire going are the coals burning at the base of the fire. If you were to remove those coals or burning logs the fire would soon go out. Fire in the Human Being If we look at what is said about the serpentine (kundalini) fire in the human being the same applies. The base of the Kundalini in the human being is the coccyx or muladhara chakra. Which also happens to be a chakra very close to the sexual organs or sexual centre. These two chakras: the muladhara (base chakra or coccyx) and the swadhisthana chakra (ovaries/prostrate chakra) are the base of the kundalini and these chakras in turn are respectively related to the instinctive and sexual centres within the human being. What does this Tell Us? This tells us that just as the base of a camp fire is what burns the most, i.e. ...

Trust is Based on the Conscious Understanding of Laws One such law is the law of Reciprocity. This law states that what is given is returned. It says if one gives love then love shall be, by law returned to you. If one gives love this law does not return the opposite (hatred) to you. If it happens that the opposite is returned to you, you can be sure that karma is at work, or if it is not at work then love shall be returned to you at a later date. The quote from the gospel of Luke below describes this law in action. Quote from the Bible Luke 11:11 “What father among you, if his son asks for bread, would give him a stone, or if he asks for a fish, would give him a snake instead of the fish?” Luke 11:11. Trust in Our Being If we place our trust in our Being, it can only be that this trust tis returned to us. Faith as a power is that when we put all of our strength and belief into something and by that law of ...

Not Just Mechanical HAM-SAH Transmutation is not just a mechanical HAM-SAH and it is not just limited to the sexual energy field either. It is very much more. It is the path really, but it is only the path when we are conscious of it. Psychological Work and Transmutation When we work psychologically we are transmuting a defect into a strength. When we work in our awakening we are transmuting darkness into light. Our body constantly transforms or transmutes food and air into energy and our whole life is about transforming and transmuting. Doing HAM-SAH mechanically, even though it is mechanical is still very good. It certainly does not create karmic debt but instead adds capital to our cosmic account. However, to transmute consciously adds even more capital to our cosmic balance. To transmute consciously is to combine self-remembering and HAM-SAH and work wherever we can in transformation. Accrue Cosmic Capital an...

What do you Reckon? Being controlled is awful! One loses one’s enjoyment of things, everything becomes tedious and life loses much meaning! Being lonely is difficult too but in the relativity of things it may be better to be lonely than be controlled. But of course, each to their own. End (1846).

When we Begin When we begin studying Gnosis we banish all of our vices for quite some time actually but as they were not dissolved they come back! They come back when you are quite settled down and quite stable. Better to Work Hard Before Then It is wiser to work on things that we have within us before they come out. So, while the egos related to various vices are quiet then we can actually go and work on them. So that when they come out they are weak and a piece of cake to deal with. Conclusion It is very wise to work on the egos that we know that we have before they come out. For example, if you were a drinker or would go out drinking and that ego has slipped far away it seems. Still work on it because it will come out again sooner or later. End (1845).

Vanity is Concerned with what Others Think of Us and About Us! The “I’s” of vanity are primarily concerned with what others think of us and about us, which is slightly different. They are not so much concerned with how others feel towards us or about us but what they think. For example, the vanity of an attractive lady will be concerned that all the other women and men think that she is attractive but her vanity will not mind they the other women despise her or are envious of her and that the men fear her or feel lust towards her. As long as they all think that she is intelligent, sophisticated and beautiful. I remember a Gnostic person saying once that he didn’t mind if his fellow chefs hated him but as long as they thought that he was a good cook. That is the vanity of a chef at work. How is our vanity? Are there aspects to ourselves that behave like this? If there are, then they are vanity! Perhaps within we hav...

A Triangle? This is because it is the result of the Law of Three. Have you seen the universal symbol for fire? It is an upwards pointing triangle like a two dimensional pyramid. Fire or a simple flame always has its height of greater length than the width of its base. It always takes the shape of a triangle. This is because of its particular nature, in that it is an element of the vertical. It is an element that is spiritual. It lives to take the tangible to the intangible. It releases the intangible within the tangible. It is also a product of the Law of Three. Fire is always the third, it is always the result of the two coming together. A match and the match box produces fire and the resulting flame matches the energy of the hand that struck the match against the side of the match box. Fire is related to the three primary forces because it is related to the Law of Three. Isn't the Christ a fire, and isn’t the Holy Spirit a fire as well? End ...

Well Don’t Be and Why Not to Be We may be sentimental when it comes to cremating a loved one. Of course, for many reasons, one being that we think that it will hurt the deceased one or that them being buried keeps them closer or nearer to us, and there are many other reasons that go along the same lines. From the sentimental point of view these reasons are in accordance with the common sentimental ways of thinking and feeling that are often not practical, and are also often not fully true. From the esoteric point of view these reasons are strange. Esoterically speaking, these reasons don’t stand to benefit the essence of the deceased person. For the reasons being that fire is a liberating agent. Fire acts on the body of the deceased to release the energy and spiritual components remaining within the body to be absorbed by the essence of the deceased. Fire sends frees the essence of the deceased so that it can tra...

We Have Heard it So Many Times But it Hasn’t Sunk In When a special moment comes along where one has to decide between money and ethics or between money and one’s work or one’s inner Being then one really has the best opportunity to understand this truth spoken about so often! Contrast One may have the chance to take a good quantity of money but at the expense of something! Always at the expense of something else. This something else is usually the real thing that makes you happy. We think that taking the money will make us happy, but you know and everyone else says that it won’t. It seems as if it will but it won’t. The Being, ethics, living an upright life, the joy, security and peace of upright conduct is what gives you happiness! This is maybe best known when we have to answer to God or the Law when we die. Image you are there in front of the Divine Law and contrast the two situations having taken that money at t...

Lessons this Week – the Art of Dying I have learnt quite a bit this week with the issues my family has been passing through. So here are the lessons. You know what? There is an art to dying, that is an art to die both physically and psychologically. That art consists in making our death whether it be physical or psychological a beautiful one, a harmonious one and a happy one. There are some people that know this art quite well and there are others that are yet to learn it. In perfecting this art there are many things that can be done within and without. Heart and Mind Like Crystal When it is time to die physically the best thing for ourselves and others is to be like crystal. That is, be clear and transparent within and without. For those Left Behind Leaving one’s affairs hanging is not at all a good policy for those who are left behind. If our estate and affairs are left all clearly organised and d...

Prayer is to Communicate In general, to pray is to communicate with God or in Gnostic terminology, prayer is to communicate with the Inner Being. In the case of transmutation, instead of communicating with words, feelings and consciousness we are communicating with energy and consciousness. Our transmuted energy is voluntarily sent using our imagination and will (i.e. concentration) to our inner Being. Using our consciousness we can travel to experience a tiny bit of our inner Being. Energy Communication The energy that we send enhances our inner Being and makes our inner Being vibrate more intensely within us. Transmutation is us giving our inner Being energy. Transmutation is about sending waves of energy to our inner Being, it is in effect a communication of energy. There is a reciprocity of energy. We have been given raw energy and we give our inner Being transmuted or transformed energy. End (1...

“I’s” of Lust The “I’s” of lust are conditioned fragments of our very own essence. Don’t hate them but educate them and through education undo their current conditioned functioning. Conditioning – Do Not Trust in Being In their conditioning they do not trust in the sexuality of the Being. They do not trust in the sexuality of the Being because they have been given the wrong function. Their function they believe is to seek pleasure, and of course they see that in the sexuality of the Being there is no pleasure and so they say: “the sexuality of the Being is boring, dry and can not be held for long”. They don’t realise though that they are ignorant. That they ignore: the pain that their function produces, the emptiness, the lack of meaning, the loss of intimate inner connection, the loss of energy, the inner battles, etc. Dawning of a Realer Function As soon as you understand that a realer function of sexuality is to take us back to our origin and to connect us wi...