Gnostic Wisdom

It makes to say that when a living value or quality of our real Being or essence is expressing itself within our psychology, we feel the effects of this in our physiology. For us to feel physiological effects our nervous system must be involved. No doubt about it. The big question here is how does it get involved and which parts of our nervous system are involved. For example, when we are scared and we remember the quality of trust and we evoke it within ourselves a definite physiological shift occurs. The anxiety with all its physical symptoms goes, and a calm accompanied by a very comfortable, almost soft and fuzzy emotion sets in, along with a positive and hopeful outlook. For trust to have worked this magic it must have tapped into our nervous system, there is no doubt about it. How did it do it and which part of the nervous system did it use? From Master Samael we can say that essence and the inner Being use the Autonomic Nervous System to manifest itself and its va...

Introduction Our psychological work in many respects is an encounter with our nervous system. The ego in our psyche accesses our nervous system through our brain. Through the nervous system the ego has access to the centres of our human machine. Then through the centres of our human machine the ego has access to our feelings, actions and some of our instinctive bodily functions: such as digestion, heart beat, sweating, saliva production etc. Displace Ego from the Nervous System The main goal of the psychological work is to be able to displace the ego from using any one of our nervous systems. Which is the same thing as displacing the ego from our human machine. As soon as we have displaced the ego from any one of our nervous systems we feel fine again and we are in peace. The pangs of pain that we feel from the many egos that we have are felt in us through our nervous system. If we are observant enough we can come to feel our nervous system and we can kn...

Transmutation - When Both Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Function As mentioned earlier a person transmutes when both the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous systems function together. When only the parasympathetic nervous system is working there is just arousal and no transmutation. If the sympathetic nervous system tries to function without the parasympathetic nervous system there will not be transmutation either. Prana Yama When we do for example prana yama we start with one nostril working only. When our left nostril is working we feel a bit too relaxed. When the right nostril is working we feel quite agitated and perhaps restless. Ida and pingala are two channels which link our nostrils to our sexual organs. Ida and pingala are intimately linked to the two nervous systems - sympathetic and parasympathetic. This left nostril is linked to the parasympathetic nervous system becasue it relaxes and the right nostril is linked to the sympathetic nervous...

Sexual Centre The sexual centre is a very interesting case in relation to the other centres and the nervous system. The sexual centre can work all by itself. When this happens the essence in a person is using the sexual centre. However, the sexual centre normally functions in combination with the other centres. Perhaps with just one or two centres such as the intellect and emotion or with three - bringing the motor centre into the equation and with all the other four centres bringing the instinctive centre into use. The Alchemy involves the use of the intellect, emotion and motor centres, with the difference being that the motor centre is passive and the intellect and emotion are focused on the inner Being.  The instinctive centre plays a role in the functioning of the sexual centre supplying some of the attraction and impulses. There are other elements in the instinctive centre that should not be allowed to influence the sexual centre, in the practice of Alchem...

Introduction The idea of this post is to marry what Science has to say about the nervous system with what Gnosis teaches. Function of the Nervous System Science says that the function of the nervous system in us, is to provide a means by which the various parts of the body are connected to the brain. Using the nerves which make up the nervous system the brain can send impulses (of a electrochemical nature) to the various parts of the body and receive signals from the body so to initiate new movements or processes. In Gnosis, the nervous system is an energy circuit, it is the means by which energy flows through our body to its various parts (organs, ). The prana that our body receives moves through (not exclusively though) the channels of the nervous system. Also, the sexual energy that we transmute impresses our nervous system and moves though it. It is also the means by which the essence, then later the human soul and a little later after that, Atman - the Being ...

Introduction Master Samael mentions "Grand Sympathetic Nervous System" from time to time in his works. The book in which he mentions it the most is his book titled: "Endocrinology and Criminology". He wrote such things as: One "This machine has its rudder and lever from which it is governed and conducted. That rudder is the autonomic nervous system. The pilot that controls this machine is the Innermost (the Holy Spirit). Therefore, by means of the autonomic nervous system lever, the Innermost wrapped in the Astral body controls the whole organism and all the hormonal secretions." Two "The vital energy collected by the spleenic chakra passes to the solar plexus and then spreads throughout all the nervous channels of the autonomic system, filling the whole human organism with life." Three "Traumas and nervous impressions often disturb the functions of the central nervous system and the functions of the autonomic n...

Proposal Here is what I propose to post on the subject of "Our Nervous System". Post Index  Post 1 of 7: Gnosis on the Nervous System Post 2 of 7: Nervous System and the Three Brains Post 3 of 7: Sexual Centre and the Nervous System Post 4 of 7: Transmutation and the Nervous System Post 5 of 7: Psychological Work and the Nervous System Post 6 of 7: Interior Divinity and the Nervous System Post 7 of 7: Esoteric Work and the Nervous System End (2847).

The most worthy thing I feel is to live the day honestly. As honesty Master Samael says is the greatest power, it is what brings the most fulfillment to a person. That feels logical to me. An honest day feels to be one where we above all are honestly vigilant of our defects and honestly to our best to not fall into them. Because knowingly lapsing into our defects causes the feelings of lament and knowing we can do better but we chose not to, and this is our point of honesty and dishonesty with ourselves. If we have honesty with ourselves it is easy to be honest to with others. End (2846).

We need so much to have yearning in our background. It is what makes the difference between doing something and doing nothing in our psychological and esoteric work. When we yearn we are trusting. Because we have trust that what we yearn for can be realised. When we trust we begin to work, that is: take action. Rune Man! This is because trust invokes good-will, and good-will brings action. As soon as we act, all three: yearning, trust and will unite, and dynamically carry us forward, and as long as all three stay together they will muster the qualities necessary to surmount the inevitable obstacles. End (2845).

An esoteric school is one that through its teachings introduces its students into the knowledge of and experiences of that which is often hidden from the senses and the common knowledge of society. By the definition of esoteric we find “that which is understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest” . Such a school would then take the yearnings - the sincere interest of its students, and initiate them into the practical realisation of its specialised knowledge - which happens to be the mysteries, which are available to all to unveil for themsleves, but only those of sincere interest seek to unveil them. An esoteric school inculcates the necessary qualities in its pupils to gradually arrive at profound spiritual realisations, which as every true esoteric schools teaches, is the same as journeying deeper into oneself to encounter as revelation, the interior Divinity. An esoteric school is one that teaches the tradition – which is the lineage ...

Master Samael says that in the internal worlds and even in the physical world as well, there are many stone statues of great angels and masters who are now fallen... Those statues remain as a memorial for what was, and perhaps is a sign of what can be once again... The wisdom and power of a once great master remains in the Being of the master, as Master Samael says: in the Buddha of Contemplation of the Master is the wisdom of the Master. The soul is a different thing. The soul can fall so low that all of that wisdom and power is but gone, and here in the physical world we are so stupid, so lacking in will and so morally bereft, there is almost no sign of that former greatness. Yet the inner Being is great. Thank God there is still the essence, through which that Great Being can begin to pull, stir and impulse causing the essence to look for the way in and up once again. In time with the esoteric work done correctly, that Great Being will bring back its wisdom...

Sometimes we feel we can't say no to something inconvenient or we can't say yes to something good.  It is so clear that it is inconvenient yet it is so hard to say no. Obviously there is an ego involved, a certain feeling that does not allow us to say no. There are so many reasons to say no, yet we hang onto one reason of lesser gravity to say yes... An absurd situation... Indicating that the subconscious (the absurd) has been given some extraordinary power which comes from our karmic programming. This power overrides common sense, spiritual yearnings, our prior experience in life, our intelligence, our nerves, our love etc.   Even in the person that just can't say no, because of some reason: having a weak personality, weak egos, sentimental egos etc. the point of karmic programming can be examined. Usually the person who can't say no is the one which gets him or herself into difficult circumstances that are inconvenient, disagreeable and waste ...

The space you make everyday in your life to work spiritually is sacred.  This is because you tread sacred steps towards your interior where you meet the sacred within you. Day after day of doing this you eventually come to taste that sacred flavour and that flavour sets up an inner state that makes your day very different - one that furthers our work and transforms your life. Religious people go to their weekly or daily ceremonies and prayers but if they do not meet their essence while doing so they do not feel these ceremonies and prayers sacred. And so their day is not different to the others and they do not transform their lives. A discipline is really something space that we create in our lives. I think that it is so important that we create a sacred space in our life for spiritual work. End (2841).

Really understanding things well when it comes to identification with the ego, what is at stake is our essence. Every time we give way to the ego we deny life to our Being, we actually stop His life. There is a special flavour when actually when we get identified with the ego that we feel in relation to our Being. It is the feeling of stagnation, of stopping, of having to restart, of suspension, of inner shame etc. We deny our essence the chance to expand through us, through our inner space, through our nervous system, through our centres and then through our life.  End (2840).

i-stop Lesson My car has this feature that when it stops it shuts off the engine - saving petrol. I don't like this feature very much and so I do my best so that it does not engage, but it still does engage at times. I have had this car now for three and a half years and as the photos show the engine has been stopped for a total of 41 hours and 37 minutes. That 41 hours is the result of a minute or even less, here and there at traffic lights all adding up to make a grand total of 41 hours and 37 minutes of engine on standby. So just imagine that if we are to practice even a little everyday over a few years that would add up to be quite a lot. We mistakenly think that doing only a little is of no worth and so we do nothing or even go backwards. So no do even a little. Just don't do nothing! Do something everyday, even if a little. Hare and the Tortoise Of course though doing a little means we move but slowly. Doing more means we move a lot quicker....

The role of the mystery schools is to teach and unveil the mysteries by leading the candidate into the revelation and understanding of the mysteries. Among those mysteries are the mysteries: of life and death, of sexuality, of the initiatic path, of nature, of fate, of karma, of the mind, of the soul (psychology), of the spirit... A mystery school certainly is not one that makes things more of a mystery to the entrant. But rather one that unveils and makes clear the way, and one that answers the what, the how and the why of that which normally remains hidden to the human being. The many schools that loose the understanding of the mysteries that they once upon a time understood and knew, now resort to dogma as a substitute to understanding and knowing. End (2838).

That Test There the test of justice that is placed before us before starting the major mysteries or at some point soon after having started. One of the purposes of this test is to take from under us any kind of base that we may still have within us. Karma Depending on the karma we have this test can be rather painful and used in some way to cancel karmic debts. Typical Scenario Master Samael says that typically the scenario for this test is that the very same Gnostic people accuse us unfairly of having done something wrong that we haven't quite done. In short the Gnostic people do some seemingly unfair things to us. However, it does not have to happen that way. It has to happen in a way that it will produce the result of motivating us to remove our bases from everything external. It could be done in a very quite, private way over a number of months even... Last Frontier of Bases and Dependencies This particular feature of the Gnostic people wrongly ...

We have the right to not want to feel that or go through 'that' again. At the same time it is a great conditioning and limiting factor. When it was not a dangerous physical accident that caused us tremendous pain or something really stupid that caused us physical pain or psychological suffering, but something psychological that may not have been entirely our fault, perhaps we can create an openness in ourselves to go through it again if it so happens to happen.  Otherwise we end up creating conditioning and fear. The best way to work on fear is to be open to what we fear. Say yes! When we say 'no' we begin to create a new fear, which is the fear of fear. When we are not open we increase our fear, and this now rather large fear becomes like a magnet where it brings to us what we fear. End (2836).

We are a Cross The human being is so many things. Of the many things that we are, we are a cross. Extend your arms and put your feet together and we are a cross. The cross universally symbolizes the balancing and contrast of two opposite qualities which naturally leads us to the supreme value of the cross which is sacrifice. Where the classical opposite qualities are spirit and matter, light and darkness, male and female, solar and lunar... When we voluntarily contrast the two opposite experiences we produce a contrast which strikes our consciousness. This then produces creative understanding, and understanding produces changes. Sometimes though just a practice of contrast may not yield the changes we wish for. But a long term contrast is needed. A Long Term Contrast A long term contrast is needed to reach our consciousness at times. This is because we we need the effects of the spirit or of the light to accumulate in us until we can tangibly see the results or ef...

Lots of Pressures If we take our study of Gnosis in the wrong way we can cause a lot of pressure to build up within ourselves. When the pressure builds up we need a pressure relief valve of sorts. Please note, I am not referring to sexual pressure. There is the pressure of time, our mortality, the amount of work to do, our daily life duties, our relationships, our job, finances, the pressure to prepare decent classes on time, the pressures from the complexity and desire of each ego etc. etc. Relief Valve Basically the right understanding is the pressure relief valve. The right understanding is the deeper kind of understanding that sees behind things and frees us from the box that we may feel like we are in. For example, as a student you may not see why your instructor insists that you be regular in your attendance. We may think that this a bit of pressure. With the right understanding we see that regularity is needed to accumulate the results of our study and practice ...

Definition The ego of envy deep down is unsettled by how our sexual force has not been cultivated to fruition, so as to possess what we see others possessing. A Walk - Great to Observe Subtle Envy Say we go for a walk along a beach side boulevard, we may be able see envy in its many guises. Ever so subtly, we detect the slightest hint of envy stirring in our subconscious. We don't like to admit it, but admitting it is the way to more deeply comprehend it and dissolve it. Subtle Envy We envy the cars that others have been able own, the magnificent houses that others own, the partners that others have and their apparent happiness together, the fitness of others, the sculptured bodies of others, the discipline of others who wake up so early and are swimming, running, surfing and starting their day with purpose and direction, those that are meditating on the soft green grass under the shade of a tall, peaceful pine tree that makes a very mysterious WWWWHHHHHHUUUUU sound...

Introduction This post is to show the reader how esoteric our physical constitution is. That it has been made based on esoteric or cosmic principles. Two The body of the human being can be divided into two. The left and right sides. Where it is said that the left side is the defensive or feminine side and the right side is the active and masculine side. The two sides it has also been said represent the material and spiritual make up of the human being as well as the light and dark aspects of the human being. Within the human being, as in Eden, are the two trees. Which are, one the Tree of Life and two, the Tree of the Science of Good and Evil. The Tree of Life with its roots in the heart and its branches in the arterial system, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil with its roots in the brain and its branches in the nervous system.   The human being also has two blood circulations. One for the day and one for the night. This is due to the fractio...

Sufficient Impetus Have a read of this excerpt. Impetus enough I think to at least investigate the factors behind our shyness and humility, and if necessary work down those factors until separation. Excerpt - Very Interesting "We don't always possess the right criteria to identify those who are proud and those who are humble. People who are obedient and submissive are seen as humble and are appreciated: they don't disturb others or stand up to them. But is this really a virtue? No, because often, this humility is not inspired by wisdom and real understanding, but rather by fear, weakness and ignorance.  People without money, social rank, the virtues or the abilities enabling them to assert themselves cannot achieve much. But if they were given such capacities, would they still be humble? Nothing is less certain. We cannot judge people before we come to know them and observe them." Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov End (2831).

Sometimes we feel a spontaneous happiness come over us. An expansive, encompassing and loving feeling No problems, no mind, no issues, all resolved...nothing to do but expand... Where does that happiness come from? Could it be that the Inner Being is returning the love we have sent It? The moral of the story is to then send lots of love: inwards and upwards towards our Inner Being! End (2830).

The pharaohs and and many of the Egyptian Gods are all depicted with their left forward. It is said that when a pharaoh was to rule he would take the stands putting the left foot forward. This is an esoteric gesture or posture. Indicating the following among other points. One, is that to rule darkness must be know first, and one must have conquered darkness first of all before one can rule. Humiliation (darkness) always proceeds any exaltation (light). Therefore before ruling one has gone through several humiliations and based on the learnings of those humiliations one is better suited and balanced to rule. End (2829).

The death of the ego solves our biggest problems. When we have so much interest and fascination in something, the death of the ego related to that thing makes that interest to go away. When we feel we can't do without something, and when the ego related to that something is dying we then we live happily without it. End (2828).

To wake up very early and take a seat somewhere and then do a past life exercise as Master Samael described or from other sources is a very good time slot. Especially when a bit of sleep comes along. This is because being the morning it is easier to control the invading drowsiness. At night it may be more difficult to control the drowsiness. Master Samael gave a practice to convert the subconscious into consciousness and he recommended to do it very early in the morning. When we get drowsy the subconscious opens and we can see its contents. Our past life memories are in our subconscious, so with a particular concentration we can influence what we see coming out of our subconscious. End (2827).

There are special moments when we can hear the nirioonosiano sound. If we do prana yama or do the HAM -SAH transmutation practice we can actually increase its volume or intensity of vibration. Then by focusing on it and going deeper into it we can make out what sound it really is: ocean waves, crickets, mountain winds, etc. When we concentrate on it and we are a little sleepy - my goodness me - a spontaneous split happens right then and there sitting on your chair. End (2826).

Before we start working on our Pride, it is really big in all of us. It can be so big that we believe that we are our pride. That is we are very identified with our pride. Our pride forms our identity. It is even worse when we constantly find ourselves in a leadership position - always giving orders and directions. When we are given an order or instruction while having such a big pride, we feel such resistance and indigence, and if we can't avoid not having to follow that order, we feel depressed or humiliated or demoted. When we don't find a good reason to do something and to be forced to do it, is really awful for pride. So awful that we can't bring ourselves to do it. To remedy this we must first of all see that we are not our pride, and that we are an essence. We are not above nor below. We are not more nor are we less. To be told to do something while we see that we are an essence does not mean that we are all of a sudden less. We are the s...

With regard to the study of atoms, one learning that we can take from it, is that when we remember the Being we can include the remembering of those atoms that are within our physicality. Feeling those atoms, loving those aspiring atoms and the Nous Atom in our body and encompassing them in our attention, we can then direct our attention enveloping those atoms inwardly towards our Inner Being. That way we also enliven consciously those atoms and cells in our physical body and pas onto them the positive effect of the remembering of our Inner Being. End (2824).

When we are desperate and needing help even when it is related to some one we love and not ourselves, we can automatically, unconscionably resort to anger. Just knowing this automatic response in us is a huge relief. It can actually free us from resorting to anger. We resort to anger becasue we believe unconsciously that it will precipitate a solution or a remedy or it will get help or even solve. This is becasue anger releases our energy and force and we deep down know that our energy and force moves things and can even heal. It feels awful to resort to anger because we love the person, yet we are angry (even irrationally at them) and it is a very painful contradiction. But of course we don't have to resort to anger... We can use communication, intelligence and prayer instead, and not create this awful contradiction within ourselves that does not help us, the other and the situation. Just knowing this is soooooo helpful!!!! End (2821).

Psychological Surfing Each ego that we have is an inspiring entry point into our psychology and essence/Being. When an ego manifests it touches our emotion. This is very good because the emotion is the impetus for us to turn inwards and investigate. If we follow this line of investigation beyond the superficial we ride the wave of inspiration to penetrate deeper into our psychology where we will find a certain value of our essence. Each egoic manifestation is a wave that you should not miss the opportunity to surf, as it can, if we are intelligent take us deeper into ourselves, and at the same time free ourselves. Be a psychological surfer - the ocean is our psyche, the wave is the egoic manifestation, the surfboard is the emotion to investigate and we are the consciousness. End (2822).

A decent Level of Being and a decent level of human ethics is powerful enough to control the force of sexuality. Just the one aspect called respect within human ethics is enough. Respect for the other and for oneself is a powerful force. Lust thrives in a low Level of Being and breaks many values of human ethics. End (2823).

The Practice for the Atom Nous Given by V.M S.A.W 1. - Prana Yama Six full cycles of prana yama (alternate nostril breathing) with the purpose of liberating aspiring atoms from our sexual energy (i.e. transmute). 2. - Imagine Aspiring or Liberated Atoms Flowing to the Heart Concentrate use your imagination and will to cause the aspiring atoms liberated from your pwn sexual energy to flow tom the heart. 3. - OM Then chant the mantra OM. While still using will and imagination to cause the aspiring atoms to flow tot heart. 4. - Petition Then make your petition to the Atom Nous. Asking for what it is that you need. Health, memory, intelligence, a chakra opened, comprehension of a defect etc. etc. End (2820).

Introduction This is something that m.m.m. has been saying for a while. But I never really deeply understood it. That is I heard it and it had a confusing effect on me. But recently it has had like a "something snapping" in my mind effect on me which has been clarifying and liberating at the same time. So this post is about that. Reality Is... People act according to their karmic programming and their egoic structure and sometimes they act with the work and with their essence. That is why and how they think, feel and act. This includes us. That is what the reality is. This is the right thing for them to do. They should not do otherwise. How can they? Their karmic programming has them do this and that in this and that way. The egos they have have been conditioned for many hundreds of years to think, feel and act in the same way... For goodness sake they should not be different. But the sleeping part of ourselves feels that they should be different, that th...