Gnosis Wisdom

When we hide something or lie about something, the hidden value that is causing us to lie or hide something lands back on us. For example, we lie to cover up something that we agreed to do but we didn't do for some reason. Later when that lie comes out into the open, the value that made us lie, which in this case could have been laziness, neglect and pride will come back onto us, going against us. We will have to not ignore it, we will have to fix it after all and we will lose trust and face in front of others.     This is always the way, when we don't relate to the light and the truth. These are the kind of payments as a rule that we face as backlash when playing with the truth.  End (5607).

To transform darkness into light, above all we need a love for and deep acceptance of the light. There is no other power within us than a love for the light that will help us get through the embarrassment and disappointment of seeing our obscurity. If we love and accept the light we have a good chance of being able to see the vested interests of the ego to keep the obscurity strong. What really helps to build a conscious trust and love for the light, is to really see all the drawbacks of the darkness. Then contrasting them with the immense benefits of the light. End (5606).

There is such a strange thing in life where it goes that we can spend years working hard to develop something and in a few minutes or even seconds it can be all gone. This applies to material things and esoteric intangible things.  This is one of the qualities of Samsara. We can spend our life building and paying for our dream home yet it can be all gone overnight, we can spend years building our customer base and reputation and it too can all go with just one one bad customer experience, we can spend our life developing our path and with a fall it can be lost in seconds, we can be friends for years and just one bad conversation ends it, years in the gym and in a few months it's all gone... All the pleasures of the egos are also like that they are only very short term and we are left with costly consequences that tak emuch much longer to repair and reinstate. This applies not only to the "I's" of lust but to all the egos. With anger we take pleasure in getting angry a...

Revolution = To Transmute To produce a revolution is to transmute. So a Christmas revolution would be to transmute the 'normal' way of doing Christmas into something more conscious and beneficial to the soul (ours and others). Typical Christmas Experience A typical Christmas experience goes like this: ■ People have everything what do I get them? I don't know, have to think. We think and ideas start to appear. ■ Some ideas appear then we rush to buy them. ■ While buying gifts we get the feeling that we are not sure if they will be needed or used, but we have to buy something to make sure we have a gift to give. ■ We get impatient because our time is limited and that makes us aggressive while driving, while parking and while in store shopping, and especially in queues at the checkout. ■ An overwhelming amount of washing, cleaning and cooking in preparation for the one or two Christmas gatherings. ■ People go to church for an hour or two and prepare decorations and food for te...

We lie to ourselves and others because of having subconsciousness. Within everyone's subconscious there is a part that is light and a part that is dark. We lie when we use our intellect to make the dark part of the subconscious acceptable.  For example, we steal something and when we are caught we are asked why. So as to not get into more trouble we use our mind to quickly think of a reason that is not true but is acceptable, and hides the real reason why we did it, which is not acceptable. We lie to ourselves when we notice that we act out of the dark part of the subconscious and we start to believe the excuses and reasons that we invent. The interesting thing is that the "I" is naturally a lier to ourselves. It's existence is based on reasons, justifications and excuses made by the intellect. These excuses and reasons are always present in our intellect, they come forth naturally. Difficult to stop, but our work here is to not believe them. Then we won't ever li...

That is where it's all at: practicing when we don't feel like it. If we develop ourselves through doing our practices when we don't feel like it, we will gain so much. We will actually gain consistency, and results come from consistency. Frankly, we can't wait for when we feel good and feel like practicing to actually practice. Because we often don't feel good and when it is that we feel good, we don't feel like practicing, and so we will only ever practice a few times in a month or even a few times in a year.    We're really going nowhere practicing like that... End (5603).

The best key to develop clairvoyance Master Samael says is serenity. Why? Because serenity allows us to remain relaxed and to give our mind time before it reacts, and clouds our ability to see, imagine and reason. Serenity allows us to not judge or classify anything with the mind so that we are open minded to see the solution or what comes next. Anger and reacting blind us. Serenity is non-reaction and it is in many ways the opposite of anger and fear. End (5602).

Say we are driving faster than usual in a legitimate hurry, and we need to look far ahead to be aware of any potential hazards, we actually use our imagination to do this and we may not be aware of it.  It is actually our imagination that opens up this other dimension of potential hazard. Our imagination opens this new dimension up, that makes us open to 'see' a potential hazard coming. If we do not use our imagination we won't see any hazards on the road until they are right in front us. The same thing with a security guard or a body guard or a sentry. It is really their imagination that allows them to be effective.  It is not to project anything, but to have that dimension of threat or hazard open to us that then allows us to hear, see or perceive the threat or hazard before it is too obviously right in front of ourselves and our physical senses. Now, clairvoyance is the development of this openness to other dimensions.  When we are in a state of alertness waiting to ca...

To begin the day, in a driven and motivated way for our inner work, we need an emotion that is profound and meaningful to us. Not an idea, or a motivating thought, but an emotion. A profound emotion at that. Something like: "today I am going to work to free my soul!" or "Today I am going to work to really change for the benefit of all, mostly for myself that is my Inner Being.". End (5600).

Introduction I would say human beings in a state of sleeping consciousness live their lives out of a combination of the three below types of consciousness. Conscious It is clear awareness, understanding and knowledge. It is objective and can be understood by all. There is control, logic, organization and order. All is above board, honest and transparent. Here the truth reigns and it is clearly seen. Subconscious It is a mixture of the known and unknown. There is a definite duality present. There exists a division, there is one part that is in the light and there is another part that is in the dark. There is a mixture of two elements. There is a part that is aware and knows, and there is a part that is not aware and does not know. There is a honest part and a dishonest part.  The part that is in the light is aware of the correct and honest thing to do, and there is some knowledge of the psychological processes involved, however that awareness and knowledge is limited. The rest of th...

Just going with what you visualise, however the image of what you are trying to visualise in your mind's eye appears, helps us very much to further develop that ability to visualise.  Whether that image be blurry, half an image, not quite the right colour or shape just continue with it. It will improve in quality, as you continue practicing, trust that. Giving ourselves that trust, that it will improve, allows us to progress. End (5599).

Here are a few different ways to look at our karmic debts and karma in general. End (5598).

It is powerful! It is helpful to enter more into our own Being, as the fabric of our own Being is joy.  The natural feeling of the essence is the joy to be alive. It is the power and the key to concentrate. We can concentrate so much more naturally if we find joy in what we are focussing on. It is the key to overcome tiredness. Because we all have natural access to the massive reserves of energy put aside for joy and what makes us feel joyful. It is the key to transform the boring and tedious into a smile and something meaningful. It has the power to lift people up out of negative internal states. It has the power to heal others and ourselves from many maladies that are psychological, and others that are psychosomatic, as well as even some physical ones. The power to see the real, the objective and other perspectives of events and people. Reality is never all negative.  The power to dispel the negative inside and out. There is joy in our Intimate Christ... "Life Is Beautiful"...

Secret A practical secret to life is to be able to find a way to make everything joyful and fun. If we can do this, which we all can, we can make our life much happier. Very true right? As with all the virtues or values, they come to full bloom amidst their opposite. Their power always resides in being able to transform something mechanical and negative into something conscious and positive. When we are tired, bored, fed up, miserable, sad and lazy, that is precisely when we need the value of joy. When we bring joy, we give ourselves the power make what we are doing right now, fun and joyful. Just imagine our boss doing that. It would be great, it would be so infectious making everyone happy. But that, alas is too childish for him or her to do. It is pride that stops us from making something boring or tiring or humiliating fun or joyful... Many people are miserable and unhappy only because they have never consciously engaged their power of joy. Why do we love dogs so much? Because they...

Tension is tightens our body and emotions. When we are apprehensive or having to face something we believe will be unpleasant we tighten up. We tighten up to brace ourselves for the pain to come. When we trust in the moment and in our Being that brings us each moment of our life, we have a reason to trust and relax. We can trust whatever the moment brings, because our Inner Being is behind it. If it be pleasant, if it be unpleasant, if it be 'not as bad as we thought', if it 'be better than we expected', our Inner Being is behind it.  If we analyse each moment, we can come to the conclusion that every moment that we live in life, could have been worse...  If we think that about a unpleasant moment that is coming to us, we can trust and relax in what the moment will bring... End (5394).

Here is some knowledge from a mini revelation of the consciousness. We all have contracts or debts with others that are present not at a human level but at an internal level. Such as an essence to essence level or a Mondad to Monad level.  Where these contracts or debts come from we may not know. From the past I'd say, when a certain pact or agreement was made between souls or Monads. Anyhow, we come to life with those contracts, and in time we meet those whom we have these contracts with physically. As we are asleep we don't become fully of aware of the contract we have internally to help that person. We know something deep down that we must help them, yet we don't. We may totally avoid or ignore them, or help just a bit here and there, nothing special or substantial. As mentioned before, we are asleep and what happens, is that in time, we develop a strange kind of obsession or a fascination with person that is critical and negative. Where we want to know what they are doi...

There is a part of patience which can be called conscious endurance.  Which means to endure some difficult reactions within ourselves for a greater good. A good greater than the ourselves, especially those vested or egoic interests.  The type of conscious endurance that is needed that falls under patience, is the type where we observe the difficult reaction unfold within ourselves. and endure the difficult feelings and wait that they pass. We do this knowingly so to die and for the greater good.  Here patience, is to endure the difficulty that arises within. The more we consciously endure the more we comprehend and the weaker the difficulty becomes. In order to die within ourselves we all need this power at some point for some stage. But never for always... End (5390).

It seems the sacrifice that moves mountains in our spiritual work is really sacrifices sustained over the long term. As that is what is more difficult.  Many can sacrifice something for a night, but to sustain that, higher energy, will and values such as love are needed. End (5389).

The answer is because everything has knowledge. Consciousness is knowledge and being. For anything to be what it is, it needs knowledge. That is knowledge of how to be what it is. Even rocks have consciousness, because they know how to atomically be a rock. This knowledge is precisely consciousness. If there is no knowledge there is no thing. If there is knowledge there also has to be a 'knower'. This 'knower' comes from being which comes from the consciousness. The conclusion here is, that the more we expand our consciousness the more we can 'be'. End (5388).

To make recurrences happen a very complicated and intricate equation must be solved. One day I experienced a one minute long recurrence with a gentlemen that I sold a watch to. He did not recognise me, but I recognised the watch as well as the gentlemen. He was waiting to cross a busy city terrace and for some reason his watch caught my eye. I slowly  recognised the watch as the one I use to have and then I recognised the gentlemen. I thought my goodness to make this one minute happen (how long it took the lights to change) how many things had to happen in my day, how many small decisions and events were made to unknowingly to make this happen. Maybe it would have happened in another way but it still was destined to happen. That equation of recurrence had to be solved somehow.  I imagine such equations exist in life, our karma creates the variable in the equation as well as the structure of the equation and our decisions in time and space are the inputs into the variables and ...

One may suspect that individuals can have a kind of karma that has to do with one sex in particular. For example, can there be a woman that in whatever interaction she has with any male in or not in her life not turn out well, become complicated and difficult, and turn conflictive? Is something like that possible? Obviously it would not be all that common.  We can certainly have karma related to a person or a family or a group of individuals, even a country but to a sex? Anyhow, I think that it can happen, especially if a person develops a deep inward negative attitude to a particular sex. I even believe we can have karmic debts related to a certain animal species.  It makes sense to me that if a person during their life went on a mission hunting down a certain species for reasons way outside of any real need (if there ever be such a thing), such as for revenge, pleasure, entertainment, that they would incur a karmic debt against that animal. Perhaps even die by, or because of...

This diagram shows how behind each facet of an ego there is a certain value that is lacking. That same value is the precious antidote. This diagram also says that the lack of a value manifests in a way to compensate externally for the lacking value. This diagram also says that there is a solution to that lacking of a value. I don't really agree with the resolutions listed, because the real resolution is the filling of the value lacking by giving that value (to oneself and others) and dissolving the "I" that conditions this value in the wrong direction. End (5385).

Many times in our Gnostic studies we stop making positive changes in ourselves. The main point of the teachings is for us to change. Here are some ideas - even though superficial but still good that can help us to get our focus back onto changing ourselves and our nature. End (5384).

Here are some ideas or concepts that may be useful to people who are working on themselves to be able to say 'no' to certain circumstances that are not benefiting them. A 'no' to certain circumstances is a 'yes' at the same time to better circumstances. End (4638).

 No more to add. Sometimes simple is best... End (5382).

Introduction Here are some notes to do with ourselves, our abyss and the work related to it. Notes We have the abyss or infra-dimensions both outside and inside of us.  We only ever go to the external abyss of nature (of the earth), at night while we sleep (nightmares) and in conscious out of the body experiences. However, we face all day, every day our own abyss. When we think negatively we descend into our own abyss. Our Abyss Our own abyss is: our subconscious, our unconscious and our infra-conscious. Our own abyss is our darkness and negative polarisations. Our darkness is what we are not aware of, and our negative polarisations are our free values polarised negatively. For example, trust polarised into distrust. These negative values then descend into the inferior regions of ourselves, which are within us just as it is shown in the Kabbalistic version of the Tree of Life diagram, shown as the Kliphoths. There are actual dimension within our interior. Our own abyss is related t...

If we offend someone who does not take offence and we say sorry and they pardon us even if they didn't feel hurt, there is no karma or no backlash consequences for us. That is no karmic debt to be paid. This can happen when people we offend don't have the ego in that direction or don't have an ego there to feel offended. Can see there that the little cub loves his/her mum. It is different when we offend others who do get hurt. We have to repair something so to end the karmic  account of transactions with the person related to that event. There is also the case when we do something that is all ok, all normal (like speak the truth) and others take offence because their psychology is too egoic or unbalanced. Then there are no karmic consequences for us if they suffer. The minor karmic consequences may be that they get upset with us but because we haven't done anything wrong in the esoteric or greater sense, we will be ok with that until it passes. End (5377).

The below diagram has some good tips to relate better to people so to be able to help them in the psychological and spiritual work. These are good skills for a teacher of Gnosis to have. End (4456).

The below are really states of consciousness. Which can really be summarised by the degree of intensity of presence of the consciousness and by the degree of the contraction or expansion of the consciousness. End (4647).

In Gnosis we don't believe in evolution, in the sense that human beings have come from a fish and from monkeys. But rather that the essence first enters into creation starting out from within the mineral kingdom, and over time working its way through the plant and animal kingdoms to enter the human kingdom. The diagram below in many ways is the journey of the essence towards the human kingdom that is still happening today. End (4438).

An empty feeling is not really empty.  If there is a feeling there is not emptiness. It feels empty but it is not empty really, it is full of something else - sadness or disappointment perhaps. The feeling of true emptiness is elation. As the Being in us will be present to occupy that empty space. The typical 'empty' feeling is an absence of the feeling of purpose or 'feeling good with' something. Usually that feeling of  'I'm good with' has been displaced by the feeling of disappointment. The conclusion is, if we work on disappointment the 'empty' feeling will go. End (4924).

The Law human and Divine has a relative aspect to it. That is certain. You can see the relative aspect here below of the physical human law. The Divine Law takes each one of us as an absolute. The Divine Law does not compare us to anyone else. They take us all as absolutes. If they were to compare us to others, we would be in lots of difficulty, plus it would not be fair, as we are all living  through different circumstances which have a great bearing on our capacities.  That is, they look within us, and from from within us they assess the efforts we make.  For one person, to endure for a month is the maximum, yet for another their maximum is to endure the same for a year. What counts is that the maximum is reached. End (4659).

This is the correct formula and complete formula to work on our darkness. Thanks to the retreat - I learnt this gem. The best way to approach the work on any defect within us is to see it. Then rise to the light within us, that is the consciousness, the teachings, the Inner Being, the ethics and from that vantage point examine it. As soon as we know something about that defect be the antidote, which will always be a value or quality of our Inner Being. Practice or apply this and you will find how different  it is. How it is unifying, dissolving, balancing and solving all at once. Contrast End (4436).

Concerning these Notes These are notes taken during a class given by m.m.m. Notes There are two ways of dying further after the third mountain. They are the solar and lunar ways. The way of the unknown is the solar way. The way of the past and the known is the lunar way.  We must become the ray of our Father in secret. We must become Gnosis.  There are three wills: Will of the Being, Will of the Law, will of the bodhisattwa and every ego has its will.    We must make our will pure and clean. We must learn to recover our will. The will of the work, of the teachings. We need the will of the Absolute within us and not our personal will. A will that is not affected by our human nature, our circumstances, people, our different thoughts... When in a difficult situation pray to the human soul and say: "My Divine human soul release your will in me, make your will a cause in me!". We have to be able to renounce our will when needed. But before acquiring that ability we need t...

There are places in this world that still sing out the power that once shook that place.  Those places sing out to invite the soul in human beings to come, and fill themselves with that power. To learn and know of that virtue by experiencing the song in their hearts.  Those places sing their song to inspire human souls to bring that power into their lives. When that power enters their lives it will meet others in their lives and expand. Sometimes the spirits of nature come to honour the power of those places and join in with the song and sometimes the souls of the deceased visit to sing along, to be warmed and strengthened and for the more conscious deceased, to teach human souls who visit.  This way, from one human being to another, the power that once shook that place will move through the world and do its work. In many cases, that work is to right an injustice, tht roused that power into action, and to reap the fruit of the spirit in which that power shook that place -...

Here are some good points to take into account when we have to next say sorry. End (4648).

There is a definite skill and learning to do with dealing with so called 'toxic' people. Here are some ideas and concepts that can gives us some ideas and starting points to go on from and to complement our psychological work to do with this.  End (4532).

A bit superficial but can help. The main point this diagram highlights is to pay attention, focus our attention with gentleness on the anxiety, breathe, let go gently of the thoughts, enter only the moment and nothing else while breathing and breathing.  Just as the diagram says don't ignore it, until it has decreased considerably and don't be mean to ourselves or others. End (4848).

Engrave into Imagination Here are some of the latest photos of the planets in our solar system. This is a good reference to engrave into our imagination for when we do certain practices of invocation with the planetary genies/regents. Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Uranus Pluto End (4744).  

Will Here are the basic steps of the complete work to do with our will. Aware This stage indicates becoming aware of how we use our will. Getting to know our use of our will in all aspects, 'for good or for bad'. Conduct an analysis of how we use our will, that is what do we use our will for, how do we use it, how do we express it, where is it strong and weak, where is used to benefit and where is it used to hurt, do we impose our will?  The effects or consequences on others and ourselves is something that we also become aware of in this stage. Rescue Based on what we have observed, we begin the work of withdrawing our will from the ways of using it that we clearly saw did not benefit us humanly, psychologically, esoterically and ontologically (in relation to our Being). Awaken This stage means to learn about the correct use of our will and to educate ourselves in this correct use. By correct use, it is meant the use the aligns with the work and the Inner Being. That is correct...

Master Samael said that the Law of the Pendulum governs world history.  The Law of the Pendulum produces cycles. Here is a good example. End (4758).

To know how to regulate our nervous system is a tremendously important knowledge and knowing how to do it for ourselves is a just as important a skill. When we can do it for ourselves we can help others to do it. Here is some info about the nervous system and some information about how to regulate it. End (4447).

We all need to be leaders in the work. To lead others through teaching, more importantly to lead ourselves and our own work. Below are the values we need to lead. Leadership can be learnt and developed. Yes, some people are born leaders, yet they all have these or at least some of these values. End (4866).

A squirrel in the field smelling a flower. It seems that it is savouring the aroma of the flower, as if nourishing itself with essence of the flower. Just like we do at times. End (4877).

The image below is a good example of how someone has created their own system of working on the word. For us studying Gnosis, the reference points and values depending on the situation could be different but the principle and process is the same. End (4856).