A Very Critical Person will Never Speak in Public - (5131)

The more critical we are of others the more we limit ourselves. The more in fact we unknowingly criticise ourselves. 

A very critical of others person, will have great difficulty to speak in front of others, because their own critical nature will project an overwhelming amount of criticism from others onto themselves that they will feel too ashamed and embarrased to speak or perform in front of others.  

The less we criticise others the more we abilities and space we open up for ourselves. The more forgiving we are, the open we can be and the less self-limiting we will be with ourselves.

End (5131).

The P.P.P is what we Forget Our Being Over - (5129)

The particular p.p.p that we have is our stumbling block.

It has been our stumbling block for all of our lives and it is the factor that we have thrown our Being and path away for in the past. It is also the one that we lose our work over in a mini scale frequently during the course of a day or a week.

It's always the same under it's many facets...

It was what also caused or provoked our fall.

End (5129).

First Negate then Affirm - (5127)

The universal cosmic order of awakening is that we first work with negation. That is negating all the false and all that we are not.

Once the layers of false have been cracked and picked away unveiling who we truly are, we then need to work in affirming who we truly are.

That is why we start the work by dissolving the "I" - our false identity first, and then in affirming the Inner Being afterwards.

We can do this process with any psychological "I" that we are working on. We workin dissolving the conditioning of the value and affirm the value at the same time. 

The start though is always dissolving the false - that is negating. Then affirming begins once negating has started.

It would be really silly to affirm the false, which is what we do in life all the time - constantly affirm the false and that is why we neither awaken nor change in normal life.

End (5127).

The Feeling: "We are a Tiny Speck Alone in a Vast Universe." - (5126)

That's really not the right feeling to have. We do feel that yes but we don't need to feel it. It is in fact an incorrect and false feeling to have.

We feel it because we are a asleep to our true reality...

We are actually a universe already in and of itself. We are complete and full as a universe is and just as indestructible as the vast universe outside of us is.

We are a universe, so feel vast, complete and whole and no longer feel tiny, abandoned and alone as a nanoscopic speck in the great infinity.

It would be rather cruel of the Absolute to make us all like that, that is tiny absolutely meaningless specks against the great infinitude.

Being in your centre and looking out from within you, you are a universe, certainly not alone and not a speck and not at all for a micro-second abandoned.

We are a universe within a universe! 

Dissolve that feeling of being a nothing against everything that makes us feel tiny, weak, of no effect and  confused about our existence, often asking ourselves the question: why have we been created and what are we really doing. It is not the right feeling - we have purpose, we are working to realise the universe that we are. This work of realisation starts in knowing and feeling we are a universe!

The Oracle of Delhi told us, "Oh man know thyself, and you will know the universe and the Gods" - why? Because we are the same as the 'universe and the Gods'.

End (5126).

Why the Master is Not Respected - (5125)

Because of a lack of consciousness and work in the person. 

It is with consciousness that we can see the Master. Without consciousness of the work we only see another personality. 

It is like a rough stone is only recognised as a diamond by those who work with gems.

If a person in truth does the same work that a master has done it is automatic that the person will respect the Master as he or she knows for real the qualities that one must have and develop to work on oneself.

If we ever lose respect it means straight away that we are losing our work!

End (5125).

The Many Fears Notes - (5124)

A short list of the fears human beings experience ("I's" of fear).

Quite interesting each fear that we can have is also a deep kind of fascination. It is often how fear shows us that there is something that we need to learn more about and develop consciousness of and develop a value hidden in that area of relating to that in which we fear.

There is always a reason behind each fear, hiding waiting for us to find...

End (5142).

Working on the P.P.P in the Three Brains Notes - (5123)

Introduction

This post presents some notes about working on the principal psychological profile in the three brains.

Notes

The P.P.P is the "I" that we don't notice. Until we know it, it remains elusive and we suspect other "I's" to take the title.

This is because it is so natural, it has become such an integral part of ourselves and we have come to use it for nearly everything in our life and furthermore, we like it (not all of it though), think it is us, and depend upon it. 

We have become deeply identified with it and we have based much of our identity and self-image upon it. 

We don't see it even though it is in action all the time, and it is the one behind our sufferings and most of our life's recurrences and circumstances that are both negative and positive. We can be certain though that it is behind or participates to some degree with all of our negative circumstances.

It is to be found through a big picture inspection of our lives and also in many small details inspections of the details of our lives.

The following notes will link into the main notes concerning the qualities of the p.p.p.

All Centres

It participates in all of our egos. It is the main thread that links to all of the egos that we have. It is the 'common denominator ego' that is present in all of our egos.

For example, if our P.P.P is pride we will have an anger due to pride, fear because of pride, lust will combine with pride, greed and pride will join forces into a powerful ambition, jealousy will be linked to pride to a sense of humiliation, 

The main ego behind fear and anger is our P.P.P.

Why we don't see it is that we accept blindly the positive side of the p.p.p as our inherent nature and the bad side of our p.p.p we reject and forget about, and don't want to see.

It is behind most of our life's circumstances that come from our mind and it using our mind.

It is the main player or contributor to the problems and difficulties in our relationships.

It is a most frequent mistake. It is the thing that we get wrong the most in the different areas of our life. 

It is the opposite of the value that we lack the most.

If we are always suffering and if we can see how the suffering limits us we can gain insight into what our p.p.p is.

It is behind most of our karmic situations and situations that limit and make us to suffer. This is because the p.p.p is a cause and a cause produces karma and it is the biggest lesson that we need to learn.

Often we think pride and lust are the main candidates to win the title. They are that way because one was the cause of the fall and one was the instrument.

Pride and lust keep our level of the Being low - that is they to keep us fallen. These two elements are the keys behind degeneration. They are a key factor behind homosexuality and lesbianism as an aside.

Intellect

It is the main element behind all of our fantasies. In fantasy we compensate for what we are not, for what we don't have or for what we lack and as the p.p.p is the biggest conditioning it is the greatest lack and our fantasies are given the role of compensating for our greatest lack which is driven by our p.p.p.

It is the main colour and flavour of our self-image that exists in our mind.

It is the main tone and flavour of our self-talk or internal chatter.

Emotion

The p.p.p occupies our desires the most. The p.p.p is karmic and so it conditions our will the most. It will show up in our strongest deepest desires.

It will also drive and condition our feelings. The feelings of the p.p.p will feel the best and the feelings of the p.p.p displeased will be the worst.

Motor

We can see it in the quality of the words and actions it generates in relation to others. 

The p.p.p will always control for its benefit. See what factor it controls according to and how it controls we will then discover it.

Instinct

The p.p.p becomes so natural and therefore it reaches the instinctive centre. So the p.p.p is what reacts first in us. Our first reaction is usually our p.p.p. We have to make the unconditioned value instinctive within us.

Sexual

As the sexual energy is very causal in nature it will condition the sexual energy in tendency, manner, preference, manifestation, plus the sexual energy will be used occulty to set up circumstances for the p.p.p to enact its causes.  

Often in relationships with the opposite sex, is where the p.p.p expresses the most. The karma associated with the p.p.p will be paid and processed the most in these relationships.

Examples:

Pride

Often unjust in many areas, worried about what others think, identified with better and best, fear of humiliation, much justifications, big self-love and self-importance with the main lessons to learn being to do with humility and balance. Controls to protect and maintain its better or best status and created sel-image.

Lust

Always concerned about relationships and the many facets of relationships. Always chasing relationships and dropping in out of them. Often highly focussed on sexuality. Lives in the world of relationships and is often defined to oneself by the need for relationships with opposite the sex. Deeply concerned about how one appeals to the opposite sex and how relationship worthy one is as a life mission. Controls to fulfill its desires and appearances. Often breaks unity and engages in much selfish love.

Anger

Annoyed by everything and easily angered by everything that does not fit one's own concepts, mind, preferences. Lives in the world of criticism, judgment, protest, dispute and conflict. Always fighting and strong tendencies to violence in mind, word and action. Controls to fit things into its concepts.

Greed

Wanting this and that all the time. So restless driven by the desires of having, doing, knowing and being. Time, money, knowledge, power, constantly on the lookout to not miss out on anything. Suffering to not be able to know or have. Controls to proccur circumstances and opportunities for itself.

Jealousy

Not only in intimate relationships concerned with closeness and closed. Protecting the closed and closeness and seeking that no one else gains a higher status us. Concerned with having and being.  Controls to protect control in the relationship through one's first place status. Concerned with power. Is often identified with one's relationships and status in them.

Conclusion

In general the p.p.p is an ego like all the others but it becomes a so big that it takes over our life. So the p.p.p exhibits the same characteristics of whatever ego it is, just that it is much bigger.

End (5123).

Less Self-Obsession - (5121)

We think we are not self-obsessed but we all are. We all while we are asleep have a degree of it.

We can see it easily in others but not in ourselves.

The less self-obsessed we are the closer we are to awakening.

When we are self-obsessed we take ourselves very seriously and when we are criticised we react angrily and feel very upset.

The less self-obsessed we are the less we react and the more we can appreciate the the truth or part truth of the criticism.

The key of self-obsession is the belief that we are something that we are not and the deep fascination with the 'something that we are not'. Self-obsession is made of two errors, first the false belief and second the fascination with the what we falsely believe in.

For example to believe we are honest and awake and then to be fascinated with honest and awake instead of being honest and awake - the essence - the consciousness.

End (5121).

Less Self-Consideration - (5120)

When we consider ourselves we become weak... Too weak to do our work...

To progress in awakening we realise that we have to consider ourselves less.

However, we have to know how to consider ourselves less.

It does not mean to forget our Inner Being, or forget that we are an essence and that we have work to do. No!

It does not mean to forget to eat or sleep or shower. No!

It means to forget about our desires, our vested interests, what others think and feel towards us, our personality, our sufferings, how we have been wronged, how we have not been understood, or not taken care of, our hardships, complaints and protests.... Basically to not feed all of our psychological grievances.

Considering ourselves in that way always turns into negativity which stops our progress.

We can never transforms ourselves when we are stuck in negativity!

It means to consider ourselves less so that we can help other more and consider the Inner Being in us much more and give more to it with our work.

End (5120).

Don't Abuse the Teachings - (5119)

We abuse the powerful knowledge Gnosis has given us when we feel superior for having it, and when we don't help ourselves and others with it. 

To help ourselves means to become better human beings, ones that don't make themselves and others suffer. 

End (5119).

Each Virtues Does Something - Truth Liberates - (5118)

Introduction

This post is a series of notes for a presentation on the working practically with virtues.

Notes

Each virtue does something and gives us something. Each virtue has a cause and effect. Love gives warmth and joy, wisdom - illumination, faith - strength and truth - freedom.

According to what we yearn for (effect) we choose the virtue (cause) to produce it.

If we need to heal ourselves or others or a particular situation, the effect is healing or repair and the cause of that is the right virtue.

Conclusion to this point is that each virtue or value is causative or causal in nature.

The word and the sexual energy are also causative or causal. Telling us, that to enhance the causal power of any virtue, our use of the word and our sexual energy must align with the virtue and not go against it.

Each virtue uses the word. The use of the word that affirms the virtue is the use that we need. Each virtue requires creative energy to act. Consciously moving and investing our sexual energy into the virtue empowers it with creative energy.

Which is the most important virtue to develop?

They are all linked! We all need to develop different virtues at different times. The one we need now is the most important. However we can not go wrong with developing consciousness or love or humility.

The true development of any virtue leads to a degree of development of the others.

We know what we need to develop knowing our lacks.

Developing a virtue is a matter of introducing it's ways into the centres of our human machine. 

The way of each virtue comes from a state of consciousness. Each virtue represents a way of thinking and feeling of the consciousness that flows according to the principles and laws of the virtue. You may call it a particular mind-set with its truths. 

The virtues have some common laws and principles. Passive mind, passive personality and giving of itself.

We can start by developing a virtue right now. Even if the circumstances to exercise and develop it are not present right now. Because the development of the virtue starts in the intellect and the emotion.

We must study the ways of the virtue until a sense of it begins to form in our intellectual centre and in our the emotional part of our intellectual centre. 

The best way to study the virtue is in action. The way to do that is to find someone who has that virtue and keenly observe them in action, ask them questions and learn from them. If we can't find someone, then study someone who has the opposite of hte virtue and study them by doing the opposite. We can study using both hands: right and left, light and dark.

This is really how a group working on themselves can help each other, The virtues are distributed amongst all people so as to serve as examples for everyone to learn from.

From emotional part of the intellect it can enter the emotional centre. From within the emotional centre we must spend the most time developing the emotion of the virtue, which is the embracing and accepting of the virtue, in other words the powering up of the virtue. 

The emotional centre is close to action. 

We need to always give octaves of the virtue.

The right virtue is a magic solution. If the virtue we are choosing is not doing magic we have simply chosen the wrong one.

The final goal is to put the virtue into the instinctive centre, where it becomes our nature.

Have to know the following:

1.) What the virtue gives.

2.) What the virtue repairs or heals.

3.) How the virtue thinks

4.) How the virtue feels

5.) What the virtue does.

6.) How the virtue responds.

7.) What is the scope of the virtue. Where it starts and ends.

8.) What is the exaggeration of the virtue.

9.) What egos one must die in to allow the virtue.

10.) Know the environment and the opportunity to exercise the virtue.

Some virtues are so critical to hold a given situation together. The absence of these virtues causes things to crumble. Master Samael said that if he were to lose one drop of sexual energy the Gnostic Movement would fall apart.

The Step by Step Flow is: 

1.) Know the virtue that you are going to develop by assessing the lack.

2.) Know the virtue. Study: read and observe.  

3.) Embrace it in the intellectual centre. 

4.) Look for the feeling of it in the intellect. It has now passed to the emotional part of the intellect.

5.) Start to them work with emotionally. Embrace it, accept it emotionally. Feel the virtue.

6.) Exercise the virtue in intellect and emotion.

7.) Begin the great learning of the art of the virtue through action, the result of  intellect and emotion.

8.) Actively seek the environment and opportunities to develop the virtue.

The development of each virtue turns into an art. 

The virtues change our destiny, enhance our mystical death and free us from stagnation.

End (5118).

The Three Faces of God - (5117)

From a conversation with a fellow Gnostic brother I leant about this teaching which comes from another spiritual teacher and writer: Ken Wilber

The teaching says that God for the human being has three faces: 

1.) God in me.

2.) God in you.

3.) God everywhere.

How true is that. God is in those three areas. Our relationship to God is really threefold. It is about being able to see God in those three areas to have a complete relationship to God.

It is quite profound. It is really saying that if we can't see God in any of those three areas we are not relating well to God. 

We may be able to see God in nature, in the stars, in the heavens but not in ourselves and in others then something is unbalanced and this will certainly have profound ramifications in our psychology, in our ways of thinking and in our attitudes and concepts.

The same if we can only see God in ourselves and in no one else or in no other part of creation. We would become terribly proud - a mythomaniac I dare say. Which is really unhealthy.

End (5117).

Self-Realization is not a Hand-Holding Process - (5116)

Gnosis is really different to so many other ways or schools. There is no hand-holding. We are tasked to be strong, face our reality, take responsibility for it and gather the strength and wisdom to change it. 

The help is in being given the teachings and the keys to do it and the rest is up to us to fight along side and with the help of others to understand the teachings clearly and work out how best to apply them.

The paradox is, that when we are in the struggle and fight of applying the work is when the most help comes.

When we are waiting or wanting that our hand be held, is precisely when no help comes, even enmity can come as a message to tell us that that is the wrong attitude.

End (5116).

Invisible and Visible and the Law of Sequence - (51)

A person may not see the invisible because that person has the eyes of life to see with.

The hidden forces use life to manifest. We don;t see the law but the result only.

Sometimes people can only see the negative and not the positive.

The invisible is the work. 

It is difficult to evaluate the invisible. We need the appropiate faculties to do it.

We tend to like to evaluate the esoteric work of others which is invisble from outside. This is frought with difficulty and error if we do not have discernment, the 

There are times when the invisible becomes visible. The field in which this happens is the field of psychology. The internal path is invisible but our psychology is visible.

We can see that a pewrson is angry, jealous, proud but we can't see their esoteric status.

Awakening is the only way to make the invisble visible.

We tend to try and judge the invisble by patterns and concepts.

The Monad is about the consciousness and the essence is about psychology.

Stagnation is the corruption of the law of repose.

The Law of sequence is when we start somewthing and the and an order of activities are to follow on that.

The law of sequence reinfgorces the value we are used to start and are using to continue.

The key to keep a sequence running is working properly the law of octaves.

When we activate the law of sequence we truly do something. We achieve something.

When we recover our identity we are, we know and we do. Our immediate yearning is to recover our identity as a soul. Our immediate work is to be the soul. To remember that we are a soul of a great Being.   

Remembering that we are a soul of a great Being must be the foundation of our psychic and human life.

Esoteric timing is very important, which is somerhing completely different to human linear time. Esoteric timing is ontological it is set by the Inner Being.

One thing in our life is to awaken and another thing is to control, manage, avoid, suppress etc.

If someone comes to us with a big ego, if we are wanting to awaken we must bring our work.

We need to awaken and then we can have the foundation to be able to change teh circumstances of oiur life.

Tunnel of Light and the Pineal Gland - (5115)

The tunnel with a light at the end that many see during near death experiences could well be the passageway to the pineal gland, from where the essence leaves the physical body from.

The pineal gland is said to be the set of the soul. That is the main entrance for the essence into the body.

The physical body is like a castle with many entrances and windows. Many say that the senses are the windows of the soul and it is also said that the pineal gland and the muladhara chakra are the entrances. 

End (5115).