#Gnostic Teachings

[chicagognosis]

It is important to understand that real knowledge is of the heart. Real wisdom is what we live. Real knowledge comes from experience, and more importantly, that experience of higher realities comes when we investigate our own heart, our own mind, our ways of living, and to look, not to assume that we know, “I am of this race, this culture, this religion, this belief system, these politics, this upbringing.” It means to really look at what is inside in terms of our emotions, our impulses, our will.

This active looking is precisely what every tradition teaches about meditation: to look, to observe, to acquire new information―not to assume that we already know who we are, but to be open and to watch in a state of stillness, of observation, of clarity. It is that inner discrimination of ourselves that really helps us to distinguish right from wrong. It is our heart, our conscience, that tells us what is right and what is wrong. We may have traditions that tell us these things, but what do we know in our being about what to do? ― especially when we are faced with situations that are so complex that we are baffled. We are confused. We are overwhelmed, like you heard in Carmina Burana. When fate hits, the hammer of karma, of hardship, strikes, and we find all of those things that we typically ignore come to the surface of our mind, things we may neglect or fail to look at.

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[dubhdove156]

[vintage-tigre]

[non-conventionnel]

[cadmar]

Comes to You

Have you ever noticed that the world comes to you? In fact, the entire universe comes to you! It all comes to you, and the question becomes: what is your answer?

"Comes to you" comes from all your sensory processes. You do not have to do anything. You don't have to lift a finger! It is a gift from the universe. The chemical-electrical signals of the universe enters inside of you. Then, what do you do with this gift?

You are in an enclosed bubble and the entire universe is outside. The universe enters inside your bubble, one input at a time. The amount the universe enters inside your bubble depends on your reaction. What do you do with all of this?

Your reaction is your answer. You push back. You take the very, small piece of the universe and you bounce it back to where it came from. A small piece of the universe stays with you and the rest bounces back. What stays with you, changes you.

The universe enters and the universe leaves. How much the universe leaves behind depends on you. That is how simple this is! This is what the universe left behind: The universe gave you life. Gave you consciousness. Gave you existence. And now, what do you do?

[thatwhichdoesnotsuffer]

“In this tradition we have explained that a real human is someone who created the soul. Someone who is not an animal. There are very few of them on this planet. True human beings are those who trapped in the middle between the upper and lower worlds, and who are working to liberate themselves from all of it. Most “human beings” on this planet know nothing about liberation. Really, all of us are animals. Really, when we look at our lives, we can see that we are animals controlled by forces that we cannot change: cultural, political, economic, forces that push us from one place to another. We have to work constantly, and we are enslaved by the beings that have power. We have no freedom. Instead, everything we do is to help them get more money and more power. They drive us to work more and more, yet in the end we gain nothing. What we generally eat is poisonous and bad for us. We cannot get pure food on this planet anymore. We cannot get clean water or air on this planet anymore. Everything is polluted because of the wars between the gods and demigods. Worse, we are sent to fight in those wars, dying for ideas and concepts that hide the truth: wars are about money and power, neither of which are ever given to the animals. We are the animals. We are ruled by our instincts.

[...] We are all at the animal level. I apologize, I do not mean that as an insult, but really, if you analyze our minds, and the way people behave on this planet now, we behave like animals. We do not behave like human beings. Human beings are gentle, kind, and someone who remembers god and acts to benefit everyone. Animals only want to survive. Animals are ruled by instinct, lust, anger, and envy. This human populace is not human not yet.”

—Gnostic Instructor

[mellimagicsblog]

A New Start

Title: "Eve" by me, 2023 / Re-use with credit to my username

I'm really excited to start sharing a passion that is hopefully going to start being a "side hustle" for me. I am applying for a dream job, and I want to not only have a collection of posts that reflect who I am and my love for social justice (I'll wear that SJW badge with honor) but I also want it to reflect my spiritual views.

I don't think I've really explained this, but I am a very active Unitarian Universalist and the job I hope to get is through the Unitarian Universalist Association of America. It's going to be competitive, but I don't want to give up on finding work through my faith. As such, I will be curating old posts to mostly be about our mission for spiritual faith through social justice and deleting old posts that don't reflect those values.

(For more information about the UUA, here's their website. It's a great resource for anyone interested in secular religious studies: link)

I also have an interest in Earth-centered religions, which are one of our Sacred Six Sources. While I have secular views about gods, I have been able to meditate transcendentally and see beyond the cynicism of the modern world to communicate with these divine archetypes. I know that Mother Earth wants us to see her as a person, and despite her life-giving power, she needs our help to keep the web of life alive for all of us.

It's time I start sharing pages of my grimoire (spell book), which is nearing completion after nearly 4 years of customizing spells and learning from different sources. It's also time to share my spell prompts and writing that I've been doing over the past year. Finally, I plan to publish a list of youtube channels, podcasts, and web resources for people interested in learning more and obtaining personal gnosis.

As a final aside, I have been really into learning about angelology and Semitic Neoaganism lately (wikipedia article). Asherah, the Shekinah, and the Sophia are all goddess figures of the Abrahamic faiths that I never knew growing up, and frankly I feel robbed never knowing them. I will definitely be posting more about them, but my above illustration of the enlightened mother Eve is very related to my personal gnosis.

Blessed be.

[teenageascetic]

"Then Peter said to Mary, "Sister, we know that you are greatly loved by the Saviour, more than any other woman. Tell us those words of His that you remember, the things which you know and we don't, the teachings we never heard."

Mary answered, saying: "What is hidden from you I shall reveal to you. Whatever is unknown to you, and I remember, I will tell you."

And she began saying these words to them.

She said, "Once I saw the Lord in a vision and I said to him:

'Lord, Rabouni, now I see you in this vision.

He answered me and said: 'Blessed are you Mary, for you do not waver at the sight of me. How wonderful you are! For this is where the treasure lies - in the nous, that place where heaven and earth meet, where deep understanding arises in the heart and mind."

I asked him this: 'Now tell me Lord, how does a person see such a vision, is it through their soul or through the Spirit?

asked him this: 'Now tell me Lord, how does a person see such a vision, is it through their soul or through the Spirit?

The Saviour answered: 'It is neither through the soul nor through the Spirit, but through the nous, the understanding which arises between the two, that is how the vision is seen."

-Gospel of Mary page 10.

[alchemical-adept]

Abraxas: The Gnostic God Of Carl Jung | Alchemy of Psyche (3)

[gnomestic]

Gnostic Cosmology

A somewhat brief and very simplified overview.

To understand the cosmology of gnostic beliefs, you first need to know what cosmology is:

Cosmology is just a fancy word for a model that depicts the origins of the universe, or cosmos. It is essentially just an attempt at explaining where the universe came from.

In modern day astronomy, cosmology is considered a branch of physics, and it studies the structure, origin, history, and future of the universe itself. However, we won’t be talking about astronomy and physics in this post. The form of cosmology we’re taking a look at is commonly called religious or mythological cosmology. Specifically, that of the gnostics.

So, what did the gnostics believe about the universe and where it comes from?

Well, generally speaking, they believe(d) that the immaterial was the precursor to the material, and that the immaterial realm of knowledge was good or pure, while the material world was/is evil and full of suffering. This made gnostic teachings inherent heresy to the early Christian church, as the orthodox Christian belief is that God created the world and called it good.

In my last post, I talked about how gnostic beliefs varied greatly due to the emphasis on person experience. I’d like us all to keep that in mind as we continue, as some views were conflicting.

Despite differing and conflicting beliefs among gnostics, all gnostic cosmologies seem to include some form of emanation versus the canonical Christian “creation from nothing” explanation.

According to these cosmologies, the physical or material world, along with religious figures such as Jesus Christ, were emanations of a single divine, primal being. (Some gnostic beliefs would suggest a pair of beings, instead of the one.)

These emanations would not exist separately, nor would they be created from nothing, as orthodox Christianity would suggest.

No, these beings would have emanated from a primal source (think God), in a system of emanations, which would become less and less pure as they emanated further and further from the original source. These emanations were/are called aeons.

Basically: (primal source) births aeon, births another aeon, births another aeon, and so on. The aeons become more and more corrupted, as they are further removed from this primal source.

So, following that logic, the material world and all creations within it would be inherently impure or bad in some way, as they’d simply just be deviations of the pure, source material of the first reality in which the universe emanated from.

So, in its essence, most gnostic cosmologies focused on the pure original reality of the immaterial, and the systems and cycles of the aeons or emanations and how they formed the material realm.

These beliefs are commonly considered a form of Neoplatonism, due to Plato’s ideas about the perfect immaterial world vs the imperfect material one.

Remember: This is an incredibly simplistic explanation. I do urge you to read up on your own and draw your own conclusions.

Here are some links to further your reading:

(Wikipedia also has lots of good links to follow, but remember to always check your sources.)

[ssummermemoir]

sorry for being the most esoteric girl at the function

[chicagognosis]

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are based upon belief in resurrection, yet its spiritual reality is not realized nor understood by the uninitiated. Only those practitioners of the direct path, the revolution of the consciousness, can hope to achieve the heights of resurrection: the culmination of profound psychological works and the complete annihilation of the animal ego. When the "I" is eliminated, the Being resurrects within the purified soul, which rises from the grave of Klipoth to enter the heavenly realms.

This card synthesizes the victories and struggles of the previous arcana, which liberate the soul through mystical experiences and payment of one's karma. When the self dies, the consciousness escapes and resurrects within the higher regions of nature. Learn how through a profound study of mummification, astral and jinn experiences, the famous Day of Judgment within the Qur'an and the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the fall of Count Zanoni during the French Revolution, the three types of resurrection within the writings of Samael Aun Weor, the mysteries of Osiris within Freemasonry, and the Kabbalistic mysticism of the Hebrew letter ר Resh.

[dubhdove156]

Invents the Wheel: Guys, the whole world is like a wheel, turning and revolving over and over, cycles within cycles

Invents the Book: Guys, the whole world is like a book, being written in time. If we say and do everything properly, we'll be written in the book of life, and gain everlasting life.

Invents the Machine: Guys, the whole world is like a machine, a great machination in which all heavenly bodies follow a predetermined path, following laws limited by the machine itself.

Invents the Computer and AI: Guys, HOLY FU-

[non-conventionnel]

Through profound research, author Anton Sammut has revived the secret wisdom that, for millennia, was ostensibly censored by powerful individuals seeking influence and control over their followers. This manipulation and suppression of truth deprived generations of the opportunity to understand the true teachings of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, which could have elevated their level of consciousness.

With every page, the author not only resurrects previously unknown teachings about Jesus and Mary Magdalene but also carefully guides readers to discover meticulously researched and significant historical documents that will challenge their deepest beliefs.

The Secret Gospel of Jesus AD 0-78 accomplishes the ultimate feat—systematically piecing together and restoring the true story of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. These revelations pave the way for humanity to break free from the blind servitude of religion and spiritually prosper in newfound liberation.

[santmat]

The role of the Heavenly Messenger is to communicate the mystic experience of Light to souls and eventually guide them back up to the Place of Light, the Mandaean term for the highest heaven where the Great Life (God) resides: "From the Place of Light I came forth, from you, Bright Habitation. I come to touch hearts, to measure and try all minds, to see in whose heart I dwell. Whoever thinks of me, of him I think; whoever calls my Name, his name I will call. Whosoever prays my prayer from the earth, his prayer I will offer from the Place of Light."

[thatwhichdoesnotsuffer]

"We also have mechanical patterns in how we have an attitude towards our own divinity. That also must change. Many of us do not believe in God. We might like religion, we might like spirituality and study, but fundamentally and truly we just do not believe. In some ways, who can blame us? We never experienced God, we have no conscious knowledge of God, and no awakened experience of seeing reality. How can we believe in something we never experienced? It is understandable, nevertheless that tendency, the mechanical tendency of doubt, of disillusionment, of the way of critically thinking that “I do not believe in that, or it wont happen to me anyway,” or “I do not deserve it,” or “God does not listen to me,” is all very negative and very harmful. We need to cultivate a hopeful attitude, an open mind to awaken. If you work sincerely with techniques that we teach, the practices that we teach, but more specifically with awakening from moment to moment, it is inevitable when the conditions and karma allow, you will see reality. It is up to your efforts, compared to your karma, when you will achieve it. Some achieve it the first day, some it takes 10-20 years, and most of us will be in the middle. It will take time to develop equilibrium until one day you will have an experience, then you will have a new surge of enthusiasm from that. It is a very useful experience."

—Gnostic Instructor