Gnostic Teachings Podcast

“The object of the superior man is truth.” – Confucius This lecture is about discovering the truth within ourselves. It explains the Four States of Consciousness: Eikasia: Dream, Delusion Pistis: “Vigil,” Irrational Belief, Opinion Dianoia: Self-cognizance, Dialectical Analysis Nous: Objective cognizance, Intuition Also, the Tree of Life in relationship to psychology and meditation, and the Three Natures of truth according to the Yogachara school of Buddhism. “When you know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will understand that you are children of the living Father. But if you do not know yourselves, then you live in [psychological] poverty, and you are the [psychological] poverty.” – Gospel of Thomas

Anyone who has known love knows that it has physical effects: this experience demonstrates that love is a substance. Learn how to work with that substance in order to develop the fullest capabilities of your heart. Discusses how the highest virtue, compassion (bodhichitta, רחמים rachamim), is developed from the substances of our bodies, which is why the sexual energy is considered sacred in all religions.  “The powers of the masters emanate from their purity of life [chastity] and the merits of their hearts. ” –Samael Aun Weor, Igneous Rose “The relative jasmine-flower-like [seminal essence; sexual energy] is the embodiment of bliss [Eden], the ultimate [Absolute].” –Hevajra Tantra “Whosoever is born [again] of God doth not commit sin; for his σπέρμα sperma [seed] remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.”  –1 John 3:9 “Do not allow the movement [loss] of bodhichitta… …not to lose the seminal essence serves as the cause for all powerful attainments… always maintain the ethics of n

"Whatever joy there is in this world all comes from desiring others to be happy [compassion], and whatever suffering there is in this world, all comes from desiring myself to be happy [lust]. But what need is there to say much more? The childish work for their own benefit, the Buddhas work for the benefit of others. Just look at the difference between them!" —Shantideva The origin of all suffering, the "original sin," is lust. By simple axiom, the origin of all happiness is love (compassion). These are opposed to each other. That is why love and lust and 100% incompatible. They cannot be mixed, ever. If lust is present, love is expelled. That is how Adam and Eve fell from Eden (Hebrew, "bliss.") “In the region of Light live the beings who adore each other. In the region of darkness live the souls who become inebriated with the chalice of lust, and who after getting drunk spill the cup. Those souls are consumed in the fire of their own lust.” - Samael Aun Weor, The Perfect Matrimony As soon as there is an

"We must search for the Divine Mother within our heart temple." -Samael Aun Weor What is your relationship to your Divine Mother? Do you feel her within? Do you sense her loving presence? Do you allow her into your heart, into your life? Through this lecture we will explore our personal relationship with our inner being represented by our Divine Mother and discuss how we can identify, how we can strengthen and how we can become more connected with this amazing divine force within us in our daily life.

Iccha-shakti is the will of our consciousness and the sexual force of life, it is the will in all dynamic forces of the universe. It is willpower. Thelema. This lecture explains three types of will related to different stages of the path: Ratzon La’Hshpia רצון להשפיע – Will to Influence Ratzon La’Kabel רצון לקבל – Will to Receive Ratzon La’Tet רצון לתת – Will to Give

Everyone wants to know their purpose in life, and to find meaning in living. If you look deeply, you can find the way to discover your purpose, the find meaning in being alive. Yet, that only emerges in an exact way. Most people believe that if they follow their traditional morals, they will get everything they need in life and when they die they will go to heaven, and that this is the purpose of life. In Hinduism, this is believed to be the meaning of the four purusharthas, which people call the "four desires" or "four aims" of life.  The purushartas are dharma, artha, kama, and moksha, and are commonly believed to mean "morals, wealth, pleasure, and entry to heaven." Yet when we study the actual terms and scriptures, we discover that their meaning is much deeper, and corresponds exactly with what was taught by Jesus, Buddha, Moses, and other great teachers.  “…take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the ethnos 

Explains the true meaning of "Being Born Again." Nicodemus answered and said to Him, “How can these things be?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things? Truly [ἀμήν, amen, אמן], Truly [ἀμήν, amen, אמן], I say to you, We speak what We know and testify [martyria: testify, martyr, עד od] what We have seen, and you do not receive [lambano, קבל kabal] Our witness [martyria: testify, martyr, עד od]. If I have told you earthly [ἐπίγειος, epigeios, הארץ erets] things and you do not believe [pistis: powerful comprehension, based on experience or witnessing], how will you believe [pistis] if I tell you heavenly [ἐπουράνιος, epouranios, שמים shamayim] things? John 3:9-12 This lecture goes into detail regarding the real meaning of pisits, which is usually translated as 'belief' but is actually 'faith.' Faith is not 'religious belief', or the courage to have blind belief, but an activity of your heart and mind, based upon conscious efforts and experience. The esoteric

The symbolism in the Bible has definite and exact meanings, but to see them you need to know Kabbalah, Alchemy, and the Hebrew letters. The four creatures of Ezekiel represent specific forces within nature and within us, and are synthesized in the sphinx, the four gospels of the New Testament, and the four horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Every spiritual seeker wants to find their true master, their guru, but the world is filled with "wolves in sheep's clothing." "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits." - Jesus In this lecture you will learn the essential practical conditions you need in order to find your true master. Best of all, it works, and it uses tools you already have. "You shall love the Kyrios your Theos  with all your kardias, and  with all your psyche,  and with all your dianoia,  and with all your ischys.” —Mark 12:30

Esoteric Christianity teaches that we must perform “psychological work” in order to achieve perfection (teleios). This lecture explains the meaning of Jesus driving the money changers and merchants out of the temple. “Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And He found in the temple those who sold oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the money changers doing business. When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables.” - John 2:13-15 We must learn how to be vigilant in life, and go to “war” against the enemy, which is our own ego. We do this through contemplation and comprehension of our sins and the psychological defects which produced them. This lecture also explains the basis of Christian Meditation, with quotes from The Desert Fathers and The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis.

From the lecture transcription: This lecture relates with what Jesus said: "Heaven and Earth shall pass away, but my logoi (λόγοι words) shall not pass away." - Matthew 24: 35 When people read this, they assume that Jesus is talking about the words that he is speaking in that very moment. Of course, this does relate with his logoi; but, in Greek, "Logoi" is plural for "words." This relates to the three primary forces of creation: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, in Christianity; Kether-Chokmah-Binah in Kabbalah, etc. These are the three aspects of the dragon of wisdom, or the lions of fire, which relate to the three kabbalistic worlds, kingdoms or spaces of the Trinity above the fourth kabbalistic world, named Assiah, Malkuth, our physicality, in the Tree of Life. “The three spaces of the First Mystery are the regions of the Demiurge Creator.” - The Pistis Sophia Unveiled by Samael Aun Weor “Demiurge” from Greek dēmiourgos (δημιουργός from ‘ergon’ builder; maker; creator of ‘dēmos’ people). Every

In English, this word "soul" is used in a very unclear and vague way. It is from a root in Old English to indicate “the emotional or spiritual part of a person,” that represents their true identity or nature and that assumably, continues after death. That is the assumption that people in the western world have about the soul, that it is who we truly are, and that the way we perceive our inner self now is our soul and that it continues in its current form after death. Yet, if you ask people to define the soul or give practical or experiential examples of their soul, no one can give you that, because this is all just theory and belief. It is difficult to find facts about the soul, and that is exactly our purpose here: to find the facts. In Judaism and the Christianity originally taught by Jesus, there are five souls, and three are of immediate importance to us: Neshamah נשמה Ruach רוח Nephesh נפש Hinduism and Buddhism talk about atman, jiva, buddha nature... in this lecture, we show you have to reconcile all

In this lecture, the first miracle of Jesus, the transmutation of water into wine at the Wedding in Cana of Galilee, is explained. Spiritual Marriage is the real beginning of Esoteric Christianity. A Spiritual Marriage makes use of all the forces manifested between husband and wife for spiritual development. Love blossoms in the spiritual marriage. The esoteric meanings of Cana, Galilee, Gilgal, syneisaktism, and the Hebrew letters ג Gimel, ל Lamed, י Iod, ו Vav, ז Zayin, and ח Chet and also explained. Syneisaktism (‘sin-ay-sak-tism’, from Greek συνεισάκ “to add or bring together”): the practice of a chaste man and woman living together in a spiritual marriage. The term is most closely associated with early and medieval Christianity. Several related terms are used to label such communities, for example, the virgins subintroductae, the agapetae, and the gynaikes syneisaktoi. The practice was widely adopted in early Christianity: “Nor was syneisaktism a phenomenon peculiar to one locality; it can be found in Ir

The five types of souls in Kabbalah: Yechidah, Chaiah, Neshemah, Ruach, and Nephesh. "In your patience possess ye your souls." - Luke 21: 19 Yehidah יחידה, the Universal Soul, Ain Soph, Kether, Chokmah and Binah in Atziluth Chaiah חיה, the Soul World, the soul of Jah-Havah Elohim Binah in Briah Neshamah נשמה, the Spiritual Soul, Buddhi, Geburah, in Briah and Yetzirah Ruach Elohim רוח אלהים, the Soul of Elohim, Chesed, our Innermost, Atman, in Briah Nephesh נפש, the Animal Soul, Assiah, Yesod and Malkuth These five types of souls, Yehidah, Chaiah, Neshamah, Ruach and Nephesh are the five types of Consciousness, or better said, cognizance (from Latin cognoscere, the range of what our Consciousness can know or understand). These souls relate to the seven cosmoses, and the Sephiroth of the Tree of Life. Read the lecture transcription: Light and Consciousness Note: This lecture was updated and recorded anew in December 2018.

This lecture continues to discuss the archetypes of our soul, and how the false archetypes are known as our imperfections, "passions" or simply egos. It continues with a general outline of the Paths of Peter, Judas, and John, at the introductory level. The inner meaning of the name “John” is explained, as well as the meaning of the “servant” and “witness” of God, the olive trees, the candlesticks, in relationship with Zechariah 4: 11 – 14 and  Revelation 11:1 – 4. How to work with the Keys of Heaven, Two Keys of Peter, is explained. In relation to the Old and New Testament, The Path to Christ can be understood, at an introductory level, in the following way Abraham descends from the City of Aur (“light”). The Spirit emerges from the uncreated light into the created light. Isaac is born. The Spiritual Soul unfolds from the Spirit. Jacob is born, and becomes Israel. The Human Soul unfolds from the Spiritual Soul. The Human Soul unfolds further into mind, emotion, vital/sexual energy, and body, and may choose t

He [Christ] was made man that we might be made God. – Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, De incarnatione verbi, sec. 54.3 (circa 318 AD) Esoteric Christianity is an inner path, a practical effort to discover our true nature within, which is the light of Christ. Through the perfection of the soul, the path toward telesis (perfection) and theosis (divine incarnation) is walked. We must see, acknowledge, and comprehend our errors, so that we may become one with the light. 1In the beginning [arché, origin] was the Word [Λόγος, Logos, primordial activity], and the Word [primordial activity] was with God [Θεὸς, Theos], and the Word [primordial activity] was God [Theos]. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light [the inner Christ] shineth in darkness; and the darkness [the ego, the “I”] comprehended it not. – John 1: 1 - 5 The very thing which is now called the Ch

Explains what Christ truly is, as demonstrated in the Hebrew letters, the Tree of Life, and in the symbols of many religions. "...the name Jesus is derived from the Hebrew word Joshua יהושע. The name Joshua יהושע is formed by the word הושע‎ (“Hosea - to save") with the "addition" of י‎ (“Iod”); therefore meaning "Iod" is salvation". Iod is Kether, which is also Aleph אל-פ, the Iod in the פ Phe, the mouth (Phe פ - mouth) of אל (El) God. Iod is also in the middle of מים Mayim, the creative waters of Yesod, sex, the kingdom of Binah, the Holy Spirit. However, Alchemists and Kabbalists spell it differently: they spell that name Yeshuah יהשוה. Either way, Joshua or Yeshuah means savior. Alchemists and Kabbalists know that, in order to write the name Yeshuah, we simply have to place the letter Shin ש, which symbolizes fire, in the middle of Iod-Hei-Vav-Hei יהוה. יהוה is in many bibles translated as Jehovah. When we place the letter Shin ש in the middle of Iod-Hei-Vav-Hei יהוה, we no longer read Jehovah, but Yeshua

“The mysteries of the faith are not to be divulged to all. But since this tradition is not published alone for him who perceives the magnificence of the word; it is requisite, therefore, to hide in a mystery the wisdom spoken, which the Son of God taught.” — St. Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, ch. 12 (circa 200 AD) We begin this course giving scriptural evidence for the hidden or esoteric doctrine of Christianity. In the past there were hidden meanings of the Old and New Testament concealed only for those initiated in to the esoteric doctrine of Christianity. Howbeit we speak wisdom [σοφία, sophia] among them that are perfect [τελείοις, teleios]: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery [μυστήριον, mustérion], even the hidden [ἀποκρύπτω, apokruptó] wisdom [σοφία, sophia], which God ordained before the world unto our glory… — 1 Corinthians 2:6-7 Mystery, μυστήριον (mustérion) is a secret, of which initiation is