Glorian Podcast

Another approach to viewing the situation we find ourselves in and how to change it: Gnostic psychology, Shakespeare's Macbeth, and the consciousness.

How to discover into real knowledge (Gnosis) through the development of conscious initution or intuitive understanding. As this lecture is primarily concerned with the Kabbalah, be sure to have a copy of the Tree of Life on hand in order to follow along with the lecture. (See: Tree of Life)

The Key of SOL  (Subject, Object, Location) is an introduction to Self-observation and inner self-remembering, practical techniques used in order to awaken the consciousness from moment to moment. "We wander in the streets with the consciousness asleep; we are in our house, in our job, in the body shop, in the office, etc., with the consciousness profoundly asleep.  We drive our car and we go to the factory with the consciousness tremendously asleep. People are born, they grow, they breed, they get old and die with the consciousness asleep; thus, they never know where they come from nor the objective of their own existence. What is most grave in this matter is that all of them believe that they are awake. For instance, many people are preoccupied in knowing many esoteric things, yet they never occupy themselves with the awakening of their consciousness.  If people had the purpose of awakening here and now, then immediately they could know all of that which for them are enigmas; this is why skepticism exists, because the skeptical is ignorant, and ignorance is the outcome of a sleeping consciousness.  Indeed, I want to tell you in the name of the truth that skepticism exists because of ignorance. Therefore, the day when the people awaken their consciousness they will stop being ignorant, and, as a fact, skepticism will disappear, because ignorance is equal to skepticism and vice versa." - Samael Aun Weor

Continues the explanation of the Five Centers and Psychological Equilibrium given in other lectures. Includes the two superior centers, the creation of the soul and how to interpret visions and dreams.

The Sanskrit word Kundalini is derived from "kundala," which means ‘coiled," and is descriptive of the form of a specific energy when it is latent or "sleeping" in the common person. When through specific science this energy is activated or awakened, it illuminates the nervous system and energetic centers, activating superior senses and abilities. In Christianity, this energy is called the fire of Pentacost. In Judaism, it is the Shekinah. In Aztec mysticism, it is called Quetzalcoatl. In Buddhism, it is known as candali or tummo: "she who terrifies the ego." This lecture describes how to awaken the kundalini, the spiritual energy that is the basis of all existence. Read the lecture transcription. Lecture quote: "It is important for all sincere, serious spiritual seekers to have a very strong understanding of what Kundalini is because it is the energy that facilitates all spiritual development. The Kundalini is at the base of all existence. It is the raw foundational energy that the spiritual seeker wants to cultivate, develop, or awaken, depending on which tradition or terms they use. The word Kundalini is most known from the Sanskrit language, yet it is even more ancient than that language; it has roots that go back to Atlantis and beyond. Kundalini refers to a cosmic force, an energy unlike any energy that we know physically. Kundalini is not mere electricity or magnetism or heat, but is the source of them all. Kundalini is a kind of force or energy that is pure, divine, raw potentiality, that is then modified according to its condition. This is the key fact that is often missing in many texts or schools of Hinduism or Buddhism who discuss Kundalini. In the West, Kundalini is also a basic foundational aspect of religion, but it is more veiled. In the Judeo-Christian tradition it is symbolized as the fire of the Holy Spirit or that column of fire that led the Israelites in their great exodus. In reality, any spiritual practice that we perform, any kind, whether recitation of mantras, meditation, prayer, devotional singing, Karma Yoga or selfless service (Seva), all of these spiritual practices, no matter what tradition it comes from, has as its intention the awakening of this cosmic force within us. There is no exception to this. The very purpose of religion or Yoga is to awaken this energy inside of the person. We seek to activate that force, because that energy connects us to the divine. It produces in us what can be called enlightenment or liberation. That energy is not active in most people today. That is because the conditions that activate it have not been satisfied. Like any energy or force in nature, the energy of Kundalini (the Holy Spirit) functions according to the laws of nature. It functions according to cause and effect. Everything in nature, even God, respects the law of cause and effect. Karma, this law of action and consequence, modifies everything. Every manifested thing is subject to cause and effect. Kundalini is no exception."

Everyone talks about awakening the consciousness, but how many can define it? This lecture explains the human consciousness and the practical method to develop it. Includes the nature of perception, states of consciousness, meditation, and clairvoyance. Read the lecture transcription. Lecture quote: "In any spiritual or mystical tradition, or even in philosophy, there is a lot of discussion about consciousness, mind, or self. The purpose of religion or spirituality is to realize that self, to know that self, or to have Gnosis (direct knowledge) of that self. From that foundation it becomes obvious that we need to know what that self is, what the consciousness is, what the mind is. Our common interpretation or definition of consciousness has to be revised. Because we do not have a proper understanding of what consciousness really is, we suffer. Truthfully, you could say that the cause of all suffering is ignorance of consciousness or ignorance of self. By coming to know the self, or knowing what the consciousness is, we begin to free ourselves from suffering."

There is a profound difference between ideas or beliefs about spirituality and the experience of spirituality. True spirituality or religion is not to be believed, but realized, actualized, in the heart. This lecture covers the difference between the Doctrine of the Eye (theories, beliefs, and ideas) and the Doctrine of the Heart (intuition, conscious faith and direct experience). This relates to both exoteric and esoteric schools, the exoteric being the "public and exterior," and the esoteric the "hidden or secret" doctrine.

Explaining the Path of the Lunatic (from Lunar), the Intermediate Path, the Spiral Path and the famed Straight Path, or the Way of the Bodhisattva.

Self-observation, Lucifer our psychological trainer, and the three aspects of the psychological gymnasium: 1) our spouse, 2) our friends, family and acquaintances, 3) and strangers. Also an explication into the nature of Genotype (inheritance), Phenotype (education) and Paratype (circumstances). This lecture was recorded at the 2007 Gnostic Retreat.

This lecture discusses seven very different types of people and how they see and experience spirituality and religion.