Glorian Podcast

The place and purpose of the human organism in the vast wheel of nature. Explains the involution or emergence of Spirit into matter, the process of the soul's evolution through the mineral, plant and animal kingdoms, the process of devolution into the inferior dimensions of nature, and the means to escape the mechanicity of samsara through the path of revolution.

A basic explanation of the Tree of Life, the Kabbalah, which is a map of the universe and the consciousness. Lecture quote: "The word קבלה Kabbalah comes from the word קבל Kabel in Hebrew, which means “to receive.” This is because real Kabbalah is received through experience in the consciousness. In this very moment you are receiving the knowledge with your intellect. But you have to understand that in order to make that information into real Kabbalah, you have to make effort to awaken your consciousness. By experiencing the Kabbalah in yourself, you will understand many secrets, many questions.  Kabbalah, the mysterious Tree of Life, is related with the universe. It is in the superior worlds, and you can learn it through initiation, the development of your consciousness."

An exegesis into an essential text from Tibetan Buddhist Tantra. The original Tibetan title is Rig-pa ngo-sprod gcer-mthong rang-grol, which is generally translated into English as The Introduction to Awareness: Natural Liberation through Naked Perception, and is part of the complete original editions of The Great Liberation by Hearing in the Intermediate States, popularly known in English as The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Attributed to the great Buddha known as Padmasambhava, this critically important scripture explains in beautiful phrases the basic foundation of all spiritual practice: consicous awareness, also called mindfulness, watchfulness, or self-observation. This lecture was recorded at the 2007 International Gnostic Retreat. Read the lecture transcription. Lecture quote: "Our root awareness, our profound, pristine nature of mind it just that: simple, uncontrived love. Pure. You can access that nature state of being in any moment. You do not have to come to a place like this to access your true nature of mind. Neither do you have to have a big library or live in a particular place, or have a particular body shape or hair color or be male or be female. Every existing thing can access and utilize this root awareness, because it is the natural state of our inner self. Most existing creatures-such as these birds, the trees, the grass, even the water-exist in and of themselves, as they are. They are not contrived; they do not presume anything: they are not pretentious. They simply are what they are. The goal and purpose of our studies is to become that, to stop lying to ourselves: to be what we truly are. But, to be what we truly are, we first have to not be what we have become. It is vital to let go all of the false notions that we have, but to do it now. The work on the ego does not begin in the future. It does not begin when we meditate. It does not begin when we read a certain book. It begins the instant we remember we are not that. The work on the ego begins the moment we are not the ego."

The Gnostic view of intelligence, intellect, creativity, and the different forms of cathexis.  Read the lecture transcription.

The practical, analytical science of developing conscious discrimination and direct insight into the nature of the I or self through observation and comprehension of the skandhas or aggregates: form (rupa), sensations (vedana), perception (samjnana), mental formations (samskaras), and consciousness (vijnana). Read the lecture transcription.

How to use the understanding of the skandhas in self-observation and meditation, the aggregates (skandhas) in Kabbalah as related to other dimensions, and the practical method to consciously realize the nature of the real self. Read the lecture transcription.

How to experience heaven (nirvana) and hell (samsara) for oneself, in order to understand the meaning of liberation. Read the lecture transcription. Lecture quote: Heaven, hell and liberation are three fundamental terms that are used often in most every religion. In Gnosis, we use these words differently then you might have encountered in the past. When we begin to study Gnosis, we carry with us the assumptions and definitions that we acquired previously. When we begin to study Gnosis and try to comprehend what Gnosis is, we have to go through a process of conceptual revision. This is related with the third state of consciousness, and is a process through which we review, revise, or renew the concepts in our psyche. Without this essential review, our understanding of the path can remain mistaken about fundamental aspects. So, to understand what heaven, hell, and liberation really are, we have to review our concepts of them, and test them, to make sure that the way we understand them refers to facts, based in experiential reality, something that we ourselves have tasted or know, not just a belief, not just something that we have as a theory, or an idea, but something we have experienced. This is the starting point of Gnosis. The word Gnosis refers to knowledge that we have derived from our own experience. And so, we need to analyze the concepts we have in our psyche about heaven, hell, and liberation, and test those concepts.

In his famous letter to the Corinthians, the Gnostic Christian Paul explained why divisions emerge in religions and spiritual groups. Modern groups are no exception.

A comparison of the various spiritual approaches: that of the Fakir (physical/willpower), the Monk (emotional), the Yogi (mental), and the Fourth Path: the Gnostic: the balance of the three.

Fundamental aspects of the work to liberate the soul from suffering. Explains core structures of our psychology, including the five centers (also called the three brains), and psychological equilibrium.