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- THE SECRET OF GNOSIS - Copyright July 1994 by Daryl Moulder
-
- Gnosis literally means knowledge in Greek. The gnostics were a group of
- people who were looking for knowledge, not an intellectual knowledge but an
- inner knowing.
-
- This document looks at some of the techniques used to facilitate a "knowing"
- at this level.
-
- MEDITATION
-
- One of the ways that can be used to develop a sense of dwelling with the
- divine or communion with the transcendental presence of the other is by
- mediation.
-
- One of the main ways of mediation is by using a mantra or phrase that is
- repeated over and over again.
-
- This is used so that the mind is focused on one point. This has an effect not
- just of intense concentration but of quietening the mind down so that the
- intuitive part of the mind is then open to receive spirit.
-
- The first step in meditation is to quieten down the body this can be done by
- imagining the body filled with warm water.
-
- As the body is drained of the water through the hands and feet so all the
- tension and stress is drained out with it. This leaves the body completely
- relaxed.
-
- This process can be repeated as often as necessary to completely relax the
- body. The other technique is relaxing each part of the body from head to toe.
- In the hands focusing on relaxing each finger and in the feet each toe.
-
- Once the body is relaxed the mind can repeat the mantra at the beginning for a
- period of 10-15 minuets and then a period of half an hour.
-
- Eventually after mediating for a long while all conscious thoughts are
- banished from the mind. At this point instead of being unconscious the mind
- reaches a kind of super consciousness or pure consciousness.
-
- The energy of the body is also raised and the body becomes very light
- sometimes to the point of levitation.
-
- Another type of mediation is a guided visualisation. This type of mediation
- works upon strengthening that person so that they love and accept themselves
- as they are.
-
- One of the more well known guided visualisation techniques is the "white light
- meditation".
-
- The purpose of this mediation is to cleanse the aura and to raise the energy
- of the person to a higher level.
-
- It is also used to clean out any negative though patterns or emotions.
-
- The body is relaxed in the same way as mentioned earlier. Then a bright light
- is visualised entering the head and flowing downward through the crown
- charcara. This light then relaxes and spreads down towards the other parts of
- the body. The whole body is then bathed in light. Every pore and cell in the
- body is engulfed in the light.
-
- After bathing in the while light and feeling the sense of power and love of
- the God force feel the light gently cleansing the aura of all negative
- thoughts, and emotions that tend to dirty the aura.
-
- To finish off imagine an enclosed mirror around the body, a one way mirror
- that lets the light in but blocks out negative energy patterers.
-
- Mediation can also be used with crystals, I find a pyramid quartz crystal
- placed on the third eye works really well.
-
- RITUAL
-
- Another way of experiencing an altered state is to use a ritual. Like
- mediation this too focuses the mind and allows for a structured pathworking.
-
- First the area of ritual is described ie in a clearing with a stone alter.
- Then the actual deities are invoked into the gathering/circle or person.
- These deities are then thanked for their appearance and a request is asked of
- them. This can be as simple as protecting the circle before a guided
- meditation or something more complex such as the dedication of ritual
- implements.
-
- The most important part of the ritual is the focused imagination. This
- imagination is helped by the setting given at the start and by outside
- measures such as incense and relaxing repetitive music.
-
- Once the ritual is over the deities are thanked and are asked to leave.
- Most of the best rituals are ones that are devised oneself.
-
- FLOAT TANKS
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- A float tank (made famous by the film altered states) is a sank with a saline
- solution in it which helps the participant to float to the surface. This tank
- is an enclosed space kept completely dark with some mediation piped though
- speakers.
-
- Because of the sensation of floating and of sensory depravation the mind can
- often experience visions or hallucinations.
-
- Float tanks can be used in helping to facilitate an OBE experience. OBE's are
- likely to occur when mind dose not know exactly where the body is (ie no sense
- of up down etc).
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- PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS
-
- This is one of the ways native people have used to open up a person's
- awareness. It must be stressed however that unlike the other methods it takes
- an extremely disciplined mind to keep the mind under any sort of control.
-
- The drug experience has to be followed through right to the end no matter how
- unpleasant the experience is.
-
- Drugs can also cause the aura to become dirty because it attracts all kinds of
- spiritual influences (see Hands of Light by Barbarann Brennan for more
- information).
-
- Replies, questions and comments would be appreciated but please do not send
- this document back to me.
-