Arseny’s soul wanted to touch Ursina’s soul … Get used to separation, said Death, it is painful, even if it is only temporary. Continue reading
Category Archives: Musings
X Files and Bigoted Opinions
Love in essence reaches the consciousness of the exterior man in the form of a perception of existence. But he considers the beauty of the Universe and its life as mere information, instead of as a marvelous gift capable of constantly stimulating his sense of wonder and kindling his gratitude. Continue reading
Too Late for Groundhog’s Day
Socrates distinguished between the Philosopher, the lover of wisdom, and the Sophist, a commercialized simulacrum of wisdom. The philosopher’s quest is the knowledge of the Whole, the Sophist is a partisan whose goal is to promote partial knowledge as knowledge of the whole. Continue reading
The Evil Demiurge of the Modern World
In Gnosticism, the Demiurge was the creator of the material world. In opposition to the God, the Demiurge is evil and malevolent, creating a world that hides the true God by entrapping souls in illusion and materiality. The world picture of the modern world is the result of believing the Demiurge. Continue reading
Sex and Tropism
Recently, I was interviewed by a team of Martian scientists and metaphysicians who were studying human life on earth. They were curious about the objects we’ve been sending to their planet; in particular, they wondered why we didn’t just use astral travel. You see, the Martians never went through the process of solidification experienced by earth humans. Continue reading
Material Girls and Spiritual Tourists
I do not tell you to change your life starting tomorrow because of what I have told you. You will not be able to. The characters described below will not be able to change their lives, and neither will you. However, you may be able to decide how to deal with that realization. Continue reading
Black White and Grey
Being a review of some recent, and not so recent, films: For Greater Glory, Swept Away, I Am Love, and 50 Shades of Grey. Continue reading
I Sleep, but the Heart is Awake
The body cannot be understood as a piece of matter, but rather as a non-dual body/soul/spirit complex. Continue reading
Homage to Giuseppe
Since there was an awareness into the future through one’s descendants, there was also a reverence for the past. One’s ancestors were revered and their cultural and spiritual inheritance passed on. Continue reading
Spring Fever Intoxication
This was supposed to be a post about self-mastery, but I ran out of space. As I’ve insisted, a man should live the philosophy he holds. Hence, you won’t find, in my case, some wonderful conversion story but rather a series of attempts at self-mastery, of the subtle struggling to rule the dense. On the path of gnosis, you will be freed of anxiety, addictions, self-doubts, and lack of confidence. What is that worth to you? Continue reading