Gnostic Meditation
Importance of an ethical base
"First, purify your mind and your heart through the practice of a right conduct and then dedicate yourself to the practice of concentration. Concentration without purity of mind and heart makes no sense. Some foolish and impatient students take to concentration at once without in any manner undergoing any preliminary training in ethics. This is a serious blunder. Some occultists have concentration, but lack a good character. That is the reason why they do not make any progress in the spiritual path."
Sivananda
Self-Knowledge of the Being
"There are two main aspects, two decisive factors in our studies: one, the Remembrance of oneself, the other, the relaxation of the body. Remembering oneself, one's own profound Inner Being, and relaxing in profound meditation: thus how the new comes to us, thus, little by little, we go self-exploring ourselves…"
Samael Aun Weor
Concentration and Silence
"Silence is a determinant factor in the work of concentration. The Law of Silence is the basis of any initial teachings, since it permits a virgin space for an inner creation. Universal Gnosticism teaches that if we want to achieve the development of something real in our psyche, we should learn to withdraw in our intimacy through the inner silence and with the saving of energies.
Watch the Silence in the silence of your mind and Pray to your Father who is in secret and you will find the Peace of Concentration."
Rafael Vargas
Concentration
"When different forces or potencies of a psychical and physical order coincide in one same point of a given space, we call it concentration."
Rafael Vargas
"If you focus the rays of the sun through a lens, they can burn cotton or a piece of paper; but the scattered rays cannot do this… Even so, if you collect the dissipated rays of the mind and focus them at a point, you will have wonderful concentration. The concentrated mind will serve as a potent searchlight to find out the treasures of the soul…"
Sivananda
"First, purify your mind and your heart through the practice of a right conduct and then dedicate yourself to the practice of concentration. Concentration without purity of mind and heart makes no sense. Some foolish and impatient students take to concentration at once without in any manner undergoing any preliminary training in ethics. This is a serious blunder. Some occultists have concentration, but lack a good character. That is the reason why they do not make any progress in the spiritual path."
Sivananda
Self-Knowledge of the Being
"There are two main aspects, two decisive factors in our studies: one, the Remembrance of oneself, the other, the relaxation of the body. Remembering oneself, one's own profound Inner Being, and relaxing in profound meditation: thus how the new comes to us, thus, little by little, we go self-exploring ourselves…"
Samael Aun Weor
Concentration and Silence
"Silence is a determinant factor in the work of concentration. The Law of Silence is the basis of any initial teachings, since it permits a virgin space for an inner creation. Universal Gnosticism teaches that if we want to achieve the development of something real in our psyche, we should learn to withdraw in our intimacy through the inner silence and with the saving of energies.
Watch the Silence in the silence of your mind and Pray to your Father who is in secret and you will find the Peace of Concentration."
Rafael Vargas
Concentration
"When different forces or potencies of a psychical and physical order coincide in one same point of a given space, we call it concentration."
Rafael Vargas
"If you focus the rays of the sun through a lens, they can burn cotton or a piece of paper; but the scattered rays cannot do this… Even so, if you collect the dissipated rays of the mind and focus them at a point, you will have wonderful concentration. The concentrated mind will serve as a potent searchlight to find out the treasures of the soul…"
Sivananda
