Gnostic Question of the Week

What do we understand by “Initiation” under the Gnostic teachings and from the perspective of the majestic “Aztec” culture?

Answer from the V.M. Samael Aun Weor and the magazine.

While man awakens from his dream of separateness, in which he is driven solely by his passions to the point that they govern the world, and lives dead with respect to God, himself, and his fellow human beings, through reincarnations he refines his personality, and his body and face become beautiful or disfigured according to his actions. (Read “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde) Only his eyes change very slowly, and in everything he does he leaves the unmistakable mark of his way of being, thinking, feeling, and loving.

And one day, weary of his painful pilgrimage on Earth, he stops and returns to the Beloved.

It is to the liberation of this type of man that the divine Master Jesus, the Christ, refers in his parable of the prodigal son.

Know thyself!

This was inscribed on the back of the doors of the mystery temples of ancient Greece.

This is the very purpose of existence: that humankind may know himself as a child of God, as God himself on Earth, so that the Earth may be transformed into a beautiful garden where liberty, equality, and fraternity are the law of love for all.

This is the marvelous key to the power of all magicians throughout history.

"Behold," say the sacred scriptures, "today I have set before you life and good, death and evil."

Samael Aun Weor. Excerpt from the book: Aztec Christic Magic. Monograph No. 11.

Answer from the magazine "The The wisdom of the Being.".

The Aztecs left us great teachings to seek the path that will lead us to a radical transformation within ourselves. We will find these teachings in various codices, archaeological sites, books, etc. To pursue the transcendental knowledge that will lead us to the Intimate Self-Realization of Being.

For this, we need conscious work that leads us to unite with our Inner Being, with our Self. This work also requires the disintegration of our defects or egos and sacrifice for humanity, that is, selfless help with love for our fellow human beings. This work is called the three factors of the Revolution of Consciousness.

This work leads us to union with Divinity, and thus we will return to our place of origin with mastery.

Our Inner Being is incarnated in our human body, but we have it crucified in our hearts. But when humankind awakens from its slumber and ignorance, it surrenders to its Inner Being.

We believe ourselves to be alone in the Universe, separate from God and from our fellow human beings. The truth is that we are not separate from the Universe, from God, or from our fellow human beings. We must know that in God we are, live, and move. If we knew this, we would stop fighting amongst ourselves, and ignorance, misery, pain, and evil would no longer exist on Earth.

The Magazine "The Wisdom of Being" 107: "Aztec Initiations."