Glorian Podcast

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Our life proceeds along a trajectory that we contribute towards every day, and our most significant actions are sexual. Learn how to control where your life is headed: towards genuine, conscious happiness, or towards deeper suffering and delusion. To understand this important, practical work, this lecture studies the solar and lunar bodies, being "born again," the four noble truths, hydrogens and...

This lecture asks the question: What is the nature of the impressions of life? It relates the capacity to transform impressions with Bodhichitta, also known as the Auric Embryo. The Auric Embryo (Bodhichitta) is the objective, awakened consciousness. The Auric Embryo (Bodhichitta) is imperishable, immortal, eternal. The Auric Embryo (Bodhichitta) is the result of terrible ordeals and conscious wor...

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Discusses types of prayers and their uses.  "When the mind has achieved absolute calm and silence, it can concentrate on the inner Self. This concentration is done with the help of prayer. Pray to your inner Self. Try to converse with your inner Self. Remember that praying is conversing with God. You can pray without formulae; in other words, talk to God, tell Him what your heart feels, with infin...

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Since modern scientists searching for our past are is severely limited by the scarcity of physical remains, the modern theories of our origins are very far from the truth. Surprisingly, one well-known anthropologist gave an important clue for learning our true history: "Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny." —Haeckel By studying the phases of development of the human embryo, we can see the mirror imag...

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Bodhichitta is a Buddhist term for the enlightened qualities of compassion and wisdom. Many aspire for these qualities but are thwarted by the poisons of attachment, hatred, and ignorance. Bodhichitta is found in the elements of our soul. We must become an alchemist to transmute the venom of our suffering into the nectar of our salvation, through the wise combination of spiritual enthusiasm and tr...

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To understand the role of sexuality in our development, we start by examining the first words of the Bible and Torah in their original language (בראשית ברא אלוהים –Genesis 1:1), which reveal a sexual truth that is not visible in modern translations of the scriptures, yet is well-known in all Asian religions: that God is not male, but Elohim, a plural word that means "gods and goddesses" that emerg...

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Learn how to experience the practical reality of Christ for yourself by following the sexual instructions given by Jesus and other great masters (rabbis).  Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? Jesus answered and said unto him, Are you a Rabbi of Israel, and do not know these things? Verily, verily, I say unto you, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; a...

Every religion and mythological tradition is based on stories of temptation: Adam and Eve, Pandora, Jesus, Samson, King David, etc. Everyone faces temptation, but few know that temptation is the basis of the path to liberation from suffering. When we are tempted, we face those qualities in ourselves that otherwise we would never see — such as our pride, envy, anger, and lust— thus when we are temp...

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This lecture defines the basis of karma and its role in the development of gnosis or self-knowledge. In life, there are three types of action. First are actions that are the outcome of accidents, or simply, they correspond to the law of accidents. Second are actions that are the outcome of karma. Third are actions performed by conscious will; these are truly characteristic of initiates, masters, t...

In early January, all Christians celebrate Epiphany (ἐπιφάνεια, epiphaneia, "manifestation, striking appearance"), also called Theophany, Little Christmas, or Three Kings' Day. Yet, they do not know the real meaning of the event, which relates to how the solar force (Christ) emerges in the initiate or true Jew. "Wisdom (Chokmah) is found on (Daath) the lips of the one who has (Binah) understanding...

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Since ancient times, the essences of plants, extracted from their seeds, bark, leaves, stems, flowers, fruits and roots, have been used for health and spirituality. Learn the basics of how to use the essential oils of plants to enhance your spiritual life.  "Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord....

The transfiguration of Jesus is a long alchemical and kabbalistic process that occurs within those who follow the path of initiation. First, one must generate Moses and transfigure him. Thereafter, through the exodus, Elijah incarnates and is taken alive into heaven. All of these generations and transformations happen within the spirit, soul and body of the alchemist. Yet, these mysteries are unkn...

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Meditation is only possible from a state of strong concentration, thus:  "...concentration is the first and foremost thing a sadhaka or aspirant should acquire in the spiritual path." —Swami Sivananda Concentration practice is taught in every meditation tradition, yet concentration is not meditation itself; concentration is only the preparation for meditation. In yoga, concentration is called Dhar...