WakeGnosis

 gno·sis  (no sis)  n.   Intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths

“KNOW THYSELF”

γνῶθι σεαυτόν (Gnōthi Seautón or Know Thyself), was written above the entrance at the Temple of Delphi in ancient Greece.  This famous Temple served as the major site for the worship of Apollo – and Gaia – as far back as 500-600 b.c.  The quest for self awareness and self understanding has been going on for a very long time!  Human beings have attempted to awaken from entrancement in the material world throughout the ages and across many continents and through many various religions.  The term “Gnosis” means a spiritual, esoteric or intuitive knowledge.

We developed WakeGnosis©  as a result of many years experience witnessing a perpetual stuckness – in our clients and ourselves – in harmful, self-defeating thoughts and behaviors.  Getting stuck in a recurrent complex can be like spinning your wheels which often results in spinning out!  Looking for healthier, more benevolent, productive alternatives we created WakeGnosis©  as a tool for spiraling inward.

WakeGnosis© is a purposefully directed process of self-discovery rooted in higher values.  It is a process of waking up to the incredible wisdom available within.  The process in WakeGnosis© is not goal-oriented per se, however it is purpose-oriented, and includes a focused effort to move towards what you hold as sacred.  This focus can help you get unstuck.  You do this by applying focused and intentional awareness internally.  The internal information available to you is vast, perhaps even unlimited.  In fact, a few blessed sojourners that we know have actually discovered an universes within!

Internal awareness may include any combination of the following:  physical sensations (soma), emotional energies (psyche),  memories and beliefs (mental).  Some people also experience inner visions or auditory experiences.  There is no one right way to experience one’s internal landscape.  In fact, each and every one has their own unique inner reality!

WakeGnosis© Breathwork

There are many avenues into the Inner Realms.  Meditation, Hypnotherapy, Shamanic Journeying and Lucid Dreaming are some of the more popular pathways.  Pyschedelics, hallucinogens and entheogens have also been used throughout the ages for exploring altered states of consciousness or reaching higher states of awareness.  WakeGnosis© Breathwork is a natural synthesis of intentional breath and the creative imagination for the purpose of attaining wholeness.  It may be utilized as a spiritual practice as well as a therapeutic modality.

WakeGnosis© Breathwork can be therapeutic for anyone suffering from feeling blocked, stunted, cut-off, misdirected or entangled.  Through the sacred marriage of intentional breath and awareness, desire becomes imagination, the mundus imaginalis.   The Breath serves as the fuel for the Body-Mind-Spirit relationship and the focused Awareness serves as the MAP.  The MAP guides you into your true Meaning and Purpose and the more you journey and explore the territory, the bigger the MAP may become.  The inner MAP can expand along with awareness.

WakeGnosis© Breathwork can be a spiritual practice for anyone seeking liberation from the clutches of sensations (soma), emotions (emotions), or limiting thought patterns (mental).  Breath has been equated with Spirit in many spiritual traditions around the world.  The Spirit is the Divine dimension that needs to be liberated.  WakeGnosis Breathwork© supports spiritual seekers in discovering their own fullness (pleuroma) which can serve as bridge to Higher Beings and Realms.  Through the application of the principals of WakeGnosis© one can experience and cultivate the lightness of Being and Fullness of Heart that is the Divine birthright of every human being.

Through regular practice of WakeGnosis© Breathwork it is possible to transform the body, simplify and clarify the mind and expand and calm the soul.  Through the sacred marriage of Intentional Breath and Awareness, peace, vitality and coherence can be cultivated and made more readily accessible.  The experience of your true nature – perfect, whole and complete  – is possible!

 

WakeGnosis© Journalwork

WakeGnosis© Journalwork utilizes intention and attention to your inner parts and where they are in relation to your own personal highest value(s).  It can help you gain traction, clarify your values and cultivate greater integrity.

This is the quest:  to know ALL of your self/selves!

There is not just one way to go about this.  There are perhaps as many ways as there are people.  Below are guidelines for a way that we’ve found useful and fruitful.

First, tune in.  Then find your Inner Sanctuary, your place of stillness and peace.  Now connect with your Inner Observer (Pilot). This is the Being who can witness your process without identifying with any one part.  It can expand, include and hold space for all.  This Being understands all your parts and knows what you most long for, what you value most highly, in the larger context of your life purpose.  It offers guidance, direction and traction in your inward journey. Visualize this Being.  Bring an image or symbol of this Inner Being to the outside where you can see it objectively.  Map the Being on, within or around your mandala.

Name it (personally, or functionally, i.e. the role it plays).  You may want to draw a picture or symbol to represent the Being.  Once you have an inner awareness of your Inner Pilot, pay attention and notice:  What are you most present to? What issue, problem or question is most pressing upon your awareness.  Name the issue and write it down.

Now allow the Inner Pilot to take you deeper in, exactly where you need to go to discover the inner conversation that is going on inside regarding this issue.

Listen first for and allow the most prominent voice:  What is the thought, feeling or sensation?  What is it’s nature?  What does it want to express?

Visualize this Being who is communicating about the issue.  Bring an image or symbol of this Inner Being to the outside where you can see it objectively.  Map the Being on, within or around the mandala.  Name it (personally, or functionally, i.e. role, archetype). You may want to draw a picture or symbol to represent the Being.

Journal from this Being.  Become this Being and allow the words to flow through you until you have a sense that the full perspective has been fully and clearly communicated, at least for now.

Now tune in again…listen to the responding or conflicting thoughts, feelings or sensations that arise. Have your Pilot question, listen and respond to the various Beings as you would do if you were in a conversation with others.  As you map and journal you may find it useful to number each Being on the Mandala to correspond with that Being’s written, verbal share in the dialogue.  Continue this process until you find a resting place…for now.

Now look at the whole picture.  What do you discover?  What do you want to release…or perhaps put in quarantine?  What do you want to practice standing in, claiming as part of you,   including at a deeper level?

Map these new discoveries into your mandala (i.e. quarantine or include more deeply) creating a “snapshot of a moment in time” of your process moving towards a more refined and more highly synergistic Ecology of Being.

Remember, this is an ongoing process of inner discovery!  There may not be an immediate solution to the problem, or even resolution, however you will discover a deeper understanding of your self/selves as your process unfolds!

  Celebrate the complex diversity of your Being!

You are like an entire Universe…becoming more beautiful and authentic through greater awareness and graceful acceptance…for the Greater Good of ALL!