Gnowly

About Gnowly

Gnow.ly (pronounced “nō-li” or “gnō-li”) is an ancient Archive of Gnowledge (gnosis) that leads to unconditioned happiness. Not just ordinary temporary happiness, but unconditional, permanent happiness. This Gnowledge is a huge archive of ancient lore of Self-realization, spanning many lineages and fields of thought, unified by deep understanding of consciousness, and expressed in simple modern language. It is direct, personal, open and freely available. You can get this Gnowledge by exploring the Archive of Gnowledge with Genie, a powerful AI Learning Assistant. The rest is up to you!

Publisher

Dev Bhagavān

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Apr 2019

Latest episode

19 Feb 2023

Latest episodes

78 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Feb 2023

   Being in the World 1—Falling into the World

   Being in the World, Part One: the Story of Everybody's Life. Ontology, the science of Beingness, reveals deep insights about the nature of human life and experience. An ontological analysis of the human condition—our way of being—shows that our everyday social relations give us a particular kind of preoccupation with the world. This 'care about the world' involves us in a network of conditions and actions we do not choose, leading us away from our authentic self. Look up 'ontology'—not just in the dictionary, or not only in the dictionary, but also on Wikipedia and on some philosophy sites. Get some background. Ontology is not well understood, and there's a reason for that. It is omitted from the curriculum of all government-sponsored schools. Don't believe me? Look up John Taylor Gatto, and he'll give you the background on that, how the school system was designed, and why it was designed to be the way it is. They're trying to train up compliant factory workers. That's the program. So you get trained to be a factory slave for over twelve years of your life—and you never looked into the design philosophy of the institution that you spent your childhood in? You need to remedy that.

2. 

   18 Feb 2023

   Being in the World 0—Introduction

   Most of us are overwhelmed by the world in which we live. We find ourselves thrust—unasked, naked—into a context we do not understand; surrounded by people, societies, conditions and situations that we do not create or choose. Nevertheless, we must act to survive in a competitive environment that is all too often opaque and baffling, and we will be held accountable for our actions. In other words, it's the Catch-22 of material existence. Here we are born into a world that is beyond us, yet we have to choose. And we find ourselves in so many situations that we don't agree with, we don't like, and we maybe don't even understand. Yet we have to choose and act on our choices. And we will be held accountable; we will be held responsible. We find ourselves vacillating between mute acceptance and blind rebellion. Just when we think we understand the game, someone changes the rules. Stricken by uncertainty, we chase admiration, love and sense enjoyment. Sometimes we succeed, but far more often it inexplicably disappears, or we find ourselves betrayed. Now, isn't this the story of everybody's life? Certainly the story of mine and of everyone I know. But there's something beyond this. There's something higher than this, and you can find it within yourself, if you know where to look. That's what this series is about: a way of looking at life that allows you to make it meaningful—just the way it is, without changing anything except your point of view. What is wrong? Why do we suffer? Is there an exit? A relief? A cure? What is wrong is that we are caught in a trap of our own manufacture, like a caterpillar in a pupa. Unfortunately, we do not recall how we wove ourselves into this confining karmic matrix. If we do not learn the structure of the trap, we cannot release ourselves, and we die. If we can understand how we are caught, we can unravel the threads and break free—a butterfly.

3. 

   1 Nov 2019

   Śrīmad Devi Bhāgavatam 1.5.2 Commentary

   Download the Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavatam Part 1, Skandhas 1-5: https://archive.org/details/srimaddevibhagavatampart1/page/n365 The Vedas said: ’Obeisance to the Devī! to Mahā-māyā, the Auspicious One, the Creatrix of the Universe! We bow down to Thee who is beyond the guṇas, the Ruler of all Beings! O Mother! Thou givest to Śaṅkara even His desires. Thou art the receptacle of all things; Thou art the prāṇa of all the living beings; Thou art buddhi (intelligence), Lakṣmī (wealth), śobhā (beauty), kśamā (forgiveness), śānti (peace), śraddhā (faith), medhā (intellect), dhṛti (fortitude), and smṛti (recollection). 55. Thou art the bindu (the dot signifying the nasal termination ṁ) over the prāṇava (āūṁ) and thou art of the nature of the crescent moon; Thou art Gāyatrī, Thou art vyāhṛti (the invocations of the names of the seven planetary systems: bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ, mahaḥ, janaḥ, tapaḥ and satya); Thou art Jayā and Vijayā (guards of the gates of Vaikuṇṭhaloka), dhātri (the support), lajjā (modesty), kīrti (fame), icchā (will) and dayā (mercy) in all beings. 56-57. O Mother! Thou art the merciful Mother of the three worlds; Thou art the adorable auspicious vidyā (knowledge) benefitting all the lokas; Thou destroyest the Universe and Thou skilfully residest hidden in the bīja-mantras. Therefore we are praising Thee. O Mother! Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśvara, Indra, Sūrya, Fire, Sarasvatī and other Regents of the Universe are all Thy creation; so none of them is superior to Thee. Thou art the Mother of all the things, moving and non-moving.

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