Gnosis – Direct Knowledge of God, Part1

Barry Long reveals and re-awakens the enlightening potential of gnosis - direct knowledge that resides deep in every individual....
The gnostics of more than 2000 years ago succeeded in being true to the gnostic principle. Their inspiration was to deny the authority of any doctrine or dogma based on belief. The gnostics maintained that truth, the intimations of reality or God was communicated direct from within, once beliefs and opinions were put aside. But the force of churchianity along with the massed conviction that the only reality was the external world soon overwhelmed the gnostics and the subtle means of direct knowledge. The result was hypocritical moralising, the perpetuation of social fragmentation, religious wars and personal conflict about what is right and what is wrong. If you are moved and willing to find a greater truth than what the world calls knowledge, this talk will help you to reconnect with the spirit of gnosis.