Transformation Archive Talks

This talk describes the completion and activation of the Body Kesdjan or Astral Body using the first two Tantric levels, the development of Will through the intentional exposure of weaknesses, and the first two fundamental rules of a School.

This talk explores the mechanics for the extraction of first, second and third Being food and presents a wide range of invaluable work data relating to formation of the Body Kesdjan.

The method and use of Real Work Questions is presented in this very fundamental talk that is a blessing for newcomers.

Man as he stands in nature is food for his Chief Feature entity which originates many of his activities, states and attitudes. This powerful talk explores the invocation and banishing of Chief Feature.

David Atkinson, Marilyn Gossen and Stan Howard in this workshop present important information about Chief Feature and its spontaneous periodic banishing during "moments of freedom." The art of "waiting not impatiently" is described and illustrated with examples, and a powerful exercise for working with moments of freedom is presented.

This talk to a Vancouver study group includes a discussion of the nature of psyche and essence, the formation of higher bodies, the surrender of psychological control and the moments of the Great Betrayal.

This talk begins with readings from The Human Biological Machine as a Transformational Apparatus, and centers on the work question, "How can I create a place for myself in the Work?" Also, the mechanism of the chronic in the machine is conceptually presented.

What is the Chronic? E.J. Gold talks on the biological machine's sleeping state and its transforming response to the directed attention and adoration of the essential self. The nature of negative emotions, the "wind-and-water" method of awakening the machine, sensing the waking state and the power of discrimination are discussed during the second day of this remarkable New York workshop.

In this first easaphone conversation between the New York Study Circle and Core Group in California, the nature and behavior of the machine, the chronic and the essential self are explored.

This fascinating talk covers the machine as a four-dimensional tunnel through creation, the soul as raw material, turning on the alchemical factory, the illusion of time, and the creation in higher dimensions.

Sensing the machine in sleep, the sixty-day exercise to gather "Exhibit A," beginning steps to awaken the machine, transference from the machine to a nonphenomenal self then to the Being, and eating consciously are discussed. Parker Dickson offers three new work folksongs.

This talk covers the subjects of Alchemy, Repairing the Heart, Head Brain/ Tail Brain. How to awaken the machine, letting the dead bury the dead, and the vision of higher dimensions are revealed in this informative presentation.

This talk emphasizes the differences between the machine's problems and those relevant to transformation. Relaxing within the tension, life-repair and the resolution of organic problems as an inhibitor of the transformation effect are revealed. The usefulness of this talk for practical work on self quickly becomes apparent upon listening.

E.J. Gold presents the qualities of the waking state and differences from the sleeping state. Consequences and conditions of movement from the sleeping to the waking state and back are explored. Ritual, theatre, transit, hypnotism, psychosomatic diseases, The Work, Teacher as the guest and other domains are discussed as well, in relation to these states.

Inner transformation sooner or later comes to address the issue of negative emotions. This Montreal talk with partial French translations explores the nature and arising of negative emotions. Moving centrum sensations, higher emotions without mental significance, presence of the essential self and banishing negative emotions are presented.

This pre-movement workshop talk discusses the objective perspective of healing and peace of mind. It also discusses voluntary descent into hell as opposed to enjoying one's freedom, and the use of the movements.

This tape explores the efficiency and consequences of using different methods to achieve the waking state. Adoration of the machine is stressed and students reconstruct instructions given, but not recorded, concerning the Popcorn exercise and the reversal of headbrain/tailbrain functions.

Work data on dreaming and sleep states, out-of-body experiences, the Face of God exercise and adoration of the machine.

Are there women in the Work? Can there ever be women in the Work? This workshop for women explores adoration of the machine, initiation of men by women, recognition of the machine in sleep and three work songs by Parker Dickson. It's just the thing for that hard-to-let-go-of Male Myth.

This revealing presentation explores the multiple meanings of the term "Chief Feature" and man's choice of whether or not to feed it. Equilibrium of tensions, modern superstitions, emotional bodies as psychic phenomena and feeding a higher dimension are explored.

An excellent invocational dinner talk in which Mr. Gold elicits from a group, with the help of two other groups by easaphone connection, the understanding and background for a precise formulation of a work idea. This invocation covers the awakening of the heart, machine voice versus essential voice, nonphenomenal anatomy, correspondences between higher and lower dimensions and other fresh data related to group work towards awakening the machine.

New York workshop explores the cultural stereotyping and weaknesses and strengths of men and women in relationship to the Work. Relationships and the fragility of man, theatrical gender lines, work necessity, shamanism, and cleansing the self of identity are discussed. This tape should be listened to as a follow-up to Women in the Work I.

How long, and what intensity of work on self is needed to bring one into a position where transformation is possible? Necessity to awaken the machine, the evolution of the Absolute, the immortality of the machine and the Law of Triads are all examined in this very relevant talk for work on self.

E.J. Gold and Lee Lozowick. Lee talks about how a lot of people are attracted to the work ideas but are afraid to take any risks. Just listening to the ideas won't do anything. Work groups and entry into the work are discussed.

Samuel Avital is present for this vital discourse with E.J. wherein one student is put on "Lookout" for the Messiah and another is taken on a journey up "Shit Creek" to try and retrieve her life mantram.

The machine and the electric bubble, expansion of one's own morphology, repetition in beginning work, expansion, contraction, focusing and withdrawal of attention are all explored.

In this fascinating discussion with some visiting scientists, the inability of the brain to represent the universe in its field of interpretation is unveiled. Life-form tracking through the DNA and the ultimate weapon against death are topics also covered in this examination of the sensory apparatus of the human biological machine.

The attention of the being is contrasted with the attention of the machine from a fourth dimensional perspective. Fear and the aesthetic tolerance to no time flow and movement as a fourth-dimensional figure are also examined.

Side A: No Bullshit Tarot, 1970. The topics include explanations of Tarot card meanings and how to read them; "real" readings as opposed to Peace and Love bullshit readings; the spiritual Self and what we can become. These readings are based on the Albano-Waite deck. Side B: The Yelling Sermon, March 28, 1976. Mr. Gold expresses his anger at the lack of integrity, caring and work efforts in the community. Topics include an individual's betrayal of the Work, and choosing between ordinary ego life and the life of a Being. This one hits home! Some of the topics discussed include: Voluntary Evolution; the organization of Study Groups; directions for the construction of Invocational Dinners; Prayer Absolute and The Man on the Cross; an informative explanation of "the Octave"; invoking and provoking harmful presences; group invocation; the growth of a Soul; passage of an Angelic Presence; preparing for the Bardos; and lots more!

Side A: Developing the Permanent "I." Topics include the dilemma of attempting to work before you have sufficient understanding of what you're trying to do; "If you can't get knowledge as a nonpermanent series of I's, how are you going to produce in yourself the necessary Being-completion to get that knowledge?"; the nature of "changing understanding"; developing communication between the I's to produce a unified Human Being; lessening the shock of integration; placing identification with the Being rather than with the body; the requirement of a strong "Being-shock" to produce the "Witness" or "Essence I"; the "Oh, no, not again" syndrome as your strongest ally for work. Side B: Overcoming Personality. Topics include the difference between knowledge and information; the application of shocks and impressions needed to produce a real change in Being; and the efforts one must make in order to receive these shocks.

1986. With art, all the public usually sees is the finished product; not the process of how it was made and how it got into a gallery, home or museum. E.J. Gold discusses the materials and techniques that go into production of art in different media, including techniques used in ancient times; the reproduction of important works and why it is necessary; art pricing, dealing, collecting, and all the business details needed by a professional artist or art dealer. He talks about what constitutes a masterpiece, and the different ways art is evaluated by the artist, the public, dealers, and the critics. He also mentions the idea of objective art as "traps" placed in specific selected locations. This is a practical talk.

Pir Al-Wahshi a.k.a. E.J. Gold talks about extending one's lifespan for the Work, and how to bring oneself to the condition of being useful to the Work. He relates some of his experiences with his early teachers.

This talk focuses on the transformational and communication aspects related to Slime Mold Technology. Through adoration and caretaking of these ancient ancestors, we find a dynamic tool for alchemy and prayer.

Claude Needham, Ph.D., discusses the transformational life processes of slime molds with suggestions of experiments for the serious student.

Getting yourself "in trouble" provides the necessity for developing Work Will. E.J. demonstrates how this can be done.

In a rare West Coast appearance, June 2002 in Nevada City, CA, Dr. Claudio Naranjo joins E.J. Gold for a free-wheeling discussion of education and its institutions, possibilities for transforming individuals and society, and new book projects of both authors.

During the December 2002 workshop several students from Spain came armed with questions from fellow group members in Europe to ask Mr. Gold. Producing artwork, working in business, fear of death, and being of service are topics covered in this interview. Mr. Gold explains how these diverse areas can all be used as tools for self transformation. Mr. Gold compares his role as a teacher to that of a coach. In this work the teacher "can not do it for you." Each one is responsible to pull oneself up by one's own boot straps.

This talk explores through the analogy of gaming the patience required to work on self. Transformation is a process that takes attention and effort over a period of time. Changes are quickly apparent for the novice. For the senior student improved skill level manifests as a gradient over a much longer time.

During a surprise appearance at the Feb. 2003 workshop E.J. Gold addresses the question "What does art and video gaming have to do with the Work?" Gold explicitly innumerates skills acquired by penetrating these 2 areas and how this process relates to conditions of work. He reveals the traps / illusions one can get lost in while following both of these paths. Furthermore, he explains what real penetration requires and how that relates to the Work.

This workshop explores basic issues of Being and Nothingness in a powerfully practical and extremely experiential fashion. It accomplishes this by framing it under the subject of invisibility and immediately gives the secret of invisibility as, "The living won't see the dead. Not can't see, but won't." This little nugget of wisdom is from Beetlejuice - a must see classic bardo video. Mr. Gold opens a door to bardo spaces by presenting the conclusion that - you must be dead to be invisible. The key is given as, "In order to be dead you have to be, at least, 'as if' not here at all. It has to be a world without you, a world in which you do not exist. As long as there's a crumb of ego, you can't be invisible. But as soon as you can see a world that you do not exist in, a world in which you are not, that's your crossover point - the world in which you don't exist, that's the first place you'll be existing. Until then, you 'as if' exist." Enigmatic as this may sound, it becomes even more enigmatic upon listening to the entire workshop. However, clues and exercises are given for a lifetime of follow-up work.

E.J. Gold gives the basics on the Vajra Lightning Meditation. No one can initiate you. You must initiate yourself. The Vajra Lightning Meditation is a flash / burn method of burning off Karma. All initiation comes as a result of Work you have done on yourself. It always comes from your own efforts. The Vajra Lightning Meditation is a lightening. It is also a degree of enlightenment. The easiest enlightenment to achieve. You come to a school with a history - your trophies. Gold reveals a technique to use for letting go, lightening your load. Recommended listening prior to taking The Vajra Meditation Workshop.

Vajra Lightning Meditation is a flash / burn method of burning off Karma, an initiation that comes as a result of work you have done on yourself, always from your own efforts.