by William Britten | Poems-Benedictions-Intentions, Cynthia Bourgeault |
A Morning Intention on Practicing Gratitude from the teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault. I wake todayto the transforming forceof genuine gratitude.I will find, in whatever comes,one small thingto hold and welcome—turning tightness into space,closure into breath.My first...
by William Britten | Non-Identifying, Cynthia Bourgeault, Gospel of Thomas, Meditations on the Tarot |
“Spiritual humility is the capacity for the exchange with your environment. … it’s the capacity for creative exchange with the now.” Cynthia Bourgeault The Heart’s Humility “Organic humility … is not found in the head, but rather in the heart. Because it is...
by William Britten | Georges Ivanovich Gurdjieff, Cynthia Bourgeault, Gospel of Thomas |
“In the philosophy of Georges Gurdjieff, the Five Obligonian Strivings are a list of particular things that a human being that is worthily on the path of becoming a true human being will take on.” Cynthia Bourgeault “Believe it or not, the quality of your...
by William Britten | Attention, Being, Cynthia Bourgeault, Gospel of Thomas |
The Practice of Being Still “♪ ♪ Stillness, deep deep within us. In small beginnings it flows into the living waters. The ocean of God, through our stillness, God moves. ♪ ♪ ” Paulette Meier “And so through our stillness, through our joy...
by William Britten | Meditations on the Tarot, Consciousness, Gospel of Thomas |
“The rule of every serious esotericist should be to be silent—often for a length of years—concerning every new spiritual illumination.” Will-to-Serve “The will-to-serve underlies the fundamental Hermetic attitude. Instead of putting forward the hand to take, the human...