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Stand Firm, Stand Still

Stand Firm, Stand Still

by William Britten | Intentional Suffering, Cynthia Bourgeault, Gospel of Thomas, Jacob Boehme, Non-Identifying | 0 comments

“Stand firm, do not bend, is exactly what the tradition is talking about when they say surrender.” Cynthia Bourgeault God’s Protection and Timing “You know, you’ll be undone by a revelation, but your Heavenly Father knows you’re inside and knows at this point that you...
Evening Benediction: The Great Exchange

Evening Benediction: The Great Exchange

by William Britten | Poems-Benedictions-Intentions, Reciprocal Feeding | 6 comments

Benediction drawing from the ancient understanding of mercy as sacred commerce between the finite and the infinite. The Great Exchange May you rest knowing each breath tonightis gift flowing toward you,each exhale your offering backto the source of all being. May you...
Temperance: One of the Four Cardinal Virtues

Temperance: One of the Four Cardinal Virtues

by William Britten | Being, Conscience, Gospel of Thomas, Imaginal Realm, Meditations on the Tarot, Reciprocal Feeding | 0 comments

Exploring one of Plato’s four cardinal virtues: Wisdom, Courage, Temperance (sobriety or hygiene), and Justice. [The image: The higher vessel exchanging with the lower, or perhaps the reverse—an unbroken circuit of transformation. Gurdjieff might call it a depiction...
Tension, Struggle, and the Law of Three

Tension, Struggle, and the Law of Three

by William Britten | Law of Three, Consciousness, Cynthia Bourgeault, Gospel of Thomas, Intentional Suffering, Jacob Boehme, Third Force | 0 comments

The Law of Three: from the primordial ground of arising to accepting the tensions of daily life. “Third force has its genesis in bearing the tension of emergence.” Cynthia Bourgeault Origins of Manifestation “Tensioning both for Teilhard de Chardin and for...
Spiritual Discernment

Spiritual Discernment

by William Britten | Consciousness, Cynthia Bourgeault, Gospel of Thomas, Meditations on the Tarot, Wisdom Teachings | 0 comments

“It’s very, very good to be a hanged man vis-a-vis a spiritual discernment, because the head is going to be the last to catch on.” Cynthia Bourgeault The Nature of Spiritual Discernment “An exploration of Plato’s Four Cardinal Virtues: wisdom...
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