by William Britten | Non-Identifying, Georges Ivanovich Gurdjieff, Gospel of Thomas, Maurice Nicoll |
“Identifying is the greatest enemy that we have to overcome. It is through being always identified that we are kept asleep.” G Gurdjieff quoted by Maurice Nicol The Nature of Identification “Inebriated, as the Gospel of Thomas says. What are we inebriated...
by William Britten | Consciousness, Being, Cynthia Bourgeault, Gospel of Thomas, Imaginal Realm, Maurice Nicoll, Meditations on the Tarot |
“The long arc of evolution bends toward human consciousness.” Cynthia Bourgeault The Nature of Consciousness “Consciousness and Conscience are similar in their respective spheres, one being in the Intellectual Center, the other in the Emotional...
by William Britten | Wisdom Teachings, Cynthia Bourgeault, Gospel of Thomas |
Braiding Three Strands of Troubling the Water: a Chant, a Miracle, and a Logion “♪ ♪ The wellsprings of life are bubbling up anew each moment. So when the angel is troubling the waters, it is no time to stand on the bank and recite past wonders. The wellsprings...
by William Britten | Reciprocal Feeding, Cynthia Bourgeault, Gospel of Thomas, Meditations on the Tarot |
The Hermetic Principle of Cooperation exists in the cooperation of flowering plants and bees, in the cooperation of different cells in an organism, and in cooperation in the human social organism. Cooperation: The Original Divine Design “The Lord God placed the...
by William Britten | Third Force, Cynthia Bourgeault, Gospel of Thomas, Meditations on the Tarot |
The ‘both and’ paradox of nondualism: “The capacity to bear paradox without the need to immediately resolve it is an essential midwife in a situation. So much of spiritual practice really hovers around increasing our skill in doing that.” Cynthia Bourgeault The Limits...
