by William Britten | Gospel of Thomas, Maurice Nicoll, Wisdom Teachings |
Our Daily Bread meaning in esoteric Christianity Maurice Nicoll talks about ‘our daily bread’ in the Lord’s Prayer: “In Greek it does not mean daily, but ‘what is needful.’ It also has the meaning of ‘trans substantial bread’ or ‘what is beyond ourselves.’” p941 Bread...
by William Britten | Maurice Nicoll, Georges Ivanovich Gurdjieff, Gospel of Thomas |
What is the Soul in the Teachings of Geoges Ivanovich Gurdjieff and the Gospel of Thomas? I’ve become comfortable with Essence and Personality as the twin pillars of internal and external in the philosophy of Gurdjieff, but not so clear with where and how the Soul...
by William Britten | Self-Remembering, Attention, Gospel of Thomas, Maurice Nicoll |
“You can think of Self Remembering as a kind of lifting oneself up from the uproar of things in oneself.” Maurice Nicoll Separation from Events “There is an ancient definition, or description, or indication, of Self-Remembering: I come out of...
by William Britten | Gospel of Mary Magdalene, Gospel of Thomas, Kingdom of Heaven, Maurice Nicoll |
From The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, Dialogue 1. The parts in bold address the nature of sin. ”Tell us about matter. Will it survive or not?” The Savior answered: “All of nature with its forms and creatures exist together and are interwoven with each other. They...
by William Britten | Gospel of Mary Magdalene, Gospel of Thomas, Maurice Nicoll |
Thoughts on materialism and spirituality from the “Mary Gospel.” From the Gospel of Mary Magdalene: Dialogue One. The parts in bold relate specifically to the topic of attachment to matter. “Tell us about matter. Will it survive or not?” The...
