by William Britten | Gospel of Thomas, Maurice Nicoll, Parables, Self-Observation |
Spiritual aim through self-observation. “The psychological meaning of the Pharisees refers, not to certain people who lived long ago, but to oneself now—to the Pharisee in oneself, to the insincere person in oneself, who, of course, cannot receive any real and genuine...
by William Britten | Maurice Nicoll, Wisdom Teachings |
The Gurdjieff teachings of levels of consciousness and awakening from sleep. “Self-criticism is a dead end, it is a particularly negative identification, and 100% mechanical. It leads away from and not towards self-change.” Annie Lou Staveley, The Plan Is Good, p107...
by William Britten | Being, Gospel of Thomas, Maurice Nicoll |
The self transforming relationships of these four ideas. Maurice Nicoll states that the center of gravity of Will is in the Emotional Center—the part that is the object of the Work to awaken. Instead of Will being stern resolve, there is a new emotion entering this...
by William Britten | Maurice Nicoll, Gospel of Thomas |
Thoughts on the transformation of self through living between opposites. In The Plan Is Good, a collection of her writings, Annie Lou Staveley writes about “pulls,” which seems to be her term for what Maurice Nicoll calls “opposites.” She says, “Now I’m...
by William Britten | Gospel of Thomas, Maurice Nicoll |
Maurice Nicoll, Yeshua, and T.S. Eliot speak of consciousness levels. Maurice begins his talk with the statement, “The feeling of Eternity enters into Self-Remembering, and does not enter into Self-Observation.” Commentaries, p943. I love Maurice’s talks about...
