by William Britten | Conscience, Consciousness, Maurice Nicoll |
Maurice Nicoll discusses Real Conscience vs Consciousness. Maurice Nicoll addresses Conscience early in his Psychological Commentaries: “Consciousness and Conscience are similar in their respective spheres, one being in the Intellectual Centre, the other in the...
by William Britten | Parables, Maurice Nicoll, Meditations on the Tarot |
Commentary on the Parable of the Lost Sheep and Lost Piece of Silver. Maurice Nicoll talks about the meaning of two Parables in the Gospel of Luke—one the parable of the lost sheep and the other about a lost piece of silver. Parable of the Lost Sheep: What man of you,...
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...
