by William Britten | Maurice Nicoll, Self-Observation |
Conscious life seen as a little death. “If you practice dying to things in yourself, gradually you will become more and more alive.” Maurice Nicoll, Commentaries p665 “There will be a death and a resurrection, as there always follows a resurrection from what we die...
by William Britten | Maurice Nicoll, Gospel of Thomas, Reciprocal Feeding |
Teachings on Reciprocal Feeding from Maurice Nicoll and the Gospel of Thomas The Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) has a unique strategy for transforming energy that can be viewed through the lens of our spiritual teachings. Rhizobium bacteria infect the root...
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...
