by William Britten | Essence, Gospel of Thomas |
A key to inner transformation is work on Essence and Personality. I had dreams last night, “Groundhog Day” dreams of recurring events and the sense that so much of life in this realm is about keeping the flow of time intact and predictable. Our global socio-economic...
by William Britten | Law of Seven, Gospel of Thomas, Maurice Nicoll, Parables |
The idea of octaves weaves through the Gurdjieff teachings. This relates to one of the primary ideas of the work: the Law of Seven, or Law of Octaves, or the Law of Order of Manifestation. The Law of Seven describes the process of development through seven stages,...
by William Britten | Being, Maurice Nicoll |
Maurice Nicoll: Goodness is of Being, and Knowledge is of Mind In the first volume of his Commentaries, Maurice Nicoll discusses the two sides of a person’s development—knowledge and being—and how these two must go hand in hand, resulting in understanding. (p93)...
by William Britten | Good, Maurice Nicoll |
A short musing on Truth and Good in the context of inner evolution. I woke up with the remnants of a dreamlike sequence in my mind, which said: there is no fruit of the spirit called honesty or truth. Hmm, why not? Is honesty of this realm only? This was a bit of...
by William Britten | Wisdom Teachings |
My personal exploration of Wisdom spirituality. May 2024 There is a sense that life is like a Parable or a Gospel of Thomas Logion or Desert Saying—these ancient forms that were meant to deliver Wisdom through different levels of meaning and truth. There is the lower...
