Being has to do with Goodness. With Good in your Being, you will be able to understand and live the Wisdom Teachings and not merely know them.
Teachings from the Gospels of Thomas and Philip on ripening and coming into being. Threshold of Ripening “It is necessary to work, and to allow growth; to think, and to await the growth and ripening of thought; and that it is necessary for the magical word to be...
Continual awareness of the inexplicable mysteries of life is one of the signs of Magnetic Center. The Nature of Magnetic Center "The magnetic center in a man means his power of distinguishing between influences which are life influences and created within the sphere...
An evening benediction on poverty in spirit from the teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault Richness of Poverty in Spirit May you settle tonight into the quiet borders of your own being, receiving your finitude as the veil that holds the paradise you seek.May you trust that...
In Jesus you see a heart centered approach emerging in his teaching. The marriage of heaven and earth in the ground of the heart. The living colors of the rainbow that appear in the sky … we see unity in diversity An Intermediary Zone “Doubt is more than a...
Our heart is really the spiritual vessel in us that mediates between our finite being and the infinite that loves us. Cynthia Bourgeault The Call to Inner Selection "You have not begun to select—to separate—to throw away the bad and put the good into vessels. If you...
“You are the veil that hides the paradise you seek” The spiritual veil is our tendency to make everything external or transactional. The Paradox of Finite Being Not sin, but the weight and density of created finite being-ness itself. "[Rafe] was the one who was...
“When the mind comes into the heart, the new operating system of nonduality kicks in.” Cynthia Bourgeault The Multiplicity of Ordinary Being "Not one of you here has a real permanent, unchanging 'I'. Not one of you here has real unity of being. All of you are nothing...
"The higher creates the lower on every successive level in the Great Chain of Being.” Maurice Nicoll Recognition of Higher and Lower "All esotericism begins with the idea that there is something higher. Exoteric systems, such as religions, say that this something...
“The witnessing selfhood, or Imaginal selfhood, is of a lighter density: contained, non-identified, collected, balanced, and gathered.” Cynthia Bourgeault A Missing Name for Subtle Selfhood “There is a selfhood, just as there is subtle perception, there’s also subtle...
Nightly blessings from the teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault May you rest knowing the veil of your finitude is the form through which the infinite learns to touch,without consuming.May the bounded love you offered,pressed tight within the day's limits,have glowed more...
“The vow of poverty is to live as much from the word which comes from the mouth of God as from the bread which enters the mouth of man.” Meditations on the Tarot The Foundation: True Poverty as Receptivity “The vow of poverty is the practice of inner emptiness, which...
“If you say yes, if you show up, be present, you will be cared for and you will receive assistance, and your spiritual journey will unfold.” Cynthia Bourgeault The Fundamental Commitment “If you show up, you have a responsibility to be present. Choose what you show up...