Key teachings from this modern mystic on contemplative practice, the Wisdom tradition, and non-dual awareness.
Conscious evolution only takes place by conscious effort. The Source Beyond Life's Demands "Conscious effort means effort that is not necessary in life and is not occasioned by life. That is, life is not the cause of it; the source of its origin does not lie in life....
The laborers in the vineyard parable, with commentary from Cynthia Bourgeault and Maurice Nicoll. The parable: But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first. For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, which went out...
The Good Samaritan parable, with commentary from Cynthia Bourgeault and Maurice Nicoll. “To a certain extent everyone asks for Good, as when a man puts an extra coal on the fire if it is cold. He does not expect any reward save the Good of the action. But nothing is...
The Beatitudes: Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. “The idea that a man can receive inner help or comfort by going against himself is not easy to grasp. Yet if there be a higher level from whence bliss proceeds with which communication...
The Beatitudes: Blessed Are the Meek, for they shall inherit the earth. "Now I will turn to the Sermon on the Mount. Amongst other things it says: Blessed are the poor in spirit—(those who do not identify) Blessed are the meek—(those who are not resentful) Blessed are...
The meaning of the wedding banquet parable: a wedding has to do with conjunctions, and not having a wedding garment means not having any emotional desire to unite with the Wisdom Teachings inwardly. “If you work wisely and well, you develop something which the...
You have to find something in yourself that already lives beyond death and begin to live out of it now: Second Body, Kesdjan Body. Cynthia Bourgeault The Essential Definition “You have to find something in yourself that already lives beyond death and begin to...
The Beatitudes Explained by Cynthia Bourgeault and Maurice Nicoll: Pure in Heart. Singleness "This may well be the most important of all the Beatitudes. But what is purity of heart? In Wisdom teachings, purity means singleness, and the proper translation of this...
“Act as a true human being. And that's your legacy and gift, the practical sacrifice you make back into the planet.” Cynthia Bourgeault “What is required of us at this point? I believe the highest work that we can undertake with full confidence is to sow into the...
The kingdom of heaven is within and without; Seek it. “The drop is in the ocean and the ocean is in the drop” Cynthia Bourgeault, heard at many Wisdom Schools “Only in our deepest unity do we discover our deepest differentiation and freedom.” Cynthia Bourgeault,...
Origin of God and origin of consciousness: God desired to be known and to be reflected by manifestation. “The Good has come among you pursuing its own essence within nature in order to reunite everything to its Origin.” Gospel of Mary Magdalene “Our role, as most of...
“Wholeness means the integration of the masculine and feminine within you so that you transcend and embrace the opposites." Cynthia Bourgeault “When you realize that the two are one, and that each of us in our own minute particularity is living the archetypal story,...