Key teachings from this modern mystic on contemplative practice, the Wisdom tradition, and non-dual awareness.
Inspired by the Hermetic teachings and teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault May you rest knowingthe surrendering you did today—however small, however hidden—was real work.May you trust the exchangethat flowed through you today,between bounded and unbounded,particular and...
"There is something in the heart of Divine purpose that impels it to manifest outwardly, to recognize its own wholeness. All part of the revelation of the divine immense formlessness coming into form." Cynthia Bourgeault The Divine Imperative to Manifest "There is...
Daily Intentions from the teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault May I wake alignedwith the frequencyof the cosmos.Giving is receiving.May I keep my heart clear,my hands open, my eye unencumbered,embedded in abundance.May I bring something in handto the day’s...
“The wellsprings of life are bubbling up anew each moment.” Thomas Kelly, Quaker mystic and scholar, from A Testament of Devotion (1941) Disowning the False Self to Find the Wellspring "[Meister Eckhart] writes, that after a time of kind of disorder and searching and...
“With the engagement of this property of sympathetic resonance, being able to fully enter the insides of things, and a blind beholding into the naked being of God himself.” Cynthia Bourgeault Meaning as Resonance "Meaning is not explanation. Meaning is resonance."...
“The fruit of your own inner work is non-transferable. You can’t make your eyes radiate kindness by trying to copy it from the outside. The kindness will come as an alchemical product of the way you live your life.” Cynthia Bourgeault [This Impression took a while for...
“A new sense of hope—a hope that's grounded in the faith, hope and love of consciousness." Cynthia Bourgeault Characteristics of Mystical Hope "Mystical Hope has three characteristics. First of all, that it's not tied to outcome. It's not an optimistic feeling based...
A Wisdom poem from the teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault Benediction: Stand Still in the Light When you find yourself lost,off whatever trailyou were following,stand still in the dark. If the light of conscience comes,and it may,in the quiet hours,be still. Don’t grab,...
The factors for the being-impulse of your conscience lie in the sorrow of our creator. The tears of God, to put it in metaphoric form." Cynthia Bourgeault The Divine Origin of Conscience "[Cynthia quoting Gurdjieff in Beelzebub's Tales]: 'The factors for the being...
You Are the Veil: the Benediction for EveningFrom the teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault May you rest knowingyou are the veilthat hides the paradise you seek—the simple weightof finite being itself.May you trust the promise:nothing hidden will remain secret,everything...
“In Centering Prayer, your attitude towards life becomes more spacious, more unboundaried, more present.” Cynthia Bourgeault The Nature of Spaciousness "Think for a minute and go inside yourself and see if you can find the difference between that part of you that is...
“The true self really begins with witnessing presence. With that unboundaried, commingled, flowing sense of interpenetrated selfhood, which is dimensionless and boundaryless.” Cynthia Bourgeault The Observer Eye: Introduction to Witnessing "Let me just start to talk...