Key teachings from this modern mystic on contemplative practice, the Wisdom tradition, and non-dual awareness.
“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...
"You really see this in the 'blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness'. Because as so many of those great parables say, the yearning that you have for the divine is already the yearning that the divine has for you." Cynthia Bourgeault "To exalt...
from the teachings of Cynthia BourgeaultSacred Servants: Evening Benedictions and Blessings May you rest, knowing your grief tonight carries the essence of love, the prima materia from which new worlds are shaped.May your heartbreak for this frightened planet be...
“In a moment of remorse of conscience, you finally take responsibility. And in that moment, you are free of blame and self-justification.” Cynthia Bourgeault Conscience in Different Worlds "In World 24, we're moved by conscience. Conscience is something we can glimpse...
"To specialize oneself in order to gain temporary advantages or to be moved only by the hunger and thirst for truth beauty and goodness—here is the choice that every human being, every community, every tradition or spiritual school, must make." Valentin Tomberg The...