Key teachings from this modern mystic on contemplative practice, the Wisdom tradition, and non-dual awareness.
from the teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault on conscious presence The Wide Space of Present MomentMay you rest knowingthat today you practicedthe hardest thing:standing inside yourself.May the moments when attentionwas not lost to its objectbut held free and presenthave...
From our earth plane perspective, this manifests as a series of meaningful coincidences or striking synchronicity. And these features are indeed the primary hallmark of Imaginal causality at play. Cynthia Bourgeault Contrasting Forms of Causality "In World 48, it's...
from the teachings on perichoresis of Cynthia Bourgeault May you rest knowingyou moved todaywithin the Great Dance—both the dance itselfand the one who danced.May your steps,clumsy or sure,sound their notein the eternal pattern.May you trustthe force that danced youis...
“[A man] may act from Good, from seeing the good of acting so. This develops the internal man.” Maurice Nicoll “Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand." (Matthew XIII xi-xiii) The...
“The joy of good conscience is the accord between the moral rhythms of the lower self and the higher Self.” Meditations on the Tarot The Nature of Conscience "The word conscience ("con-science") contains the idea of balance, for it implies 'simultaneous knowing', i.e....
On chastity and being emotionally present: “The purifying of the emotional center corresponds directly with a monastic vow of chastity.” Cynthia Bourgeault Defining True Chastity "The vow of chastity means putting into practice the resolution to live according to...
“God made you to be a precious cog in the wheel of enormous dynamism of compassion and mercy. You receive, you give.” Cynthia Bourgeault The Essential Nature of Compassion “The demand for compassion remains unbroken throughout the realms. But if your heart has no...
"If you're yearning for God ... just pause right in the middle of that ache and feel it and understand it as the innate language of the divine love for you." Cynthia Bourgeault Yearning as Divine Reciprocity "As we enter the path of transformation, the most valuable...
“Stand firm, do not bend, is exactly what the tradition is talking about when they say surrender.” Cynthia Bourgeault God’s Protection and Timing “You know, you’ll be undone by a revelation, but your Heavenly Father knows you’re inside and knows at this point that you...
The Law of Three: from the primordial ground of arising to accepting the tensions of daily life. “Third force has its genesis in bearing the tension of emergence.” Cynthia Bourgeault Origins of Manifestation "Tensioning both for Teilhard de Chardin and for Boehme is...
“It's very, very good to be a hanged man vis-a-vis a spiritual discernment, because the head is going to be the last to catch on.” Cynthia Bourgeault The Nature of Spiritual Discernment "An exploration of Plato's Four Cardinal Virtues: wisdom (prudence, discernment),...
"The states or stages of the soul corresponding to concentration, meditation and contemplation are those of purification, illumination and union." Meditations on the Tarot The Nature of Contemplation "What is the gnostic sense? It is the contemplative sense....