Sayings of the Gospel of Thomas. Jesus’s direct teachings on recognizing the divine within.
A poem of Wisdom on the fullness of time, from teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault One Small LampThe InnocenceThe old man kneelsbefore the child of seven days.Before separation and belonging,before the long way home.The Outward JourneyTen steps out.Chronos ticks.The...
“Only when you have come to know your true Self will you be fully known—realizing at last that you are a child of the Living One.” Yeshua, Logion 3, Gospel of Thomas The Ancient Call to Inwardness ♪ ♪ “Keep within, keep within, and when they say look here or look...
“Apophatic practice really corresponds to a different, much more unboundaried self.” Cynthia Bourgeault Beyond the Faculties “One of the basic lines of division when you’re talking about spiritual theology are apophatic and cataphatic. And cataphatic practices and...
What is Worry? “Every time you say ‘I am so worried,’ you give energy to it. You should not speak your worry.” Maurice Nicoll, Informal Work Talks and Teachings 1940-1950, p132. “QUESTION: What is worry? Does the Work say anything about worrying? How can it be...
WB: This Impression is a very deep, rich, and advanced curation of Cynthia Bourgeault’s synthesis of three massive cosmological systems (Boehme, Gurdjieff, Teilhard) around a single fundamental question in spiritual work: What is the energy of love? A previous...
The Christianity of resurrection and ascension “absolutely demands the ability to move between worlds and to see with the eye of the heart, and to receive ongoing teaching, help, and support from a risen Jesus.” Cynthia Bourgeault The Bold Paradox of Resurrection...
Spiritual awakening: “Heaven is not a place that you die into, but a place that you awaken to, and you awake now, and you awake in the next moment, and the next moment, and the next moment.” Cynthia Bourgeault The Foundation of Spiritual Awakening “The obedient mind...
A good night blessing May your life settle into alignmentwith the Good that is already present. May Good make itself knownas warmth,as steadiness,as belonging. May kindness appearas naturally as lightwhere there is space.May generosity move freely.May forgiveness...
“Feel the impact of your finitude, not as your ego having failed, but just the sense that you are the veil that hides the paradise you seek.” Cynthia Bourgeault The Divine Instrument "This wonderful, wonderful metaphor in number 27 [from Forty Questions of the Soul],...
“This unity of opposites, this reconciling force, is a third thing, a Third Force, connecting both opposites and yet different from either.” Maurice Nicoll The Cross as Unity of Opposites “The Cross is the union of two pairs of opposites, and the practice of the Cross...
“Spiritual sacrifice means to make holy. Make holy means to make whole.” Cynthia Bourgeault Three Sacred Vows “It is a matter of sacrificing the three powers of the soul to heaven. This sacrifice is nothing other than the three traditional and universal...
“Spiritual humility is the capacity for the exchange with your environment. … it’s the capacity for creative exchange with the now.” Cynthia Bourgeault The Heart’s Humility “Organic humility … is not found in the head, but rather in the heart. Because it is...