Sayings of the Gospel of Thomas. Jesus’s direct teachings on recognizing the divine within.
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,...
What does Blessed are the poor in spirit mean in terms of finding the place between opposites? “We must realize that we live on this planet between the Opposites. Our whole lives, ordinarily, are governed by the Law of the Pendulum. We all swing to and fro. When you...
"Sometimes, it takes the complete collapse of every outer paradigm for you to realize you've just touched the pearl of great price." Cynthia Bourgeault “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great...
"Presence is an energy, a spiritual substance, a very, very precious subtle substance. But we squander it." Becoming present as spiritual practice. The Energetic Reality of Presence "For me the fruit of my own struggles on this path for 40 years, is that the...
Maurice NicollAmwell HouseNOTE AT CHRISTMASTIME 1948 Throughout known history, various attempts have been made to awaken Man to the mystery of his existence. So strong, however, is the external man, the man formed by contact with external life via the senses—in short,...
When we look on the universe with gratitude, a situation will shift in the direction of largeness and spaciousness. “Gratitude is one of the most powerful healing and transforming forces at our disposal. All you have to do to make a situation change is to flip the...
“The Gospel of Thomas reads like an incredible kind of Rorschach of your own spiritual journey. It's amazing.” Cynthia Bourgeault Discovery and Impact “Among all the astonishing documents accidentally—or fatefully—unearthed in 1945 near the desert village of Nag...
What is faith? Is there a deeper meaning of faith? Maurice Nicoll and Cynthia Bourgeault offer insight. “Faith is necessary to open a part of the mind not opened by the senses. To realize scale means to realize that there are different levels of meaning. Literal...
"The Fruits of the Spirit are all alchemical byproducts of conscious labor and intentional suffering." Cynthia Bourgeault The Calling of Human Beings "My own take, simply in a nutshell, is that what we human beings are called to produce in this planet are what have...
Our level of Being attracts our life—and prayers of silence from our Being attract the response from above. The Original Purpose of Prayer "Prayer was originally to ask for help to lift one to a higher level of consciousness. The Lord's Prayer is designed to make a...