Gospel of Thomas - The Contemplative Practice of Living from Good

The Kingdom of Heaven Is Within

The level above Man is called the Kingdom of Heaven or Kingdom of God in the Gospels. It has many other names in...

Maurice Nicoll talks of spiritual awakening levels and change of Being. “Being is the presence in a person, however...

There are so many references to the Light of Consciousness in Maurice Nicoll's teachings that it must be of key...

Two Pillars of Conscious Work: Conscious Labor and Voluntary Suffering "The two pillars of the Gurdjieffian program...

How a person is trapped in mechanical reactions at a low level of consciousness. A person’s personality may be...

Entropy and Kenosis … how are these connected? Kenosis is a word related to letting go of something--becoming “poor in...

The Law of Three Forces of Creation: active, passive, and reconciling. The Teachings say that the Law of Three and the...

Wisdom Schools are the vehicle for passing esoteric teachings through the ages. “Wisdom schools seem to have emerged...

Seeing the chiastic pattern as the higher arc of meaning in life beyond the linear events of temporality. “Because of...

“Self-Remembering, non-identifying, and non-considering are the things that can change our Being. But self-observation...

Illustrating how a person cannot serve two masters. “Nostalgia and envy are two of the biggest spiritual saboteurs.”...

Cynthia Bourgeault characterizes the Imaginal Realm, or World 24, as the spiritual, interpenetrating Kingdom of Heaven...