Sayings of the Gospel of Thomas. Jesus’s direct teachings on recognizing the divine within.
From The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, Dialogue 1. The parts in bold address the nature of sin. ”Tell us about matter. Will it survive or not?” The Savior answered: “All of nature with its forms and creatures exist together and are interwoven with each other. They...
Thoughts on materialism and spirituality from the "Mary Gospel." From the Gospel of Mary Magdalene: Dialogue One. The parts in bold relate specifically to the topic of attachment to matter. "Tell us about matter. Will it survive or not?" The Savior answered:"All of...
Inner sincerity and spiritual integrity in conscious efforts. “It is not enough to wish to be sincere. There is no effort I can make to arrive at sincerity directly. Real sincerity needs no vehemence or emphasis. It is not concerned with convincing others. It often...
In the transformation of the self, what we experience in Time is the result of our level of Being. It’s not quite a mantra, but the phrase “your Being attracts your life” appears six or seven times in Maurice Nicoll's Psychological Commentaries. Like the condensed...
Commentary on the Parable of the Talents, by Cynthia Bourgeault and Maurice Nicoll. The Mirror Principle: Quality Over Quantity "As you remember the plot of that [parable], the landlord was gone away on a trip so he called his servants and entrusted one with five...
Teachings on Reciprocal Feeding from Maurice Nicoll and the Gospel of Thomas The Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) has a unique strategy for transforming energy that can be viewed through the lens of our spiritual teachings. Rhizobium bacteria infect the root...
Spiritual aim through self-observation. “The psychological meaning of the Pharisees refers, not to certain people who lived long ago, but to oneself now—to the Pharisee in oneself, to the insincere person in oneself, who, of course, cannot receive any real and genuine...
The self transforming relationships of these four ideas. Maurice Nicoll states that the center of gravity of Will is in the Emotional Center—the part that is the object of the Work to awaken. Instead of Will being stern resolve, there is a new emotion entering this...
Thoughts on the transformation of self through living between opposites. In The Plan Is Good, a collection of her writings, Annie Lou Staveley writes about “pulls,” which seems to be her term for what Maurice Nicoll calls “opposites.” She says, “Now I’m...
Maurice Nicoll, Yeshua, and T.S. Eliot speak of consciousness levels. Maurice begins his talk with the statement, “The feeling of Eternity enters into Self-Remembering, and does not enter into Self-Observation.” Commentaries, p943. I love Maurice’s talks about...
Purifying the Emotional Center of Negativity is one path to self transformation. “It is in my thoughts and my feelings in which begins a possibility of ascent and descent. I must work to connect the idea of purification with this.” Annie Lou Staveley, The Plan is...
A key to inner transformation is work on Essence and Personality. I had dreams last night, “Groundhog Day” dreams of recurring events and the sense that so much of life in this realm is about keeping the flow of time intact and predictable. Our global socio-economic...