Sayings of the Gospel of Thomas. Jesus’s direct teachings on recognizing the divine within.
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...
“[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...
Blessed are the poor. Surrender is a creative act and is an act of your inner strength. Cynthia Bourgeault The Paradox of Active and Passive "The will is an active force; it is not naturally an organ of perception. In order for it to be able to perceive it should...
“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...
“Blissfulness is the state of the human being where spirit, soul and body are united in a comprehensive rhythm.” "What is joy? What is it in its deeper sense? "Seen in the light of the Arcanum 'The World'—the Arcanum of rhythmic movement or dance—joy is the harmony of...
“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...
Exploring one of Plato’s four cardinal virtues: Wisdom, Courage, Temperance (sobriety or hygiene), and Justice. [The image: The higher vessel exchanging with the lower, or perhaps the reverse—an unbroken circuit of transformation. Gurdjieff might call it a depiction...
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),...