The Kingdom of Heaven is not a physical place but a state of inner transformation: teachings on the divine reality accessible here and now through transformed perception.
From the sayings of Thomas: Humanity started poorly, on the path of division. But the path to unity is still open. There are five evergreen trees waiting in paradise. Logion 19 Yeshua says... Blessed are all who come to live at the point of arising — their "genesis,"...
"The higher creates the lower on every successive level in the Great Chain of Being.” Maurice Nicoll Recognition of Higher and Lower "All esotericism begins with the idea that there is something higher. Exoteric systems, such as religions, say that this something...
“Jacob Boehme says the soul begins in the fire principle and as we are willing to submit to the alchemy of transformation, that's how something emerges.” Cynthia Bourgeault From Friction to Self-Perceptivity "What [Jacob Boehme] is calling anguish, if you took it down...
“Every breath you take is the breath of God.” Cynthia Bourgeault quoting Father Theophane, The Wisdom Jesus, p 162. Cosmic Dialysis Through Breathing “The willingness to breathe in the pain of all creation either specifically or generally and breathe out blessing, yes...
The single eye unites two ways of seeing: the inner eye gazing into eternity and the outer eye engaging worldly wonders, creating unity of vision. "The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light; but if thine...
Purification, illumination and union represent the universal pathway of spiritual development found across all wisdom traditions. This eternal way creates the rainbow of hope. The Three Fundamental Stages “The three ‘ways’ or stages of traditional...
Inspired by the Hermetic teachings and teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault May you rest knowingthe surrendering you did today—however small, however hidden—was real work.May you trust the exchangethat flowed through you today,between bounded and unbounded,particular and...
“These laws of the Work cannot remain forms of blind external obedience but become things that you acknowledge and understand and eventually will for yourself.” Maurice Nicoll The True Nature of Obedience "Obedience means ob-audere, listen to the depths, or listen...
All those who have evolved have left memorials behind them in teachings, parables, and other directions for those still in prison on earth. These constitute the map and compass, the chart, the secret instructions for freedom in spirituality. The Nature of Our Prison...
You can reach a stage in which you begin to have a feeling of freedom from your moods, your emotions, and your thoughts. This is the beginning of inner freedom, spiritual freedom. Maurice Nicoll The Nature of True Freedom "All freedom is gained by rising in the...
"When Jesus said, in my father's house are many mansions, I think that the Great Chain of Being's maps allow us one way to imagine what he's talking about." Cynthia Bourgeault The Universal Teaching of Many Mansions "Virtually all the wisdom traditions of the world...
Again the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a net, and "is not attainable by everyone in any one particular cycle of time." Mauarice Nicoll Selection in the Kingdom of Heaven "In the teaching about the Kingdom of Heaven and its relation to humanity on earth as given in...