Maurice Nicoll - The Contemplative Practice of Living from Good

Lamp Oil

The parable of the wise and foolish virgins must be understood beyond its literal meaning - the lamp represents...

“Real miracles are brought about by attracting the laws of a higher world to act in a lower world." Maurice Nicoll...

“The faith that moves mountains can neither be an intellectual opinion nor a personal feeling, no matter how intense.”...

"When you begin to unknow what you were sure you knew, you are undergoing a change of mental outlook, you are...

“[A man] may act from Good, from seeing the good of acting so. This develops the internal man.” Maurice Nicoll...

“The joy of good conscience is the accord between the moral rhythms of the lower self and the higher Self.”...

On chastity and being emotionally present: “The purifying of the emotional center corresponds directly with a monastic...

The idea of justice on this Earth is illusion. All of sleeping humanity belongs to a tiny planet which is a kind of...

“The Gospel of John is written from the marriage of Good with Truth. For this reason at the very beginning of John's...

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn...

“The roots of evil go deep down into the same bedrock as the roots of evolution. They grow like the tares and wheat,...

Lectio Harmonia I offer the term ‘Lectio Harmonia’ to describe a contemplative practice of discovering resonance among...