To be present in third force is to unite the opposites. "The primary opposites were called by an ancient Mediterranean...
Unite the Opposites
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Maurice Nicoll
Essential teachings from Maurice Nicoll, whose wartime talks in England became the Wisdom classic, Psychological Commentaries of Gurdjieff.
Aeons
“We are coming into a new aeon, a new age. Aeons lasts about two thousand years and then its truth wears out. Then it...
Only the Moment
Intellectual presence decreases our alertness to present moment awareness. “The whole work is based on extending the...
Psychic Energy
“Attention. That’s the most immediate form of what we call psychic energy. And will and love.” Cynthia Bourgeault...
A, B, and C Influences
Logion 8, the parable of the net full of small fishes, and hidden among these is one large, exceptional fish. A ‘B...
Intuition
Spiritual intuition results from the intimate and profound alliance of intelligence and spontaneous wisdom. “Time, all...
Don’t Look Back
"Whenever we remember ourselves in the mechanical sense by remembering our miseries and suffering, we are like Lot's...
Inner Separation
Practice inner separation from life in order to see higher truths “As regards this isolation from life that I spoke...
Deputy-Steward
The term Deputy-Steward in Maurice Nicoll’s writings describes a crucial stage in the development of states of...
Spiritual Slumber
The whole matter of waking up from spiritual slumber begins with meditation. “How many times is this said in the...
Unjust Steward
The essential meaning of the parable of the Unjust Steward is that if a person fails in their highest purpose, they...
Holy the Firm
The Gurdjieff Law of Three in the Trisagion Hymn. Agios O Theos (O Holy God), Agios ischyros (Holy, Strong), Agios...