Essential teachings from Maurice Nicoll, whose wartime talks in England became the Wisdom classic, Psychological Commentaries of Gurdjieff.
Maurice Nicoll teaches the spiritual unity that comes from uniting Truth and Good. “The words Christ and Jesus have different meanings in the Gospels. Christ refers to the side of the Truth of the Word of God—that is, the Truth that can guide a man to inner...
Quotes from Cynthia Bourgeault, Maurice Nicoll, and the Gospel of Thomas on the Philosophy of Time. “This particular dimension that we live in seems to be governed by the laws of linear time and linear causality. It looks like things come to us from a place that...
Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. The Psychological Account-Book Maurice Nicoll talks of a "form of identifying called making accounts. A man begins to feel that people owe him, that he deserves better treatment, more rewards, more recognition, and he...
Have you ever thought how much your vanity and pride put you in the opposites? Blessed are the poor in spirit means not to identify with oneself. Maurice Nicoll p325 This Impression will focus on non-identifying as a means of isolating from life. Maurice Nicoll states...
Finding Real Aim in Self Transformations Cynthia Bourgeault: You can’t move the plank you’re standing on! Maurice Nicoll: You can’t change your level of Being from your current level of Being. Albert Einstein: You can’t solve a problem from the same thinking...
Maurice Nicoll discusses Real Conscience vs Consciousness. Maurice Nicoll addresses Conscience early in his Psychological Commentaries: “Consciousness and Conscience are similar in their respective spheres, one being in the Intellectual Centre, the other in the...
Commentary on the Parable of the Lost Sheep and Lost Piece of Silver. Maurice Nicoll talks about the meaning of two Parables in the Gospel of Luke—one the parable of the lost sheep and the other about a lost piece of silver. Parable of the Lost Sheep: What man of you,...
Our Daily Bread meaning in esoteric Christianity Maurice Nicoll talks about ‘our daily bread’ in the Lord’s Prayer: “In Greek it does not mean daily, but ‘what is needful.’ It also has the meaning of ‘trans substantial bread’ or ‘what is beyond ourselves.’” p941 Bread...
What is the Soul in the Teachings of Geoges Ivanovich Gurdjieff and the Gospel of Thomas? I’ve become comfortable with Essence and Personality as the twin pillars of internal and external in the philosophy of Gurdjieff, but not so clear with where and how the Soul...
"You can think of Self Remembering as a kind of lifting oneself up from the uproar of things in oneself." Maurice Nicoll Separation from Events "There is an ancient definition, or description, or indication, of Self-Remembering: I come out of everything unto myself....
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...