Jesus’s teaching stories, interpreted as maps for inner development and transformed perception.
The Parables of Jesus contain an outer and an inner meaning. Behind the literal words lies another range of meaning, another form of knowledge. Maurice Nicoll “A PARABLE is a medium of connection between a lower and a higher meaning. But it is necessary to look more...
The parable of the prodigal son is not about a young man who squanders his fortune. The Parable of the Prodigal Son: "There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to his father," `Father, give me the share of the property that comes to me.' "So he...
One of the Parables of Jesus, known as the Woman at the Well or the Woman of Samaria, with commentary from Maurice Nicoll and Cynthia Bourgeault. The Parable: Jesus, tired out with his journey, sat down by the well to rest. It was about noon.Presently there came a...
The Parable of the Tower of Babel is used to illustrate the need for Good as a common language. “Good is the only power that can unite. All harmony is from Good. As long as Good came first, everything else did not matter. A man might hold this view or that, as best...
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 and Maurice Nicoll on Imaginal Seeing, or seeing from the eye of the heart. “It takes a higher seeing to spot a lower seeing that you’re trapped in.” Cynthia Bourgeault, Holding Our Planet Wisdom School, May 2024 “With...
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,...
Commentary on the Parable of the Talents, by Cynthia Bourgeault and Maurice Nicoll. The Mirror Principle: Quality Over Quantity "As you remember the plot of that [parable], the landlord was gone away on a trip so he called his servants and entrusted one with five...
Spiritual aim through self-observation. “The psychological meaning of the Pharisees refers, not to certain people who lived long ago, but to oneself now—to the Pharisee in oneself, to the insincere person in oneself, who, of course, cannot receive any real and genuine...
The idea of octaves weaves through the Gurdjieff teachings. This relates to one of the primary ideas of the work: the Law of Seven, or Law of Octaves, or the Law of Order of Manifestation. The Law of Seven describes the process of development through seven stages,...