Living from Good
“Real miracles are brought about by attracting the laws of a higher world to act in a lower world." Maurice Nicoll Miracles as Divine-Human Collaboration "Miracles are fruits of the union of the whole, concentrated human being with cosmic truth, beauty and...
A benediction on Integral consciousness May the hush of this hour gather all that stirs in you.May you release the day's divided time, its metronomic beat.May you bestill and still movinginto another intensity.May you radiate divine presence within your finite form,...
“With the engagement of this property of sympathetic resonance, being able to fully enter the insides of things, and a blind beholding into the naked being of God himself.” Cynthia Bourgeault Meaning as Resonance "Meaning is not explanation. Meaning is resonance."...
“The fruit of your own inner work is non-transferable. You can’t make your eyes radiate kindness by trying to copy it from the outside. The kindness will come as an alchemical product of the way you live your life.” Cynthia Bourgeault [This Impression took a while for...
“A new sense of hope—a hope that's grounded in the faith, hope and love of consciousness." Cynthia Bourgeault Characteristics of Mystical Hope "Mystical Hope has three characteristics. First of all, that it's not tied to outcome. It's not an optimistic feeling based...
“The faith that moves mountains can neither be an intellectual opinion nor a personal feeling, no matter how intense.” Meditations on the Tarot Faith as an Operative Agent "Faith is not just an attitude of belief. It has agency. It acts. If we believe, then everything...
A Wisdom poem from the teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault Benediction: Stand Still in the Light When you find yourself lost,off whatever trailyou were following,stand still in the dark. If the light of conscience comes,and it may,in the quiet hours,be still. Don’t grab,...
The factors for the being-impulse of your conscience lie in the sorrow of our creator. The tears of God, to put it in metaphoric form." Cynthia Bourgeault The Divine Origin of Conscience "[Cynthia quoting Gurdjieff in Beelzebub's Tales]: 'The factors for the being...
“Mechanical goodness is useless in the Work, but conscious, active goodness gives you force.” Maurice Nicoll Goodness as Transformation "If you come back to Jacob Boehme's statement and his insight, his jaw-dropping insight—that goodness, fundamental goodness, that...
You Are the Veil: the Benediction for EveningFrom the teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault May you rest knowingyou are the veilthat hides the paradise you seek—the simple weightof finite being itself.May you trust the promise:nothing hidden will remain secret,everything...
“In Centering Prayer, your attitude towards life becomes more spacious, more unboundaried, more present.” Cynthia Bourgeault The Nature of Spaciousness "Think for a minute and go inside yourself and see if you can find the difference between that part of you that is...