What is faith? Is there a deeper meaning of faith? Maurice Nicoll and Cynthia Bourgeault offer insight. “Faith is necessary to open a part of the mind not opened by the senses. To realize scale means to realize that there are different levels of meaning. Literal...
"The Fruits of the Spirit are all alchemical byproducts of conscious labor and intentional suffering." Cynthia Bourgeault The Calling of Human Beings "My own take, simply in a nutshell, is that what we human beings are called to produce in this planet are what have...
Balanced spiritual awareness through attention in the intellect, the emotions, and body sensation. “The foundation of my own understanding of Wisdom and Wisdom work is that it's not knowing more, it's knowing with more of you, more of your being engaged. That means...
Our level of Being attracts our life—and prayers of silence from our Being attract the response from above. The Original Purpose of Prayer "Prayer was originally to ask for help to lift one to a higher level of consciousness. The Lord's Prayer is designed to make a...
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...
"Agape love is generated when craving is finally transformed into the willingness to surrender and give back." Cynthia Bourgeault Revolutionary Insight: Love is Not What We Think “My insight, that I haven’t been pried loose for in 20 years, is that agape love as we...
"Giving is receiving is the energetic frequency upon which our universe is aligned, and the pathway to spiritual abundance." Cynthia Bourgeault “In reality, the secret [of Jesus’ metaphysics] is simple. When the heart is aligned with its eternal image, abundance...
"Blessed are Poor in Spirit" illustrated by the constriction that accompanies spiritual growth. “For every new arising there is a cost to be paid.” Cynthia Bourgeault, Rockland, ME 4/2024 "Progress comes through the voluntary acceptance of constriction and...
The Spirit of the Truth rises above literal teaching, speaking from Good. “The disciples did not understand and only later some of them grasped the idea of the whole drama of Christ enacted visibly before them—namely, the inevitable crucifixion of a higher level of...