Living from Good
The whole matter of waking up from spiritual slumber begins with meditation. “How many times is this said in the Gospels: ‘Awake, watch, sleep not!’ But people do not understand it or they think it is a metaphor whereas it is literally true. If people awakened from...
“The real goal in mature spiritual practice is not to replace negativity with positivity, but to develop an impartiality." Cynthia Bourgeault “Don’t correct back to positivity if what you want is equanimity” Cynthia Bourgeault “The creating sun in myself, the...
The essential meaning of the parable of the Unjust Steward is that if a person fails in their highest purpose, they must return to what they can know and understand. “The Parable of the Unjust Steward is about a man who fails but who acts in a way that is commended....
The Gurdjieff Law of Three in the Trisagion Hymn. Agios O Theos (O Holy God), Agios ischyros (Holy, Strong), Agios athanatos, eleison imas (Holy, Immortal, have mercy on us) “What if Holy God is first force, Holy the Firm is Holy denying Second Force, and Holy the...
The Beatitudes: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. “The key to this fourth beatitude lies in understanding what the word righteousness means. To our post-Puritan, post-Victorian ears, righteousness is a synonym for...
The great Eastern Orthodox hymn: The Thrice Holy. The thrice-fold invitation of God. The Trisagion prayer. Agios o Theos (O Holy God), Agios ischyros (Holy, Strong), Agios athanatos, eleison imas (Holy, Immortal, have mercy on us) “Agios o Theos is the first word....
Maurice Nicoll comments on the meaning of resist not evil and turn the other cheek, in the context of Will and Willing. “Instead of referring everything to the idea of fairness and justice it is far better to will what you have to do in everything and try to awaken...
The peacemakers scripture from the Beatitudes: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. The Foundation: Purity of Heart as Precursor "When your heart becomes pure, and one of the ways that your heart becomes pure is by working to domesticate...
Conscious evolution only takes place by conscious effort. The Source Beyond Life's Demands "Conscious effort means effort that is not necessary in life and is not occasioned by life. That is, life is not the cause of it; the source of its origin does not lie in life....
The laborers in the vineyard parable, with commentary from Cynthia Bourgeault and Maurice Nicoll. The parable: But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first. For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, which went out...
The Good Samaritan parable, with commentary from Cynthia Bourgeault and Maurice Nicoll. “To a certain extent everyone asks for Good, as when a man puts an extra coal on the fire if it is cold. He does not expect any reward save the Good of the action. But nothing is...