How a person is trapped in mechanical reactions at a low level of consciousness. A person’s personality may be “compared in the Work with a secretary who sits in the front room, dealing with everything according to her own ideas. She has a number of dictionaries and...
Entropy and Kenosis … how are these connected? Kenosis is a word related to letting go of something--becoming “poor in spirit.” Entropy is a scientific term related to the winding down of energy into equilibrium. The two ideas seem similar, but the Wisdom teachings...
The Law of Three Forces of Creation: active, passive, and reconciling. The Teachings say that the Law of Three and the Law of Seven are the two great templates for all manifestation, down through the Ray of Creation, from Origin to the lowly peanut butter sandwich I...
Wisdom Schools are the vehicle for passing esoteric teachings through the ages. “Wisdom schools seem to have emerged as the favored ‘shop-front’ for conscious-circle activity, and while the Wisdom river is always flowing, the schools themselves tend to above ground...
Seeing the chiastic pattern as the higher arc of meaning in life beyond the linear events of temporality. “Because of the fundamentally spatial aspect of Imaginal causality, the bits and pieces inside the frame do not usually hook up in a linear fashion. More often,...
“Self-Remembering, non-identifying, and non-considering are the things that can change our Being. But self-observation is first of all necessary because otherwise you will not be able to practice these three great things.” Maurice Nicoll, Psychological Commentaries,...
Cynthia Bourgeault talks of causality meaning in the Imaginal Realm. “Because of the fundamentally spatial aspect of imaginal causality, the bits and pieces inside the frame do not usually hook up in a linear fashion. More often they appear as simultaneous,...
The Gurdjieff idea of Making Moon is an illustration of being steadfast. “Making Moon in myself is really about making sure that consciousness is not left unattended.” Cynthia Bourgeault, Rebuilding Trust WS 3.2 Crucible of Struggle 02:25 “To behave as you always...
Illustrating how a person cannot serve two masters. “Nostalgia and envy are two of the biggest spiritual saboteurs.” Cynthia Bourgeault, Holding our Planet Wisdom School, 2024 “No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of...
Cynthia Bourgeault characterizes the Imaginal Realm, or World 24, as the spiritual, interpenetrating Kingdom of Heaven within. Defining the Imaginal "A realm is not fundamentally a place; it is more like a set of governing conventions that make possible a certain kind...
The Conscious Circle of Humanity, sometimes called the Communion of the Saints, is a realm of service offered to those who seek it. The Trans-Cerebral Region "The books comprising [Sacred Book of Thoth] were engraved by 'perishable hands, but have been anointed with...