Trust and Verifications—the Idea of a Play
Religions of all kinds inform us that there are celestial beings. There are men and women that became immortal, who […]
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The Two Worlds of Essence and Personality
As a contemporary spiritual teacher assures us, essence is more real than personality. Dimensions of essence are one’s center of
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Celestial Light
Illumination implies a wordless state. For light to enter, a vessel must be clear and empty, or at least transparent.
Transformative Change
Transformation implies change. In our case, a transition from the lower self, or the machine, to the higher self, third
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The Fluidity of Impressions
What do we mean by ‘impressions’ and the fluidity of impressions? Fourth Way authors describe the human machine as a
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Stillness: Childhood & Maturity in Spiritual Evolution
Higher forces come to dispel our vaporous ordinary state into something extraordinary. This is the battle we must wage in order to attain the stillness of our soul.
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The Tip of the Iceberg
What we see, be it Whitman’s ‘Leaves of Grass’, or Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’, is but the tip of the iceberg. In these two masterpieces of world literature we see but a reflection of what an individual, such as these two authors, may invisibly attain.
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Change
We need to construct our lives around the effort to increase consciousness, or presence. We do this through working to deconstruct, transform, and transcend whatever within us resists or distracts us from acceleration into higher worlds. We come to realize, with time, that every moment of presence is a triumph, and a reason to be grateful.
Created and Uncreated Light
Work in the Fourth Way requires efforts–but sometimes higher states come of themselves. We can term our efforts ‘Created Light,’ and those of presence coming on its own—‘Uncreated Light.’
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