Trust and Verification归档 — 第四道与密意传统

Verification as a Foundation

One of the foundational pillars for work in the Fourth Way is verification. You are not to accept or reject […]

Religions of all kinds inform us that there are celestial beings. There are men and women that became immortal, who

When I was growing up, a friend once counseled me, “Beware of words that end in ‘-tion.’” We were both

Faith of consciousness is freedom.Faith of feeling is slavery.Faith of body is stupidity. – Gurdjieff The soul, when it

The poet, Rainer Maria Rilke, speaks of a transcendent, inward ‘seeing.’ From one of Rilke’s letters to a friend:

Lying How do we achieve inner transformation? When people react negatively to the necessity of inner work, it is often

Follow your heart when you come in contact with a spiritual source. Do not judge too easily; give it some

In every genuine encounter with art, we are invited into a dialogue between trust and verification: trust in the intuitive

The question of trust and verification is a fundamental, even critical, question in a person’s inner work. Since spiritual work