Blog - Fourth Way Today

Looking at the Ideal State of Plato

Plato’s principles of the ideal state apply to our inner world as well. Are we able to form a deputy steward to govern the city? To recognize the true ruler, to enable higher states to visit us?

by William Page

Octaves and Intervals

How does the study of octaves and intervals help us understand our own efforts to be more present, more awake? The Natural Law of Octaves and Intervals The Law of Seven can be observed everywhere in the natural world and in everything we do internally and externally. If we understood the law of octaves, we […]

by Dhruvi Chavda

Higher Influences

Higher influences are invisible. It needs courage and faith to verify their existence. “God in his kindness to man, has placed a race of superior spirits above him to guide him.” – Plato The lower self doubts the existence of higher influences and tries to pull us away. It is also very easy to drift […]

by David Tuttle and Elisa Eidner

Influence C

Influence C, or higher forces, is simply a non-religious term for what has been called angels. In its undifferentiated aspect, it is the invisible higher energy that fills the universe since before its creation. In a differentiated aspect, it refers to those who awakened from sleep, became immortal, and returned to help other mortals accomplish the same task.

by Natassa Cavalli

Higher Forces as ‘Dianoia’

A man can activate–by the divine grace of Influence C– his conscious development. He can eliminate the superfluous to transform his potential, pass unscathed through corruption, heal himself, grow, and be reborn.

by William Galvin

The Search for Meaning

It is surprising how personal spirituality is. It can’t be proven because it exists in the heart of the seeker. During our lives, we collect odd moments of heightened experience that seem to exist outside of normal time. The Fourth Way indicates that these moments collect to form a magnetic center, a spiritual center of […]

by Marina Vertikova

What role do higher forces play in our lives?

Probably the main aim of higher forces is to lead a soul to the Creator. And the aim of humanity is to learn to hear, to recognize the signs of higher forces and not give up.

by Walter Scott

Working with Conscious Influence

These days one only has to search the internet to see the availability of a plethora of discussions, some very erudite, some more subjective, of expositions of the Fourth Way as it was revealed over a century ago. These discussions constitute the turning in circles of pursuing B Influence as an end in itself. As Ouspensky stated, a correctly formed magnetic centre will only accept C Influence.

by The Editors

Quotations on Higher Forces

Conscious influence can only pass from one person to another by means of oral transmission. – P.D. Ouspensky

by Klaus Labuttis

Beyond the Fourth Way – Embracing the Mystery

When I stop the chattering of the mind, I start listening to my soul. When I give up my longing, stillness appears. Only when I have appeared is an angel in the room – my higher self. Then, I understand I am a spiritual being experiencing a human existence.

by Maria Arapostathi

Flight to Freedom

To become free, we ourselves need to search for the sacred knowledge that will change our way of thinking, and lead us towards the change of our being. We must embark on the adventure from today’s sleep to consciousness.

by Dhruvi Chavda

On Freedom

Freedom is the base of consciousness. Freedom from negative emotions, judgment ‘I’s, mechanics, identification, and imagination creates a clean slate for higher centres to establish themselves. Avoiding identification with one’s activities is freedom. Freedom from one’s own likes, dislikes, desires, passions, and beliefs helps reduce identifications. Freedom from one’s own physical existence and actions is […]