William Page, Author at Fourth Way Today

Trauma and Transformation

Lying How do we achieve inner transformation? When people react negatively to the necessity of inner work, it is often because the ideas of conscious evolution threaten to expose the lies they tell themselves. The primary lies we all tell ourselves are that we are conscious. We tell ourselves that we have will, and that […]

by William Page

On the Awakening of Meher Baba

To begin I should make it clear that Meher Baba considered himself an avatar, and that what I have to say here is partially an attempt to understand what that means. In simple terms, an avatar is a god who became a man, rather than a man who, through efforts in his life, evolves into […]

by William Page

A Continual State of Transformation

In the widest possible sense, our work to achieve a permanent connection to higher centers is fueled by our day to day transformations. These transformations, together with our work to be present and remember ourselves, create the two shocks that can change not only the way we think and feel, but also the energetic and spiritual […]

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Impressions and Sanskaras

Human actions are based upon the operation of the impressions stored in the mind through previous experiences. Every thought, emotion, and act are grounded in groups of impressions that, when considered objectively, are seen to be modifications of the mind. ~ Meher Baba (Discourses) In a broad way we can measure our efforts for self-remembering and […]

by William Page

On Love

The focus of attention of the higher emotional center is self-consciousness. At the same time, the capacity to know another exists at this level.

by William Page

Self-Remembering and Being

If man is mechanical, if he has no single ‘I’ or self, then what is it that remembers? The short answer to this question is that it is our accumulated ‘being’ that remembers. But it is difficult to see the long body of our being. Our being is usually fragmented by lying, imagination and identification. […]

by William Page

When We Talk about Freedom

When we talk about freedom, we’re speaking about the work an individual to achieve freedom from unnecessary laws. In order to understand this, it is first necessary to see man as a microcosmos. Man is a microcosmos because, like the universe, he has within him layers of realities. What this means is that man’s inner life […]

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Recurrence, Higher Dimensions, and Time Travel

If reincarnation and recurrence exist, which seems likely to me, then we will be able to travel to the future and the past. Only first we have to do the work of the moment; we have to be present and use our attention and focus to fashion a lighter and more durable vehicle.

Really, we are all time travelers, and our physical bodies are the time machines that we so badly want to invent.

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Philosophy, Theory, and Practice

If you study only the philosophical side of Gurdjieff’s ideas—its history, its cosmology, or its connection to the major religions—you may never connect to higher centers. This isn’t wrong. It’s fine to be a scholar. But the primary purpose of the system is to teach people to awaken. You cannot awaken unless you are willing to make inner efforts and take a practical approach to the knowledge.

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On the Faculty of Judgment

Who We Admire Any man can speak truly; but to speak with order, wisely, and competently, of that few men are capable. ~ Montaigne There is something ridiculous about a learned man who lacks the discipline to use knowledge in a way that benefits his soul. Nor would we glorify the ignorant who move from action […]