On the Value of Stillness
As articles in this issue show, students of the Fourth Way rarely find stillness possible among the lower centers, our thoughts, emotions, movements, instincts.
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This issue on the value of stillness explores a few questions:
What is stillness among the lower centers? Can we actually stop thoughts? Do higher states, in fact, coexist with ‘I’s? Is our experience of higher states wordless?
The Axis of Love
A Hidden Axis There is a hidden axis that goes through my inner world, an axis of love. It is a column of timeless and subtle energy that has always remained there, although often I do not perceive it. Usually my thoughts, and my thoughts about my thoughts, create a kind of vibration that, when it is more intense, inevitably removes me […]
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Rooted in Stillness
“To be rooted in stillness is great good fortune. If we do not rest there, we keep racing around, even when we are sitting quietly.” – Chuang-Tzu What does it take to be rooted in stillness? Like a spinning wheel, the many I’s inside one’s machine are in a constant state of motion. They pull […]
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The Center of True Stillness
What is the center of true stillness? The Fourth Way teaches that a person is a collection of many ‘I’s and that one’s Real ‘I’ is asleep. Because people’s real identity does not participate in their daily activities, people identify with the many ‘I’s. As a result, a person’s identity comes from the ten thousand […]
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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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Still Waters Run Deep
Stillness manifests as an absence of motion, but there is another form of stillness that transcends and comprehends motionlessness.
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Quotations on Stillness
The following quotations on stillness resonate for those seeking to quiet the mind and heart on the quest for higher states of consciousness. “Stillness means the shedding of all thoughts, even those which are divine; otherwise, through giving them our attention because they are good, we will lose what is better.” Gregory of Sinai, Philokalia […]
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