Fluidity of impressions, Fellowship of Friends, FourthWayToday

The Fluidity of Impressions

What do we mean by ‘impressions’ and the fluidity of impressions? Fourth Way authors describe the human machine as a chemical factory subsisting on three types of food: Food and drink, air, and impressions. We can survive about a month without eating, and a few minutes without air. However, should we lack impressions, whether internal […]

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Ordinary Bushes

Once upon a time I went walking And my soul it suddenly appeared Just here in front of these bushes In a space that had just been cleared  They said roots they had in the soil And received the wind, and rain and sun Said they were not a denying force  To my soul seeing […]

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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 […]

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the search for meaning, awakening, higher forces, Fellowship of Friends, Robert Earl Burton

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 […]

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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. 

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Connection, Meaning, and Freedom

When I become present to what exists in this moment, the connection is immediate and profound. I become aware of my own existence as well as the existence of what is in front of me – the visible and the invisible. This awareness of myself and of what surrounds me creates an interaction with reality that seems a perfectly coordinated dance and communion. 

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