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Quotations on Reality

When a man begins to be aware, in a dream, that he is asleep and that what he sees is a dream, he awakes. In the same way, a soul, when it begins to realize that all visible life is but a dream, approaches awakening.

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 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 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 […]

by David Tuttle and Elisa Eidner

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.