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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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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Quotations on Awakening
The third state of consciousness~ self-remembering, or self-consciousness, consciousness of one’s own being-constitutes the natural right of man as he is, and if a man does not possess it is only because of the wrong conditions of his life. In the fourth state of consciousness, objective consciousness, a man can see things as they are.
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The Eyes of the Teacher
I will always know that the state in which I experience the infinitude within, that depth in the vastness of all, is my soul being present.
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Perspectives on Awakening
Identification with our thoughts, emotions, pains and sufferings diminishes as the scope broadens. Acceptance and humility overtake any resentment and self-absorption. The manifestations of the lower self can actually serve as fuel to this state. Transforming these into presence can propel a higher state into even greater heights.
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Towards Consciousness
We lack attention. Are we asleep or aware of our state? And to what degree? The ability to balance the functions of our five lower energy centers leads to a higher scale of harmony for our body, soul, and spirit.
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The Tip of the Iceberg
What we see, be it Whitman’s ‘Leaves of Grass’, or Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’, is but the tip of the iceberg. In these two masterpieces of world literature we see but a reflection of what an individual, such as these two authors, may invisibly attain.
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The Breathing of the True Man
To reflect the light, we must allow impressions to truly penetrate us, transforming the breathing of the True Man.
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Receiving and Reflecting the Light
We embody what is higher by being present. We can learn to hear if our hearts are in the temple or in the bazaar. When we identify for ourselves the flavor of those virtues–courage, prudence, humility and moderation–which Plato associates with the Ideal State, our work with others will be stronger: more direct and more compassionate as required.
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