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.
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How Do We Perceive Reality?
When we speak about our perceptions of objective reality, we typically can only describe our reaction or absence of reaction to it. In other words, objective reality is a stimulus, while subjective reality is a reaction to it.
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Reality: Achieving the Cosmic Rhythm
What can we really do to develop our consciousness? There are three basic ways in the practice of the Fourth Way that advance our “being” in parallel to our “knowledge.” In a balanced state, our being can conceive, withstand, and abide in certain higher vibrations of consciousness. This is achieved both through our essence and higher centers. I […]
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The Hidden Nature of Reality
In the popular movie The Matrix, the character Morpheus says “What is ‘real’? How do you define ‘real’? If you’re talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then ‘real’ is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.” In his work, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, the English painter […]
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Is Your Reality Real?
When you examine the spiritual authenticity of your life, you know that only your verification can make it true. “There is a vast, enormous difference between words and reality.” – Robert Burton I meditated in a cave with a saintly hermit in the Himalayas, had dinner with a conscious being in California, and was struck […]
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Reality
In this work, human senses are used by something higher, beyond the normal human machine, according to the state of one’s work in the present moment. As these states grow, with reality around them, the more a student experiences higher states.
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“Le favole più splendide nascono da ciò che è la realtà.” – Hans Christian Andersen Cos’è la realtà? Da un certo punto di vista, si dice che la realtà abbia gradi di percezione, così come vissuti dalla macchina umana. Comincio dalla realtà di una macchina umana con un centro magnetico. La realtà di questo stato è […]
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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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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.
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Higher Forces as ‘Dianoia’
A man can activate–by the divine grace of Influence C– his conscious development. He can eliminate the superfluous to transform his potential, pass unscathed through corruption, heal himself, grow, and be reborn.
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