The Fourth Way and Esoteric Traditions
Each moment we choose to be present to what is in front of us expresses our gratitude to higher forces. Every time we do not express a negative emotion, each time we consider another person more than ourselves, we share their love.
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So many paths, all of which bring us to one reality. Reality is not near, it is here. Reality is when our physical existence merges with our higher centers and higher forces. It has no opposite; there is only one reality. Everything coexists in reality without any opposition. Reality and consciousness are no different. When […]
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We cannot perceive reality due to the wall of imagination, the endless turning of thoughts in our mind. To connect with reality, we need to change our state of consciousness.
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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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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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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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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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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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These quotations on freedom come from a variety of sources, including Fourth Way authors, as selected by our editors. The sweet bondage which is freedom’s self. ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last human freedom-to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances. ~ Viktor […]
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The way to experience eternity is to change one’s awareness from the passing of time, or from having no awareness of time at all, to awareness of the moment. Because one soon forgets this kind of awareness and is pulled back into identification, esoteric traditions use a method to enable one to keep one’s focus on the present moment.
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