The Fourth Way and Esoteric Traditions
What is the function of the steward in work on ourselves? Both science and objective wisdom indicate that to restore balance to our shaken “being,” practical work on ourselves is necessary. Science informs us that our thymus gland is the first thing affected by our emotions. It is responsible for our immune system and the […]
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Who We Admire Any man can speak truly; but to speak with order, wisely, and competently, of that few men are capable. ~ Montaigne There is something ridiculous about a learned man who lacks the discipline to use knowledge in a way that benefits his soul. Nor would we glorify the ignorant who move from action […]
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The more experience we gain in using the work ‘I’s, the more we follow their direction to the present, the more often they will come. They create an inner circle of identity that is more interested in the work than in the subject of identification of the many ‘I’s. Even if this identity collapses and needs to be recreated, it represents a more permanent state.
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In this work to awaken fully, we experience a changing sense of ‘I’. First, our sense of ‘I’ develops in childhood, as we grow away from the simple essence with which we are born. We develop personality, trying on aspects of new personas into adulthood. When we begin to seek a way out of the […]
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All work for development has two sides—something old in man has to be killed and something quite new has to be born. Preparation for the one and the other must go side by side, and they require quite different work. – Rodney Collin
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The very idea of finding one’s self is problematic because we are the never the same. If you think you have found yourself—a solid, unchanging self—wouldn’t that imply that you’ve stopped growing?
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If we understood the law of octaves, we could see more clearly how the universe unfolds, or how a tree grows, or how learning requires special efforts at certain, very specific, points.
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What does the medieval Christian concept of uncreated light show us about reaching higher states? Efforts are the “work” of the Fourth Way, but “uncreated light” comes when it will.
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When one digests or transforms impressions through self-remembering, higher centers appear. Even when the higher state subsides, the energy resonates in one’s being for a while.
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When we experience true seeing, the temporal, fugitive, and fleeting human being touches the eternal. This very act of self-awareness in a given moment ennobles us and produces eternity.
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