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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 […]

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 Natassa Cavalli

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.

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 Walter Scott

Working with Conscious Influence

These days one only has to search the internet to see the availability of a plethora of discussions, some very erudite, some more subjective, of expositions of the Fourth Way as it was revealed over a century ago. These discussions constitute the turning in circles of pursuing B Influence as an end in itself. As Ouspensky stated, a correctly formed magnetic centre will only accept C Influence.

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 Radhika Shah

Like a Wheel in Perfect Balance Turning

‘Clarity. We just return over and over to this calm, unpressured Blue Sky Mind. We begin to see that it is always there, even when apparently obscured by passing clouds.” – Ta Hui As an experience, a state of perfect balance resonates closely with this vast, serene and simple state of the ‘Blue Sky Mind’. Like […]