the many 'I's, Waking Osiris, Fellowship of Friends, Robert Earl Burton

Location, Location, Location

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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angels, multiplicity, unity, Fellowship of Friends, Fourth Way Today, Robert Burton

On Multiplicity and Unity

A Moderate Defense of Multiplicity The concepts of unity and multiplicity in the Fourth Way may seem in diametric opposition, with unity being the goal of our work, and multiplicity being the denying force, presented by the many ‘I’s. Buddhism casts a strong shadow of disapproval on multiplicity, contrasting the concept of maya, the world […]

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