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Movement and Stillness, the Original Spirit of Heaven

Movement and Stillness, Balance and Harmony In the Book of Balance and Harmony, Li DaoChun writes, “The Absolute is movement and stillness without beginning, yin and yang without beginning.” Movement and rest manifest on all scales and take on different meanings. Movement and rest can be either mechanical or a more conscious movement and rest. […]

by Ruth Atkins

Movement and Rest in Musical Performance

Experiencing Movement and Rest in Music What denotes movement and rest in music? And what did Jesus mean by telling his disciples that “the sign of the Father in you” is “a movement and a rest?” Movement is a familiar impulse, as rest is an equally familiar instinct. They are components of our bodily existence, […]

by Benjamin Yudin

Movement and Rest in the Bible

The act of creation implies movement and rest. What does the Sabbath represent, for our inner work along the Fourth Way today? Starting with Genesis: Movement and Rest From the very first chapter of the Bible, we read of the idea of movement and rest. The act of creation represents movement, over the first six days, […]

by The Editors

Fourth Way Authors on Movement and Sleep

How do our patterns of movement and sleep interact? Seminal Fourth Way authors G. Gurdjieff and P.D. Ouspensky describe how unnecessary movement and sleep–our old patterns–pose obstacles for one seeking consciousness. P.D. Ouspensky, from A Record of Meetings: The Role of the Moon in Mechanical Movement and Sleep At present all our movements depend on […]