The Fourth Way and Esoteric Traditions
Birth on Earth as a human being is a blessing granted only to a chosen soul from above. Yet within this life lies both faith and a choice—the choice to return back to the Source from which our journey began millennia ago, or to continue moving forward in an infinite journey. At every stage of […]
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Quanawi: Perfect Man is the bridge, the mirror, without which nothing of the cosmos would receive the divine energy of joyful union, because of the lack of interpenetration. Meister Eckhart: The eye with which I see God is the very eye with which God sees me. Zen master Sokei-An: The Buddha said that there is […]
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Sensitivity to light distinguishes all forms of life: plant, animal, and human, too. Indeed, what the Fourth Way calls the “magnetic center” can be seen as a sensitivity to light, an impulse searching out higher energies, higher hydrogens. A way to live differently, as described by other authors featured in this issue on illumination. Over […]
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To begin I should make it clear that Meher Baba considered himself an avatar, and that what I have to say here is partially an attempt to understand what that means. In simple terms, an avatar is a god who became a man, rather than a man who, through efforts in his life, evolves into […]
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In the widest possible sense, our work to achieve a permanent connection to higher centers is fueled by our day to day transformations. These transformations, together with our work to be present and remember ourselves, create the two shocks that can change not only the way we think and feel, but also the energetic and spiritual […]
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Our journey toward presence must encompass every aspect of our lives; you cannot leave any part out. When you wake up in the morning and recognize the beauty of being alive, it inspires you to embrace the day with the intentionality and appreciation that life offers.
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Our end is to follow the gods. And the essence of good consists in the proper use of impressions. So, make a practice at once of saying to every strong impression: ‘An impression is all you are, not the source of the impression.’ Then test and assess it with your criteria, but particularly one. Ask, […]
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A man or woman who can bring their instinctive and moving functions, emotions, and thoughts into a harmonious balance can begin to love objectively. This unconditional love begins with a man number four.
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The work for us therefore lies mostly in minimising that which is not love. For example, negative emotions, inner considering, judgement, and unconscious speech and movement separate and isolate us from the higher state that is love.
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“Only with the heart can one touch the sky.” Rumi. That piece of flesh that pumps blood from the first moment of our gestation, that we call “heart,” is not the spiritual heart we read about in mystical and religious traditions. Rather, when we refer to the heart, in terms of spiritual work on ourselves, […]
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