Who Am ‘I’?
Great changes and shifts occur in me that I cannot describe, but they are very real. Ways open. A fragrance from the divine comes through. No one sees this, but it is the most profound event in my life.’ – Bahauddin
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Developing Higher Consciousness
If we are looking for life-changing experiences, for connecting with the hidden higher centers, we must remember that everything begins with bringing our native awareness to the present moment.
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School Traditions and the Ideal State
In Hugh James’ book, The Story of Man, the ideal state would transmit higher values to citizens to enable them to fulfill their possibilities.
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The Significance of the Process of Regeneration
Sacred Among the Six Processes This article describes how the six processes act, in terms of their foundational combinations of forces. The significance of the process of regeneration is noted, as it alone is able to create new life, new being. A marvelous fluidity and dimension unfold over the course of one’s experience of organic […]
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Darkness and Light–Yin and Yang
The author describes how the ancient I Ching, the book of changes, uses the symbols of darkness and light, yin and yang, to describe awakening. Symbols of Enlightenment The sun, responsible for the light in our solar system is, simply put, a huge ball of fire. Fire creates light in the world, while the absence of fire results […]
Read More…What is the Difference between Being Asleep and Awake?
Imagine you know nothing about third or fourth states of consciousness. Only about the first and second states. Someone asks you: “What is the difference between being asleep and being awake?” How would you answer them? What’s Different about Being Awake? Truthfully, the main difference between being asleep in first state and being awake in second […]
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Recognizing Our Sleep
Part of self-observation is coming to recognize sleep, first of all in ourselves. Sleep means living in our imagination and our day dreams – a subjective world. However, when we remember ourselves for a moment, we temporarily step out of sleep. “Man is a machine, everything with him happens: he cannot stop the flow of […]
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The Color of Nothing
How can we describe a higher state of existence? The author describes how the third state of consciousness serves as a bridge to higher awareness. Expressing the Inexpressible Picture in your mind the most beautiful sunrise you have ever seen. Now imagine trying to explain that experience to someone who not only has been blind since birth […]
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Multiplicity and Unity: Personality and Essence
What are the differences between personality and essence in terms of unity? The Fourth Way advises us that the study of man (or woman) must go hand-in-hand with study of the world. That man is a microcosmos[1], with traits identical to those of a higher cosmos. Therefore, man can be compared to the higher cosmos […]
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Quotations on Will and Unity
Biblical Quotations What does it mean to possess unity or will? In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus speaks: Father, if it be thy will, take this cup from me. Yet not my will but thine be done. – Luke 22:42 And in Matthew 7:21: Not everyone who calls me Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom […]
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