The Fourth Way and Esoteric Traditions
A Fourth Way author muses on this work of sharing the light and the creation of a new foundation for our presence. What is it then between us?What is the count of the scores or hundreds of years between us?Whatever it is, it avails not—distance avails not, and place avails not…. – Walt Whitman Yes, what […]
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This student of the Fourth Way in India describes experiences of reaching the light of presence. “Light rare untellable, lighting the very light,Beyond all signs, description, languages.” – Walt Whitman The Divine Mirror of Consciousness Higher states, belonging to worlds 12 or 6, when they circulate within a person, are often likened to a luminous, […]
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A noted Fourth Way author describes the essential qualities required for teaching conscious evolution. The Need for Both Knowledge and Being Spiritual understanding is not solely based on studying religious concepts. It is the combination of comprehending the ideas that make up a religion and the capacity to put those ideas into practice. It is […]
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From Rodney Collin: We are connected with everyone we have met or talked to or felt, because we have given them part of ourselves. Whatever is strongest affects whatever is weakest. A crowd can be on the verge of panic and one strong person, by projecting confidence, can stop it. In a group of people […]
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Suffering can be real. [However,] when certain intense negative emotions come you can do only one thing: you must try to remember yourself. But for this you have to be prepared; it is quite a special thing. – P. D. Ouspensky, A Further Record Among the descriptions of the six processes in the works of Rodney Collin, he […]
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Regeneration among the Six Processes The word ‘regeneration’ implies a re-engendering, a re-creation. It implies that something was first created naturally, and is now to be re-created a second time by will, intention and purpose. It implies a second birth. — Rodney Collin. The Law of Three refers to the concept that three forces–an active, passive […]
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The following quotes on the six processes by Fourth Way authors P. D. Ouspensky and Rodney Collin describe the processes in terms of the combinations of forces that produce them. Quotes on the Six Processes by Rodney Collin The Process of Growth The process of growth is that which, on a universal scale, creates the […]
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The Fourth Way school that is the Fellowship of Friends[1] studies the six cosmic processes outlined by Peter Ouspensky in A Record of Meetings and A Further Record. His student, Rodney Collin, described the six processes in detail in The Theory of Celestial Influence, written after Ouspensky’s death. Collin notes that this is not a new idea: The principle that six […]
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This article describes how negative emotions manifest as an example of one of the six cosmic processes: the process of Crime, or Disease. The Law of Three is one of the treasures of Fourth Way knowledge. The more one becomes aware of oneself in daily life, the more this concept provides a way to understand […]
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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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