The Fourth Way and Esoteric Traditions
Talking to my nine-year-old granddaughter, I show her my drawing that accompanies this text. The boatman’s attempt to escape all the obstacles impresses her. So I dare to ask her a question of conscience: “What do you want to happen?” And she answers spontaneously: “May the boatman succeed in reaching the sunlight!” Our answer to […]
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A man who struggles to balance the energy of his lower centers begins to awaken his soul. His soul functions as the energetic or active force. His spirit plays the role of the passive force and welcomes the energy of the soul. His body is the formative nature, transmuting the physical and chemical elements of man’s whole organism. Such a man is usually the product of a conscious school.
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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 author, a nurse and practitioner of the Fourth Way, describes how healing and recovery can involve each and every one of the six processes. For an overview of the six processes, see https://fourthwaytoday.org/the-six-cosmic-processes/. Healing and the Six Processes It’s been 25 years since I set foot for the first time in a hospital, at […]
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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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What are the six cosmic processes? Fourth Way authors alert us to the fact that all phenomena are created by two laws, the Law of Three and the Law of Seven, and the concept of a cosmos[1]. The Law of Three, Producing Triads The Law of Three states that for each phenomenon to occur, there […]
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The author describes how, in a school of awakening, one uses methods to develop a steward to empower ‘Real I.’ We may wonder each moment, where are we going? When this question touches on our need for divine guidance, it can be a moment of awakening. Gurdjieff writes that all phenomena in life arise from […]
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