Fourth Way authors on impressions, Fellowship of Friends, Fourthwaytoday.org,

Quotations on Impressions

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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William Page, Fellowship of Friends

Impressions and Sanskaras

Human actions are based upon the operation of the impressions stored in the mind through previous experiences. Every thought, emotion, and act are grounded in groups of impressions that, when considered objectively, are seen to be modifications of the mind. ~ Meher Baba (Discourses) In a broad way we can measure our efforts for self-remembering and […]

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Memory and impressions, Fellowship of Friends, FourthWayToday

Memory and Impressions

Transformation of suffering is called the ‘second conscious shock’ in the Fourth Way. Some call it advanced work. It is a magical opportunity to break down the results of the incoming impression into finer fuel, higher hydrogens, that teach us about the nature of reality. 

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Fluidity of impressions, Fellowship of Friends, FourthWayToday

The Fluidity of Impressions

What do we mean by ‘impressions’ and the fluidity of impressions? Fourth Way authors describe the human machine as a chemical factory subsisting on three types of food: Food and drink, air, and impressions. We can survive about a month without eating, and a few minutes without air. However, should we lack impressions, whether internal […]

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Annunciation, Conscious Looking, FourthWaytoday

Conscious Looking

I went to see a museum yesterday with other students. Looking at art is a practical way my school uses to attend oneself, to be present. There are different views on this. One is that art educates us by intentionally looking at images that contain certain higher hydrogens. Ancient art, to a certain extent, seems […]

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Ordinary Bushes

Once upon a time I went walking And my soul it suddenly appeared Just here in front of these bushes In a space that had just been cleared  They said roots they had in the soil And received the wind, and rain and sun Said they were not a denying force  To my soul seeing […]

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impressions; Natassa Cavalli, Fellowship of Friends, FourthWayToday

Like Champagne

The explosion of our essence toward consciousness is a state of our higher self in unity with our lower self. It comes after many transformations of our essence to portend tastes of real joy, affection, and freedom.

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