Gurdjieff, Transcending the System, David Tuttle, Fellowship of Friends

Transcending the System

So often, the work on the Fourth Way stays at the level of the steward. However, at a certain point, this work does not lead any further. This kind of work can begin, in a subtle way, to strengthen our sense of ‘I’ in the four lower centers. In truth, Real ‘I’ can only belong to higher centers.

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Like a Wheel in Perfect Balance Turning

‘Clarity. We just return over and over to this calm, unpressured Blue Sky Mind. We begin to see that it is always there, even when apparently obscured by passing clouds.” – Ta Hui As an experience, a state of perfect balance resonates closely with this vast, serene and simple state of the ‘Blue Sky Mind’. Like […]

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Waterfall, what happened to 'I'?, Fellowship of Friends, Robert Earl Burton, Elisa Eidner

Beyond ‘I’

How do we go beyond ourselves to awaken, beyond ‘I’? What Happened to ‘I’? I am sitting in a cafe.  My fingers gently engage the cup.  I pick it up and take a sip.  In this instant, I am.  I feel the energy of my being inhabiting my internal spaces, visible and invisible.  I recognize the taste of my own […]

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Being & Becoming in a Fourth Way School

How does one develop being, in a Fourth Way School? “Use your mentality, wake up to reality.” These are fine words from Cole Porter, but as the song goes, “I stop before I begin.” We have all verified that “the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.” Do We Wish to Work? Once one […]

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The Four Heavenly Kings of Buddhism

Editor’s Note: Studying objective symbols such as the four heavenly gods in Buddhism, one can better understand the concept of the four “kings” of centers in the Fourth Way today. The Four Kings of Centers and the Four Heavenly Kings One of the basic concepts of the Fourth Way is the idea that man has […]

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