The Fourth Way and Esoteric Traditions
Three Lines of Work in a School The following outline is from Ouspensky’s The Fourth Way: The first line is work on oneself: self-study, study of the system, and trying to change at least the most mechanical manifestations. This is the most important line. The second line is work with other people. One cannot work by […]
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In Search of the Miraculous Why, when we travel or study, do such monuments as the Sphinx, the pyramids and temples of Egypt, the Parthenon, Delphi, and statues of Greece attract us emotionally and psychologically? Because they are miraculous. Monuments like these tell us stories and show us truths beyond our scope. They bring a clarity […]
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Stuck in the First Line of Work You recently learned about the idea of self-remembering and tried it for the first time. You had a taste of awakening to higher states and realized that this was who you really wanted to be. But something is not quite right. The time that elapses between your efforts […]
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How does one change level of being? First, by knowing oneself. “Self-remembering needs the best work you can produce, so the more centers that take part in it the better the result… But if you put all centers to the work there is nothing that can stop it… Permanent ‘I’ has quite different functions, quite a […]
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