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Movement and Stillness, the Original Spirit of Heaven

Movement and Stillness, Balance and Harmony In the Book of Balance and Harmony, Li DaoChun writes, “The Absolute is movement and stillness without beginning,  yin and yang without beginning.” Movement and rest manifest on all scales and take on different meanings. Movement and rest can be either mechanical or a more conscious movement and rest. […]

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Becoming a Conscious Mirror

Can We Stand to See Ourselves? Everybody stands before a mirror and, instead of himself, sees somebody else.  — Ouspensky, The Fourth Way People live their lives in a state of sleep and have an imaginary idea of who they are. Working towards awakening requires a third force. If one only has the first force of […]

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Regeneration —Yin, Yang and the Yellow Woman

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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Negative Emotions as the Process of Crime

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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Darkness and Light–Yin and Yang

The author describes how the ancient I Ching, the book of changes, uses the symbols of darkness and light, yin and yang, to describe awakening. Symbols of Enlightenment The sun, responsible for the light in our solar system is, simply put, a huge ball of fire. Fire creates light in the world, while the absence of fire results […]

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Real Life in a Fourth Way School

What is the Aim of a School? The aim of a Fourth Way school is to help people to awaken from the state of sleep in which they spend their whole life. The first step is becoming more deeply aware of this sleep in one’s daily life. Ouspensky said, “Schools exist only for those who need […]

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Rekindling the Light of Awareness

How do we go about rekindling the light of awareness? In Taoist texts, the ‘light of awareness’ must return to its root. How can we recognize its loss and return to this light? The Magic of the Monkey King The Fourth Way teaching is clear in stating that man doesn’t have will, unity, or self-awareness. […]

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