LEANING IN – A letter from Cynthia
The following letter is offered by Cynthia Bourgeault, May 1, 2021 Dear wisdom friends, By now the word is out that I am officially stepping back from active duty as a core faculty member at the ... Read More
NOW AVAILABLE: Mystical Courage by Cynthia Bourgeault
Now available to purchase. MYSTICAL COURAGE Commentaries on Selected Contemplative Exercises by G.I. Gurdjieff, as Compiled by Joseph Azize By CYNTHIA BOURGEAULT When the global pandemic struck ... Read More
Holy Week Events and Resources
The following are offered to guide and deepen your Pascal journey through Holy Week, Easter, and beyond: We need to hear the word “love” mentioned as we go into Holy Week. As we stand here in a ... Read More
What’s New with Cynthia
The following update was recently posted by friends at The Contemplative Society, and provides a great summary of my recent and upcoming activities. What’s new with our Principal Teacher ... Read More
FURTHER TO TIME, LESSON 12
There are two other things you should know about Gebser’s “aperspectival” time: it is non-exclusionary, and it is purposive. Linear or perspectival time, the time we’re used to, is exclusionary. ... Read More
THE FACES OF TIME, LESSON 11
Whatever you may take Gebser’s Integral structure of consciousness to be, its most striking characteristic is that it entails a radically different approach to time. Time presents in a strikingly ... Read More
Cynthia’s Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump – February 2021
Help flows to us of its own volition…It doesn’t help the cosmos for a human being to fall apart and die and give up. The fact that we’re here at all is a consecration and we are sacred ... Read More
THE HORSE, THE CARRIAGE, AND THE DRIVER: A GURDJIEFFIAN SLANT ON A GEBSERIAN CONUNDRUM, LESSON 10
In my last post I invited us all to begin thinking more specifically in terms of the gifts and strengths contributed to the whole by the magic and mythic structures of consciousness. By now we’ve ... Read More
THE BATON HAS BEEN PASSED. CAN WE NOW RUN WITH IT? LESSON 9
No, dear friends, I didn’t send you off on a wild goose chase to immerse yourself in 450 pages of some of the most dense and intellectually challenging prose ever crafted on this planet. That was ... Read More
Cynthia’s Guidance on Upcoming Course Offerings
If you’re considering the multiple online course opportunities with Cynthia that are coming up, she provides this message to the Wisdom community and offers some additional input for ... Read More