Cynthia Bourgeault on The Common Good
In this video interview Cynthia Bourgeault joins Garrison Institute founder Jonathan F.P. Rose for a conversation on the common good. Cynthia has worked extensively on understanding the common ... Read More
Cynthia’s Eastertide Message and Invitation
To all my beloveds, He is Risen! And has invited us now, in the spirit of St. Peter (“where I am going you cannot follow me now, but soon…”) to hit the trail. The bushwhacking is done. The path ... Read More
My Sojourn with the Episcopal House of Bishops
In this very heartening account, Cynthia Bourgeault shares her personal experience having presented her teaching on “radical kenosis” at the annual meeting of the Episcopal House of Bishops in ... Read More
BALANCING CENTERS, INTEGRATING STRUCTURES, LESSON 16
Cynthia Bourgeault continues her series of reflections upon Integral structures of consciousness and ideas brought forth in Jean Gebser’s book, Ever Present Origin (EPO). See below for ... Read More
The Courage to Show Up
This is not the New Year’s message I might have chosen to share with you all, my beloved Wisdom community. But it is the only message that rings true in me this year, that speaks from my own ... Read More
THREE CENTERED AWARENESS, LESSON 15
Cynthia Bourgeault continues her series of reflections upon Integral structures of consciousness and ideas brought forth in Jean Gebser’s book, Ever Present Origin (EPO). See below for ... Read More
New Book: The Corner of Fourth and Nondual by Cynthia Bourgeault
In The Corner of Fourth and Nondual, a title inspired by Thomas Merton’s moment of revelation ‘at the Corner of Fourth and Walnut’ in his celebrated essay ‘A Member of the Human Race’, Cynthia ... Read More
Letters to the Wisdom Community from Cynthia and Wisdom Waypoints
Dear friends, I am just back from European travels where I had the pleasure of guiding a few retreats and events, and feel re-invigorated as in-person gatherings are once again opening up. If you ... Read More
Back on the Ground: Interview with Cynthia Bourgeault
In this podcast interview with Len Edgerly, host of the Kindle Chronicles, Cynthia Bourgeault shares what she has been doing and considering through the Pandemic shutdown period, and what is on ... Read More
Constraint and the Common Good
For prior blogs in this series exploring the common good and the potential of an emerging Integral structure of consciousness, please refer to the links included below this post. From everything ... Read More
REIMAGINING THE COMMON GOOD: The Common Good as Good, Part 2
For prior blogs in this series exploring the common good and the potential of an emerging Integral structure of consciousness, please refer to the links included below this post. This is the ... Read More
REIMAGINING THE COMMON GOOD: The Common Good as Good, Part 1
For prior blogs in this series exploring the common good and the potential of an emerging Integral structure of consciousness, please refer to the links included below this post. The third aspect ... Read More
Autopoiesis: A Continuing Blog Series on the Common Good
For other blogs in this series exploring the common good and the potential of an emerging Integral structure of consciousness, please refer to the links included below this post. The ... Read More
The Common Good from an Evolutionary Perspective
The following provides further reflections on the “Civics for Wisdom Students” theme, as introduced in the prior post EVOLUTIONARY THEORY AND THE COMMON GOOD: The Beginnings of a Wisdom Inquiry ... Read More
CYNTHIA’S ATA PRESENTATION: Enstatic Personhood and the Teilhardian Evolutionary Vision
The video below is generously shared by the American Teilhard Association (ATA), recorded at their annual general meeting on June 12, 2021. The ATA explores and builds on the life and work of ... Read More
EVOLUTIONARY THEORY AND THE COMMON GOOD: The Beginnings of a Wisdom Inquiry
One of the more surprising revelations to grow out of our winter’s pilot “Civics for Wisdom Students” project has been the growing realization that while our Constitution pays lips service to ... Read More
IMAGINAL SYSTEMATICS – Eye of the Heart Book Review
The following review of Cynthia’s book Eye of the Heart: A Spiritual Journey into the Imaginal Realm is provided by David Lorimer from Paradigm Explorer, the journal of The Scientific and ... Read More
ENSTASY, LESSON 14
Cynthia Bourgeault continues her series of reflections upon Integral structures of consciousness and ideas brought forth in Jean Gebser’s book, Ever Present Origin (EPO). See below for ... Read More
Go Beyond the Mind, LESSON 13
Cynthia Bourgeault continues her unfolding series of reflections upon Integral structures of consciousness and ideas brought forth in Jean Gebser’s masterful book, Ever Present Origin. If ... Read More
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
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