Year: 2022

Reflections on a Wisdom School

Jonathan Steele | September 7, 2022

Twenty-nine brave souls gathered to explore Wisdom through the lens of the Enneagram. Locating our work within the framework of Gurdjieff’s five ‘Obligonian Strivings,’ we discovered that it is from the foundation of abundance, goodness and yearning, that we are invited to wield agency through growing knowledge, being and presence in order to then take our posts as responsible stewards of energy and servants of the whole.

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Reflexiones sobre el amor costoso – Reflections on Costly Love

Wisdom Waypoints | May 25, 2022

Please enjoy this post in both Spanish and English, offering ‘Reflections on Costly Love’: “….we are not just fallen creatures forced to suffer entropy and death for our sins; rather, we are active collaborators, invited to participate in the work of manifesting the love of God in hues that can only exist here, in this world, under these conditions.” 

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Lo imaginal y el Reino – The Imaginal and the Kingdom

Wisdom Waypoints | May 25, 2022

Please enjoy this post offered in both Spanish and English, on the theme of ‘The Imaginal and the Kingdom’: “With a more awakened heart, we can perceive the more subtle energies of love, attention, prayer, and the deeper longing, within us and around us.”

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JOHN 20 1-18 – An Easter Reflection by Brian Mitchell

Brian Mitchell | April 19, 2022

We invite you into this contemplation on the Easter scene, provided by long-time practitioner of the Christian Wisdom path, Brian Mitchell.  Cynthia describes Brian’s reflection as “….absolutely brilliant, the profound […]

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My Sojourn with the Episcopal House of Bishops

Cynthia Bourgeault | April 5, 2022

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 March […]

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“Gospodi Pomiluj” – Lord Mercy Us

Heather Ruce | March 20, 2022

Awhile back one of my teachers Deborah Rose Longo lead J.G. Bennett’s version of the seated Gurdjieff Exercise “Lord Have Mercy.” This version of the exercise was called “Gospodi Pomiluj” which is “Lord Have Mercy” in Russian.

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