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Living from Good: Hearing the Voices of Yeshua and Maurice Nicoll, Part 2

Bill Britten | November 1, 2023

Before moving forward, I’d like to pause and summarize what was covered previously. We have been talking about two sides of a human being. On the one side, which we call the outer person, are the familiar concepts of knowledge, truth, personality, ego, the horizontal timeline of life, often referred to as World 48. On the inner side of a human being we have Good, Essence (also called true self), higher realms, World 24, what Jesus/Yeshua refers to as the Kingdom.

Day II: All Saints’ / All Hallow’s Day

Heather Ruce | November 1, 2023

Collective Autumn Triduum Vigil: Today we find ourselves in the middle of the the Autumn Triduum. November 1st, All Saints’ Day or All Hallow’s Day, has traditionally been a day of honoring and celebrating the saints of the Christian tradition.

Day I: All Saints’ Eve / Halloween

Heather Ruce | October 31, 2023

Collective Autumn Triduum Vigil: It is the first day of the Autumn Triduum, October 31st, All Saints’ Eve or Halloween. As we join with one another in vigil across this passage way from death to life, it is important to recognize the main overarching theme of this type of passage which is, in the words of Cynthia Bourgeault, to taste that in ourselves which already lies beyond death in order that we might begin to live from that place now.

Living from Good: Hearing the Voices of Yeshua and Maurice Nicoll, Part 1

Bill Britten | October 23, 2023

This communiqué will be posted to Wisdom Waypoints in three parts. The format is to offer a selection of Maurice’s teachings on several major ideas, many quoted directly, interspersed with Logia from the Gospel of Thomas—hoping that you too can hear the harmonies.

A Beginner’s Look at Centering Prayer

Emma Mellon | October 17, 2023

The directions were simple: when you have a thought, let it go. Cynthia Bourgeault calls Centering Prayer “a pathway of return”.

Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening Book Circle, Part III

Elizabeth Combs | October 14, 2023

In this short section, Cynthia takes us through a brief history of the practice, exploring Centering Prayer as not only a devotional method but also a deep purification process for the unconscious psycho- spiritual detritus of a lifetime…

Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening Book Circle, Part II

Alan Krema | September 13, 2023

This coming month we will be working with Part II in Cynthia Bourgeault’s Book Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, entitled: The Tradition of Centering Prayer, Chapters 6, 7 and 8.

Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening Book Circle, Part I

Heather Ruce | August 18, 2023

We are just about to begin our next Foundational Wisdom Practice Book Circle, Series I, in which people will gather to engage one of Cynthia’s principle books Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening. This Wisdom Practice Book Circle will be an opportunity to anchor us amidst the growing intensity of current conditions in the psychological, biological, and spiritual atmosphere individually and collectively.

Highlights of Cynthia’s Fall and Winter Teaching Schedule

Cynthia Bourgeault | July 12, 2023

I know that many of you are beginning to arrange your fall and winter schedules and are trying to figure out which on-the -ground CB retreats will work best with your particular interests and experience base. With that in mind, I thought I’d walk you through some of the highlights of my fall and early winter teaching schedule. Most of these events are now posted on both Wisdom Waypoints and cynthiabourgeault.org, but here’s the quick summary.

Four Songs, and a Poem: To the Core at the Center of the Last Chapter of Fourth and Nondual

Laura Ruth | May 26, 2023

I When Cynthia Bourgeault wrote The Corner of Fourth and Nondual, she was given the boundaries each My Theology series author was to adhere to: forty typewritten pages to be […]