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“Progress comes through the voluntary acceptance of constriction and diminishment. And that’s the unpleasant bottom line. Because all of us think that evolution comes through expansion. But it’s actually, spiritually speaking, in the opposite direction. It’s in the leaning into the conditions that you at first experience as intolerable, and gradually realizing that they are exactly the conditions that bring something new forth, something that can’t be born forth in any other way.”
~ Cynthia Bourgeault
Following seamlessly from her earlier course on Building Kesdjan Body, this teaching series consists of eight hour-long presentations by Cynthia, plus a special guest lecture by Gurdjieffian scholar Michael Pittman. Topics covered include:
- Christian mystical perspectives on aging and second body
- Higher Being Bodies in the Gurdjieffian system
- Transferring the seat of one’s personal identity to second body
- The role of surrender, grace, and devotion
- Working in the higher collectivity
This on-demand course is available to begin immediately and includes video lectures, an audio-only listening option, and transcripts. One Gurdjieff Four Ideals exercise is included. This series was recorded in October 2023 at the Claymont Retreat Center.
