From our friend, Jean Z. Dear friends, below is a link to the second movement of Quartet No. 2 by Alexander Borodin. Listen with presence:  https://youtu.be/JYrS8_orubE?si=a_nJ9GB05GHjPrYE “A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that the worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Join the discussion Image: Dancing Mai

Weekly Exercise to Wake Up: Change a Habit From our friend Astha of the Toronto Center Each day, observe one consistent habit and note it. Now try to make an effort to avoid doing the same thing that you always do. For example, if you always brush your teeth with your right hand, try using your left hand this week. Or, walk in a slightly different way than usual. At the end of the day, recollect those moments when you saw yourself in a habit or were able to make an effort to

From our friend, Jean Z. Dear friends, use the beautiful impressions as food for higher centers. Ave Maria by Charles Gounod:  https://youtu.be/hyUhEjtlDLA?si=VgZRlNFEm1fD2zE9 “Happiness and good fortune, concord with the gods above—all these are among his gifts.” -Aristocles Join the discussion Image: Madonna del Prato by Raphael

Weekly Exercise From my friend and fellow student, Astha of the Toronto  Center Weekly Topic: Householder The lower self craves attention to support the illusion that it is important. ─ The Teacher The teacher comments: the lower self spends his whole life trying to convince us that the problem is someone else. He never gives up trying to hide the fact that he is the problem. He keeps accounts to keep us asleep. The exercise is to try to experience the profoundness of existin

External Consideration If inner-considering is the state of worrying what people think of us; of not being able to say what we wish to a person because of the fear of not being liked, and feelings that people do not value us as much as we think they should, how would external consideration manifest? Just as inner-considering is based on imagination and identification, externally considering others requires an objective state of consciousness. Self-remembering then is a prereq

From our friend, Jean Z. Hello friends, be present as you listen to the following musical selection: Sull’aria from The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart: https://youtu.be/q1tmHHpEJWM?si=KqPCFU7iAQb53ufc Translation of Sull’aria (A Little Song on the Breeze): On the breeze What a gentle little zephyr A little zephyr This evening will sigh This evening will sigh Under the pines in the little grove. Under the pines… Under the pines in the little grove Under…the pines…in the little g

Weekly Exercise From my friend and fellow student, Astha of the Toronto  Center Weekly Topic: External Considering External considering is thinking about what the person in front of you needs, while remembering yourself. External consideration is practical and humane. Look for it in the small as well as the great, and the divine harmony that resounds throughout the Universe will echo within you. — The Teacher During the day, this week’s exercise is take time to notice the lit

From our friend Jean Z. Dear friends, be present as you listen to the following musical selection. Von ewiger Liebe (Eternal Love) by Johannes Brahms:  https://youtu.be/oxV1RVa2rKY?si=lBC6DjMpWQyLTzFh Text of Von ewiger Liebe: Dark, how dark in forest and field! Evening already, and the world is silent. Nowhere a light and nowhere smoke, And even the lark is silent now too. Out of the village there comes a lad, Escorting his sweetheart home, He leads her past the willow-copse

From my friend and fellow student, Astha of the Toronto Center Weekly Topic: Inner Considering Inner considering is worrying about what others think of you. The lower self actively looks for things to criticize in itself and others. — The Teacher This week let’s work with the looking exercise. Every 3 seconds shift your gaze to another object in the room or on the street or wherever you are. Join the discussion Woman with Nine Skulls. Terracotta figure depicts a woman with ni

From our friend, Jean Z. Dear friends, use the following impressions as food for the higher centers. Romance for Violin and Piano by Amy Beach:  https://youtu.be/Bo1XliDasQA?si=5f71kFU7sRUzdKgH “With Divine Presence, one has the gift of seeing oneself.” -The Teacher Join the discussion Image: Annunciation (detail) by Fra Angelico

From my friend and fellow student, Astha of the Toronto Center Weekly Topic: Si-Do Interval Si-Do is the second interval in the law of Octaves. Si-Do interval is towards the end of the Octave. This interval has the peculiar characteristic of presenting the illusion that the octave is complete, even though there is still work to be done to finish it. — Sergio Antonio, from  A Question of Presence Love fills all intervals.   — The Teacher This week let’s leave the last bite of

From our friend, Jean Z. Dear friends, be present as you listen to the following music: Voi Che Sapete by Mozart  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=38kxrpOCZlY “Nothing evolves us like love.” -  Hafiz Join the discussion Image: Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss, Antonio Canova

Weekly Exercise From my friend and fellow student, Astha of the Toronto Centre Mi Fa is the first interval in an octave. An interval is the only point where the octave comes to a stop or changes direction. From "A Question of Presence", by Sergio Antonio: Mi Fa interval can be recognized when there is feeling of confusion, losing the way, waning of energy. This week’s exercise is to set an aim to brush your teeth with a non-dominant hand for one week. Then observe during the

From our friend, Jean Z. Dear friends, below is the music post for this week. Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, second movement by Felix Mendelssohn  https://youtu.be/MRBw09z3eMk?si=SNUF_KLY0rrZy0SO When we listen to music or look at the arts with presence, third eye appears and stays: Uncreated Light.  —  The Teacher Join the discussion The Virgin with Angels by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Weekly Exercise From my friend and fellow student, Astha of the Toronto Center Weekly Topic: The Teacher A Teacher is the one who guides us on this path of spiritual journey. My greatest achievement as a teacher will always be the presence that my students produce. — The Teacher This week, when putting on your shoes, put a nickel in your shoes. Feel the friction and channel the energy to Third Eye. Join the discussion Teacher & Pupil, 13th Century Tibetan

From our friend, Jean Z. Dear friends, use the following music, image, and quote to nourish higher centers. Sonatina in C Major for Mandolin and Fortepiano by Beethoven: https://youtu.be/fxCLflXk0eg?si=lzBikXtHES0psoOB “He who kisses the joy as it flies lives in eternity’s sunrise.” -William Blake Join the discussion Image: Woman with a Mandolin by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Weekly Exercise From my friend and fellow student, Astha of the Toronto Center Weekly Topic: Conscious Influence Conscious influence is a guiding force whose origin is Higher Worlds, often in the form of a Master. It’s like a taste that once you have experienced it, you know it. If you have not, then it has no meaning. Through personal experience one acquires the taste, if you remain open and aware. Are you open enough to receive conscious influence? Try to open yourself to t

From our friend, Jean Z. Dear friends, be present as you listen to Hornpipe from Water Music by Handel: https://youtu.be/1h4mAceHmrI?si=ELR--WhKelieSZf_ “Music is therefore simply the science of the effects of Love on rhythm and harmony.” -Aristocles Join the discussion Image: The River Thames with St. Paul's Cathedral on Lord Mayor's Day by Canaletto

Weekly Exercise From my friend and fellow student, Astha of the Toronto Center Weekly Topic: Attitudes Quoted from "A Question of Presence" by Sergio Antonio — A pre-determined set of 'I’s influencing how one perceives one’s relation to something. Attitudes are generated by features and are often an expression of our mechanicality; they can be changed intentionally according to our aims. Especially when we encounter friction or suffering in our play, we must remember that the

From our friend, Jean Z. Be present as you listen to Violin Concerto in E Major, Third Movement by Bach: https://youtu.be/hWmNZNy_xqc?si=RmojesWuEquI5OVb “Every human being needs self-cultivation.” Aristocles https://youtu.be/hWmNZNy_xqc?si=RmojesWuEquI5OVb Image: Young Woman with a Violin by Orazio Gentileschi

Weekly Exercise From my friend and fellow student, Astha of the Toronto Center Weekly Topic: Understanding [The Fourth Way] system is based on understanding. We understand something at every moment in our own way. Understanding maybe larger and larger and still larger. — Peter Ouspensky Understanding the message has the marvelous quality of producing presence. —The Teacher This week’s exercise is to open doors, cabinets, and drawers quietly and gently, with gratefulness for e

From our friend, Jean Z. Dear friends, use the following music for presence. Intermezzo Op. 117 No. 2 by Brahms https://youtu.be/4h1A8FreTjE?si=KiuwjRP-XXb54YR6 “Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it.” Rumi Join the discussion Image: Peace and Justice by Pompeo Batoni

Weekly Exercise From my friend and fellow student, Astha of the Toronto Center Weekly Topic: Knowledge and Being Knowledge and Being are like two parallel lines. The Fourth Way — Peter Ouspensky Take an example of two men: one knows the four rules of arithmetic, the other does not. Naturally the first will be in a better position, although their level of being is the same. The more a man knows about mathematics, the better is his position in a certain profession. So knowledge

From our friend, Jean Z. Dear friends, below is the music post to be present to.  Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring  by Johann Sebastian Bach: https://youtu.be/GWtoeYznx8E?si=KoGfJhVGGHF2yrlz Only Higher Centers can bring us the clarity of consciousness. — The Teacher Join the discussion Portrait of Unknown Woman  by Leonardo da Vinci

Weekly Exercise From my friend and fellow student, Astha of the Toronto   Center Weekly Topic: Consciousness and Functions We exist in different worlds simultaneously. Consciousness is not a part of your body or your mind. It is apart from your body and mind. Consciousness pervades and illumines the mind and body enabling it to function. Consciousness is not limited by mind and body. It exists apart from mind and body. Consciousness is known in the functioning of the mind and

From our friend, Jean Z. Dear friends, below is a link to Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 by Beethoven. Listen with presence:  https://youtu.be/Jf2J0ykoW2A?si=F7YlX0y5p628__wZ Join the discussion Image: Saint Cecilia by Guido Reni “To play a wrong note is insignificant. To play without passion is inexcusable.” -Ludwig van Beethoven

Weekly Exercise From my friend and fellow student, Astha of the Toronto   Center Weekly Topic: Scale and Relativity SCALE:  Viewing an...

From our friend, Jean Z. Hello friends, be present as you listen to the music. Jupiter from The Planets by Gustav Holst: ...

Weekly Exercise From my friend and fellow student, Astha of the Toronto Center Weekly Topic: Features One’s emotional attitude towards...

From our friend, Jean Z. Hello friends, use the following music, quote, and image to strengthen presence. The music for this week is...

Weekly Exercise From my friend and fellow student, Astha of the Toronto  Center Weekly Topic: Aim The aim is to make presence stronger...

From our friend, Jean Z. Hello friends, use the music below to strengthen presence. Nocturne in B Major, Op. 62, No. 1 by Frederic...

From our friend, Jean Z. Hello friends, be present as you listen to the following musical selection. Piano Concerto No. 2, Second...

This week's exercise from our friend, Astha P. Emotions such as anger, hate, jealousy, worries, fear are all negative emotions. These are...

From our friend, Jean Z. Hello friends, use the following music to nourish your essence. Mi Teresita by Teresa Carreno: ...

Weekly Exercise From my friend and fellow student, Astha of the Toronto Center Weekly Topic: Essence It must be understood that man...

From our friend, Jean Z. Hello friends, use the following music to be present to. Sonata in D Minor K.9 by Domenico Scarlatti: ...

The Fourth State of Consciousness The following essay is from my friend, Tejas of the Surat Center, India. It is a sketch of the...

Consciousness What is the relationship between an acorn and higher centers? The acorn may be seen as representative of presence before we...

From our friend, Jean Z. Dear friends, the music post for this week, Cello Concerto in C Major, First Movement by Joseph Haydn  ...

Consciousness: Cloud Illusions I Recall The fact that you have come to this private Facebook Group might be an indication that you may...

From my friend and fellow student, Astha of the Toronto Center Weekly Topic: Consciousnes s Consciousness is pure joy. A love that arises...

From our friend, Jean Z. Hello friends, below is the music post for this week. Nauges by Debussy:  https://youtu.be/dRN8RA5Vph8?si=b74br6...

From our friend, Jean Z. Hello friends, using the music, image and quote, observe your inner state and verify whether you feel more...

The following story was written by a friend and fellow student, Guinevere, of the Northern California Center Genie reached over to the...

From my friend and fellow student, Astha of the Toronto Center Weekly Topic: Verification The Work relies on active verification. By...

Will a Miracle Imagination is unconscious discipline; presence is conscious discipline. ─  The Teacher The Work is paradoxically about...

From our friend, Jean Z . Hello friends, use the following music to nourish higher centers: Fruhlingsglaube by Franz Liszt: ...

From my friend and fellow student, Astha of the  Toronto Center Weekly Topic: Will Will is the ability to Be; be present when we want to....

Weekly Topic: The Steward Fundamentally, a steward is a keeper of the household or a guardian of affairs. Esoterically, a 'refined...