Verifications

"Different schools teach in different ways. For instance, this kind of school says simply; develop only consciousness and all the rest will be added unto you"--PD Ouspensky, The FourthWay.

Verifications are the foundation of our work. When we make efforts to be present and observe a conscious teaching--we make verifications that last forever. What have you verified lately? Leave a comment if you'd like.

With Presence,

J


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Sweet are the uses of adversity

"Sweet are the uses of adversity,

Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,

Wears yet a precious jewel in his head;

And this our life, exempt from public haunt,

Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,

Sermons in stones, and good in every thing."

Shakespeare, from "As You Like It"

Meeting: San Diego January 12, 2011

Last night E and I were fortunate to have S with us on a visit from Los Angeles. A friend of ours joined us for a meeting in our living room as well. She is new to the work. As an introduction, we discussed the centers of gravity.

The conversation was light and informative, with each of us eliminating our knowledge, understanding, and being through the deck of cards. There was a fire burning in the fireplace, and the room was filled with silent hydrogens. It was a night to remember.

I have, as many students have, taken part in countless centers of gravity discussions, and for me, these meetings each have a sense of awe in them. For our higher centers sense there is a timelessness in the history and in the wisdom that is revealed. It seems to be a simple set of cards. But, like a hidden passage to a new world, the cards provide a way to verify one's machine, and to observe others in a new light. It is simple and yet complex. Just like the work.

So, with today being Gurdjieff's birthday, I invite you to take a moment to remember the very beginning of your work. Maybe take an opportunity to lay out the cards once again. In whatever way you choose, give birth anew to the beauty and connectedness that resides in your inner world.

With Love and Presence,

J

Images of Roses

Images of Roses began coming to me more and more as I realized my dedication to the Academy. And the more I knew I had found a Home, the closer I felt to Mervyn Brady.

 The Images of the Roses were being used as parallels, as if I was being told stories about the impermanence of life here in the flesh, and about the Eternal Rose, which is a parallel to the Soul, and to God.

 The messages started as prose and then began to come through as poetry.

 One day, the Hydrogens were rising. I sat at a desk doing what my non-poetic machine could do to get the words about the Roses onto paper.

My four year old daughter sat on the floor nearby playing with flashcards.

  I got up and walked to the next room to wash a dish.

As I looked out the window there I said aloud, "Mervyn, wouldn't it be nice if you could give me some definite sign that YOU are telling me what to write, and that you are giving me this poem."

 I turned off the water.

I turned around.

Behind me on the floor lay two flashcards.

Perfectly placed, one next to the other.

 In another room, not the one in which my daughter played.

Two cards, each one bearing a red rose.

Perfectly placed there by my daughter, I assume,

who was without knowledge of what I was writing about

because I never told her.

 And here is the poem:

  

THE ETERNAL ROSE

I Am A Rose,

Made in the image and Likeness of God.

An Eternal Rose,

Made in the Likeness of God.

But each moment, a Rose, impermanent fades.

It opens, then will close.

Don't handle it, but take in each scent carefully,

Take in each moment, a Rose.

Let each moment go. Some smell sweet,

Others don't.

Some have thorns.

Love and let go.

You are a Rose,

An Eternal Rose,

Always in Bloom

Like the Rose of God

Who gives us moments

Each One a Rose

To smell and let go

Until A Soul

An Eternal Rose

Knows It Is In Bloom,

And Then Lives Forever.

With All My Love,

V

Dwell Often On Thoughts of God

Dear All,

A little inspiration during this Moon Cycle....

Dwell Often On Thoughts of God

The power which comes when the heart is set upon God can reverse negative to positive, darkness to light; 
the inflowing light will produce perfect health because it will produce harmony

 - White Eagle

While we cannot use the Moon as a justification for our mechanics, it is helpful to be aware of its influence and redouble our efforts to be Present and to serve the state of Love....

J