In the secton of the book 'A call to consciousness', Jeanne de Salzmann (1889, 1990) turns from the general observation I am asleep to something very precise, the moment an impression enters. This moment, she suggests, is decisive. It is where consciousness is either lost again, or has a chance to appear. An impression is … Continue reading A call to consciousness, the moment life enters Part 3
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A call to consciousness, the first honest step Part 2
The opening chapters of The Reality of Being are part of a larger section of 12 short chapters, 'A call to consciousness'. This framing is essential. Jeanne de Salzmann (1889, 1990) is not presenting a theory, nor a gradual self improvement program. She is calling the reader into a direct confrontation with the fact of … Continue reading A call to consciousness, the first honest step Part 2
The Reality of Being: Entering the Work of Gurdjieff Part 1
This section is dedicated to the system of Gurdjieff and the Work The Reality of Being, entering the work of Gurdjieff George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (c. 1866, 1949) is one of the most important and at the same time most misunderstood spiritual masters of the twentieth century. Like Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895, 1986) and Osho (1931, 1990), … Continue reading The Reality of Being: Entering the Work of Gurdjieff Part 1
Toward Awakening: on Gurdjieff’s Work
On the Meaning, Direction, and Inner Demand of Jean Vaysse’s Book 1. Why This Book Exists Toward Awakening is not a book written to inform, inspire, or console. It is written to disturb a certain sleep. Jean Vaysse does not address the reader as a student, a believer, or even a seeker in the usual … Continue reading Toward Awakening: on Gurdjieff’s Work
Surat Shabd Yoga: A Historical Overview and Meditation Practice
Surat Shabd Yoga, often translated as the "Yoga of the Inner Light and Sound" or the "Union of the Soul with the Divine Sound Current," is a contemplative meditation tradition emphasizing direct inner experience of divine light and sound as the path to spiritual liberation. Historical Origins and Development The roots of Surat Shabd Yoga … Continue reading Surat Shabd Yoga: A Historical Overview and Meditation Practice
Our work on the Yoga of the Inner Light
Who is behind the Youtube channel VedicVibes, this website and the series of papers on the Yoga of the Inner LIght. Just to give some context. Prof. Dr. Jan M. Keppel Hesselink is a Dutch physician, biologist, and professor of molecular pharmacology (associated with the University of Witten/Herdecke). He bridges conventional medicine (especially neuropathic pain … Continue reading Our work on the Yoga of the Inner Light
When the Gurdjieff Enneagram Refuses to Stay Flat: Tradition, Vision, and a Living Symbol
For most of us, the Enneagram appears as it does on countless book covers and workshop flyers: a circle, nine points, intersecting lines. It is usually framed as a psychological map, a way to classify personality, motivations, and defensive styles. Useful perhaps. Marketable certainly. But also strangely diminished. Recently, I read a scholarly paper that … Continue reading When the Gurdjieff Enneagram Refuses to Stay Flat: Tradition, Vision, and a Living Symbol
The Enneagram as Dynamic Vortex: revelatons after a Sufi Shake
The "Work" of Gurdjieff often operates on a long time-horizon; I danced the "Movements" of Gurdjieff long ago and perhaps this has planted a rhythmic seed in my motor memory. Some days a good friend of mine let me know that only if you understand the enneagram completely, a higher being can be born. Apparently … Continue reading The Enneagram as Dynamic Vortex: revelatons after a Sufi Shake
Beyond the “Trip”: Mapping the Universal Architecture of the Sacred
For decades, the "psychedelic experience" has been treated by mainstream science as a form of beautiful, chaotic intoxication: a chemical "hallucination" that, while fascinating, lacked a predictable map. However, as our recent research suggests, what we often call a "trip" is actually a highly structured, lawful progression of consciousness. It is, in effect, a naturalistic … Continue reading Beyond the “Trip”: Mapping the Universal Architecture of the Sacred
DMT, Vision, and the Grammar of Inner Light
There is a story told by a man named Justin about his DMT experience. What struck me was not the exotic imagery or the psychedelic symbolism. What struck me was how closely his account follows the same inner structure we keep seeing in contemplative practice. Not identical. Not equal. But recognizably patterned. And this invites … Continue reading DMT, Vision, and the Grammar of Inner Light
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