By Doug Esse The following is super nerdy, and I admit, super brief. A further update or new article will follow with more explanation as time allows. For those few who might be informed by Gurdjieff's work on the Enneagram, especially the Law of Three and the Law of Octaves (Law of Seven), Archetype of … Continue reading Law of Three and the Archetype of Transformation: Law of One material reflection →

By Doug Esse The Creator is Infinity experiencing Itself eternally self-donating into infinitely diverse events of Itself eternally processing into an infinitely complexifying eternal unity. Or The Creator is the One seeking experience of Itself as the Many seeking experience of Themselves as the One.

By Doug Esse The Creator is Infinity experiencing Itself eternally self-donating into infinitely diverse occasions of Itself eternally processing themselves into an infinitely complexifying eternal unity.

by Doug Esse

by Doug Esse God gods God's godding God's godness. I think I mean that the verb "to god" is the foundational movement of the Creator to create. It's a verb that connotes all of these things simultaneously: kenosis (self-emptying), will-pleasure, creative principle, pantheism, panentheism, panpsychism, panexperientialism--all for the sake of God experiencing Godself in infinite … Continue reading The Law of One captured in one sentence (it’s a tongue-twister) →

by Doug Esse The following is my reflection to some questions posed by a seeker whose spiritual tradition of origin is Catholicism. This person is also quite proficient in theological language and concepts, in addition to the metaphysics of the Law of One material. This brief essay may appeal to a few and I offer … Continue reading Mary, Cosmology, and the Law of One →

by Doug Esse I like to borrow from what Richard Rohr says about Scripture [see below]. I have adopted it and redacted the statement to fit my beliefs. I believe that the Bible from the Hebrew Scriptures to the end of the Christian Scriptures portray on a macroscale what is always and everywhere true for … Continue reading A Brief Reflection on the Spiritual Journey →

By Doug Esse As a mental health counselor, I love to have art in my office that also function as pedagogical tools. I have commissioned an artist to paint an image that I created based upon how I understand the perennial philosophy from two areas that have deeply influenced me: The True Self/False Self teachings … Continue reading A Visual Psycho-Spiritual Experience Informed by the Law of One Metaphysics →

by Doug Esse The following is my own opinion. Baptism existed in Judaism prior to Christianity, but John the Baptist repurposed the Essenes version [1]. Christianity took the John’s approach and made into a sacrament of an initiation into a new life in Christ. Informed by the Law of One metaphysics and my graduate degree … Continue reading Reframing Christian Baptism from a Law of One Perspective →