The process of inner self-examination brings about a knowledge that is as rigorous and supported by evidence as anything science has to offer. At the same time, this point of view redefines faith as a knowledge that is attained not… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share Image
We are born for meaning, not pleasure, unless it is pleasure that is steeped in meaning. — Jacob Needleman Copy Share
Why has time disappeared in our culture? How is it that after decades of inventions and new technologies devoted to saving time and labor,… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share
If one steps out on a starry night and observes one's inner state, one asks if one could hate or be overwhelmed by envy… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share
Life is not so much defined by the external situation as it is by the internal one. — Jacob Needleman Copy Share
“This is the mark of great ideas: they unify people and they also act to unify the disparate parts of the human being; they… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share
Our modern world-view tragically misperceives and wrongly defines what it is to be human. We are conditioned by our society to believe happiness comes… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share
For the growing number of people seeking to approach the ideas of Gurdjieff, Toward Awakening by Jean Vaysse offers reliable guidance, as well as… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share
The problem of money dogs our steps throughout the whole of our lives, exerting a pressure that, in its way, is as powerful and… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share
What is [the role of money] in the search for meaning? Is our relationship to it one of the chief factors that keeps us… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share
“Remember how long you have been putting these things off, and how often you have received an opportunity from the gods and have not… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share
As my personal explorations continued, I experienced this quality of inner reality more and more and could no longer doubt that the meaning of… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share
To love my neighbor is to assist the arising and unfolding in him of that which can harmonize the real elements of his nature. — Jacob Needleman Copy Share
Our world, so we see and hear on all sides, is drowning in materialism, commercialism, consumerism. But the problem is not really there. What… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share
As to how I would guide someone who is confused about the idea of God, I would suggest that he or she begins identifying… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share
