A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y

 

Death

Death Space
Defending
Defense
Deficient Emptiness
Depression
Destiny
Development
Developmental Psyc.
Diamond Approach
Diamond Consciousness
Diamond Dome
Diamond Guidance
Diamond Issues
Diamond Vehicles
Dimensions
Direct Perception
Discipline
Discrimination
Disidentification
Dissolution
Dissolving
Distortion
Divine Light
Divine Love
Dreaming
Duality
Dynamic Presence
Dynamism

Discrimination

This discriminated and discriminating property of the essential dimension, and of the Essence of the self, makes it possible for us to recognize the many forms in which Presence manifests. This capacity is a reflection of the wisdom of discrimination, of the nous dimension of Presence. Our understanding is that the capacity of discrimination exists fundamentally on the ontological dimension of Presence, and it remains the same property or capacity in other dimensions but we do not see its reality because we have lost contact with Presence. In the experience of self-realization, this property gives the self a capacity for discrimination of such precision and sharpness that it is inconceivable in the conventional dimension of experience. (The Point of Existence, pg 473)

 

 

Discrimination of mind, body, Essence

The capacity to sense oneself must become so refined that the individual can discriminate between physical sensation and the sensation of essential substance. It is not enough that the mind be quiet. It is also necessary for the body to be sensitive. The mind can be quiet while the body is deadened. The body has to be awakened so that the center of sensing, the belly center, can be activated. The belly center, or what Gurdjieff called the physical center, is the center of sensing for all parts of the body. It's deepest function is the subtle sensing, the sensing of essential Presence, that the Sufis called the organ for touch. (Essence, pg 130)