In the Pathwork, we learn effective and lasting ways to:
Liberate tension and old pain held in the body;
Resolve childhood traumas and pain that cause dysfunction
in adult relationships;
Heal distortions and negative reactions in the emotions;
Correct wrong ideas and self-sabotaging conclusions
in the mind;
Nourish and open the heart;
Nurture, strengthen and enliven the spirit;
Know ourselves as loving, healing beings who serve by
bringing divine light into the world
The Wisdom of the Pathwork Lectures
The foundation of the Pathwork is a series
of lectures delivered over a 22-year period by a spiritual teacher named
Eva Pierrakos, until her death in New York City
in1979. This body of wisdom describes a concrete, integrated method of self-exploration
and change that is practical, down-to-earth, and effective. The lectures
outline a detailed, step-by-step process
in which the union of all apparent opposites on the spiritual path can be reconciled--personal fulfillment and selfless service, work with the wounded inner child and transcendent openness to God, facing our personal negativity and claiming the Higher Self as our true identity.
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Liberation and Hope Through
Self-Acceptance, Real Change,
and Union with God
The routes that paths take to union are many. The Pathwork
process lays the groundwork for this sacred journey by looking for,
examining and owning those parts of us that are
not in
union—the parts of us that may be fearful, hopeless, judgmental,
selfish, arrogant, lazy, untrusting or untrustworthy. Many spiritual
paths feature practices to simply
transcend these universal human
failings. The Pathwork, however, is
a path of transformation
first, to build a dependable foundation for authentic experiences
of transcendence and unity. It is our belief that the sum total of one's
flaws—which we call the
lower self—must be
compassionately and fearlessly brought to the light as part of our spiritual
journey. If they are not illuminated and transformed, these dark,
unpurified places will have an inordinate amount of influence (mostly unconscious)
over our thoughts, behavior, and life patterns. If life is not going completely as
we wish, if some of our deepest aspirations seem to be blocked, if we seem to make
the same mistakes over and over, this is a good indication that our lower self is
holding sway in these areas. However, the work does not end here.
The Pathwork is
also a path of transcendence. The work of
illuminating and transforming the lower self naturally reveals and
strengthens the
higher self, the divine spark in each one of us that is
vibrantly alive, expansive, loving and in truth. The Pathwork helps us listen to
and respond to the yearnings of the soul for union with others, with all of
creation and with the Great Mystery at the center of the universe.
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