The Building 4th Podcast
Welcome to the Building 4th Podcast where we explore the Perennial Philosophy from various lenses including the psychological, theological, spiritual, conventional, and esoteric. Our points of emphasis include the Hebrew and Christian scriptures (including the non-canonical Christian texts), the Law of One material, the Enneagram, Process thought (ie Whitehead’s Philosophy of Organism) integral theory, and developmental psychology.
Episodes
Wednesday Feb 28, 2024
Polarizing, Depolarizing, Law Of Responsibility
Wednesday Feb 28, 2024
Wednesday Feb 28, 2024
A deeper dive into karma as the Law of Responsibility once the Choice of polarity has been made in 3rd density.
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
“We may indicate that the [ankh] is a part of the concept complexes of the archetypical mind, the circle indicating the magic of the spirit, the cross indicating that nature of manifestation which may only be valued by the losing. Thus the crux ansata is intended to be seen as an image of the eternal in and through manifestation and beyond manifestation through the sacrifice and transformation of that which is manifest” (Law of One, Session 93.22).
Friday Feb 23, 2024
A Conversation with a Friend about Living Here and the Depth of Here
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Friday Feb 23, 2024
This is deep and winding conversation. Topics include the true self, false self, process theology, process philosophy, joy, and the nature of love.
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Living in the Green and Blue Ray Energy Centers
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Topics discussed include the cosmic architecture of experience as the foundational frequency, the manyness frequency, and the co-creative frequency; living from the green ray; living from the blue ray; loving and forgiving others.
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Friday Feb 16, 2024
This episode is a dialog between Doug and a spiritual seeker who is in the process of transformation. This candid conversation was published with permission from the seeker as a gift for anyone who may resonate with the themes.
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
The Law of Three
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Introducing an important cosmic law that shapes our development.
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Law of One Q/R
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
The following community dialog discussed various topics on the Law of One material and how to live this out in our daily lives.
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
(Audio) Magical and Mystical Paths to Adepthood: a reflection
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
The following is a dialog with a fellow seeker regarding the differences and similarities between the mystical path and magical path.
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
(audio and graphics) History of Solar System, Law of One and Q'uo
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
The following audio and images are from the Building 4th community's presentation. Demarcus's talk includes new information from the who identify themselves as members of the Confederation of Planets in the Service of the Infinite Creator. images: https://cosmicchrist.net/2024/02/01/audio-and-graphics-history-of-solar-system-law-of-one-and-quo/
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Our Vision
Ra says, “The Original Desire is that all entities seek and become one” (20.27). The “oneing” arises across ever increasing complexity. Complexification is evolution, and evolution is gained “by the losing,” as Ra mentions in 93.24.
It is sometimes said that there are three boxes that lead to evolution: Order, Disorder, and Reorder. Individually and collectively, we have to a sense of ‘order’ so that we develop identity. Then, we have to go through ‘disorder’ so that the experience the expansion and transformation of our ‘order’ gave us. We arrive at ‘reorder,’ but not after considerable deconstruction. In a world whose sense-making worldviews and institutions are thoroughly in disorder, how can we hold the depth of meaning so that we live into new spaces of inner and collective freedom? Our podcast hopes to be a small voice in the desert (disorder) which attempts to integrate, not segregate; unite diversity, not demand uniformity; include the pieces of disorder so that we may transcend into reconstructing–reconciling–reordering–renewing–the ever ancient, and ever new.
Building 4th is the name of our small spiritual community that is centered around the cosmic law known as the Law of One.
What does “Building 4th” mean? [see below for further descriptions of each of these four points]
- Building the Fourth Density [1]
- Building the Fourth Energy Center [2]
- Building the Fourth Way [3]
- Building Forth On Our Spiritual Evolution [4]
Building 4th’s Fourth Way is to embrace an incarnational spirituality grounded in the immediacy of our life-situations.
- We seek to learn in order to serve: We affirm that whenever we study the Law of One or other spiritual material, whether on our own or as a group, this is for the purpose of crystallizing our spiritual principles and learning how to embody them.
- The mundane is sacred: We affirm that there is no separation between the ordinary world and divinity. For example, doing dishes is an act of the Creator knowing Itself and can be supremely sacred.
- Love is our metric: We affirm that any teaching or belief, whether conventional or esoteric, is valued by how well it helps us love and understand ourselves and others, including those others whom we perceive to be different or even antagonistic.
- The way down is the way up: We affirm that our ordinary lives are rich in opportunities to grow spiritually. We try to bring our full presence and open heart to each moment, even–and especially–the difficult ones. We are learning that there is no escaping the conditions that foster our personal growth and therefore our goal is to embrace each challenge wherever we discern that it is safe and appropriate to do so. And even in dangerous, unsafe situations, we want to hold the assurance that the creator’s love is with us and we are immortal spiritual beings. In short, the ascension process is not a journey up and out of this difficult third-density illusion, but rather a movement down and into it more.
- The importance of humility: Ra suggests that to become the creator, “[…]renders one the most humble servant of all, transparent in personality and able to know and accept others.” We trust that our understanding is ever evolving, thus we try to hold our own views and various identities with humility. We acknowledge that admitting we don’t know fully requires some level of vulnerability and this can be uncomfortable.
We are inspired by the perennial philosophy that undergirds most of the world’s major spiritual traditions. For us, one primary description of the perennial philosophy is the Law of One material.
We are also informed by the academic disciplines of psychology, sociology, and theology, as we endeavor to weave a healthy synthesis between the conventional and the cosmic, the exoteric and the esoteric, and micro and the macro [4].
We hope that you enter the adventure with us and that you’ll enjoy our podcast.