Esoterically, the miracle of the Gospels conveys the enlightenment of man: they portray the gradual emergence of inner light via the same threefold sequence that Ouspensky outlined. No wonder, then, that Ouspensky placed self-consciousness at the hub of his system, claiming all the other ideas were supportive spokes. It is the light of consciousness that actualizes all other ideas of the Fourth Way. But to value consciousness already requires a certain amount of self-awareness, and herein lies the great test of awakening. “People often ask: what does one gain by becoming conscious?” said Ouspensky to his students. “This is because they do not know what the result of consciousness is. When we are conscious we become connected with higher centers and then the whole picture changes.”
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