Fourth Way
Centres
“Centres” name different functions in the Fourth Way account of a person. Start by distinguishing a thought from a feeling, and both from a bodily sensation or movement.
Thinking
Intellectual
Comparing, reasoning, forming ideas.
Feeling
Emotional
Emotions and emotional responses.
Body
- Moving
- Learned movement and physical habits.
- Instinctive
- Sensation and the body’s inborn functions.
- Sexual
- Sexual function and energy.
The fuller teaching also describes higher emotional and higher intellectual centres. For these introductory notes, stay with functions you can begin to observe.