There is an extraordinary paradox in the spiritual life that any sincere aspirant must encounter. The paradox is that anyone who is a sincere seeker wants Real Life, Truth, but the very act of wanting it is produced by having imagined what Real Life is, and then we attempt to imitate what the mind has imagined for ourselves. The conundrum is that you can't want what can only be given to you,...

I was thinking this afternoon about the man who introduced you to me. What would I say to him now, if we could meet? Did he have any idea what he was doing? Had he given any thought to what was going to happen to me? How the rest of my life, every facet of it, would be shaped by that moment our paths then crossed? Did he understand I would lose everything I treasure because the only constant...

Volunteer for deliberate spiritual growth by daring to venture into the unknown. It may surprise you to discover that the circumstances necessary just for you, and for your continuing inner development are much closer than you think! For instance, start with the following "10 Small Steps to Real Self-Knowledge." Agree to step into these unknown moments and then step back... And watch how new...

We are creatures of the outside. We know as real only the movement from without to within; From hand to mouth, we exist. Yet, Real life is inside...out. The Christ is before the world. His Light precedes the letters that spell His name. His Life is to the thoughts and ideas about Him as is... The fusion of the sun to the light it generates. And when the inner Sun stirs... ...M...

He reads the Great Truths in order to resonate... To have his heart sound out the soothing tones      of Timeless Light Captured in the printed word upon each page. What are such words other than invisible Truths      made visible... The ineffable made tangible to nourish hungry hearts? Such sentiments caught on paper may be Either a window or a door -- a passage or an impasse...

Topics covered: The Hero's Journey begins with discovering that we do not know what we think we know; Every human being, by the fact that they are born on this planet, is asleep in this planet, in this consciousness that has manifested and expressed itself in this world; Everything will be revealed to the individuals who really want to know the reason for their existence...