Trying to escape the painful effects of spiritual ignorance is like hoping to lose your shadow by running away from the sun.

To merely long for the Higher Life is not enough; it takes spiritual perspiration to turn our aspiration for celestial heights into their permanent station.

The spiritual life is a genesis. When the seed awakens it isn't to herself, but to the life that now stirs her. As only one, she slept. As two, she knows life. As both she leaves her dark world and rises up into the light a whole new form.

Just as you can't toss a pebble into a pond without making small waves that spread out to touch its banks, so is it true that our sincere spiritual effort makes ripples in unseen realities, waves that touch and transform the shores of the soul.

The true spiritual battle isn't with life, but in our work to stay in the midst of it when other parts of us want to run away.

We cannot help but increase our inner efforts as it becomes clear to us that our spiritual sleep is driving us nowhere.

Spiritual wisdom is our greatest wealth and, as we realize the truth of this -- so that true self-knowledge becomes our single greatest wish in life -- each moment of every one of our relationships serves as the secret path to the summit of ourselves.

Yours is the spiritual right to walk through this life free of regret...and without any fear of what awaits you just ahead.

To succeed spiritually, to discover the new man or woman waiting within us, requires going beyond being the thought-based, self-conceived creatures we are at present.

Taking up a spiritual journey is often a deeply personal quest, yet it becomes extraordinary when shared with a community dedicated to self-discovery. In a recent interview with Guy Finley, founder and director of the Life of Learning Foundation, hosted by MysticMag, the roots of this transformative organization are unveiled. Guy's path to spiritual awakening, marked by encounters with enlightened mentors and a pivotal moment with Vernon Howard...