Getting to the root of the root in us...will never be reached through any act of the intellect, regardless how astute it may be with analyzing things. Being able to connect negative reactions to their hidden root requires a willingness to "pull back and out" from oneself (and the reaction). One must work to see the nature that's reacting, and not what it gives us to look at, blame, or otherwis...

With one hand He gives, with the other He takes Filling and emptying the soul, Carving out receptivity to His Name With each deft blow of His soul-sculpturing hands. I am never full, nor ever bereft; neither am I, But all is He. I am His form. No other form have I And it is to the shelter of His Name He guides me Regardless of how He shapes me. God wants me to want only Him; To have no place...

Here is something that the world around us, as well as most of the parts within us have no interest in hearing: just because we are able to buy something; go somewhere, or do whatever is our pleasure; as, and when we feel like it; doesn't mean that we should. Perhaps you may ask, "But why not pursue what is in my power to give to myself? After all, what better thing can I...

Part 1 Allowing any limitation to determine the choice you make in the moment you meet it, however seemingly wise, or otherwise glorified, is the same as accepting that there is no other possibility for you in that moment other than to avoid the lesson inherent in encountering that limitation. Part 2 It is impossible to hide from any limitation -- to escape any imperfection in the c...

Part 1 The vast majority of humanity views the idea of spiritual rebirth as some sort of prize to be claimed and declared: a new and exciting personal possession, like having won a tropical island in a high-stakes lottery. But true rebirth is nothing of the kind; (it is) a distinct awareness within oneself of a timeless and intelligent awareness -- a fearless and abiding patience, burge...

I listened to one of your talks about Anger Management (the one where you talk about how people who annoy you strike a chord in you). I just want to understand this more. I think this understanding will really help me. Imagine a piano sitting with the strings exposed. As it sits there, in a living room, three people walk into that room at different times, all doing different things. Someone d...

Our true home rests not in some time or place to come; neither does it await in a kingdom impossibly distant from us. Our home, as is true with our Heart of hearts, lies within. No map leads to this Divine door, because nothing that can be followed leads there; rather we pass over this innermost threshold by a transformation in our familiar sense of "I." Slowly we are weaned from our constant...

The strength of your resistance to any unwanted moment proves the extent to which you have unknowingly agreed to enclose yourself in a pattern of unconscious expectations with people, places, and possessions. This is an unseen agreement whose bittersweet "reward" is that familiar, but false sense of comfort -- born of a thousand unchallenged repetitions -- where your expectations run merrily...

A Commentary and Exercise in How to Consciously Be Atoned With Life The suffering we are aware of can't be separated from the awareness of that pain; they appear together. The question is: do we allow this pain, and its attending sense of self, to continue mechanically reconciling our suffering? Or...do we agree to consciously suffer the Awareness of this lower level of self - that includes...

Most find it hard to consider objective teachings concerning the reality of higher kingdoms; those invisible, interior mansions that reside no farther away than our realization of them; because even the faintest light of such a possibility; suddenly reflected upon the mirror of our soul; disturbs the dust that has slowly gathered there.This stirring of Light remind...

Awaken the higher understanding you need that allows you to walk past the level of self that gives rise to your fear.