Here is a great secret about authentic prayer: When a man or a woman really prays, there must be some trembling behind it. If there is no trembling behind a prayer, then there is no implied sacrifice behind the words in the prayer. The authentic nature of all prayer is to establish a direct communion with conscious forces -- with God's life. We ought not pray with arrogance or with an attitud...
What if whatever we see in the world that makes us feel confined or sorrowful, that has us angry, anxious, or rushing around is because of what we are? When we look at the world around us, it's easy to see there is beauty in nature, love among family, compassion in times of disaster; in truth, there are wonderful things all around us. But, when we look at the world that we've made, what do we see there?
Topics covered: release, meditation, prayer, contemplation, watchful...
Topic: Transforming the Present Moment into a Living Prayer (Classroom Talk 1/11/23)
Topics covered: obedience, control, follow, lead, acceptance, willful, commitment, persevere, prayer...
Topics covered: There is no life without death, and there is no death that is not the fulfillment of life; We judge others for their weakness because it seems to prove our strength; The purpose of all true spiritual teachings is to bring about a change of nature that cannot be brought about by thought; Reincarnation is first and foremost what happens to the level of consciousness that repeats the same painful patterns over and over again because...
Topics covered: Tapping Into The Powerful Resource of Effective Prayer; Our life moment to moment is a ceaseless interaction with a matrix of divine and earthly energies that always respond in appropriate measure to whatever we as human beings put forth into that life; Prayer is for the betterment and perfection of ourselves, but it also serves unknowingly as the source of a punishment if we're not aware of ourselves...
Here is a great secret about authentic prayer: When a man or a woman really prays, there must be some trembling behind it. If there is no trembling behind a prayer, then there is no implied sacrifice behind the words in the prayer. The authentic nature of all prayer is to establish a direct communion with conscious forces -- with God's life. We ought not pray with arrogance or with an attitud...
False wishes, like most empty prayers are usually born when times get rough and -- much as do cut flowers -- lose their fragrance as soon as the tempest passes. A true wish, like any real prayer may have its roots in difficult times but, once born in the human heart, it never dies; it lives on, shining new light and lending new meaning to every moment of life for the one...
False wishes, like most empty prayers are usually born when times get rough and -- much as do cut flowers -- lose their fragrance as soon as the tempest passes. A true wish, like any real prayer may have its roots in difficult times but, once born in the human heart, it never dies; it lives on, shining new light and lending new meaning to every moment of life for the one in whom its need has b...
Our every action is a prayer, for our deeds are seeds and by them we plant the world we will walk through tomorrow.