Getting caught up in a mad rush feels like the natural solution whenever you're running late; but, in truth, all this frantic state really does is hide the lower level of self whose love of feeling anxious always finds a way to make its wish come true.
The reason that rebirth - - true resurrection - - is a precondition of entering the kingdom of heaven is because the kingdom of heaven is not so much a "place" as it is an act of Love, and nothing may enter into it that is not one with its Life.
Spirit serves those who serve it; Love comes to those who walk away from selfish acts. Kindness and patience flower only in the hearts of those who die to the cruelty of demanding that life give them what they want when they want it.
No one is less interesting than someone who thinks nothing could be more fascinating than telling you all about himself.
When our love of the Truth begins to outweigh the fear in us of what we realize is True about us, it's not so much that we have found the path to freedom as it is that we have begun to realize that our own True Nature in God is already free.
Part I: Perfection is not an idealized final form but a living relationship being unfolded in the Light. Part II: Only the practice of Perfection can perfect us because It's work brings us into humility and leads us into a willingness to let go of ourselves for the love of a Greater Cause.
The first act of higher love must come in the form of personal sacrifice; (it is) made through our agreement to bear into the light of ourselves those bitter, angry, unconscious and ungrateful parts of us that would rather fight with revelation than allow it to help set us free.
Before we can hope to know anything of Divine love -- let alone realize an unconditional compassion towards one and all -- there’s something we must all know but, in truth, don't want to: humanity hurts; everyone suffers...
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how we are all seeded with the potential to be a perfect reflection of all things good and true.
Learn to love what seems more beautiful than yourself, celebrate the gifts of others that outshine your own, practice the patience you have yet to win; giving ourselves to a greater Self is not just the path to freedom, but the only way to perfect our own highest possibilities.
Part 1: It is an unthinkable spiritual paradox that before one can ever hope to be dressed for the marriage divine, one must first see how unsuited he or she is to know such a Love. Part 2: Desires serve the awakening one, while one who sleeps...serves desire.