For those who love truth no door is locked, no secret is kept; all that is needed to be free is given... freely; and Life asks but one thing of us in exchange for this Gift: the willingness to unwrap ourselves...

We who would know a measure of Christ's life – who wish to both witness, and be a conscious instrument of (that) perfect love – must agree to see, and then realize an unseen contradiction in us that first defines, and then confines us to what is a death-bound lower level of being. On one hand – especially in public, and always silently self-pleasing...

Topics Covered: There is no such thing as true love without exchange; The level of love that we presently know is limited to conditions and events being in agreement with the defintion of love according to that level of consciousness. Is there another kind of love that does not turn into its opposite when conditions change?; The unnecessary pain in any moment is produced...

True respect for oneself must include humility, otherwise what we call respect for ourselves is really just a form of secret self-love that has as much in common with real love as does a postcard picture of a coastline with the crashing waves it depicts. To see the truth of this, we start with looking at the respect we feel towards those individuals we've met whom we just know are somehow gr...

In the world of spirit, we experience love. But we are on earth in order to develop our intent -- in order to choose who we are, in order to self-realize. So, in the big picture, is intent only a tool? Or is it an organizing force that allows love and hate to exist? Is intent bigger than love?...

Topics covered:  The true interior path is about ceaseless exploration, not about coming to conclusions. We get stressed every time we come to a conclusion. Exploration stops when we come to a conclusion; The advanced spiritual life is already here in every moment, not in what you imagine the spiritual life is supposed to be; Nothing can grow without humility, because for anything to grow it must be in a position of receiving, yielding to what is above. No humility, no transformation.

Part 1 Nothing True, Harmless, and Timelessly Good has ever taken root and flowered in this world that wasn't first sown by love, cultivated through sacrifice, and ultimately... watered by tears. Part 2 Real interior strength is not the absence of weakness anymore than a Lotus can bloom without the mud in which it is rooted.

Our love for what is Right, Bright, and True is constantly being tested... Not only by that timeless spiritual Light that calls us to take its side, but also by the nature of that darkness created in its absence... through which we must walk in order to realize our intention to be whole, fearless, and free.

To take just one small action based in best faith, or from some level of a conscious choice that serves what we believe in our heart to be Good or Right, outweighs a thousand of our best intentions that, on one hand, we so love to enjoy, but that on the other hand, we almost never employ.

In the innermost mirror of the heart no one does a thing; yet, every action -- the character of each thought and feeling -- is revealed therein; all are witnessed by a presiding judge whose innocence can't be contested, whose love never wavers, and who waits... with perfect patience for us to see the whole of our reflection in his eyes.

Here’s why learning compassion for another – putting yourself in his or her "shoes" -- is a good idea: not only is it likely that your paths will cross again but, odds are, next time round you will be the one walking in their footsteps.