We cannot run away from what we don’t want to see in ourselves, any more than a mirror can escape whatever is reflected in it. And yet, to SEE the truth of this fact (about our present level of consciousness) is the action of transcending it, along with its pain.

The pain of any dark moment that makes life feel pointless is, at best a lie. Ours is always the right to exchange any form of discouragement for the realization that nothing about it -- neither its doubt, nor its attending sense of despair -- is native to our True Self.

Since what other people may do to us is NOT in our power to change, that means the ONLY thing we need to be concerned with is what WE do to ourselves, for that IS in our power.

Where is tomorrow's fear other than in today's troubled imagination? And, if this is true, and IT IS... Then, what to do with our attention now? Let it be swallowed up in the dark shadow of what “may be”... Or, hold it in the Light of higher awareness where no shadow can dwell, let alone its fear?

Part 1

No seed -- whether a kernel of corn, or a special talent -- can prove itself more valuable than the sweat it takes to sow it -- cultivate & nourish it -- until it offers up its latent Good. In much the same way, the soul is a seed; relationships are its ground; and what grows when all is properly cared for... is Love.

Part 2

Remembering our wish to be whole, kind, and true at all points in time is the practice of Presence. This one action is the path of spiritual purification; its revelations are the 'gateway' to all higher Kingdoms yet concealed within our consciousness.

Getting started -- with whatever it may be -- is as simple as remembering that there's nothing in the universe that can stop you from taking the FIRST step.

Here is the real “secret” of starting over: No moment in this life of ours can be any newer than we are willing to be at the outset of its appearance.

Every signpost that seems to point the way to the Holiness we seek must be seen for being the illusion that it is... For there exists no direction in passing time, let alone a doorway seen as outside of us that opens into the Living Now.

Meditation is the interior art of quietly watching your whole life unfold, moment-to-moment, for “better or for worse”... Without trying to change, explain, or otherwise control whatever you see.

Far better to see ourselves lacking the strength we need to be kind -- and to consciously suffer the humiliation of seeing we are without (that) character -- than it is to act out the unkindness of an unconscious nature that always finds fault with others in order to hide its inherent weakness.

Refusing the urge to rush through anything is the same as accepting an invitation to join yourself to a higher order of reality in which everything is always right where it needs to be in exactly the moment needed.

The painful pretense of human arrogance exists only as it does because of how distanced we’ve become from the immense, DIVINE mystery of our true Self. The more we AWAKEN to the depth of this mystery, the more we realize the effortless peace of a supernal humility.