Transformation

Part of the work is to refine, clean, the machine (mind/body). The other point is to desire inner changes. There's a loss and a gain when transformation takes place. However, the loss is something that's really not a loss, but a transference of energies. But our machine likes some of the old ways because it is what it is used to.

~MP

academyofeuropeanarts.com

www.academyofeuropeanarts.co.uk

academiadearteseuropeas.mx

In Stillness....

In the stillness is where my soul energizes and reserves energy. If I were to say "God exists," this would not be true. He is beyond being. He is a no-thing-ness beyond being.

~MGN

academyofeuropeanarts.com

www.academyofeuropeanarts.co.uk

academiadearteseuropeas.mx

Abide in Peace...

Abide in peace, banish cares, take no account of all that happens, and you will serve God according to his good pleasure and rest in him.

~St John of the Cross

academyofeuropeanarts.com

www.academyofeuropeanarts.co.uk

academiadearteseuropeas.mx

My Inner Work...

When I think of my inner work . I am best served when I remember to love myself. The sooner I am in touch with my own warts and blemishes, the sooner I am able to accept myself for who I am, the sooner I am able to forgive myself.  Until I fully embrace forgiveness I can’t embrace compassion. Compassion then delivers acceptance and forgiveness of others. Their warts and blemishes are no different than my own. This perpetual circle allows peace within.

~JN

academyofeuropeanarts.com

www.academyofeuropeanarts.co.uk

academiadearteseuropeas.mx

Rest...

Everyone who goes far in this Work must learn how to rest. The tensions which he meets will be too strong for him otherwise. In fact there is only one true kind of rest—this is in the thought of God, in the remembrance of God, in God.

~Rodney Collin

academyofeuropeanarts.com

www.academyofeuropeanarts.co.uk

academiadearteseuropeas.mx

Stillness in Nature

I've observed in my own life 

the silence and stillness in nature alone

 is where my First Line, (personal practice) 

becomes nourished 

and my Soul has the space 

to fully emerge.

~E

academyofeuropeanarts.com

www.academyofeuropeanarts.co.uk

academiadearteseuropeas.mx

Back to the Roots...

Lately, I have a strong I to come back to the rooted concepts of being in the Work; diving into the starting point, the essence of it... sometimes reaching a point where new angles and verifications unveil old ones, creating a new prescription of the lenses of my machine.  These lenses, of course, are in the five senses, seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching.  A new prescription makes the colors more vibrant, the sounds more alluring, the tastes much more satisfying, the smells more fragrant and the touch more electrified.  An enhanced state of being that eliminated the feeling of duality and evokes Oneness. We are in the physical world yet we have the ability to visit the "unknown regions".  That is where Oneness lies.  Even if we can get there for a split second, that taste can fuel the desire for a lifetime.

~M