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The grace of presence, the gift of grace to the soul to unite with the higher spirit, this exists in the past, the future and the present. We can choose to reconnect to the grace that has come before and exists before we arrived and will continue after we leave … Grace exists, I have verified, before I ever arrive to receive it, and when I enter and receive this gift, I am filled with joy.

~KQ

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

The Presence of Grace

Titian, "Flight From Egypt"

I most often recognize the presence of Grace in those moments where I see clearly what I cannot DO by my own efforts alone. If I can have Acceptance of this inability to "do," humility comes in, and with this surrender. I am flooded with a sense of Grace, flooded with aid. Then I am reminded that I do not need to try to walk this path alone; that there is always the possibility of higher aid, if only I will submit to it. In those moments when I am transported by art ... or music … as in this beautiful meeting here with you all ... I can also feel this state of Grace so strongly.

~ JLA

Sunday, November 23, 2014

The False Guardian

The image of false personality

guarding the door of the heart came to me,

like a false guardian taking in the impressions; almost like stealing,

creating negative I's, using up the energy of the emotional center.

It takes effort and presence and courage to know the path to the

heart before false personality says it is mine.

Friday, November 21, 2014

Art and the Soul ~ Albuquerque, NM ~ Monday, November 24, 2014

Art and the Soul

The Academy of European Arts and Culture, Albuquerque invites you to attend an experiential workshop and talk: Art and the Soul.

Monday, November 24, 2014 ~ 7:30pm

The Whole Woman Center
418 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque, NM

Come and Discover How the Soul Manifests through Art into Life.

“ As the soul evolves, it leaves a trace,
an outpouring of beauty in all forms of art.
It was in these outpourings that schools hid
their discoveries and teachings.”

~ Mervyn Brady, founder of the Academy

RSVP
866.312.7922 ext. 1

Pierced...

When I am pierced, I feel an arrow goes into my heart and into my soul and I remember myself. Those are the moments my machine can not do anything except acknowledge the existence of my soul. Something miraculous happens when we are pierced. The arrow comes and goes through all the identifications, buffers and imaginations of the machine, like it goes through many layers and hits the heart.

~N

Universal Truths...

The work erases contradictions

and points to universal truths

that the soul already

knows and feels.

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

The Miraculous Unfolding...

When we start to see the miraculous unfolding..all of this is evidence to me of a true and real Way. Of course, we must each verify this for ourselves. It is not about hearing about what is encountered on the path up the mountain, it is about actually going on the climb, experiencing with our being.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

A Conscious School...

I have found that a conscious school, is alive..it is in constant movement and development as it is shaped by the influence of the higher. I have verified this by observing the growth in being in my fellow students, by the continued gifts the school receives, and by the harmony among groups, and the growth of Love that we share.

~F

Saturday, November 15, 2014

A New Way of Looking at Art - Los Angeles, CA ~ Sunday, November 23, 2014

The Academy of European Arts and Culture, Los Angeles invites you to attend:

A New Way of Looking at Art

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Norton Simon Museum of Art

Pasadena, CA

1PM-3PM

$12

RSVP:

866.312.7922

information@academyofeuropeanarts.com

Thursday, November 13, 2014

The Work...

The Work is not something that we have to practice for an hour a day and then forget about it like I was taught in meditation. We can take it into our daily lives and experiment with it, play with it, verify it in every experience and situation. It engages every part of us. It grows and deepens with each verification, realization and revelation.... And most of all it feeds and gives me a direct experience of my Soul.

~P

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

In a Moment...

In a moment of selfremembering, body, soul and spirit are all aligned. Understanding flows between them. This is why in a moment of self-remembering we have no sense of time, we have no fear, we have no doubt. Forget ourselves again and time, fear and doubt return. But in self-remembering they have no place. It is true freedom. By it we will come to spirit and to God.

~Rodney Collin

Great Neck, Long Island ~ Saturday, November 15, 2014

The Academy of European Arts and Culture, Great Neck, Long Island

invites you to attend:

To Be or Not To Be….Present?

The aim of meditation is to awaken an inner state of peace, harmony, and presence. The state presence is the the true reality of being, where acceptance and more importantly, love exists. Please join us as we explore pathways to Presence and how to observe and avoid the obstacles that sometimes interfere with our journey back to ourselves.

Saturday, November 15, 2014 ~ 4:30PM

Please Email For Location and RSVP: information@academyofeuropeanarts.com

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Self-Observation vs. Self Remembering

Self-Observation is the machine, watching and learning about itself, and Self Remembering is the Soul watching the machine and learning about its prison, the guards, and how to hatch an escape plan.

~Mervyn Brady

The Fountain - Newsletter of The Academy of European Arts and Culture - November, 2014

The Fountain - "Renewing Efforts"

The November edition of The Academy newsletter, "The Fountain" is out now! To read, subscribe, and view past issues:

http://buff.ly/1ALt0R1

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Desire...

I have observed that I have lived in a shell. That shell was made of fear, inner consideration, but most of all not believing in myself and my inner world. We have to believe to create a different reality for us. We have also to desire it. When things don´t change, perhaps it's because it's not the time yet. Maybe we are creating the desire, maybe we need to grow more to take one step further, or maybe, just like I said before, we just need to believe it is possible.

~RC

Chicago, IL - Monday, November 10, 2014 - Another Evening with Rainer Maria Rilke

Another Evening with the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke

The Chicago Center of The Academy of European Arts and Culture invites you to attend our second evening with the poet, Rainer Maria Rilke

Monday, November 10, 2014 ~ 7:30pm

Burning Bush Gallery
216 N. Main
Wheaton, IL 60187

RSVP: chicago@academyofeuropeanarts.com or 866.312.7922

The poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke is sublime and complex. It is rich in its beauty and pierces the soul. Please join us as we explore the poetry of this conscious being.

Friday, November 7, 2014

Sharing...

I feel that it is important to share even the most simple observations. The ego wants everything to be profound, and fears being judged if their contribution is too "basic." But I have verified that just as in a classroom setting, when one student has a question, or shares an understanding or verification, you can be sure that at least one other student has the same question or has made a similar verification. The simple ones are not as sexy, but they are valuable, and by eliminating them they gradually lose their hold on the machine and allow more space for the Soul.

~JM

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Interior Food...

It sometimes happens that we interpret complete stagnation as 'liberation'. On this road we can only hope to liberate ourselves from our illusions and limitations, never from struggle, discomfort and responsibility, which, on the contrary, ought to increase with the strength and understanding of the student. There is very much to be done. But fortunately the greater the widening of our vision, the more interesting our work becomes, and the more 'interior food' we derive from everything and from everyone with whom we come into contact.

from "The Theory of Conscious Harmony" (Chapter on "Being")

by Rodney Collin