To Wish For All...

René Magritte

To wish for all to be exactly as it is 

but to be so much more present to it. 

And then we have the possibility of REALLY seeing. 

Because it is all there for us 

if only we are deeply present to it. 

All the beauty and all the deep inner mysteries 

are here right NOW with us, 

always, 

if only we develop our being 

so that we see more clearly.

~J


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I Am Filled...

I am filled with complete acceptance 

that God knows what is best for me, 

for my awakening, and to trust whatever happens. 

Beauty or terror. 

Because the bitter cup has been what grows me. 

Trusting in the unknown, 

the dark matter, the vastly infinite universe. 

Knowing that because my highest aim of all 

is to live a Conscious Life, 

whatever happens as it actually will, 

is God's will.

~E

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When We Are In The Present...

When we are in the present and self remembering 

we have the possibility 

of experiencing higher states of consciousness, 

other worlds of understanding 

can be opened to us and that increases our being. 

There is a saying 

that no moment of self remembering 

is every wasted because a moment out of time 

is a moment of increased being.

~M

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Let Everything Happen...

Peter Max

"Let everything happen to you 

Beauty and terror. 

Just keep going. 

No feeling is final."

~Rainer Maria Rilke 

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I Had An Emotional Experience ..

Evelyn DeMorgan

I had an emotional experience 

of watching a video of me from the 1980's, 

performing in a string quartet with John Denver. 

It was a rare chance to see myself so clearly, 

so compassionately as my younger self, 

remembering all I struggled with then. 

It was like saying hello to a younger sister. 

It gave rise to the realization 

that we can only do 

what our being allows us to do in each moment. 

And yet we MUST do the BEST of what we can do. 

And I felt such compassion for my younger self, 

and so much love. 

This gave me such immense scale to my life's trajectory, 

and such gratitude 

for where all my struggles have brought me. 

And the gifts along the way, 

each helping me like angels.

~J

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I Have An Understanding ...

I have an understanding 

that Scale brings a sense of peace to our work. 

The opposite of this 

can cause so much distress and anxiety into our life. 

I believe bringing Scale to our life 

takes practice and intentional imagination.

~C

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My Bounty...

“My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.” 

Romeo & Juliet(Act II, scene ii)

~William Shakespeare

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I Feel That It IsThe Third Force...

I feel that it is the Third Force behind the AIM 

that supports the Will to Work towards it. 

Why does one have a specific Aim? 

The Aim, the purpose, the meaning, is very specific. 

The Work towards the Aim is also specific, 

and the actual efforts: 

the ups and downs of the process, 

intervals and moments of Grace 

are all made easier to navigate 

when we are able to remember the third force. 

Why we have our Aim? 

The Why is as important, 

I feel as the Aim itself.

~J


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Very Few People...

Very few people could stand the world of the Soul.

We have to develop The Being to be the Words.

Like Love. 

Most people cannot stand 

more than enough of it to reproduce the machine.

We cannot live in a state of Love 

because we do not have the Being to do that. 

We cannot stay in a place of Presence 

because we have to learn to do it 

and develop the capacity to keep it.

That is why we are in a School.

It would be a fatal mistake 

to allow our machines 

to think the fate of our Souls were in its hands.

We are dealt a hand 

and that is what we have to play with. 

We will not be given a second one.

We need perhaps to develop a little humility 

and realise we need the Gods, our Friends, 

the Teacher and School 

to do anything in this direction..

We have to LEARN 

to be able to live in the moment.

And if that ever happens the only way we can keep it, 

is to SERVE it. 

And what gave it to us.

~Mervyn


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That Exercise Of Waiting...

That exercise of waiting, 

of consciously waiting, 

can turn our ordinary moments into a sacred act. 

Waiting in a traffic, 

an unexpected long wait on the phone, 

waiting for someone to finish their thoughts, 

all of it, all these moments, 

can invite the higher. 

There is a natural divided attention 

that is brought to light - 

what I want to happen and what is happening. 

As a student, I can use these moments.

~J

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So We Have To Work...

“So we have to work in the midst of life, 

surrounded by all the misfortunes of life, 

and eventually life becomes our teacher—

that is to say, 

we have to practise non-identifying 

in the midst of the happenings of life; 

we have to practise self-remembering 

in the midst of affairs; 

and we have to notice and separate ourselves 

from our negative emotions 

in the midst of all hurts and smarts in daily life.” 

~Maurice Nicoll

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