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Unleash Your Love

2012-02-10T21:12:00.002-07:00

Unleash Your Love...

You are free to love any one you want, but not sexually.

The more people you love, the more energy you have to stay Awake.

There is only so far humans can go with love. I don’t think people can

unleash their love. We have to unleash our love.

Just one moment is all

that is necessary.

~Mervyn Brady

Happy Birthday Dear Teacher and Great Friend!
February 11, 1948

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A Strong Knight

2012-02-09T21:09:00.001-07:00

A Strong Knight

The lamb and the wolf have to learn how to lie down
together. In our work is the lamb that domesticates
the wolf; the aim is to let the wolf become the
servant of the lamb. The lamb has to become strong and
at the same time she will need to keep the wolf in
good health. In this way that she will always be able to
count on the being part of a strong knight.

~AG

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The Hope of Loving

2012-02-08T22:49:00.000-07:00

The Hope of Loving...

What keeps us alive, what allows us to endure?
I think it is the hope of loving,
or being loved.

I heard a fable once about the sun going on a journey
to find its source, and how the moon wept
without her lover’s
warm gaze.

We weep when light does not reach our hearts.
We wither like fields if someone close
does not rain their
kindness
upon
us.

~ Meister Eckhart

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Divine Gift

2012-02-07T20:57:00.000-07:00

Divine Gift...

It is just a constant work .... always .... all-ways.
Acceptance of what we are and what others are.

Trusting that the Plan written in God's Book
will bring us to a constant evolution.
Yet we need to work taking care of both worlds and
trusting that we are accepted, we are loved ... and we
need to be the first ones to accept and Love
ourselves. If we do this we will be open to receive
the Eternal Love of God because we will know, without
any doubt, that we are ready for It. If we do this we
will be open to give back the Divine Gift.

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Awakening Consciousness ~Albuquerque, NM ~ February 25, 2012

2012-02-07T20:54:00.004-07:00

Awakening Consciousness

Self Observation

“You are not what is being observed,
but rather what is observing…”

Why is it important to awaken the “witness”?

What are we observing and how does this
help us to awaken consciousness?

Please join us for an open discussion

Saturday, February, 25 2012 – 2PM

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Justice

2012-02-06T21:29:00.000-07:00

Justice...

Justice is the ability to be objective and impartial.

When we are present, we are not identified or in imagination.

Decisions are made from one’s inner world,

and not purely from mechanics.

Being judgmental and biased is

the opposite of

justice.

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Love and Liberation

2012-02-05T20:19:00.000-07:00

What feeds me

Feeds you.

What you seek

Stands before you hidden,

In human form,

Lurking beneath these eyes,

Mirrors of who you are.

Silently speaking words of

Love and Liberation

you

-Mervyn Brady

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Wisdom

2012-02-05T08:55:00.000-07:00

Wisdom...

Wisdom is a quality of the soul that comes from knowledge, understanding and being. An inner knowing that is beyond the intellect. Sometimes it is the simple observations that are the wisest and most profound. During times of conflict, ordinary man blames others, the young student blames himself, but it is the wise man that blames no one. Wisdom is gained when one has the ability to discern between the higher and lower, to choose the path of the soul over the machine.

~FH

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Without A Word

2012-02-03T21:28:00.001-07:00

Without A Word...

What makes the Ocean different from

the water that quenches the thirst of the body?

It's salt.

But how can we be sure that there is salt in any

water without tasting it first?

The salt in the Ocean is invisible to the eyes yet it is there;

As invisible as our Work is to the Outer World.

Remember that we know of the Inner World

because we have been invited to taste it.

As the salt in the Ocean gives Life to an

entire World below the surface,

A world that humanity has hardly begun to explore,

The depths of which are barely understood

even by the most brilliant men of science,

The Inner World gives life

to everything it touches,

Invisibly.

We who have tasted the vast waters if the Inner World

can wander throughout God's kingdom

Providing offerings of the Life that

pours forth from the depths of the Soul,

without a word.

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The Summit

2012-02-02T21:41:00.000-07:00

Lord Frederick Leighton, Spirit of the Summit

The Summit...

There is a time when effort must cease.

This occurs at the Summit.

Her efforts are over now.

She has done all she can and now sits and waits.

Here one must rely on every verification and wait.

I am waiting at the summit for you.

Keep climbing.

Love,

Mervyn

In Our Work

2012-02-02T21:29:00.000-07:00

In Our Work...

In our Work we have to constantly learn how to
balance the Inner World with the Outer World. While we
grow we will find ourselves living most of the time in
the inner world, watching from this place the outer
world, watching the machine (body /mind)

we have been given for this life time.

~A

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Chicago, February 13th

2012-02-02T19:03:00.000-07:00

The Four Brains

(Also known as Centers of Gravity)

The Four Brains: The Intellectual Center, The Emotional Center,

The Moving Center, and The Instinctive Center are discussed by

the teaching of the Fourth Way. This knowledge can help a person

understand many of the reasons for all of the

misunderstanding in the world.

Also, this knowledge can help us in our attempt to balance our body,

to make it able to receive God. When our body, mind,

and emotions are all over the place (unbalanced)

it can be difficult to find a place in us

for God to fill.

Please Join Us!

Monday, February 13, 2012 ~ 7:30pm

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Great Neck, Long Island~ February 9th

2012-02-02T18:58:00.000-07:00

The Four Types of Human Beings

Does the ordinary deck of cards hold the mystery of the human mind

and the possibility of evolution of consciousness?

How does this knowledge help us in our journey to awakening?

Are you intellectual, emotional, instinctive or moving?

Join us in exploring a western esoteric teaching

about human personality types that dates back

to the mystery schools of antiquity.

Thursday, February 9, 7:00PM

$10.00

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These teachings have been revealed to the public by Gurdjieff and Ouspensky

in the early 20th century through the introduction of the

Fourth Way System for spiritual development.

The Rest Will Follow

2012-02-01T21:13:00.001-07:00

The Rest Will Follow...

True happiness comes from the soul

and a connection to the gods.

Virtuous acts emanate from the inner world.

Have faith, hope and persevere in the work

for the sake of your soul.

The rest will follow.

~FH

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When We Are Pure...

2012-01-31T20:55:00.000-07:00

When We Are Pure...

When we are Pure, we are Love,

we feel we are ready
to be God's guests,

we want to enter and visit

All the Chambers of God's Castle

and we know that the dress we
need to wear in front of God,

for the occasion, is a
dress of Light

.... and the perfume

.... the essence
.... Love.

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Peace Beyond Our Understanding

2012-01-30T20:41:00.000-07:00

Peace Beyond Our Understanding

We all go through dark nights.

It is like being abandoned by the soul for a while.

At times even presence is painful here.

The soul returns with a peace beyond OUR understanding.

Then in offering a glance of love to another

we recognize once again our true divinity,

also that we have been changed.

In times of darkness,

try to discover your heart more and more.

It is the center of our universe

stretch it to the limits,

offer it gladly.

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God Speaks to the Soul

2012-01-29T20:15:00.000-07:00

And God said to the Soul....

And God said to the Soul:

I desired you before the world began

I desire you before now

As you desire me.

And where the desires of two come together

There love is perfected.

How the Soul speaks to god

Lord, you are my lover,

My longing,

My flowing stream,

My sun,

And I am your reflection.

How God answers the soul

It is my nature that makes me love you often

For I am love itself.

It is my nature that makes me love you intensely,

For I yearn to be loved from the heart.

It is my eternity that makes me love you long,

For I have no end.

~ Mechthild of Magdeberg

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One Thing

2012-01-28T21:16:00.000-07:00

One Thing is Clear...

One thing is clear. We must all go on. To new revelations, to new understanding, to new tasks, new responsibilities. I know that this going forward may often look strange and shocking at the time, but we must do it. We must be melted down and remade, over and over again. We must pray crystallization does not overtake us.

~Rodney Collin

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The Greatest Desire

2012-01-27T21:28:00.000-07:00

The Greatest Desire

Nothing belongs to you, except for your inner world.

The only thing it can do is to desire.

The greatest desire is to serve the gods.

~Mervyn Brady

Mervyn's quote really touched me because it answers the age old question that so many people ask, "What is the meaning of life? What is our purpose here?" To fully embrace the answer, and live it to the best of one's ability moment to moment is an honor in serving the gods.

~FH

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One Becomes Love...

2012-01-26T21:38:00.003-07:00

When One Becomes Love..

When one becomes Love, one has to be protected by a School/Sangha,
or must be protected by other Souls; in the way the planets circle
the sun in a harmonious movement while the sun continually radiates
its Love. We cannot question this Love, we cannot judge this Love,
it is just Love and wants to emanate Love. How can the
machine (mind/body) ask the Sun why does it shine?

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Awakening Consciousness ~ Albuquereque, NM

2012-01-26T07:31:00.001-07:00

Awakening Consciousness

What does it mean to Awaken your Soul?

What are the different states of consciousness?

How do we access the higher?

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Saturday, January 28, 2012 – 2PM

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Open Meeting ~ New York City

2012-01-26T05:56:00.000-07:00

Open Meeting

The Academy of European Arts and Culture ~ New York City

Invites You to an introductory meeting

Wednesday, February 1, 2012 ~ 7:00pm

This will be an excellent opportunity to learn more about what the Academy offers.

To RSVP and location in Mid Town Manhattan

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A Note

2012-01-25T21:31:00.000-07:00

A Note to Sing...

Each of us has a note to sing ... designed in perfection to come forth from the body in which we find ourselves in. It is not to sing another's note ... nor to change our note ... nor to change the key ... yet to know, practice and refine the note we were given to sing ... so that we may harmonize together ... vibrating at the highest level ... so that as one ... the god's will may be done. Love from the soul is the strand that binds us to each other ... and we each have the responsibility to honor the highest in each other and let the rest fall away.

~OM

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A Divine Cocktail...

2012-01-24T20:51:00.001-07:00

A Divine Cocktail...

Step through this door.

There are a million doors
waiting to be opened.

Which ones will you choose?

Doors leading a path to heaven or hell,

Love scorned or love begotten,

doors of anger, melancholy, bliss, indifference.

Step through THIS door.

Look in the eyes of another with your soul.

Your whole self. Your whole being.

Feel the freshly washed floor beneath your feet.

Hug another being with your whole soul.

When you sit, feel the traces of those who have
sat on that same couch before you.

Look out the windows to the night sky
with the clear eyes of presence.

Step through this door.

Feel the internal clock melt.

Medicate your anger with a poem of love.

Release your tension by smelling
a flower on the coffee table.

Nourish your body with this cocktail.

For sight, pure love.

For smell, a rose.

For taste, a beautiful plate of exotic foods.

For touch, the hug of another.

For hearing, this symphony of silent eternity.

Step through THIS door.

~CH

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The Sacred Realm

2012-01-23T23:08:00.000-07:00

The Sacred Realm...

Experiencing eternity in the moment,
in a silent prayer

I recognized my existence

and I felt like an instrument that plays

letting the harmony of the sound go through...
Remember to "allow" the sacred realm

of the Trinity penetrate you to be
deeply purified and
regenerated to let your soul soar.

Trust the invisible...

Grateful for receiving a rain of blessings,

radiating back pure Love to the
Source.

~MD

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I Will

2012-01-22T22:15:00.002-07:00

I Will...

I will strive to be worthy of every moment.

I will strive for right action at all times.

I will strive to act with love towards all people and things.

I will strive for courage, honor, and integrity
with the greatest of humility.

I will do this through the grace of God.

This is possible through self-knowledge.

This is the will of the soul.

~Z

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Infinite Love

2012-01-21T23:36:00.000-07:00

Love

A fly in a Sky where the light
of all planets are reflecting God’s Love.
A dive in the Ocean where treasures
are discovered in unknown parts.
A Fire of light circulating as infinite blood
From cell to molecule, from molecule to electron
An intense unknown vibration in each fiber

Chosen Travelers climbing for the highest
Unknown is the way, yet certain is the Light
Unknown are the obstacles and treasure they will find
Alive is the flame of the lighted Candle
Lighted is the way of Union with the Eternal

An Agony in the Ecstasy
A sweet pain in the immense Light
An uncontainable desire of constant union with the
Beloved

A longing desire before
A peaceful state after

Travelers chosen for a voyage through unknown regions
Travelers chosen from the Gods to taste the divine
Travelers chosen to receive and to give back
Infinite Love
Infinite Light
In infinite space and time
God

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Love

2012-01-21T08:43:00.000-07:00

Love.....

Without love, all things are meaningless.

There is no act of any kind.

There is no object of any value.

No possession worth possessing.

No word, nor poem, nor song.

With love, all things are possible. Everything has meaning--purpose.
My accomplishments are not measured by how much, how many, how great...
I have but one thing to accomplish: To open my heart, myself, my life, my eyes.

It is from love that all things happen. All creation and all
destruction are thus born--like the snake eating it's tail. Only
through magic can something, or someone, supersede this law of nature.
Without magic, eventually the snake is consumed. Magic is the
regeneration of love. According to science, all energy obeys certain
laws. The notion I question here is that no energy source is
unlimited. Nothing can escape this according to their law. Science
is wrong. God has shown us. It is within ourselves that there is
unlimited energy. Like Icarus, we are not ready for this. When we
are...then the energy can be released. Fly before the right time and
we are undone by the fire.

~JG

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If Love

2012-01-20T05:47:00.000-07:00

If Love...

Love is to be a blessing

and not a misery,

it must be used for

something

we never

want

lose.

~Mervyn Brady

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Just Desire Me

2012-01-18T22:23:00.001-07:00

Just Desire Me....

Occasionally I would write things an show them to Mervyn. Sometimes he read what I gave him and simply nod. Other times, he made a funny remark or would say something like: “That’s nice."

One day I gave him a sheet of paper with the poem and he said, “May I answer this for you?” Of course, I said yes! He asked for a pen and started writing and then he gave it back to me. His words are in parenthesis:

Enticing You, my sweet Beloved,

is the longing of my soul. (There is no need to entice, just desire me)

At the gift of Your precious presence

Making me shiver with delight:

I dare not move…

I dare not speak…

I almost dare not breathe… (Be still and see “I am God.”)

Am I the lover You desire?

Am I the one You wish to touch? (You are already mine – it is you who left)

Teach me how to delicately handle

all the blissful moments I am with You; (Be still and wait)

for the more I try to hold You,

the more elusive You become, (I cannot belong to you, only your Soul)

certain, in Your playful flirting,

of my everlasting crave for You. (When it is everlasting I am there and the crave vanishes)

Other lovers may be wary,

But that is clearly not my case;

for the flame You ignited in me

through your pranks and child-like baits,

has melted away caution

and burnt all my traits, (Yet you blush, hide and be elusive)

making of my being,

an easy target for Your Aim. (It must be a “willing” target)

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Divine Teaching

2012-01-17T21:28:00.000-07:00

Divine Teaching...

The highest mode of divine teaching is

the incarnation of the spirit in human form.

The true soul does not rise and resurrect

any specific previous awakened teachers,

but resurrects ALL teachers and becomes them ALL.

The soul is above the particular merits of men.

It can bypass all differences in all ways

and all religions and can speak

to its contemporary souls.

~Mervyn Brady

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The View

2012-01-16T21:03:00.000-07:00

The View....

I've observed that in each stage of growth one's understanding or verifications deepen. To return to Mervyn's words, one can begin to REALLY HEAR and feel them in a new way ... as they were meant. One can begin to understand him and the Soul that moved through him more and more. This works the same with reading or experiencing other conscious works. What "i" may have understood two years ago ... now is much deeper and begins to become part of Being. Or what I didn't understand at all ... now begins to reveal itself as "new" food.

A student recently reminded me that we can only see the level of being we are at (at any given moment) as well as level of being below ... yet one cannot fully see/hear/understand level of being that is higher. This me led to the "i" that as our souls grow ... and we BE-come more real ... there are many new worlds for us to BE part of. We become new ... and relearn, all that we've learned ... from a new view. It is no longer theory and intellect ... it can pierce the emotional center where real understanding deepens.

As "O" said to me at the end of the meeting ...

"Until we climb up the mountain ... only then do we get the same view."

~MO

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The Flow

2012-01-16T08:25:00.000-07:00

The Flow...

The flow of Life keeps spreading inside me, pushing hard to explode into light throughout all that has been, is and will be. I am suddenly aware of a very explicit truth: I am not exactly choosing this new path, I am being led to it, as I have been led all my life. I have not done anything, but everything has been done through me and with me.

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Realization

2012-01-14T22:12:00.001-07:00

Realization

Today I had a realization.

Every time I visit the home of a good friend,

I visit the home of God.

Because every time I'm in the presence of a friend,

I'm in the presence of God.

~CL

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The Angels, The Lover and The Beloved

2012-01-14T22:10:00.010-07:00

The Angels, The Lover and The Beloved

If you ask me what I see through my eyes,
This is what I would say

No matter who we are to each other in life

Woman to man, woman to woman, man to man
Friend, foe or lover
At this point, outside the realm of time
We sit here
Open, placid and vulnerable
Connecting at the crossroads of silence
The stillness indicates our moment
As we gaze into each other’s eyes
The portal to higher worlds opens
Allowing for the angels to enter
The flow of breath remains the only sign left of mortal life
As our souls join in a Eucharist of thanksgiving
I am your lover, and you, my beloved

The concept of familiar fades as the curtain lifts

Brightness and shading alters
Darkness turns to light
Light to dark
Perception of depth moves into another reality
The invisible becomes visible, and likewise the same

Like a welcomed guest, I enter your dwelling

The veil is removed
Remnants of other masks appear in succession
Africa, Asia, North and South

The persona morphs, while your inner world remains the same
One by one, you bear your soul with love
White light emanates from your silhouette
You sit there on a throne crowned in glory
Void of banal thoughts, irreverent feelings, and senseless motion
Your expression softens as you become an open conduit to the gods
Ready to be filled with sweet nectar
I am delighted by our union

An incredible lightness of being lifts me upward

The heart of each of my palms opens to greet the angels
In gratitude of this heavenly gift
Our wings unfold and we embrace one another
For I am your lover, and you, my beloved.

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An Offering

2012-01-13T23:03:00.000-07:00

An Offering...

Please receive a humble
offering of my love for you. For it is you who teach
me humility and the opportunity to keep on pealing
away layers, reaching deeper within,

the breath of my
being.

May this weekend be filled with divine presence. May
there be intentional use of your will, and may Love
pour out as we see the other in our own self,
radiating in an ever expanding golden light...

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Take Away...

2012-01-12T23:08:00.000-07:00

"Take away your opinion, and then there
is taken away the complaint..."

~Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor

Over the years I have encountered many travelers from different traditions. A recurring theme has been one of lineage, and more specifically, what was ours?

I remember asking Mervyn about this, and he gave me the "look." "See," he said, "This is the real lineage, the rest are "I's." Of course, Mervyn had his teachers and influences from which he drew upon; but ultimately, it was his soul that was his guide. At the end of the day, it was to his "self" that he was true.

Learning and verifying the ideas and allowing ourselves to be pierced by the teachings of the different teachers is important.

But, to be identified with any one or any part of it, to me, at least, misses the point....

The delicacy of the excuse does not matter...You are either Present or not...

"Take away your opinion, and there is taken away your complaint..."

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Whispers...

2012-01-11T22:50:00.000-07:00

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

This quote of Emerson keeps coming to me ...
In the stillness of thoughts we can connect with that special vibration in our heart and inner being ... Yes, it is like a whisper, which is heard by us alone. We are asked to be present to those whispers of our hearts and recognize them when they come, exercising the ears of the heart as we stay still avoiding to create any other noise. When we will become experts in recognizing those whispers they will come to us more often ... as clear voices ... and we can be guided from them.

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William Blake

2012-01-10T21:28:00.000-07:00

Last night at the meeting we read a few lines from William Blake selected poetry and one was "Jerusalem." A long time I ago I remember Mervyn giving angles with regard to self remembering and the soul and its journey especially on these verses below.

It is beautiful and very powerful. Blake lived in a time when in the North of England the people worked in terrible conditions in manufacturing mills (dark satanic mills). No labor laws to speak of, starving, in poverty, very little time off work. If one approached that area in those days one might have thought the instinctive was taking most of the energy of the people to just survive. Still many people live in such extreme situations all over the world and in most countries. Yet the desire to build "Jerusalem" within, regardless of circumstances goes on everywhere.

And did the Countenance Divine

Shine forth upon our clouded hills?

And was Jerusalem builded here

Among these dark Satanic Mills?

Bring me my Bow of burning gold:

Bring me my Arrows of desire:

Bring me my spear: O Clouds unfold!

Bring me my Chariot of fire!

I will not cease from Mental Fight,

Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:

Till we have built Jerusalem,

In England's green and pleasant land.

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Precious Teachers

2012-01-09T21:01:00.000-07:00

Precious Teachers...

The prayer below is the result of gratitude for all the help we receive

from teachers who have gone before. Many, perhaps most, of us have

verified that there are conscious beings helping us from above (or rather within).

If that is the case then they are not somewhere "floating up in space"

sitting on a cloud vaguely aware of us, but they can reach us, touch us,

they know our hearts and minds. This prayer is a thanks and considers

the Third Force they give us and which they ARE...

Precious Teachers who are one with the light

you who are part of the fabric of love,

from the depths of our being

we thank you for your unending efforts

in helping us be present;

we empty ourselves so that you may enter

we listen attentively to your eloquent teachings,

given in silent presence.

Holy Third Force may we constantly remember

that you are always with us,

waiting for us to appear

so that you may complete us,

at each moment and in eternity.

~JC

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Silence

2012-01-08T21:31:00.000-07:00

Silence...

...And when your cup is empty and your mouth is dry...
it is better to stay silent...
and allow yourself to be filled...
...then your thirst will be quenched
and inspiration will come...
...there is nothing to fear in having nothing to say...

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Entering the Space

2012-01-07T22:21:00.000-07:00

Entering the Space...

Lately I have revisited an observation of how when the soul speaks it has a particular frequency, a tone, and it's "message" is direct. As Mervyn would often say ... "Call it what it is!" When hearing expression from another's inner world it evokes my inner world to the forefront. For students who are open to this energy and able to accept and digest it my observation is that when the "expression" comes from the soul it lands on the soul, and when the "words" come from a feature, it lands on a feature. It becomes more apparent to me that when we meet in this sacred space gifted to us by the gods, that the features truly have no place here and can only serve to lower the hydrogens. So I am reminded that when I enter this space with fellow students to make the effort to remain pure of the creature, keeping the features at bay (or at least silent) and to speak only what comes from the inner world. This is a way we can be in service to our inner worlds, each other's inner worlds ... and the gods.

~MO

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On Love

2012-01-06T21:05:00.000-07:00

On Love...

I know it is important to Love.

This is what opens the core of what we are.

We cannot Love alone.

It is something which is in us and it must flow
outward.

It is nice if we are loved, but true ecstasy is to
quietly close our eyes and we can soar on Love.

Love is the fuel that takes us to our highest limits.

~Mervyn

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To Know, Understand and Be

2012-01-05T21:02:00.000-07:00

To Know, Understand and Be...

To know, understand and Be in one's Essence ... is a great servant to the inner world. The more "true personality" is developed ... the more impressions can reach essence ... and growth can occur. Most often Essence is in a stage similar to a new born baby ... just like the Soul. It seems that right work is that there is a balance ... and that as one becomes more real ... essence grows and the soul grows simultaneously together.

~MO

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Staying the Course

2012-01-04T21:26:00.000-07:00

Staying the Course...

When the Captain of a ship sets sail he has to make numerous adjustments for the buffeting of the waves and winds. Just like us with the machine. Imagine if a Captain started kicking the hull of the ship because it was off course. All he has to do is adjust and fix the course, and the more he does it, the better. So don’t kick the ship; don’t blame the wind and the sea. Set sail and steer as best you can the ship you happen to be sailing in right now. It is the only one you are going to get.

~Mervyn Brady

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Sharing

2012-01-03T22:13:00.001-07:00

Sharing Our Soul....

How incredibly beautiful,
to come to this earth and share ones soul.

What else is there to give?

The beauty of the inner world is the elixir of life.

One true touch or understanding of another's struggle.

Our gaze is a balm to continue for each other, to truly say invisibly

from the depths of your being, .....hold on, hold on.

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Expression

2012-01-02T22:10:00.001-07:00

Question:

"Sometimes it is very difficult to share the "I's" (thoughts) coming from the inner world.

Answer:

As one may have verified, the "I's" (thoughts) from the inner world are real "I's" and therefore one will notice through the inner world some type of realization.

The ingredients necessary to have those type of "I's" are first to be in a complete state of emptiness (no interference with the mechanics) where only one's gaze, hearing or sense of touch can truly experience one's surroundings. (These are the only three senses that I, my soul, has experienced so far.) The other ingredient is when the true emotional center kicks in and "invites" Love to enter. At that point the combination of these ingredients produces what one calls an "experience" which offers the person a sense of complete understanding of what IS at that particular moment in time.

Why is it difficult to share those "I's" (thoughts)? At our level we have little access to this world of the inner world. To share real "I's" can be difficult for others to comprehend due to the fact that they are YOUR own experience(s) and it is possible that they would not make sense for someone else. However, this is why the Gods have invented poets and the different art forms in order to translate these realizations.

On the other hand, when you have access to these real "I's" from the inner world, one may realize that they are not new at all ... only we just have forgotten them.

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You Are Blessed

2012-01-01T22:17:00.003-07:00

You Are Blessed....

It is three in the morning and I am sitting alone here in London. We had a meeting earlier at the Charing Cross Hotel. It was raining in London and some of us ended in Burger King waiting for our various trains.

We talked about the mystery of self remembering and what it really is? I have observed at different times some students still think it is solely due to ones own efforts. While, from one angle, Mr. Ouspensky is right in saying that results are a result of efforts, it is also by the grace of the Gods, and I would strongly advise any student against thinking that it was their efforts alone that induced self remembering.

A machine cannot remember itself. At best it can have a connection to the outside world through the lower centers and an instinctive awareness of its surroundings. The act of self remembering is when something "Other" than the machine kicks in or connects.

How can that happen?

I put it to you that when you are not present and suddenly that familiar connection occurs, that it is something outside the machine that "arrives." At this point you can make a right effort and try to prevail and sustain the state for a little while longer.

This is after all what you are studying at the Academy; "The Art of sustaining the Will of God." You begin by trying to do "Thy Will on earth moment by moment." Each moment you are present on earth so is C Influence (God).

People often ask me "Why are we here?"... As if there was just one answer for everybody? For a student in a Conscious School, the answer has to be "To Be."

Though to "Be" what?

Yourself.... i.e., your machine working properly, in essence, and not in imagination. When your soul is present you are one with God. This means that God is with you and in you, seeing through your eyes, manifesting and influencing everything and everyone you come into contact with, directly and indirectly.

I sit here alone and I radiate like a new sun being born. Alone but not alone. In need of everything and nothing, everyone and nobody, happy and sad, tired and overflowing with energy. It is like being the two sides of the coin at once, and both sides of every coin minted.

I sit here serving by not serving.

Perhaps some of you are very present now, perhaps you have suddenly

manifested and come into being....

You are blessed.

~Mervyn

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The Highest Calling...

2012-01-01T09:09:00.002-07:00

The Highest Calling...

To live amongst others and recognize that one

is strangely different from the rest is the beginning of the first step.

To act upon it marks the beginning of the journey.

To be given guidance along the way is great fortune.

To put into practice the master lesson is a sign of wisdom.

To embrace what one has learned along the path is commended.

To know ones place in the world
and to wear it with pride is to be celebrated.

To be able to meet other souls who walk the same path is a blessing.

And to love: friend, foe, and self is the highest calling.

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Hold On...

2011-12-30T21:04:00.000-07:00

Hold On to Love....

There is so much love and still the machine in its unfinished state and ignorance thrashes about in unyielding willfulness and stubbornness demanding its place and imposing its conditions. Like a tramp imposing itself on a royal king who loves it anyway. It would be crazy to lose it over just one thing.

We have to hold onto it (Love) no matter what! I am also seeing how much and to what extent people privately suffer. I guess we are all silent sufferers.

~Mervyn Brady

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That Which I Am

2011-12-30T11:29:00.001-07:00

That Which I Am...

That which I am, has no name.
What once I was, I am no more.
What is this state? Of being, of becoming?
I have no rest, nor place for my head.
I am. And what I am is this.
It just is.

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A Dialogue on Desire

2011-12-30T00:22:00.002-07:00

A Dialogue on Desire...

C: I would like to ask about encouraging others and fostering desire when we feel very emotional about something in the Work, and the Work is trying to pass this on from a feeling or desire into something more valuable for everyone or one person in particular.

J: I'm trying to learn to listen more, to hear people better, to not always be on my own agenda ...then words (or poems) jump into my head, clearly from somewhere much higher than normal ...I feel I encourage better from than place.

V: I have became very emotional recently, sitting down intentionally every day and making space for the higher to enter. A feeling about how to encourage desire in others has emerged. I read and re-read this quote from Marcus Aurelius many times: "Stop talking about what it is to be a good man. Be one." And I realized, if I can Be...if I can practice and become that very thing that I wish to encourage in others then few words are necessary...

C: Saint Theresa speaks of the soul being "en kindled." I love this image, like a flame setting alight...Sometimes the intellect en kindles/lights but everything becomes much more rapid with trust and the emotional center opens and when love arrives nothing can stop the en kindling.

S: One of the things I have verified is that a kind of purification must take place before the opening of the higher emotions going deeper into myself seeing the real boundaries I have built to protect myself but also to hinder myself from loving, seeing my fear and being ready to let go of it, trusting. The beginning of real 'faith'.

C: Also, to be true to ourselves, our essence...if we are intellectual we can share more in that way. I am emotional; it is natural for me to hug and be affectionate but we can use a little of each center too for balance.

V: Once the machine becomes the servant of the Soul then it might become more clear about what attributes we can share with the most effectiveness and Love.

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Renewing

2011-12-28T20:51:00.000-07:00

Renewing the Ways we Feed the Soul...

This Sunday's meeting seems to have picked up where we left off last week. Last week the topic leaned toward how to keep the machine from "taking the state". This week we found ourselves asking ... where do we find the hydrogens to feed the state? We find ourselves in the moment ... Present ... and this state needs fuel to be sustained. This question seems to come up often lately.

Just as one feeds the body food when it is hungry ... or else it gets weak and descends into negativity ... one must feed the inner world as well. This leads to the lamb and wolf lying together, for "now the soul needs the machine".

I'm reminded of the example of one being hungry and being served boiled chicken. Initially this is great because you're starving ... you're excited ... you have a meal ... this feeds you. But if each meal you have for the next month is boiled chicken, quickly one will get complacent about the meal, ugh boiled chicken again? They will eat it, and it will feed the instinctive center, but the level of hydrogens has changed since the first meal of boiled chicken. So now we have many different recipes for chicken ... we don't always have to eat it boiled.

Being given this gift from the gods, we have a responsibility to our inner worlds ... and to each other's as well ... to continually renew our ways of feeding the Soul ... to sustain the state as long as possible.

~MO

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Honor and Serve

2011-12-27T21:32:00.000-07:00

Honor and Serve...

When our souls fuse as One, it would seem that the body, being under the influence of the Divine Presence, and not wanting to be completely left out of the blissful state that the soul is enjoying, fades away with delight as much as possible. It almost stops breathing and the intermittent sighs it dares to emit, are at the same time its own lamentations at failing to reach the place where the soul dwells, quiet and timid complaints because it feels left behind, and ecstatic exhalations that the soul –loving and generous- allows it to produce.

It is with these tender attempts to avoid interfering and become unperceived, that the creature begins its surrender to the almighty Love that is permeating the soul, and recognizing it has been courted and allured, starts willingly to honor and serve that Love.

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Invite Love

2011-12-27T00:31:00.000-07:00

Invite Love...

When we enter into a new atmosphere our souls see the sun and the inner world recognizes completeness on anther scale. In other words, we die to the material within us and take off the robes appear naked again.

Accepting our soul and our nothingness we at last invite LOVE, it gives us wings. We invite spirit, see both eyes in the universe "within "and "above." We are no longer slaves to the body, but servants to God.

She longs and wishes to give this love to whomever wishes to abide with her. Love is above consciousness, and without love awakening is incomplete.

To see with the eyes of the soul is to recognize completeness within and without. Seeing together we form a "Holy alliance."

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Flowering

2011-12-25T21:14:00.000-07:00

Flowering...

We are starting our flowering. To me that is the perfect life. When you look at an ordinary person, they live their life in procrastination. The mechanics stop them from living. One day, if somebody impartially examines my life, they will see that my mechanics (and other people's mechanics), my machine ... could never stop it.

A life can be microcosm(ed) into the perfect day. We get up and we are born into the day. As we are born into life, we bring our karma from other lives, as well as our karma from yesterday. We then do what we have to do, or likewise, do not do what we have to do. Wouldn't it be lovely to achieve all that you are supposed to achieve in a day (a life)? Then you could go to sleep in peace.

It's like the complexities grow simpler. You could almost say that life is moving from the complex to the simple. As children, everything is simple, then we start to get complex. Life is moving from the simple to the complex (death) ... and evolution is moving from the complex, back to the simple.

~Mervyn Brady

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Merry Christmas!

2011-12-25T12:28:00.001-07:00

Merry Christmas!

When you are in a State of Grace, then and only then can the gods reach you.

Our collective states could be compared to

"Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."

~Mervyn Brady~

A Beautiful Road

2011-12-23T23:08:00.000-07:00

A Beautiful Road...

Awakening to the reality of one's soul is the most difficult task we can undertake in this world.

Our capacity to deal with the pain of life and sometimes each other is an amazing ingredient in this work. To be able to transform negativity in ourselves or that directed towards us, causes an explosion in our being transcending mechanics.

We simply see what is.

Our understanding and appreciation of each other allows us to directly experience the soul.

In appreciation of this the higher worlds, where our souls are received send us gifts, beauty, peace, love and harmony. The mind/body will never understand this; it should always be one step behind.

We must remember not just to be Present, but to ask and add the ingredient of Love. It exists within us all, we are all the same. Our bodies, faces, features, etc. are an illusion dividing us.

This work is not for the fainthearted. We are building a beautiful road to God, so let us enjoy this construction and be able to welcome the next set of new arrivals with pure hearts and pure intentions.

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Preparation

2011-12-22T21:44:00.002-07:00

Preparation...

These are the things you must learn to swallow and seeing one’s own mechanics or features and how awfully they manifest are but a prelude of the Awakening Journey. To be Awake does not mean Machine Perfect – it means AWAKE. That one will see things are they really are not as in a dream and the Angel must survive and prevail here. There are so many reason and fears to give up – that bears testimony to the fact that so so few of us endure the whole journey.

Perhaps you felt that when you awaken you will have no mechanics – You always will, but can you make them in their lunacy serve your Soul and your wish TO LIVE? You can learn to decrease how they stop you from being present.

These are the preparation we need to live in World 12 (the world of the Soul). And then you know a man who lives in World 12 and can observe how not I’s (thoughts/thinking) but PEOPLE try and put him to sleep or die.

You are in a world of I’s (thoughts) now that one day will grow into people with cunning and intelligence – You must prepare and be ready.

~Mervyn Brady

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Passion and Desire

2011-12-22T08:02:00.000-07:00

Passion and Desire...

How do we ignite desire in others?

How do we maintain passion for the work
and fuel the desire for awakening?

I feel that perhaps what we can do is focus on the rhythm of our own soul, and when Eros strikes a beat in the drum of our eternal being, all we can do is surrender ourselves to it, be carried away and then share it with the others. This inspired passion is what helps us create, write, paint, dance, love with abandon, give of ourselves fully, merge with the gods in ecstasy....What happens with a soul that is on fire? This passion and life force is infectious. It has the power to awaken desire in another. It is like unleashing an invisible torrent of sparks that reaches other souls, increasing their inner flames. And then those souls in their turn, will do the same for others. We are the carriers of a sacred flame with the potential to light other hearts, to stir other souls towards passion, love and devotion.

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Listen...

2011-12-20T20:12:00.000-07:00

Listen...

Many of our conversations come back to the heart and desire.
But I find that to keep this desire steady and burning inside can be so hard at times.
Then I am reminded that this desire, is deeper and higher than what my creature thinks it loves and hates.

This desire is sacred.... and meant for the Soul.

This desire is so immense that it can't be understood or measured.
This desire is so pure that it is invisible, hidden from the world.
This desire is sacred.... and meant for the Soul.

So when I despair, because I fear I have lost desire.

I will be very still... and listen for my Soul.

~JH

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The Academy Retreat - Mexico - December, 2011

2011-12-20T09:13:00.000-07:00

Dearest Beloved Souls, devoted students of Love...

Coming back from the Academy retreat in Mexico, I feel something ancient stirring in the depths of my soul... a desire to share with you...my com-padres...my soul mates...

I ask myself what is an Academy retreat?

To me, it is a sacred in-gathering of souls connected by a golden thread laced over our hearts. This golden thread tugs at me and I rush to greet you like a lover who is meeting the beloved. I can do nothing more than surrender to this mutual love. Thank God for it, for we need each other so in this wonderful play.

We gather from many parts of the globe, carrying the same flame in our hearts. Some of us travel far, while others remain where we are, connected through our souls, holding the same flame. Our eyes reflect the same tranquility and knowing, our consciousness speaks the same truths. Each one of us holds the same glance, an echo of the same past. Each smile is an imprint from our beloved teacher. Our hearts beat to the same rhythm, our breath exudes the same spirit of love.

When we are together at a retreat, we form the sacred body of Love on earth with an exact counterpart supported by the angels in heaven. We desire to be together, to merge and to grow. We are a like a group of conscious lovers, working in harmony, breathing in unison. Our spirit rises together and pierces through time. We merge with our masters and we are infused with a desire to serve and be of use to the higher. We are the pulsating wave of Love that carries us into the future with a consistent flow and precise aim. We are attuned. We are One. We become the light carriers and the light houses of Love. We forget our separateness, becoming one divine soul, one compassionate heart ....all part of an eternal flame in God's domain.

Where I begin, you complete me. Where I yearn, you answer my calling. Where I am open, you fill me. It is no longer I and You or Him and Her. It is Us and We and the ALL. No more separation. We enter a dawn of consciousness of union. My love can increase your love, Your heart can nurture mine. The beginning of my thought, is the ending of yours. My work becomes your celebration. My prayer becomes your surrender.

We come together to pay homage to the great mystery that we have served for eons. We have been here before perhaps at different times, in different vessels. The understanding, the calling, the longing, always the same. The roles, the service, arranged by the gods in the same order. Every retreat we gather to be attuned once again. There is a fixing, an eliminating of loose parts, a tightening of the whole, so that we are stronger, more resolute. The sound that has played in our hearts for centuries can resound once again. So that we can become the bright beacons of light that is intended for us from the beginning of time. From the moment our divine sparks left our creator's exhale and until this very moment, we are gathering and merging to serve and become Gods breath of Life.

Coming back home from Mexico, I hear a voice in my heart.... "Forget all that is impermanent, for all our joy, and love resides int the Eternal One. Return to the source of your own being. All the answers are contained there." Together, as one body and one divine heart, we can truly emerge into this miraculous new beginning....a destiny that awaits us as a school.

I am eternally yours with Love and presence,

~F

Golden Egg

2011-12-19T21:13:00.000-07:00

The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg...

"A cottager and his wife had a Hen that laid a golden egg every day. They supposed that the Hen must contain a great lump of gold in its inside, and in order to get the gold they killed it. Having done so, they found to their surprise that the Hen differed in no respect from their other hens. The foolish pair, thus hoping to become rich all at once, deprived themselves of the gain of which they were assured day by day."

~Jean De La Fontaine Fable

The machine stays the same while the soul lays golden eggs of wisdom and self remembering.. one needs to cherish the growth of the soul.

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Immensity

2011-12-18T21:12:00.001-07:00

Immensity...

Can my Soul live without Love? Can Love live without God?
A triad ... a perfect triad that can allow us to live this life in its completeness.

The possibilities of this path of Love are immense and infinite.
I am certain that there is a reason, bigger than what we think, for us to be here Together and share the immensity that comes from Love and understand what we need to understand in order for us to serve through Love in each present moment.

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Collect and Remember

2011-12-18T07:23:00.001-07:00

Collect and Remember...

My Guiding "I" pointed out that all along

what I am doing as a Man was
creating my own eternity.

How glorious to realize

my moments with each
one of you are immortal?

This is why it is so important to be
"Lovely" to each other.

I invite you to come and loaf with me

through the ions, and what I want from you

is what I can but give you.
Create the eternity you want now,
extract it from the mire of life,

as a young girl collecting the fruit
of an orchard or flowers

from a spring field.

Collect, and Remember.

Love
Mervyn

Miracles

2011-12-16T21:27:00.000-07:00

Miracles...

We are in a place were miracles are happening. I know sometimes it is hard to see growth or change in myself, especially when my machine feels stagnant or abandoned by God; then after, I see that the machine was being starved and my soul will be better off for it. The pain and the fear that I have been forgotten and left behind on this path are pains that feel so real and hurt the most. This is where faith in His Divine plan is all that can get "me" through. I have come to realize that not only is Self- Remembering the greatest prayer but it also is the greatest act of faith, and of letting go. Self- Remembering encompasses all the ways.

~JR

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Beautiful Soul

2011-12-16T12:12:00.003-07:00

Beautiful Soul...

Beautiful Soul,
This is the night to dance with the Beloved!
This is the night to leave behind
all shame, guilt and fear.
Pick up your hair with a garland of light.
Take off your shoes and get ready to receive Him in your heart.
For He
Has never ceased to be close to you

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The New Presence...

2011-12-15T21:45:00.000-07:00

The New Presence...

The quieter we are,

the more patient and open

we are in our sadness's,

the more deeply and serenely

the new presence

can enter us...

~Rainer Maria Rilke

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The Aim

2011-12-14T20:39:00.000-07:00

"The aim of the Work is straightforward and simple. You are here; that is, your soul is present ---- or you are asleep.

Being present goes against nature. According to the Work, there are 48 laws of nature "designed" to keep us asleep. Studying them and observing them operating in our lives will be part of the work. However, it can not be emphasized enough that any knowledge we gain is with the sole intention of learning to be present, or remembering to re-connect with the soul, and staying there, no mater what the circumstances or friction we are having.

One must decide for oneself if the long struggle is something you want to take on. The Work is practical and it will be through your experimentation with dividing your attention and observing life that the school here will organically develop a direction.

Your questions will come out of your experience, and this is the only way to do it. This is not an intellectual study. It is an emotional and practical one of learning how the laws operate in our lives to keep us asleep and making efforts against them to stay present.

As it is, we are slaves to the I's that constantly run through us; we are judging, we are scared, we are worried, we are in pain, we are the I's. We must be what is OBSERVING the I's. We must separate from them or we are them, we are identified."

~Mervyn

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Wise Silence

2011-12-13T20:26:00.006-07:00

The Wise Silence...

Higher states, and anything we wish to understand can be understood or answered by "The Teachers" (the Gods). Anywhere we wish to visit can be visited, and anyone we wish to meet can be found.

I have been a spectator of everything and nothing. The great "Wise Silence" had visited me again, and I knew I had been changed, again. One is always different when one returns.

The Sun was completely gone now and everything had descended into the darkness of night, when all living things are refreshed.

For my soul there was no end place.

Perhaps I will be the "Wise Silent" answer to your next perplexing question, or the cause of your smile.

"Let him with ears Hear."

One thing is sure, keep your eyes and ears peeled, I am out there in the Universe somewhere and You might be part of the next Adventure.

~Mervyn

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The Door

2011-12-12T21:54:00.000-07:00

The Door...

The door of the inner most fortress
finally unlocked.
Walking through a narrow pathway,
at times dark, at times lighted
by a distant shine.
After crossing the walls,
I got to the sea.
And then… I became the vastness
of the ocean…
the clouds and the morning mist…
the sun kissing the waves…
I became myself,
His image and reflection…

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Between the Lines

2011-12-12T06:24:00.000-07:00

Between The Lines...

Between the Lines,
Those imperfect utterances
which hide so much of our real wishes,

intentions and desires.
There dwelling in isolation
Often misunderstood
The embrace, caress and desire of the Soul.
Released now
From the confines of the lines
The Soul rushes forward into the Unknown Regions.
Which contain limitless energy,
Such intoxicating suggestions of delight.
Now with trembling shyness
We advance willingly
Into the delicious dance
Which has lurked nearby
For so long.
With incredible patience and Faith
That one day
The scenario would arrive
Which would unleash
Such Love, Tenderness and Energy.
My Love

~Mervyn

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The Bridge

2011-12-07T21:36:00.000-07:00

The Bridge...

Long ago I realized there had to be something more, that I was participating in something far greater than previously imagined. This gave a new meaning to a life which had lost its meaning. We (man) have two natures corresponding to two currents flowing through us. One from the highest source moving into form (outer world), the other from manifested form back to its source (God). Realizing both creates our third aspect, the soul, a bridge between both worlds. The tree, especially in winter, reminds me of this. Feet planted on earth reaching for the heavens.

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Perceive and Reveal

2011-12-06T20:29:00.000-07:00

Perceive and Reveal...

The soul brings a veil down on the facts of tomorrow.

With this veil, which curtains future events …

it tries to instruct man to live in today

and ensures that in our future

that the advancing soul
has built for itself a new condition.

For the question and the answer are one.

This is the way the soul

is the perceiver

and revealer

of truth.

~Mervyn

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Gratitude

2011-12-05T21:22:00.000-07:00

Gratitude...

During our meeting on Saturday we shared

our angles on Gratitude ...
We entered the state of Gratitude ...

we were showered with Higher Energies ......

Gratitude is a state where, in the emptiness of the mind, there is the letting go of the chains of fear...

There is the opening of all spaces in between cells that become filled with Light and Love ... there is Acceptance, Compassion ... Hope, Faith and Love.

In a state of Gratitude I Thank with Joy for what it is, and I know that there is not bad or good, right or wrong, it is just what it is ... there is complete acceptance of God's plan.

In a state of anticipated Gratitude I thank the Universe for the abundance that I am in, for the Love and Joy that I am.

In Gratitude I am Joy and Love, I am in God and God is in me.

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Eternity...

2011-12-04T21:41:00.000-07:00

Eternity....

The walls of time and space seems solid real and insurmountable,

but the soul is capable of demolishing them all.

Life sees any talk of this as insanity,
although I know that the soul can compress eternity

into an hour or stretch an hour
into eternity.

~Mervyn

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Freedom...

2011-12-03T21:41:00.000-07:00

Freedom...

The aim of the work is to become free

and to help others to become free-

free to serve a higher purpose.

What makes for freedom ?

Faith,

kindness,

courage,

knowledge,

selflessness

and

understanding.

This is the work of a school.

~Rodney Collin

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Becoming

2011-12-02T21:44:00.000-07:00

Becoming...

When we act as "students" and dutifully attend to the "material" we can easily regurgitate what we have encountered. There is no work in this. No beauty. No verification. No growth. No aim. When a student takes what has been presented and lets it infuse them, become a living, breathing organism; allowing every aspect of their lives to be a school where they can apply the principles that are set before them; then there is growth and expression and beauty. Here, also, through the actions of the student, not words, the expression has clarity and speaks for itself. Then, if we are opened to receive from The Higher, it can guide us into even deeper verifications. It is important to stay in tune to recognize when The Higher is speaking to us, and remember that what is offered isn't always what is asked for, but is what is needed.

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Sleep

2011-12-01T21:08:00.000-07:00

Sleep...

Inspiration

realizations

self-remembering

and higher states

... all come in moments,
but man's sleep

is habitual

and

constant.

~Mervyn

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Continuing the Journey...

2011-11-30T22:09:00.000-07:00

Continuing the Journey...

As the Gods begin to work in the Soul of Man, he will tend more
towards the virtues and his sense of right and wrong will slowly change.
In the meantime we must be guided by the duties of our common
Humanity; kindness to our fellow man, humility, the growth of Love, etc.

These virtues act as a yardstick against imagination and the
introduction of I's from the Creature. I personally have always tested
myself against children. Their returning glances endorse my states
more than the most learned Theologian.

We have to continue our journey in the direction in which our feet
were set. We must remain present to the Inner Miracle. If we forget
it and do not upkeep it, we will lose it. The Gods will only work for a
defined period without the co-operation of the Host.

~Mervyn Brady

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Divine Spaces...

2011-11-29T21:25:00.000-07:00

Divine Spaces...

So many realizations opening, unfurling, and gathering up to this

pure moment of ecstatic love. In this process we are eternally coming

into being, recognizing through all senses our own eternal beauty,

shattering in joy, and being remembered again whole. Like the great
light of spirit holding each part of my body in cohesion. In this
moment I can reach out and touch the spaces.

Many years ago,while working with Mervyn, I dropped a plate on
the floor. He looked at me with great love and said, "That is your
soul, it will unify in order for you to remember yourself."

I felt the beauty of his gaze as the wisdom of his words and being
pierced my heart and soul. Today I realize I have to become the
spaces between all the shattered parts. It is in that divine space that
we become the architects of our own souls.

Mervyn smiled again and hugged me, mentioning the words
of Plato,

"We already know everything, we just have to be
reminded of who we are."

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On Prayer...

2011-11-28T22:49:00.000-07:00

On Prayer...

Do not pray for strength. Pray to be pierced. Pray to be opened and

willingly offer your pain in exchange for the birth of your soul.

No quarter must be given

~Mervyn Brady

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Honoring the Heart...

2011-11-28T05:49:00.001-07:00

Honoring the Heart...

Dear Heart…
Window of my soul,
Gateway to my freedom
Feel…Breath…Love.
Dear Heart…
Doorway to my bliss,
Sacred container to my suffering
Open…Inhale…. Be.
Because of you
I exist, I vibrate with life
I emit my truth.
I find my inner peace.

Thank you Heart
For you perceive all,
For you hold the key to higher wisdom.
Through you I grow in understanding.
Through you I can be pierced
I can be lifted in inspiration.
With the winds of passion and desire
I can create, heal, love deeply.
I can be reflected in another
I can merge with all around
and melt into nothing.

Precious heart
Flowering inside me.
You can open another,
Cry with tears of deep compassion,
Share hidden secrets in silence,
Touch with tenderness and kindness,
Dance in joy and abandon yourself to laughter.

Dear sacred Heart….
Reclaim my soul,
Expand my wings,
Infuse me with holiness
Help me project God’s grace.
and release me from blocks to the light.
I surrender to you.
With deep desire and longing
I invite the spirit of Love.
I invite the emergence of myself.

Help me , God, guard this treasure
And keep it aflame into eternity.
So that I can share and serve
With gratitude and humility.

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In Presence...

2011-11-27T21:16:00.000-07:00

In Presence...

What is inscribed

upon the soul

in presence,

creates the space

for love

to work

its

magic.

God Is Love...

2011-11-27T07:28:00.000-07:00

God is Love...

God is Love. And Love must love. And to love there must be a Beloved. But since God is Existence infinite and eternal there is no one for Him to love but Himself. And in order to love Himself He must imagine Himself as the Beloved whom He as the Lover imagines He loves.

Beloved and Lover implies separation. And separation creates longing: and longing causes search. And the wider and the more intense the search the greater the separation and the more terrible the longing.

When longing is most intense separation is complete, and the purpose of separation, which was that Love might experience itself as Lover and Beloved, is fulfilled; and union follows. And when union is attained, the Lover knows that he himself was all along the Beloved whom he loved and desired union with; and that all the impossible situations that he overcame were obstacles which he himself had placed in the path to himself.

To attain union is so impossibly difficult because it is impossible to become what you already are! Union is nothing other than knowledge of oneself as the Only One.

~Meher Baba

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Revelation...

2011-11-25T21:53:00.000-07:00

Revelation...

Often when the soul speaks, man calls it revelation. This is a downloading of the divine mind into our mind. A thrill passes through all men at the reception of new truth. When higher centers manifest, the power to see and understand becomes connected to the will to Do and the doing comes from a joyful obedience of the creature. Every moment that higher centers manifest, is potent memory.

~Mervyn

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If You Only...

2011-11-24T21:06:00.000-07:00

If You Only....

If you only see the leaf on the branch,
you miss the beauty of the tree.
If you only see the tree,
you miss the greatness of the forest.
If you only see the forest,
you miss the magnificence of the landscape.
If you only see the landscape,
you miss the greatness of the planet.
If you only see the planet,
you miss the vastness of the universe.

Only with the eyes of the soul
you can see the whole universe
in the detail of the leaf in the branch.
And the detail of the leaf can be appreciated
as being a particle of the whole universe.

Only with the presence of the soul
you are able to trespass the layers of illusions
and simply
Be.

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