Saturday, August 15, 2026

An Interesting Happening...

 



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An interesting happening has entered my life recently. 
As many of you know 
my personal interests in an active life and training 
started after living the first half of my life 
caring little for my body. 
I've experimented and utilized 
many different training systems, 
forms of exercise, sport and activity.  
Recently the desire to move better 
became an aim since having felt my body slowdown 
in the last couple of years. 
It will be 50 in July.
It seems C influence has sent into my life 
a form of training without heavy weights 
or anything traditional. 
It focuses on the nervous system 
and utilizes extreme isometrics, 
holding positions for a long time 
and using all of your might 
to pull yourself deeper into positions. 
It hurts a lot and is quite difficult. 
So, the point is, after having held these positions 
last Thursday there was an increase in vitality, 
perception, connection from my nervous system to the world. 
My plan was to not attend the meeting here in Vallarta 
because mu son was with me 
and no help to babysit. 
We happened to be close to the meeting site 
ten minutes before it started and my heart wanted to go. 
So, listening to that, 
what now is understood 
to be the voice of my consciousness 
springing from the heart, we went. 
And there it was the best meeting we've had yet. 
Very high states, 
the original moderator was an hour late, 
and we explored many questions and angles 
in the work related to new students. 
It was a verification 
that when we heed the call to serve, 
the table is set and will be fed by the Gods.
Secondarily, the suffering of the body 
in that exercise woke something up in my system. 
Kundalini yoga does the same, 
where we go past our limits and endure pain. 
Rodney also documents it, and Gurdjieff - 
the holding of arms out for extended time 
to master pain in service to something higher is a form of payment. 
~O




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Thursday, August 13, 2026

Mysticism - Raising The Sails






Rembrandt - Ship at Sea





Mysticism starts with the raising of the Sails 
and the Gods provide the Wind.
To go into the open Sea is different 
than rowing around the shore.

I sensed the limitations of rowing versus 
the Sail and started to overcome the criticism 
of others that in applying the Sails I was slothful 
and lazy. The criticism kept me rowing for many years.

I started to understand that to "Know" truths 
by a simple glance of the Soul was a Mode of 
Knowledge and Understanding far above 
the Human Mind. The Mind in its turn seeks 
after Truths by reasoning and will not tend 
to acknowledge the Superhuman Mode or 
Mystical Mode, or even their existence.

~Mervyn Brady - 
Extract from email to his students: "Mysticism Part 3" 


































Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Do Not Be Afraid...

 

Annie Stegg Gerard 


“Do not be afraid; our fate
Cannot be taken from us; 
it is a gift.”
~Dante Alighieri, Inferno




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Friday, August 7, 2026

Socrates Comes To My Mind ...

 


Carol Pearson



Socrates comes to my mind during this meeting. 
Known for his questions, 
he questioned himself and others 
so much of the time. 
And the way I have read him in recent times, 
it seems he never took for granted 
that he knew the slightest thing. 
His wisdom came from that he really understood 
that he didn’t know 
and could hold that higher unknown state. 
In this moment that helps me. 
It’s almost like I have to be come empty 
of all I know and come into this moment 
and wait and See and observe. 
This keeps the work practical 
and not too theoretical. 
What do I understand in this very moment? 
It always seems to be to come back to the state 
and BE and be humble 
to open up for something to Be revealed 
if it wants to be revealed and understood. 
It seems a bit mysterious. 
Waiting and observing the moment 
seems the key for the delicious higher understandings 
that come and I get out of the way with my ordinary self.
~S



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Wednesday, August 5, 2026

The Gift






Nicholas Roerich - Mother Of The World 




Our Union is Like this:

You feel cold
So I reach for a blanket 
To cover your shivering feet.

A hunger comes into your body
So I run to my garden 
And start digging potatoes

You ask for a few words of comfort and guidance,
I quickly kneel at your side offering you
The whole book 
As a gift.

You ache with loneliness one night
So much you weep

I say 

Here is a rope
Tie it around me,

Hafiz 
will be your companion 
For life.

Hafiz