These Octaves...

 

These octaves 

sound through our lives 

and our association with the Work. 

And what is important 

is to make ourselves sensitive 

to the note which is sounding at the moment 

and respond to it. 

Much suffering in human life 

results from a fruitless attempt 

to retain a note that has already ceased to sound, 

or to anticipate a note 

that has not yet sounded.

~Rodney Collin

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Glory To God...

“Glory to God 

in the highest heaven, 

and on earth peace 

to those on whom his favor rests.”

~Luke

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May The Dawn ...

 

“May the dawn of the Winter Solstice 

chase the dark away.” 

“May the Winter Solstice bring to you 

the promise of endless brand new days.” 

“May the light of the Winter Solstice 

always shine on you.“

~Unknown

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I Wanted To Share ...

I wanted to share 

about my verifications on essence 

from my trip to Vermont with D. 

We both noticed the ease 

with which we entered our own essence state 

in the small town in Vermont where we stayed. 

I felt myself attune to nature and the people. 

Even my breathing slowed, 

as if I entered world 24 upon arrival. 

Smiling shop owners, 

farmers, children playing - 

everything seemed so much more peaceful and simple. 

I recognized that my machine 

in her essence is connected to nature, 

to beauty, to simplicity and the joy of being alive. 

There is so much around us in nature 

that allows for the opening 

of this finer hydrogen state, 

and from there it is so much easier 

to soar towards 

the realm of the soul. 

~F

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Music Is A Higher Revelation ...

 

A Page from Ludwig Von Beethoven's 9th Symphony

Music is a higher revelation 

than all wisdom and philosophy. 

Music is the electrical soil 

in which the spirit lives, 

thinks and invents.

~Ludwig Von Beethoven

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My Machine, My Play...

My machine, my play, 

my circumstances, 

my life in general, 

what does it mean? 

What does it represent? 

Last week I felt a grace arrive and merge 

as part of my being 

and I could move more freely, 

feel actually free and in a sense so much more joyful! 

I was realizing the ‘I’ 

was somehow at the center of my own true being 

and it was radiating out.

When I saw this image of the Angel 

on a magnet at the store 

(she was in the middle 

of a bunch of other magnet images) 

and my soul was quietly so joyful 

and said "YES" that is it! -  

the divine essence of each of us 

so pure and bright. 

It is like a type of "Alignment" 

where one feels truly comfortable, 

vulnerable but safe, 

also trusting in former verifications, 

like standing on a rock 

that is sturdy and balanced. 

My essence is recognized through struggle, 

my essence is revealed through many failures. 

My essence is the home 

for my soul and my heart.

~C

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Do Not Abandon...

 

Kenneth Tesoriere

“Do not abandon 

yourselves to despair. 

We are the Easter people 

and hallelujah is our song.”

~John Paul II

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We Were Talking...

 

VIctoria Voner

We were talking about the machine 

and how it is possible 

that it can try to keep up with the soul or state, 

but what happens 

is that by becoming active in the triad, 

it is actually doing the state a disservice. 

The triad should be: 

machine/passive, 

state/active, 

and soul/reconciling.

~O

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When I Am In My Essence...

 

When I am in my essence, 

it is so important to keep it pure, 

hopeful, not to clutter it with desires. 

To remain open for that grace you speak of, 

to work its magic through me, 

so I can work more freely, 

as you so beautifully say. 

The "work" we do in our essence 

has the possibility 

of summoning that creative energy 

which can so often elude 

when we are captive in our mundane desires. 

Hard to explain, 

but in our essence, 

we somehow have the possibility 

of letting go of ourselves 

so that we can more deeply BECOME ourselves. 

And then we strike that balance point 

where we give up ownership 

and can become the vessel, 

or vehicle for higher energies to flow through. 

We align with higher energies 

to create some part of that which 

we are here for, 

but which normally we struggle to find. 

And yes, it is WORK, 

but with so much help!

~J

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Leave It All...

 

"Leave it all to God

and leave your interest in His hands.

He knows what is fitting for us..."

~St. Teresa of Avila

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It Really Got Me Thinking...

 

It really got me thinking 

about the need to be in the right state, 

this concept to "work" for lack of better terms. 

I look at my worldly job, 

managing people, 

and one of the hardest things about it 

is seeing both sides of the story. 

Maybe understanding someone's hardship, 

yet still needing to say 'No'. 

It's one of the biggest difficulties for me. 

My machine just wants to go back and forth. 

But to get to a higher place 

and be able to really see and feel the "correct" answer. 

It thinks if "no" is given to either side, 

it's being uncompassionate, 

but on the contrary, 

if I’m in a higher state while making a difficult decision, 

the compassion is still there, 

probably more so even.

~C

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This Painting...

Rene Magritte

This painting creates a shock. 

Having the opposites 

in the painting of night and day, 

both at the same time. 

It's an interesting concept 

and is so "foreign" to my machine 

it almost struggles to understand, 

which just adds to the intrigue. 

I think it also represents how my machine lives life. 

It's either hot or cold, 

likes or dislikes, on or off. 

It's these opposites that can't exist together.

But Maurice Nicoll, 

in one of his Commentaries, 

reminds us the possibility of yes AND no -

that area in-between, 

where just like the painting, 

yes and no CAN exist together. 

It's a place to strive to, 

a place to work for. 

~C

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I Am Listening...

 

 I am listening to the first song 

In Saint Matthews Passion of Bach. 

Right now. 

So much emotion. 

From agony to ecstasy. 

I have asked myself 

why his music is so divine? 

Through his music of deep emotion 

is the love of God, 

interlaced between each note. 

~S

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In Reality...

"In reality,

 there is, perhaps, 

no one of our natural passions 

so hard to subdue as pride. 

Disguise it, struggle with it, 

beat it down, stifle it, 

mortify it as much as one pleases, 

it is still alive, 

and will every now and then 

peep out and show itself; 

you will see it, perhaps, often in this history; 

for, even if I could conceive 

that I had completely overcome it, 

I should probably be proud of my humility.”

~Ben Franklin

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In My Experience ...

Henri Matisse

 

In my experience 

the Emotional Center 

Is the gateway to the Soul, 

the purer it gets 

the stronger the connection with the Soul. 

My verifications: 

in order to purify the Emotional Center 

(or the Heart Center), 

one must be willing to surrender 

to immense suffering and feel the pain body. 

With no resistance. 

Then showers of bliss will come. 

In this process the heart opens up to Joy 

in a different way, 

to the most subtle details that life brings to us. 

Like appreciating a ray of sunlight 

coming through the leaves of a tree. 

Or listening to someone with no judgment, 

but with curiosity and Presence. 

But most of all, 

the feeling of tenderness with oneself, 

and others and all the creation.

~C

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That Child We Were ...

 

That child we were 

can grow again 

and become mature and courageous 

in its understandings. 

I can clean my memories, 

wash them 

with clear understanding of presence 

to be open again. 

There is a very pure freedom 

in allowing the process of emotional understandings. 

Recognizing such courage in another 

is a big motivation 

and inspiration to awaken.

~C

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Do Not Be Afraid...

 

Do  not be afraid;

our fate cannot be taken from us;

it is a gift.

~Dante Alighieri

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Oh How Much More...

 

Oh how much more would be possible 

if we could only be "Pure of heart", 

willing to be more open 

and vulnerable, 

to show who I truly am to others, 

to myself. 

~C

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We Are In Service...

 

We are in service of the higher 

and given the signs to keep going.

~M

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I Desire...

Evelyn De Morgan 

I desire each and everyone of you 

to evolve to your maximum potential.

So do the Gods who long before 

have incessantly prepared you all 

for a great happening.

What has been missing 

and now must be replaced 

is your Desire to awaken.

Eros and I are ready to serve you 

and that is not all.

There are other Gods in the wings 

waiting to emerge too.

Love to you all,

~Mervyn

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We Are Stronger...

Eduardo Rodriguez Calzado

We are stronger in numbers 

as a collective consciousness. 

And the wisdom that I feel 

is being called upon our school 

is to use that second line work 

to feed one another 

as we have been 

but bring it more into life.

~M

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The Instinctive Center...

 

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale 

The instinctive center, 

if used in the right way, 

can be the knight of the inner world. 

A servant. 

My instinctive center 

can also be aware 

when the hydrogens are going low. 

And sometimes 

I can use that part 

to serve the Higher energies 

that are always present. 

~S

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