Something New, Something Old

As the year comes to an end, let the wisdom

of our Conscious Being, Lao Tzu guide our final steps:

"In the pursuit of the Tao (The Work), 

something is acquired each day.

In the pursuit of the Tao (The Work), 

something is abandoned each day."

May we continue to acquire the tools 

of self-observation and objective 

knowledge.to enter the new year lighter 

making space for the birth of our Soul.

Happy New Year!

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When I Am...

 

“When I am truly present 

to what I long to transform in myself, 

I have verified that there comes a time 

when I can pass this process 

on to my subconscious mind, 

to help me work on it “behind the scenes,” so to speak. 

I may not always do this actively. 

This may simply flow naturally 

from the work of bringing conscious observation

 to something in me 

which has a negative grip on my life.

~J

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The Best....

 

AI

The best and most beautiful things in the world 

cannot be seen or even touched - 

they must be felt with the heart.

~Helen Keller

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The Adoration of the Magi

The Adoration of the Magi' - Rembrandt

Observing Rembrandt’s Adoration of the

Magi brings a profound reflection of our 

own inner work.

The Three Wise Kings—our three centers 

of gravity within our being—must become 

wise. They must consciously bring their 

purest offerings, their gold, to the service 

of the Inner Child: the emerging consciousness 

within the inner world of man and woman.

May this sacred night, and indeed every moment, 

remind us of the sacred within us—that for which 

all the rest must be in service.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas filled 

with profound inner peace and the joy of 

true Self-Remembering.

~T

A Gift from our New Mexico Academy Chapter: 

Rachmaninoff – All-night Vigil (Vespers), op. 37. 

Divine choral music. [Valery Polyansky]

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My Verification...

 

My verification has deepened 

on how valuable we are to each other 

and this idea that Mervyn shared with us 

about reflective love is so powerful. 

To look into the eyes of another student 

and see the love of the soul reflected back 

seems to me to be 

one of the highest sources of H12 

or even H6 that I’ve experienced.

~M

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When I Am...

 

Jozef Israels 

When I am truly present 

to what I long to transform in myself, 

I have verified that there comes a time 

when I can pass this process on to my subconscious mind, 

to help me work on it “behind the scenes,” so to speak. 

I may not always do this actively.

 This may simply flow seamlessly 

from the work of bringing conscious observation 

to something in me 

which has a negative grip on my life.

 

Dreams can also point out a change in me 

which I have missed. 

My waking self may need a moment to catch up. 

Because my subconscious mind 

has already integrated this change, 

it becomes my herald. 

In a recent dream 

I was able to experience this, 

and upon waking, 

I could finally let go of something 

which has been vexing me for years. 

My dream gave me a better view 

of who I am right now, 

what I value most, and what no longer matters.

~M

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What A Reminder...

 

What a reminder for us, 

what we receive is not ours until we pass it along. 

Mervyn would say to me 

to add something that has been with me 

when having I's or hearing the I's of others: 

'What is behind?’ 

Look for what is behind. 

And that takes an effort 

I have verified for my mechanics, 

to listen in another way.

Well, my friends, 

I truly feel that every day 

the work tells me to renew 

and see what rises to the surface. 

I allow for it to be and be seen, 

and then what stage of the processes might it relate to.

~M

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El Llamado y la Máquina

"Primero, 'RECUERDA TU SER' (o 'RECUÉRDATE A TI MISMO')!

Haz un inventario de quién eres, 

ve y observa que no eres más que un 

ser débil y una máquina o criatura de 

estímulo-respuesta. ¿Quién eres y qué has hecho 

para merecer esta Alta Llamada que viene de arriba?

Los Dioses te han invitado y atraído a 

una vida de perfección, y sin embargo, 

tu alma duda en responder. 

¡Qué lento, qué perezoso!

Ahora mismo, criatura miserable, 

vigila a tu enemigo: TÚ MISMO. 

No caigas en la trampa de rasgos como 

la Vanidad, y no te creas mejor que los demás

solo porque vives la Vida Solitaria y 

estás siendo llamado a cosas superiores. 

Muy por el contrario: a menos que prestes 

atención a lo que te está llamando, puedes 

volverte más miserable que aquellos 

en las etapas anteriores.

Ahora debes ser humilde ante lo que 

te está invitando, que no es otra cosa 

que la propia Influencia C.  Los Reyes de Reyes 

han descendido con humildad hasta ti 

y a tu nivel. Te han elegido graciosamente 

de entre el rebaño para ser Especial y 'Divino'.

Debes alimentarte de su dulce amor y 

sabiduría, deleitándote 

en un anticipo de la Consciencia o el Cielo, 

que es tu herencia.

Por lo tanto, te insisto, avanza rápidamente, 

mira hacia adelante, no hacia atrás. 

Siente lo que te estás perdiendo y, 

por favor, no te contentes con lo que 

has logrado hasta la fecha. A medida 

que despiertes más, toda tu vida debe 

ser guiada por un deseo de acercarte, 

de unirte con los Dioses. Este anhelo crecerá 

en el Alma, alimentado por la belleza, 

tus esfuerzos y la asistencia de los Dioses, 

todo lo cual debe ser aceptado por ti.

Pero ten cuidado, en este punto los 

Dioses no tolerarán rivales, reales o imaginarios. 

No buscan nada más que a ti solo. 

Su Voluntad es que seas pasivo y 

les permitas dejar Su huella en la cera. 

Es esencial en este punto que estés 

bien experimentado en repeler los 

ataques del enemigo, ya que 

debes proteger este estado con vigilancia. 

Si estás dispuesto y eres capaz de 

permanecer aquí, solo tienes que 

pedirlo, y los Dioses vendrán a ti.

Por lo tanto, toma posesión de 

ti mismo e inténtalo con todo tu Ser; 

los Dioses te están esperando y 

están siempre listos para servirte.

El Maestro - Mervyn Brady

Carta a sus estudiantes en 1995

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The Calling & The Mechanics

First, "REMEMBER YOURSELF"! 

Take stock of who you are, see and observe 

that you are a weakling and a stimulus 

response machine or creature; 

Who are you and what have you 

done to deserve this high calling from above. 

The Gods have invited and attracted 

you to a life of perfection 

and your soul hesitates in response; 

how sluggish; how slothful!

Right now, wretched creature, 

keep an eye on your enemy, YOURSELF. 

Don't fall into the trap of features 

like Vanity and think yourself better 

than others because you are living 

the Solitary life and are being called 

to higher things. Quite the contrary: 

unless you heed, what is calling to you, 

you may become more wretched than 

those at the earlier stages. 

Now you should be humble in the face 

of what is beckoning you none other than 

C Influence itself. The Kings of Kings 

have in humility stepped down to you 

and your level. They have graciously chosen you out 

of the flock to be Special and "Godlike".  

You are to feed on their sweet love and wisdom, 

delighting in a foretaste of Consciousness 

or Heaven, which, is your inheritance.

So, I urge you, go on quickly, look ahead, 

not behind. Sense what you are missing out on 

and please do not be content with what 

you have achieved to date. As you awaken further 

your whole life must be guided by a desire 

to become closer, at one with the Gods. 

This longing will grow in the Soul 

fed by beauty, your efforts, and assistance 

from the Gods, all of which must be 

accepted by you. But be warned, at this point 

the Gods will tolerate no rivals, real or imaginary. 

They seek‑nothing other than you alone. 

Their Will is that you should be passive 

and allow them to place their imprint on the wax. 

It is essential at this point that you are 

well experienced in warding off enemy attacks, 

as you must guard this state vigilantly. 

If you are willing and able to remain here 

you need only ask and the Gods will come to you.

Lay hold of yourself therefore and 

try with all your Being; the Gods are waiting 

for you and are ever ready to serve you.

The Teacher -  Mervyn Brady

a 1995 email to his students

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Pieces of Mosaic

Malakai Bayoh interprets - Pie Jesu by Andrew Lloyd Webber

This week I made an aim to notice and accept "What is" 

whether inside or outside of me, but at the same time 

to make every effort to ask for higher help. 

In these last weeks, I felt like each cell, "inside and out", 

as if a piece of a mosaic, vibrating and separate 

from one another - but with a desire to come together, 

like magnets drawn, pulled by an invisible energy 

existing between them, the spaces. Each moment of 

self-remembering, presence, making that "Space" alive 

-as this boy is making the space alive around him 

with his gift of a voice.

~C

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Men and Women: Divine Gift

Hellelil and Hildebrand - The Meeting on The Turret Stairs 

- Frederic William Burton

God gave men and women to each other as a divine gift. 

They are the opposites that combined with

God make a trinity that can be Magic. 

(Magic only works if you believe in it). 

One must learn to survive in the Realms of Love.  

Heaven is a state not just a word.

Have you ever been awakened by a kiss from a God? 

If you do, you had better serve [the love] or 

[the love] will not save you from the dangerous beasts out there.  

Love must be served or it will turn against you. 

We must start at the bottom and relearn everything again.

Mervyn Brady

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Well My Friends...

 

Bernadette Sterk

Well my friends,

I truly feel that every day 

the work tells me to renew 

and see what rises to the surface. 

I allow for it to be and be seen, 

and then what stage of the processes might it relate to. 

~M

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Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower...

 

Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower

Quiet friend who has come so far,

feel how your breathing makes more space around you.

Let this darkness be a bell tower

and you the bell. 

As you ring,

what batters you becomes your strength.

Move back and forth into the change.

What is it like, such intensity of pain?

If the drink is bitter, turn yourself to wine.

In this uncontainable night,

be the mystery at the crossroads of your senses,

the meaning discovered there.

And if the world has ceased to hear you,

say to the silent earth: I flow.

To the rushing water, speak: I am.

~Ranier Maria Rilke

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The Little Light in Bell Towers

St. Paul's Church

I pass this church, now a meditation center, many times a day.

It's the open tower that catches my heart. 

and all the towers like this that I see as I’m walking and driving.

Open(bell) towers feels like a metaphor of the soul, 

still sheltered in the body but also open to the air and sky 

- the spirit. The small light inside me, that has been here 

before it was captured in this body. 

This little light 

that searches for Light that wants to emerge 

from the dark interior of the creature to the top, 

to be connected with the Light.

It reminds me to be present and to go a little deeper. 

It reminds me that there is a light within me, 

that is sustained by every effort that is 

made to give it air – a little breath of space from 

my i's and noise so that it can join my life.

~J

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I Can Never...

 

Ferdinand Keller

"I can never come to quietude 

if I do not sacrifice my agitation 

and my tensions. 

I cannot have a free attention 

if I do not sacrifice what keeps it enslaved. 

Everything I wish has to be paid for. 

If I wish to have a new state, 

I must sacrifice the old. 

We never get more than we give up. 

What we receive is proportional to what we sacrifice."

~Jeanne DeSaltzmann

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Gratitude's Door...

 

Gratitude's Door

This morning, gratitude

knocked softly on my heart

I opened—

and the Beloved entered

like light that needs no permission.

O Friend,

how easily we forget

the miracles hidden

inside each ordinary breath.

Let this day become

one quiet, shining prayer:

a simple thank-you

that walks, sees, remembers.

For when love awakens in us,

even sorrow turns to honey,

and the whole world whispers,

Everything is gift.

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The Highest Ideal.....

Cupid and Psyche- François Gérard

Have you ever been awakened by a kiss from a God? 

If you do, you had better serve her or she will

not save you from the dangerous beasts out there.

Love must be served or it will turn against you.

The highest ideal must be teaching people 

how to give and receive love;

Love that puts body, heart

and soul in harmony.

Mervyn Brady

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One Life Is All We Have...

 

One life is all we have

and we live it as we believe in living it.

But to sacrifice what you are

and to live without belief,

that is a fate more terrible than dying.

~ Joan of Arc

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Song Of Myself...

 

AI Generated

Song of Myself. 

What a gift to receive these words 

of the eliminations of someone living 

on the terms undefined by W48 

but rather realms we understand to be of a mystical form. 

It is my pleasure to welcome the angels 

to speak to me 

as it is their wish to reach each of us 

and it is in a language that defies W48 reason.

I awoke yesterday morning with a curious message, 

and it meant nothing to me until later in the day 

when out planting a rose bush. 

I was preparing the soil 

with the final hour of light 

that was so beautiful to be out in. 

And then all of a sudden it became very dark overhead, 

storm clouds arrived swiftly as the sun was setting. 

I typically would ignore it 

and keep working 

when I am out with my hands in the soil. 

The morning image of yellow polka dots 

was still in my consciousness 

and at this time on an interview on my ear pods, 

the director brought up his uncle 

who passed and was inspiration 

for a deep feeling 

to work on a big project 

for since he had passed. 

His uncle loved the idea of a polka dot car, 

and I awoke to myself. 

I knew I had to move inside 

and as soon as I was inside 

the lightning struck nearby. 

I understood the angels use a unique language! 

~M

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In The World but Not from It

In the Peace Pagoda in Pokhara, 

I found a peculiar statue of Lord Buddha. 

With one hand pointing up and the other down. 

It reminded me of the painting of 

The Academy by Rafael, only there, 

Plato is pointing up and Aristotle down. 

This reminds me of the Sufi saying: 

“Being in the world but not from this world”

~J

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