May You Walk...

May you walk in the grace of mercy, 

where love finds you unconditionally.

Where compassion envelops your soul, 

where the weight of yesterday 

is lifted by the light of understanding.

May you enter through the doors of forgiveness, 

not as a burden, but as a release.

A release from everything that has bound your spirit,

a homecoming.

A reminder that nothing is really holding you back 

except what you refuse to let go of.

May your heart expand beyond the wounds, 

beyond regrets, 

beyond the echoes of the past.

Because you are not your mistakes, 

you are not your pain.

You are the one who rises, 

over and over again in love, 

in wisdom, in freedom.

So release renew and elevate.

That's right.

~ The Elixir

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When I Slow My Breath...

 

When I slow my breath down, 

including holding the breath 

on both the inhale and the exhale, 

my mind automatically slows down. 

While doing this I bring my prayer, 

whatever it is, to my heart. 

Slowing the breath down 

is a big boost to remembering myself.

~J

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The Difficulty...

 

"The difficulty is not so great

to die for a friend 

as to find a friend worth dying for."

~Homer

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In My First Years...

 

David Thomaston

In my first years in the School, 

I was actively studying the system, 

involving the Intellectual Center. 

And I thought I understood The Work. 

Lately as I study again the 48 laws, 

I begin to realize how important it is 

to become the Work in order to embody it. 

That helps me to balance the 4 centers. 

For that, intention is needed. 

This intention is an invitation to be Present 

which may lead to feed the Higher Centers. 

To be Present is to become the Work, 

always moving, always changing. 

Presence is what remains.

 ~C

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Constantly Pulling and Pushing ....

 

Oberon Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing -

William Blake 1789

We are constantly pulling and

pushing each other into the realm of the soul. 

The responsibility of my inner world is to raise

the hydrogens as high as possible wherever

I am and this is same for all of us.

This is how we can preserve the state of divinity

and the hydrogens that flow will keep us alive.  

~R

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Dream...

 

"Dream no small dreams

for they have no power 

to move the hearts of men."

~Johann Goethe

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To Have An Operational Heart...

 

Jim Dine

To have an operational heart, 

one that is free of grief, sorrow, 

defect owing to personality and experience, 

is a higher gift. 

One that comes with the responsibility 

to repay in kind the love shown us, 

the love of humanity, 

of one's neighbor, 

of those who show value 

and interest in the works of God, 

as it is our natural state and obligation. 

~O

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To Become...

 

Michelangelo

To become a balanced man/woman 

is a very big thing. 

To see oneself, 

to see myself without becoming identified 

is a portal into another realm. 

So, how to balance (in practical terms) for myself?

I was telling P that as a child 

I loved riding my bike and roller-skating. 

The bike was freedom and roller-skating excitement. 

I remember that one day (as a child) 

my moving center was very active. 

I asked my mom 

if she needed anything from the store 

and said, yes, some potato chips. 

So off on my bike I went to the town center. 

I had an aim. 

After I came home with the chips, 

I asked if she needed anything else. 

Bless her heart, 

she gave me another errand. 

I rode like the wind and remembered being so happy. 

It was joyous.

In relaying this to P, 

I realized that I had an aim. 

My moving center was employed, 

the emotions were engaged, 

and the intellectual center (as a child) 

was in use to create the aim. 

I do this now. 

When feeling overwhelmed in the emotional center, 

I find that the moving center helps to balance me. 

It has to be a specific task that needs to get done. 

This has been beneficial on many levels, 

and I am experimenting 

and allowing the understandings to deepen over time.

~M

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Who Shall Give...

 

                                                                                      

"Who shall give a lover any law?

Love is a great law, 

by my troth, 

thank any law written by mortal man".

~Geoffrey Chaucer

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Free Workshop! Monday, March 10, 2025 - The Ladder of Love - Our Story Within

 

                            Salvator Rosa (1615–1673), Jacob’s Dream (c 1665)

You are invited to attend a free workshop on Monday, March 10, 2025 -  "The Ladder of Love: Our Story Within" 

Many spiritual teachers have used the symbol of the ladder as a way to make humanity more aware of its journey toward the union between heart and soul. Each person's life is a series of experiences condensed into a long line of memories. Many are beautiful, but others are painful and difficult. Let us explore together the story within us and try to understand the step we are on.

"Put anger and pride under your feet, turn them into a ladder and climb higher." 

~ Rumi 

This workshop will be facilitated by Caroline O'Reilly.  Caroline is one of the founding members of the Academy and the Director of our Center in Ashland, Oregon. She has led philosophy groups for three decades in Europe, the United States, and Mexico. Join us for this FREE Meetup on ZOOM.

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Maybe in moments of terror and confusion....

 

Jacob's Ladder - William Blake

In a dream, Jacob was shown multitudes 

of Angels coming up and down, 

something we are all familiar with 

over the years and has been 

the topic of many meetings.

Maybe in moments of terror and confusion 

one is disconnected from the other steps, 
frozen and unable to move up or down, 
unable to feel and really know that maybe, 
even the Lower steps are just illusory, 
in the way that the body  thinks, in duality. 

In fear and confusion 

we are still connected to the higher 

and have to trust to stay on that step in presence, 

and not to be tired by waiting.

~C

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A Perfect Example...

 

Jimmy Taurrell 

A perfect example for me 

of balancing all my centers is through music. 

Yes, it is so definitely in my essence,

 and I have had years 

of plumbing its depths as a performer. 

But even as a child 

I was attracted to music in a complete way—

I felt it so deeply (and transcendentally) 

with my lower and higher emotional centers. 

I took it in with its complex vibrations, 

feeling it course through my body, 

dancing with it, laughing, 

pondering its meaning. 

As I became more educated to its forms, 

I became amazed at the mathematical complexity 

and purity of its structures, 

especially with Bach, 

who has traveled with me since my infancy. 

~J

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