My Bounty...

“My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.” 

Romeo & Juliet(Act II, scene ii)

~William Shakespeare

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I Feel That It IsThe Third Force...

I feel that it is the Third Force behind the AIM 

that supports the Will to Work towards it. 

Why does one have a specific Aim? 

The Aim, the purpose, the meaning, is very specific. 

The Work towards the Aim is also specific, 

and the actual efforts: 

the ups and downs of the process, 

intervals and moments of Grace 

are all made easier to navigate 

when we are able to remember the third force. 

Why we have our Aim? 

The Why is as important, 

I feel as the Aim itself.

~J


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Very Few People...

Very few people could stand the world of the Soul.

We have to develop The Being to be the Words.

Like Love. 

Most people cannot stand 

more than enough of it to reproduce the machine.

We cannot live in a state of Love 

because we do not have the Being to do that. 

We cannot stay in a place of Presence 

because we have to learn to do it 

and develop the capacity to keep it.

That is why we are in a School.

It would be a fatal mistake 

to allow our machines 

to think the fate of our Souls were in its hands.

We are dealt a hand 

and that is what we have to play with. 

We will not be given a second one.

We need perhaps to develop a little humility 

and realise we need the Gods, our Friends, 

the Teacher and School 

to do anything in this direction..

We have to LEARN 

to be able to live in the moment.

And if that ever happens the only way we can keep it, 

is to SERVE it. 

And what gave it to us.

~Mervyn


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That Exercise Of Waiting...

That exercise of waiting, 

of consciously waiting, 

can turn our ordinary moments into a sacred act. 

Waiting in a traffic, 

an unexpected long wait on the phone, 

waiting for someone to finish their thoughts, 

all of it, all these moments, 

can invite the higher. 

There is a natural divided attention 

that is brought to light - 

what I want to happen and what is happening. 

As a student, I can use these moments.

~J

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So We Have To Work...

“So we have to work in the midst of life, 

surrounded by all the misfortunes of life, 

and eventually life becomes our teacher—

that is to say, 

we have to practise non-identifying 

in the midst of the happenings of life; 

we have to practise self-remembering 

in the midst of affairs; 

and we have to notice and separate ourselves 

from our negative emotions 

in the midst of all hurts and smarts in daily life.” 

~Maurice Nicoll

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