When We Really Practice the Work...

When we really practice the Work, 

when we do not identify, 

we begin to see everyone as equal beggars.

With this comes humility, 

and then there is the possibility 

that others will listen 

to what can come through us from a higher source.

~J

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This Beautiful Painting...

The Death of Socrates, 1787
Jacques Louis David (French, 1748–1825)
Oil on canvas 

This beautiful painting confronts us individually 

with the issue of one’s own death 

which someday has to be faced; 

and this painting challenges each one to examine himself 

to see if there is an inkling as to what is really valuable. 

Death, of the body, will surely come. 

The real issue is: 

What is real development and maturity 

intended to happen between birth of the body and death of it? 

Let us live this question for some moments, some days.

~N

I Have Verified...

I have verified that life will unfold 

with a series of increasing tests 

that are designed to breakthrough our mechanics and develop our being.

It was so clear for all of us 

that had to face the deaths of our beloved students, 

Lauren, Naz and Keith, 

that the work was a foundation to stand on during such times. 

Many of us experienced a jump in the level of being. 

There is so much happening to us, 

so many pressures, much hardship. 

Yet the endurance I see around me 

and the ability to face and survive the storms 

comes from faith and growth of being in the work.

~F

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To Be...

To be thrown upon one's own resources, 

is to be cast into the very lap of fortune; 

for our faculties then undergo a development 

and display an energy 

of which they were previously unsusceptible.

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It Seems That Most Tests...

Edward Burne-Jones

 It seems that most tests in being have us face 

our deepest fears or face feminine dominance in some way, 

these tests are not wasted 

if we see that as we transform these fears into victories, 

into faith and trust, we are actually creating food for others. 

Our experiences become part of who we are 

in the world we can project faith and courage 

from the soul and become the light in the storm 

for others going through similar trials.

~E

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