Emerson wrote once that everyone he met was in some way his superior, and in that way, he learns from them. And while I also experience that to be true, what I find more significant is this: that once in a great while I meet someone, or hear of someone, whose life inspires me to [...]
What does living as a trustee mean?
First of all it means a complete change of consciousness. The idea that I own anything at all is an illusion. How can a tiny point of energy own anything.
I don’t even own my own body. Nothing is mine. Everything belongs to [...]
It says somewhere in the Christian bible that it’s harder for a rich man to get into heaven than it is for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. My understanding is that, the eye of a needle refers to the arched narrow needle shaped entrances through the walls of cities [...]
A few months back I read translated excerpts from Der Jüngste Tag, written by Paul Otto Hesse. I was enthralled by the reading. I felt as if I was visiting the same Truth that I had spent the last 30 some years focussed on, but coming to it from a new direction.
My interest [...]
I know someone who has always had a lot of courage. One day I asked her how did you develop your courage? She said, “Well, when I was a little girl, growing up in Great Britain there was a popular brand of beer called Courage Beer. There were large billboards everywhere advertising this beer. There [...]
There are detours on the spiritual path. When someone is first drawn to the spiritual path, there is, no doubt, a burning love for God. And to the degree that this love consumes consciousness determines the progress on the path.
At this time many people are on edge and can fly off the handle at the least little thing. Often things happen or people say things that are unreasonable. A worthwhile power to develop within yourself is the power to tolerate with love.
True tolerance isn’t something forced. It really means [...]
David Hawkins, writes in his book, Discovery of the Presence of God — Devotional Nonduality, that serious spiritual seekers adjust their lifestyle to be in accord with their spiritual commitment. This brings up issues such as attachments, relationships, possessions. etc. “In the end, to the true devotee, the pursuit of spiritual reality supersedes all other [...]
I had an aunt who passed away about 10 years ago. She was famous as a doctor in the field of birth control. She was considered to the pioneer for birth control in Canada.
One thing I remember about her was the way she was totally unaffected by anything that the media [...]
Most of the time we move along through life in a very ordinary sort of way following a routine, thinking the same sorts of thoughts as we always have, feeling that the world is physical and relating to one another in terms of the outward appearance of the body.
But for many of us there have [...]
In hindsight, I realize that even though I don’t have the Meher Baba’s autographed copy of Stay with God, he gave me something much more valuable. He gave me His sweet presence and a drop of His bliss, and the conviction that He is the Ancient One, the Avatar, God in human form. He is Infinite Love, and as the late singer-song writer Bob Brown used to sing to Him: “You are so close, you make my breath seem far.”
The soul is a lot like the violin. It passes through all these different bodies and circumstances, some noble and some not so noble, it travels from country to country, through many religions and cultures, gathering bits and pieces of impressions.
There is an important fine line between respect for others and being impressed by them. By having respect for others we allow their virtues and qualities to inspire us to become more elevated in our thoughts, words and actions.
We never lose our own self respect by giving respect. We actually increase [...]
When we meet people who are homeless, begging and disheveled, how do we look at them? Someone said to me the other day ”I can’t bear to see homeless people.” Another person said to me “I can’t bear to see old people who are shut ins who can’t go outside.” Another person said to me, “I can’t bear [...]
To perceive perfectly the absolute oneness that envelops us all is to be Self Realized.
Today I finished the final touches on a design of a website and blog for a group of students at the University of Maryland. The site is StartDreaming.org. The students formed an elite group, with some faculty supervision, dedicated to helping high school and junior high school students find their financial way to college.
I was [...]