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To Be Free

To be free one must be quite disciplined.  It is wonderful to be conscious children. At age 80, there are associated groups of ’I’s. At every age, I have had […]

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Conscious Man

Words are cheap, presence is expensive (transformation of suffering). • Alexander Pope said, “Man is the glory, jest, and riddle of the world!” Conscious man is the glory of the […]

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Use Everything for Self-Remembering

To be present to one sip of coffee and then set the cup down with presence is more than enough. You can and must use everything for self-remembering. Otherwise, the […]

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Timelessness

We have timeless values and help that is outside of time. The faster one goes, the quicker one forgets. Lewis Carroll: The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.” • […]

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Divine Presence

The only way one can arrive at permanent divine presence is to do everything one can to make it happen in this life. The mind of the lower self is […]

Aim to Awaken - Teachings of Robert Earl Burton

Aim to Awaken

Be quiet now and throughout eternity. • Extra effort means extra presence. The mirror of light is the mirror of love. • Presence is the cutting edge of reality. Let […]

Devotion to Presence - Teachings of Robert Earl Burton

Devotion to Presence

No subject is worth displacing presence. • One’s life is what one makes it and one has to work very hard to make it beautiful. No greater love could be, […]

Taking Care of the Moment - Teachings of Robert Earl Burton

Taking Care of the Moment

When you are present, the lower self is in prison.When you are asleep, you are in prison.  • Just take care of the moment.  Our little higher centers are learning […]

Willing to Awaken - Teachings of Robert Earl Burton

Willing to Awaken

We must be willing to awaken, to let go of our imaginary picture in favor of who we really are.  • Whatever we are given is what we need to […]

Mistakes - Teachings of Robert Earl Burton

Mistakes

Our age is too clever for its own good.  • When one guesses, it is the lower self pretending to know.  If you want to awaken, nothing will stand in […]