Swan in water

Desire to Awaken

Modern Art is a tragic reflection of the Age.•The lower self likes to hurry because hurrying reliably displaces presence. ••The zeal and desire to awaken is the best third force […]

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 […]

The Miraculous - Teachings of Robert Earl Burton

Hidden Harmony

Man has in him a hidden harmony which he fails to detect. Man does not suspect he is a machine.  • The more present you become, the more miraculous you […]

Presence Grows by Sharing - Teachings of Robert Earl Burton

Presence Grows by Sharing

It’s more important to share the light than to just keep it, because it grows by sharing.  • Self-remembering is the only honest state.  We do not look back, because […]

Role of the Steward - Teachings of Robert Earl Burton

The Role of the Steward

The earth is a maximum security prison, and only the gods can let one know oneself. The gods have opened the vault for us, which allows us to pass from […]