Robert Earl Burton – Illustration on the Simplicity of Essence

Being simple

Being simple, uncomplicated, unsophisticated, and externally considerate takes us as close to the gods as we can get.••Uncreated light does not grow but simply appears, complete.•Death must have depth: long […]

David in the piazza

A permanent state

With Uncreated Light, we are in a permanent state of going here, arriving at the present, repeatedly.•Finishing is will. The lower self cannot complete octaves; the higher Self can.••Bravery is […]

Angel-in-garden

The sequence is an oasis

Transcended Light: the fruition of knowledge.••The sequence is an oasis in the desert of imagination.•One cannot be present without love of the angels who make it possible.••One has to earn […]

Blackboard equations

With presence, we have a deathless state

It is difficult to understand death at any age.•The gods strike us mortals in order to make us immortal.••Tragically, people are very fond of the capacities of the lower centers, […]

Plato Ideal State - Fountain of Abundance

Plato’s Ideal State – Apollo

The leaders of Plato’s Ideal State do not seek to have power but rather to evoke presence in everyone.••Plato’s Ideal State was conceived in Athens and realized at Apollo.•The conscious […]

Plato Ideal State - Face of Zeus - sculpture

Apollo – Plato’s Ideal State

The ideal state is simplicity of presence.••Apollo is the ideal state because its citizens are conscious.•There are no unconscious beings in this village.••Only in the ideal state is there freedom […]