The Work is Practical
You really cannot be mystical unless you are practical. • It is dangerous to be asleep and this motivates us to be present. The more present you become, the more […]
Tag: Presence
Small is All
It is important not think about unpleasant experiences from the past, because the lower self uses it to displace Presence. Say drop immediately. Shakespeare said “Hell is empty; all the […]
Realize that we are Unconscious and Mortal
We must not think negative thoughts, for they affect other people. • Anything in us that wants fame is what we are not. The arts can only take one to […]
Giving it Everything We Have
What we can see is quite beautiful; what we cannot see is even more beautiful. • When one gives everything one has, that is enough. One never stops needing patience, […]
Be Present
No one has done enough until presence is made permanent. • Among many ‘I’s which ones can you trust? None. No one is beautiful without presence… with presence one is […]
Self Remembering – the Greatest Art Form of All
Self-remembering is the greatest art form of all. • Ironically, one can add to one’s false personality if one acquires the act of self-remembering, rather than self-remembering itself. Just do […]
More Thoughts on The Arts
The arts can make us extraordinary. Sports make the lower self extraordinary. • With presence, everything leads to humility. Your only permanent characteristic is change; you must release the old […]
The Arts
The arts are a diving mirror of nature, and they attract us because they both reflect and rise above nature. • Focus and refocus on the present, ever faster, until […]
Awakening
Music can create the remarkable sense of urgency that self-remembering requires. Consciousness is unforgiving, and Higher Centers will not allow themselves to be penetrated by anything other than self-remembering. • […]
Simplicity of Essence
There is a prejudice against consciousness being childlike. Because most men do not experience this state, they imagine Divine Presence to be hard and instinctive. • The sweetness and simplicity […]