The Axis of Love, the value of stillness, FourthWayToday.org, Robert Earl Burton, Fellowship of Friends

The Axis of Love

A Hidden Axis There is a hidden axis that goes through my inner world, an axis of love. It is a column of timeless and subtle energy that has always remained there, although often I do not perceive it. Usually my thoughts, and my thoughts about my thoughts, create a kind of vibration that, when it is more intense, inevitably removes me […]

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Waterfall, what happened to 'I'?, Fellowship of Friends, Robert Earl Burton, Elisa Eidner

Beyond ‘I’

How do we go beyond ourselves to awaken, beyond ‘I’? What Happened to ‘I’? I am sitting in a cafe.  My fingers gently engage the cup.  I pick it up and take a sip.  In this instant, I am.  I feel the energy of my being inhabiting my internal spaces, visible and invisible.  I recognize the taste of my own […]

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A Higher Impression

The tension between the fire of my desire to remain present at this moment and the chill of the inevitable fall, produces a silent containment in my entire being. I can see my true dimension as well as my nothingness, my lack of proper energy and my surrender to that. At the same time, there is a sacred direction in this octave. The process of defeat creates a shock and at the same time evokes a transformation.

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The Eternal Instant

We live each day of our lives embraced by a longing, a very deep longing. It is a formless void that we dare not stare at, but that is there. It burns within us as a constant reminder of a higher and more sublime reality.

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The Divine Imprint

On the walk to Angel Falls, when I am present to myself and can finally see, fascination and identification cease to exist, and a deep comprehension of a higher world arises.

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The Unreal & the Real: The Way of Love

Every effort to be present comes from essence and is an act of love. The conscious effort to be present The efforts we make to maintain the state of presence are sustained by a deep love.  This love, like an uncomfortable and permanently-lit flame, maintains the necessary desire to self-remember, to be present.  During the state of […]

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