Ordinary Bushes

Once upon a time I went walking And my soul it suddenly appeared Just here in front of these bushes In a space that had just been cleared  They said roots they had in the soil And received the wind, and rain and sun Said they were not a denying force  To my soul seeing […]

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impressions; Natassa Cavalli, Fellowship of Friends, FourthWayToday

Like Champagne

The explosion of our essence toward consciousness is a state of our higher self in unity with our lower self. It comes after many transformations of our essence to portend tastes of real joy, affection, and freedom.

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What do you love? Photo by Sharon Gordon

What do you love?

A man or woman who can bring their instinctive and moving functions, emotions, and thoughts into a harmonious balance can begin to love objectively. This unconditional love begins with a man number four.

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What is love?

What is Love?

The work for us therefore lies mostly in minimising that which is not love. For example, negative emotions, inner considering, judgement, and unconscious speech and movement separate and isolate us from the higher state that is love.

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The heart of the matter - Finding the heart

The heart of the matter

“Only with the heart can one touch the sky.” Rumi. That piece of flesh that pumps blood from the first moment of our gestation, that we call “heart,” is not the spiritual heart we read about in mystical and religious traditions. Rather, when we refer to the heart, in terms of spiritual work on ourselves, […]

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Rose in garden

The Art of Loving

Each moment we choose to be present to what is in front of us expresses our gratitude to higher forces. Every time we do not express a negative emotion, each time we consider another person more than ourselves, we share their love. 

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reflecting the light, Fellowship of Friends, FourthWayToday

On Love

The focus of attention of the higher emotional center is self-consciousness. At the same time, the capacity to know another exists at this level.

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The way of love

Quotations on the Way of Love

The way of love is slower, but more certain than the way of denial. Robert Burton When we have attained love, we have reached God, and our journey is over.  Philokalia Where there is love, there is Oneness and, in complete Oneness, the Infinite is realized completely at all times and in every sphere of […]

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