the way of love, Fellowship of Friends, Robert Earl Burton, FourthWayToday

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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Athletes, Greek vase, Fellowship of Friends, Robert Earl Burton

Movement and Rest

How can we utilize the law of octaves to help continue progressing in our work to awaken? Movement forward also requires rest, where new shocks can enter. “Life is a movement and a rest.” – Gospel of Thomas Motion and Repose in Spiritual Life  The word movement comes from the Latin, movere; “to move, set in motion.” […]

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