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Reality is Here

So many paths, all of which bring us to one reality. Reality is not near, it is here. Reality is when our physical existence merges with our higher centers and higher forces. It has no opposite; there is only one reality. Everything coexists in reality without any opposition. Reality and consciousness are no different. When […]

by David Tuttle and Elisa Eidner

This Magic Moment

We cannot perceive reality due to the wall of imagination, the endless turning of thoughts in our mind. To connect with reality, we need to change our state of consciousness.

by The Editors

Quotations on Reality

When a man begins to be aware, in a dream, that he is asleep and that what he sees is a dream, he awakes. In the same way, a soul, when it begins to realize that all visible life is but a dream, approaches awakening.

by Marina Vertikova

How Do We Perceive Reality?

When we speak about our perceptions of objective reality, we typically can only describe our reaction or absence of reaction to it. In other words, objective reality is a stimulus, while subjective reality is a reaction to it.

by Natassa Cavalli

Reality: Achieving the Cosmic Rhythm

What can we really do to develop our consciousness? There are three basic ways in the practice of the Fourth Way that advance our “being” in parallel to our “knowledge.” In a balanced state, our being can conceive, withstand, and abide in certain higher vibrations of consciousness. This is achieved both through our essence and higher centers. I […]

by Stephen Swales

The Hidden Nature of Reality

In the popular movie The Matrix, the character Morpheus says “What is ‘real’? How do you define ‘real’? If you’re talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then ‘real’ is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.” In his work, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, the English painter […]

by Klaus Labuttis

Is Your Reality Real?

When you examine the spiritual authenticity of your life, you know that only your verification can make it true. “There is a vast, enormous difference between words and reality.” – Robert Burton I meditated in a cave with a saintly hermit in the Himalayas, had dinner with a conscious being in California, and was struck […]

by Francesco Folchi

Reality

In this work, human senses are used by something higher, beyond the normal human machine, according to the state of one’s work in the present moment. As these states grow, with reality around them, the more a student experiences higher states.

by Francesco Folchi

Realtà

“Le favole più splendide nascono da ciò che è la realtà.” – Hans Christian Andersen Cos’è la realtà? Da un certo punto di vista, si dice che la realtà abbia gradi di percezione, così come vissuti dalla macchina umana. Comincio dalla realtà di una macchina umana con un centro magnetico. La realtà di questo stato è […]

by Dhruvi Chavda

Higher Influences

Higher influences are invisible. It needs courage and faith to verify their existence. “God in his kindness to man, has placed a race of superior spirits above him to guide him.” – Plato The lower self doubts the existence of higher influences and tries to pull us away. It is also very easy to drift […]