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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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 […]

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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.

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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.

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. 

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