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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Sleep and awakening, Robert Burton, Robert Earl Burton, Fellowship of Friends

Recognizing Our Sleep

Part of self-observation is coming to recognize sleep, first of all in ourselves. Sleep means living in our imagination and our day dreams – a subjective world. However, when we remember ourselves for a moment, we temporarily step out of sleep. “Man is a machine, everything with him happens: he cannot stop the flow of […]

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darkness to light, scale and relativity, Fellowship of Friends, Robert Burton, Robert Earl Burton, FourthWayToday

Growth – from Darkness to Light

The author describes how the tools of scale and relativity help us awaken from sleep, to reach an awareness that is more in touch with reality. Our Changing Connection with Reality Our inner lives comprise moments of varying profundity or depth. Depending on the activity at hand, the mood we are in, or the influence […]

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Third state of consciousness, Robert Burton, Robert Earl Burton, Fellowship of Friends, Girard Haven

The Color of Nothing

How can we describe a higher state of existence? The author describes how the third state of consciousness serves as a bridge to higher awareness. Expressing the Inexpressible Picture in your mind the most beautiful sunrise you have ever seen. Now imagine trying to explain that experience to someone who not only has been blind since birth […]

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