Weekly Topic: Eternity An excerpt from Walt Whitman’s poem The Eternal Present Where I am or you are this present resplendent day, the...

Serving in the World Service as a spiritual practice appears in many traditions including the Fourth Way. It is one of those practices...

Tribute to the Sovereign From "A Question of Presence" by Sergio Antonio I often go to China on business. The owners of Chinese companies...

From our friend, Jean Z. Hello friends, use the following music to strengthen presence. Symphony No. 6, movement 1 by Beethoven...

Service: To Awaken Someone Else Last week in the post about acceptance, I mentioned the need to be of service to others. Before I address...

Weekly Topic: Service Today is Mother’s Day. It is very appropriate that the topic of service, the act of external consideration, will be...

Weekly Topic: Acceptance Accepting what is supports us with transformation of suffering. When we acknowledge that each of our roles in...

From our friend, Jean Z. Hello friends, the musical selection for this week is Va, pensiero from Verdi’s opera Nabucco...

Weekly Topic: Conscious Will- Supporting Third Eye If Higher Centers is always available, then one could surmise, so too , is conscious...

The Art of Loving From our friend, Dhruvi C. “Love comes from eternity and ends in eternity.” – Rabia Love: one of the most misused words...

With a Love Like That Even after all this time The Sun never says to the Earth, "You owe me." Look what happens With a love like that, It...

What Do You Love? From our friend, Rowena T. The way of love—is this a path we can follow? Love is a much-used word. What do you love?...

From Our Friend, Jean Z. Hello friends, here is the musical selection for this week: Serenade for Strings First Movement by Tchaikovsky ...

Thy Self, Thy Love, Thy Life The subject tonight is Love And for tomorrow night as well, As a matter of fact I know of no better topic...

Weekly Topic: Love is a State Conscious love transcends the physical body. With that said, it is my understanding that conscious love...

To be One, Be One with All When the whole world is your friend, fear will find no place to call home. And when you make the mind your...

From our friend, Jean Z. Hello friends, below is the musical selection for this week. Flow My Tears by John Dowland...

Unity: A Four-Dimensional Vision As I reflect on the idea of unity, I recall experiences when my awareness zoomed out from a particular...

Weekly Topic: Unity Within Oneself Each of us is like a puzzle. We are comprised of many memories and experiences with each interlocking...

Finding Humility in Your Third Eye Do you remember the popular 1970’s radio tune, “You're so Vain,” with the burning lyric “you probably...

From our friend, Jean Z. Hello friends, use the following musical selection to strengthen presence. Spring from The Four Seasons by...

Real Self is Happy to Be Humble Humility is an attitude or characteristic that is essential for taking one of the first steps in...

Weekly Topic: The Humility of Awakening In Presence there is a flow of purity that manifests humility and other attributes such as love,...

Clarity- Absorbing and Emitting Light From our friend, Benjamin B. Absorbing and emitting light are aspects of spiritual growth. What are...

From our friend, Jean Z. Hello friends, use the following music to strengthen presence. Colourful Clouds Chasing the Moon by Ren Guang: ...

Clarity: Truths to be Self-Evident There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self. — Benjamin Franklin...

Weekly Topic: Clarity of Consciousness When Higher Centers manifest a state of clarity, there is freedom from entanglements. The veil of...

Silence -The Absence of ‘Me’ There is an adage, variously attributed to different persons, which says ‘Silence is not the absence of...

Rooted in Stillness From our friend, Radhika S. “To be rooted in stillness is great good fortune. If we do not rest there, we keep racing...

From our friend, Jean Z. Hello friends, use the following music to strengthen presence. Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy:...

The Sound of Silence A divinely musical harmony, sweet, true beyond all melodious sounds. — Hermes Trismegistus In the Vedic tradition,...

This Week’s Topic: Presence In Silence It has been said that angels speak to those who silence their mind long enough to hear. As...

Becoming Small and Invisible - From our friend, Dharmesh Shah Rodney Collin said, “The chief thing in esoteric work is to know how to act...

Nothingness, the Essence of the Light A friend once asked me, knowing that I had been working on myself for many years as a member of a...

From our friend, Jean Z. Hello friends, use the following music to strengthen presence. Après in rêve (cello) by Fauré:...

From our friend, Karen Johnston An Aim Toward Modesty As a young child, we are unaware that we are a soul in a body, we think we are the...

Modesty: Inconspicuous Presence To live well is to live unnoticed. — Ovid There are countless ways to be inconspicuously present in my...

Modesty: Inconspicuous Presence An aim to be modest can create an inconspicuous state of Presence. We observe through the practice of...

The Self and the Seeker From our friend, David Tuttle What is the Self? Who is the seeker? These are essential questions and one can only...

Each Present Moment "Lucky to be walking a Path that finds peace in the arising and passing away of each present moment. Regardless of...

Who Am I? From 'A Question of Presence' by Sergio Antonio I like this ancient work of art made from a shell. It's delicate and graceful....

From our friend, Jean Z. Hello friends, use the following image, quote, and music to nourish higher centers. Morning Mood by Edvard...

The State of Presence is  You Last week we explored the theme of simplicity, a child-like state of essence aware of itself. Simplicity is...

This week’s topic: The State of Presence is You Presence exists wherever we are. It seems quite simple and freeing to live understanding...

From our friend, Jean Z. Hello friends, here is this week’s music to strengthen presence. Violin Sonata in E Minor by Mozart...

This week’s topic: Simplicity Finding True Peace of Mind The simple pleasures of life. .. What brings us joy, serenity, love, and/or...

From our friend, Jean Z. Use the following music to strengthen presence: Aria from Goldberg Variations by Johann Sebastian Bach   ...

This week’s topic: How to Work With Judgement I’s "It is not the thing itself that troubles you, but your own judgment about it". Marcus...

From our friend, Jean Z. Hello friends, use the following music to create presence. Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, Second Movement ...

Weekly  Exercise : Falsehoods and Illusions Our Teacher speaks about the Illusion of I. “The many I’s all come through the same speaker...