{"id":89,"date":"2013-02-23T13:11:06","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T20:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philipfrisk.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=89"},"modified":"2017-12-02T19:14:38","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T02:14:38","slug":"awakening-together-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/inspiration\/awakening-together-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Awakening Together’s Blog of Inspirational Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Awakening Together Blog posts articles by recognized teachers, sages and masters, as well as articles by Awakening Together members who are exploring & expressing their own clarity. We invite you to contemplate these articles and discover what value they have for you.<\/p>\n

If you are a member and you have an article you would like to submit, please review our submission guidelines<\/a>. Send articles that meet these guidelines to:<\/p>\n

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\"What<\/a><\/span>

What It Means to Lay ‘self’ Aside<\/a><\/h3>

 \nTranscription from Sunday Service on December 8th, 2019 by Rev. Beverly Toporowski.\nIf it\u2019s magic, if it\u2019s important, if it\u2019s precious.\u00a0 Then It is important that ...<\/p>

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\"The<\/a><\/span>

The Reality of Relationships<\/a><\/h3>

An entry from Regina’s personal journal,\u00a0written from Inner Wisdom on March 17, 2006.\nThe Reality of Relationships, part I:\nSpecial relationships are those relationships that you have ...<\/p>

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\"Choosing<\/a><\/span>

Choosing Between Spiritual Practices & Family Time<\/a><\/h3>

This message is from Regina’s personal journal. It is dated January 3, 2006.\nRDA: Holy Spirit, sometimes it seems as if our love of A Course ...<\/p>

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\"How<\/a><\/span>

How to Increase Your Desire for Awakening ~ Ideas From the Fall Retreat Participants<\/a><\/h3>

At the Satang and Sangha retreat, which was the second week of the 2019 Fall Retreat, retreat participants did a group exercise. In this exercise, ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Read<\/a><\/span>

Read Regina’s Article on The Excellence Reporter<\/a><\/h3>

\nThe Excellence Reporter is dubbed the “#1 most meaningful website on earth.” It contains over 1100 commentaries on the meaning of life by renowned spiritual ...<\/p>

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\"Healing<\/a><\/span>

Healing the ‘I Am Bad’ Belief by Francine Wright<\/a><\/h3>

Reflections from the Retreat House\nFrom the retreat about “Releasing the ‘I Am Bad’ Belief”\nThe very first day of our retreat we went around the room ...<\/p>

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\"Reflections<\/a><\/span>

Reflections About Releasing the ‘I Am Bad’ Belief<\/a><\/h3>

Reflections from the Retreat House\nby Isadora Karcher\n\nWhen I received the notice that there was to be a retreat around the subject of releasing the sense ...<\/p>

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\"The<\/a><\/span>

The Spark of Light, by Rev. Hal Seeley<\/a><\/h3>

Everything we learn here at Awakening Together, and elsewhere in the spiritual writings and teachings we come across, there is an emphasis on the Oneness ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"What<\/a><\/span>

What is Love? Do the Enlightened Know Love or Leave it Behind?<\/a><\/h3>

In a recent Guest Satsang interview, Dr. Jeffrey Martin mentioned that those who experience fundamental wellbeing at location 4 or above do not feel the ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Losing<\/a><\/span>

Losing My Home in Paradise – A Letter from Shawna Summers<\/a><\/h3>

After hearing that Shawna lost her home in the recent wildfire that destroyed most of Paradise, California, Regina wrote to Shawna asking about her experience. ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Simple<\/a><\/span>

Simple Man, by Michael Langford<\/a><\/h3>

I found some excellent lyrics in a song.\nThis song was released in 1973\nand has had lots of radio play over the decades\nand therefore I have ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"A<\/a><\/span>

A Letter from Rev. Hank Hamilton<\/a><\/h3>

Preface from Rev. Regina Dawn Akers:\nLast year, Awakening Together minister, Rev. Hank Hamilton, wrote to me saying that he needed to take a sabbatical from ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"How<\/a><\/span>

How I Discovered Meditative Self-Inquiry, by Adyashanti<\/a><\/h3>

\nThis is an excerpt taken from Adyashanti\u2019s book, True Meditation.\n\n\nI like to tell the story of how I came across meditative self-inquiry. In many ways, ...<\/p>

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\"Answer<\/a><\/span>

Answer the Call to Prayer by Chris Celine<\/a><\/h3>

\n\n\nPerfect Light of all creation…. As we accept this light that is within, and want to live as that light, every beloved is called to ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"The<\/a><\/span>

The Audacity of Lies by Chris Celine<\/a><\/h3>

\n\n\nChild of God. Child…innocence…new. To carry the acceptance that you are a child. To carry the acceptance that everything is new and innocent is to ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"I<\/a><\/span>

I Must Love Every Moment, by Chris Celine<\/a><\/h3>

\n\n\nEternal innocence. The word innocence means different things to different beloveds. Innocence is devoid of struggle. Innocence is devoid of right and wrong, good or ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"I<\/a><\/span>

I Rest in God, by Chris Celine<\/a><\/h3>

I\nHave\nLearned\nSo much from God That I can no longer Call myself\nA Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, A Buddhist or a Jew.\nThe Truth has shared so ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"No<\/a><\/span>

No Correction, by Chris Celine<\/a><\/h3>

\n\n\nInnocent Light of God. These words declare the state of Being that has no resemblance to the ego\u2019s identity. And yet, to accept that you ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"The<\/a><\/span>

The Willingness to Heal by Chris Celine Satsang<\/a><\/h3>

\n\n\nInnocent creation. Accept that innocence is all that there is. How do you navigate that innocence is all that there is? If you wake up ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"The<\/a><\/span>

The Congregation, by Rev. Sherry Daves<\/a><\/h3>

On February 27, 2016 I was ordained, along with 21 others, as an Awakening Together minister. I had just participated in a 25-month program of ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"The<\/a><\/span>

The Ego is Not the Devil – Scribed by Regina Dawn Akers<\/a><\/h3>

The Ego is Not the Devil\nScribed by Regina Dawn Akers, February 13, 2005\nThe ego is not the devil. It isn\u2019t a force outside of you ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Letting<\/a><\/span>

Letting Go of Blame – Satsang by Chris Celine<\/a><\/h3>

Barbara Deurwaarder has transcribed Chris Celine’s Satsang, Letting Go of Blame.\nHere is an excerpt from this Satsang:\n\n\n\nBlame keeps the sad game going. You can keep ...<\/p>

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\"The<\/a><\/span>

The Awakening of Bill Thetford, Co-Scribe of A Course in Miracles: An Article Written for Awakening Together by Carol Howe<\/a><\/h3>

Many people today are finding it ever more difficult to see the humorous and fun in every day life, besieged as we are by dire ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"New<\/a><\/span>

New Messages from Jeshua ben Joseph through Brent Haskell<\/a><\/h3>

\nThis page contains messages from Jeshua ben Joseph through Brent Haskell, author of The Other Voice and Journey Beyond Words.\nThese messages are not published and ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Technique:<\/a><\/span>

Technique: Come Into the Room by Liz Cronkite<\/a><\/h3>

Back in the day my thing was not dwelling on the past. It was living in the future. Some of this was goals and plans. ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Your<\/a><\/span>

Your Cells Are Listening: How Talking To Your Body Can Help You Heal by Therese Wade<\/a><\/h3>

\u201cEvery part of your body has its own consciousness or its own soul.\u201d\u00a0These transformative words, spoken by indigenous medicine women, began my journey within to ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Freedom<\/a><\/span>

Freedom From The Maze – Teaching story from Michael Langford<\/a><\/h3>

TEACHING STORIES\nWhat follows are eight teaching stories created by Michael Langford for the purpose of helping spiritual aspirants see what the impostor self does not ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Surrender<\/a><\/span>

Surrender the Meaning, by Chris Celine<\/a><\/h3>

\n\n\nInnocence of God. Perfect, glorious light of creation. This truth within…this truth within that is all that is keeps disappearing from awareness. It comes up ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Habitual<\/a><\/span>

Habitual Believing & True Compassion – by Rev. Regina Dawn Akers<\/a><\/h3>

This morning I read an article about a Pakistani man who killed his sister because she married a Christian. To this Islamic family, her marriage ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"The<\/a><\/span>

The Two Spiritual Goals, by Liz Cronkite<\/a><\/h3>

No matter a person’s spiritual path there are only two possible goals: To spiritualize the self’s life in the world or to transcend the self. ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"No<\/a><\/span>

No Outcome, by Chris Celine<\/a><\/h3>

Exquisite perfection that lives within time. Holy Spirit of Love that walks within time. The use of time in the world is a mystery. It\u2019s ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Jeshua:<\/a><\/span>

Jeshua: The Script is Written, scribed by Brent Haskell<\/a><\/h3>

Greetings to you this day. I am Jeshua. And I have come, as always, to discuss with you A Course in Miracles. You have been ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Death<\/a><\/span>

Death to Knowing, by Chris Celine<\/a><\/h3>

\n\n\nUnchangeable…perfection of God. The Truth of your unchangeable nature, your Divine Self, is the journey of remembering. You\u2019re coming home to your unchangeable, divine Self. ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Dropping<\/a><\/span>

Dropping Distraction by Leo Babauta<\/a><\/h3>

Digital distractions plague all of us to varying extents, preventing us\u2014myself included\u2014from doing the things we want to do. This is a guide for anyone ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"O,<\/a><\/span>

O, YOU THE PROPHET ASLEEP! – by Josh Newton<\/a><\/h3>

Scriptures are from the eternal. They belong to eternity.\nYou\u2019ve no issue with this idea. Yet, do you realise that the one who is holding the ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"How<\/a><\/span>

How Do I Know What Makes Me Beautiful? by David Hemphill<\/a><\/h3>

How do I know what makes me beautiful?\nThe truth is I am beauty.\nA critical voice in my head once thought\nThat I was beautiful because of ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Transcript<\/a><\/span>

Transcript of New Conversations with Michael Langford<\/a><\/h3>

On April 6, 2016, Regina Dawn Akers visited Michael Langford near his home in Nevada.\nTwo 1-hour audios were recorded that day. Those audios are shared ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"I<\/a><\/span>

I Love Days Like Today, by Rev. David Hemphill<\/a><\/h3>

I love days like today. I have gotten to see so many of my flaws. Five of my major character flaws have come up today, ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Nothing<\/a><\/span>

Nothing to Get, by Chris Celine<\/a><\/h3>

\u201cThe losing of identity is a golden gun. It was not easy to hold it against my head and fire, but necessary. I needed great ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"My<\/a><\/span>

My Easter Gift, by Rebecca Gibson<\/a><\/h3>

While listening to Awakening Together\u2019s Sunday service I experienced my heart and soul breaking wide open. There was not a particular moment or person that ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Helpful<\/a><\/span>

Helpful Self-Talk, by Rev. Regina Dawn Akers<\/a><\/h3>

In my teachings, I have shared many times that I used “helpful self-talk” in order to move through the purification process and allow healing to ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"My<\/a><\/span>

My First Homily, by Hal Seeley<\/a><\/h3>

On February 27th I was honored to become an ordained Awakening Together Minister. My certificate says that I completed 72 weeks of classroom study, ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Root<\/a><\/span>

Root Cause Inquiry by Hal Seeley<\/a><\/h3>

Many years ago a friend of mine introduced me to the book \u201cStepping Free of Limiting Patterns\u201d written by a wonderful lady named Pat McCallum. ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Collected<\/a><\/span>

Collected Quotes by Albert Einstein<\/a><\/h3>

\n\n“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"'I<\/a><\/span>

'I Exist' – A Poem by Carla Mahle<\/a><\/h3>

 \n \nI have heard you\nAnd I have heard you say that\nI don\u2019t trust you.\nBut the truth is that\nYou don\u2019t trust yourself.\nYou ask where I am\nBut I ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"I<\/a><\/span>

I Don’t Know What is Best, by David Hemphill<\/a><\/h3>

I don’t know what is best for my life. So how could I know what’s best for anyone else’s?\nI’ve had this train of thought for ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"The<\/a><\/span>

The Present and the Process, by Liz Cronkite<\/a><\/h3>

First, this mind believed it was a self in a process toward the goal of peace. Then one day it had an experience while meditating ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Surrender,<\/a><\/span>

Surrender, Gratitude – By Dawn Green<\/a><\/h3>

\n\n\nSurrender. \nGratitude.\nThese two words have become a sweet experience in my life. They are also my practice. One of the tools that I learned when ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"What<\/a><\/span>

What I Wish For, by Jan Frazier<\/a><\/h3>

Sometimes I ask myself this:\u00a0If this were to be my last opportunity to say something that might be of use, what might I say? What ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"You<\/a><\/span>

You Are Never Far From Healing by Jeff Foster<\/a><\/h3>

You are never far from healing,\nfor healing is not a destination.\nIt is more like a remembering;\na constant invitation.\nIt is like the Sun; always there,\nyet sometimes ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Looking<\/a><\/span>

Looking at the Fear of Losing a Loved One with Liz Cronkite<\/a><\/h3>

Question: “…I contacted you almost 4 years ago when my husband of 20 years, and the kindest, most supportive and best friend I’ve ever had, ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"The<\/a><\/span>

The Game of Awakening by Ram Dass<\/a><\/h3>

We have built up a set of ego habits for gaining satisfaction. For some it involves pleasure; for others, more neurotic, it involves pain. As ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Windward<\/a><\/span>

Windward Side, a poem by Carla Mahle<\/a><\/h3>

One day I went atraipsing down to Windward Side.\nThere was a full moon blazing; the ocean at low tide.\nI\u2019d found a wild hair and convinced ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"I<\/a><\/span>

I Have a Covenant with the World, by David Hemphill<\/a><\/h3>

I have a covenant with the world.\nIt is that things will always end.\nIt is a promise that the divine has given to me and that ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Unfolding<\/a><\/span>

Unfolding Detachment, by Liz Cronkite<\/a><\/h3>

Once upon a time as this mind’s awareness of Truth grew the natural result was that this mind came to experience that it was “in ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Deal<\/a><\/span>

Deal at Your Level of Awareness, by Liz Cronkite<\/a><\/h3>

Often when I answer in my newsletter\/blog a question from someone experiencing an upset in their life they explain that they have tried and failed ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Coming<\/a><\/span>

Coming to Know a Truth, by Hal Seeley<\/a><\/h3>

I have experienced a tumultuous few weeks being on a roller coaster of emotions and found myself becoming very skeptical of this whole idea of ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Auto-Connect,<\/a><\/span>

Auto-Connect, by Gloria Wells<\/a><\/h3>

In today’s modern, high tech society we get to enjoy the benefits of cell phone and internet connections that we often give little or no ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"What<\/a><\/span>

What is Death? – by Karen Berg-Raftakis<\/a><\/h3>

A week ago my father died. It happened suddenly, so most of my family were not only experiencing grief, but shock. I felt these emotions ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"The<\/a><\/span>

The Interspiritual Revolution<\/a><\/h3>

\nHOW THE OCCUPY GENERATION IS RE-ENVISIONING SPIRITUALITY\n\u201cWe must all achieve our identity on the basis of a radical authenticity\u2026 it is only in the ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Total<\/a><\/span>

Total Surrender: Die Before You Die (by Bentinho Massaro)<\/a><\/h3>

In this video teaching, Bentinho leads viewers\u00a0on a guided realization experience of “die before you die.” If you give this teaching your\u00a0full attention, it may ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"The<\/a><\/span>

The Car and the Pilot Light of Fear, by Karen Worth<\/a><\/h3>

Before these experiences happened I would have told you that I had very little fear. And what I discovered through this experience was just how ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Spiritual<\/a><\/span>

Spiritual Pride by Ram Dass<\/a><\/h3>

Mad with joy, life and death dance\nto the rhythm of this music. The\nhills and the sea and the earth\ndance. The world of man dances\nin laughter ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Can<\/a><\/span>

Can We Practice Seeing the Real World Through Meditation?, by Karen Worth<\/a><\/h3>

Note: This article was written by a student of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) and assumes some ACIM knowledge.\nBefore you decide not to read this, ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"The<\/a><\/span>

The Story Perumal Swami and Ramana Maharshi<\/a><\/h3>

Adapted from The Human Gospel of Ramana Maharshi by John Troy\nPerumal Swami was a tough guy with a robust body and a rough demeanor. He ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Magdi's<\/a><\/span>

Magdi’s conversations with seekers, #2:<\/a><\/h3>

Magdi will be a retreat leader at the\u00a0Awakening Together Satsang Retreat\u00a0in Santa Barbara from September 12-14, 2014. In preparation for the retreat, I am sharing ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Magdi's<\/a><\/span>

Magdi's conversations with seekers, #1<\/a><\/h3>

Magdi will be a retreat leader at the\u00a0Awakening Together Satsang Retreat\u00a0in Santa Barbara from September 12-14, 2014. In preparation for the retreat, I am sharing ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Questions<\/a><\/span>

Questions from seekers answered by Timothy Conway, #6<\/a><\/h3>

Timothy Conway\u00a0will be a retreat leader at the\u00a0Awakening Together Satsang Retreat\u00a0in Santa Barbara from September 12-14, 2014. He will also lead a Satsang at the\u00a0‘Soak ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Questions<\/a><\/span>

Questions from seekers answered by Timothy Conway, #5<\/a><\/h3>

Timothy Conway\u00a0will be a retreat leader at the\u00a0Awakening Together Satsang Retreat\u00a0in Santa Barbara from September 12-14, 2014. He will also lead a Satsang at the\u00a0‘Soak ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Questions<\/a><\/span>

Questions from seekers answered by Timothy Conway, #4<\/a><\/h3>

Timothy Conway\u00a0will be a retreat leader at the\u00a0Awakening Together Satsang Retreat\u00a0in Santa Barbara from September 12-14, 2014. He will also lead a Satsang at the\u00a0‘Soak ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Questions<\/a><\/span>

Questions from seekers answered by Timothy Conway, #3<\/a><\/h3>

Timothy Conway will be a retreat leader at the Awakening Together Satsang Retreat in Santa Barbara from September 12-14, 2014. He will also lead a ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Questions<\/a><\/span>

Questions from seekers answered by Timothy Conway, #2<\/a><\/h3>

Timothy Conway will be a retreat leader at the Awakening Together Retreats held in Santa Barbara, California this September. In preparation for the retreats, this ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Questions<\/a><\/span>

Questions from seekers answered by Timothy Conway, #1<\/a><\/h3>

Timothy Conway will be a retreat leader at both the Awakening Together Satsang Retreat and the ‘Soak in the Beauty’ Retreat this September. Over the ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Looking<\/a><\/span>

Looking at ego rebounds – by Liz Cronkite<\/a><\/h3>

Question for Liz from\u00a0a reader:\n“I read somewhere in your story, or a blog post, that at some point in your journey with the\u00a0Course, you experienced ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Two<\/a><\/span>

Two poems by Kabir<\/a><\/h3>

Kabir, 1440 – 1518,\nMystic poet and saint from India\n#1\nAre you looking for me?\nI am in the next seat.\nMy shoulder is against yours.\nYou will not find ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"The<\/a><\/span>

The Story of a Devoted Muslim<\/a><\/h3>

Adapted from “The Human Gospel of Ramana Maharshi” by John Troy\nTold by V. Ganesan, grand-nephew of Ramana Maharshi\nMasthan Swami was a staunch Muslim. His parents ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Karen<\/a><\/span>

Karen Ann Berg-Raftakis – Awakening and the Movies<\/a><\/h3>

Last week a friend and I rented a movie which received some really good reviews, but I was disappointed.\u00a0 I thought the story and dialogue ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"The<\/a><\/span>

The Art of Contemplation<\/a><\/h3>

An article by Regina Dawn Akers\nContemplation is the art of going beyond the mind’s understanding to another understanding, understanding that clearly transcends the mind. Some ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"An<\/a><\/span>

An excerpt nicknamed ‘The River’ from "Thomas Merton’s Path to the Palace of Nowhere"<\/a><\/h3>

An excerpt from a Sounds True recording entitled\u00a0“Thomas Merton’s Path to the Palace of Nowhere”,\u00a0by James Finley.\n\n\n\n\nIt seems to me, that what immediately occurs upon ...<\/p>

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\"Timothy<\/a><\/span>

Timothy Conway – Healing Abusive Models of God<\/a><\/h3>

Finding the Living God of Love, Light, Truth, Beauty, Goodness, Kindness, Fullness and Bliss!\nIn sharing spiritual awareness with so many wonderful people over the last ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Karen<\/a><\/span>

Karen Ann Berg-Raftakis – Delegating to the Holy Spirit<\/a><\/h3>

Lately, I\u2019ve been experiencing a lot of stress both at work and at home.\u00a0 It seems as if I’ve collected more and more responsibilities over ...<\/p>

Read more...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Timothy<\/a><\/span>

Timothy Conway – Awaken O God-Self!<\/a><\/h3>

\nAwaken, O God-Self!\n(A message from Awareness to Itself)\nOnce upon a Timeless Now, in the Infinity of No-Space,\nYou emanated, for no reason other than pure Delight,\na ...<\/p>

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\"Danielle<\/a><\/span>

Danielle K. Wright – Willingness to be Gentle with Myself<\/a><\/h3>

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs long as we have a single goal: Truth, the way it is uncovered is not our concern.\n \nWhen I first moved in with my friend, ...<\/p>

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\"What<\/a><\/span>

What if I get comfort from ACIM but do not always believe it?<\/a><\/h3>

Question asked of Liz Cronkhite:\nI get a lot of comfort from reading A Course in Miracles (ACIM) but I have to admit I have not ...<\/p>

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\"Timothy<\/a><\/span>

Timothy Conway – Our Real Nature<\/a><\/h3>

There is only AWARENESS.\nSages have called this by many names\u2014God, Pure Spirit, I AM THAT AM, Absolute Reality, the Nondual Self, Brahman\/Atman, Being-Awareness-Bliss, Tao, Unborn ...<\/p>

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\"Karen<\/a><\/span>

Karen Ann Berg-Raftakis – Worshipping False Gods<\/a><\/h3>

Worshipping False Gods,\n\u00a0by Karen Ann Berg-Raftakis\n \n\u201cBut to you who are strong enough to bear it, I say you need no mediator between you and Me, ...<\/p>

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\"How<\/a><\/span>

How may I fix my mind on God? How ought we to live in the world?<\/a><\/h3>

Questioner: How, sir, may I fix my mind on God?\nSri Ramakrishna: Repeat God’s name and sing His glories, and now and then visit God’s devotees ...<\/p>

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\"Accepting<\/a><\/span>

Accepting Change, by Karen Ann Berg-Raftakis<\/a><\/h3>

\nThere’s a music video by Madonna called \u201cRay of Light\u201d which I\u2019ve always liked.\u00a0 It features very rapidly changing, flashing pictures of people all over ...<\/p>

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\"ACIM,<\/a><\/span>

ACIM, LOO, DU, and Thiaoouba by Larry Seyer<\/a><\/h3>

(Article by Larry Seyer, www.larryseyer.com)\nI was asked to explain how I could justify the seemingly apparent paradoxes in “A Course in Miracles”, “The Law of ...<\/p>

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