If the soul is to know God, it must also forget itself and lose itself. For as long as it sees itself, it will not see and know God.
00295 – Seeing and Knowing God
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00292 – Soul-less Humanity
There was a common saying in Germany just before the Nazi reign. “The human body contains a sufficient amount of fat to make seven cakes of soap, enough iron to make a medium-sized nail, a sufficient amount of phosphorous for two thousand match-heads, enough sulfur to...
00291 – Stand Aside
In order that the spirit may reflect the pure light of God alone, the ego must get out of the way. The light of God must not be reflected in the spirit after having been filtered through the ego, but must reach the spirit directly. This means a new orientation of the...
00269 – Soul Hunger
Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth, or power. Those rewards create almost as many problems as they solve. Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter, so that the world will be at least...
00226 – Meek is Not Weak
“The meek are partakers of the divine blessing…for they shall inherit the land.” In English, the word “meek” has come to be about the same as “weak” or “harmless” or “spiritless.” It is thought that a meek person is something of a doormat upon which others wipe their...
00173 – Darkness and Light
Do not fight to expel the darkness from the chamber of your soul. Open a tiny aperture for light to enter, and the darkness will disappear.
00168 – Choral Music: Not a Frill
Choral music is not one of life’s frills. It’s something that goes to the very heart of our humanity, our sense of community, and our souls.
00158 – Never Look the Other Way
Never, never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.
00133 – Our Souls Want to be Witnessed
Here’s the deal. The human soul doesn’t want to be advised or fixed or saved. It simply wants to be witnessed—to be seen, heard and companioned exactly as it is.
00128 – Pain and Resurrection
All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain. Creation has a pattern of wisdom; and we dare not shield ourselves from it, or we literally will lose our soul. We can obey commandments, believe doctrines, and attend church services all our lives and still...