On Not Belonging – Nov. 22, 2021
“The world is evil only when you become its slave. The world has a lot to offer—just as Egypt did for the children of Jacob—as long as you don’t feel bound to obey it. The great struggle facing you is not to leave the world, to reject your ambitions and aspirations, or to despise money, […]
Steady Truth
I have long valued the story of the tender-hearted young boy who liked to walk on the mountain trails with his friend, an old monk. One day, the boy stopped still, staring at a butterfly on a bush blazing in the sunlight. He cried out, “O, Father, I see God in that bush!” The monk […]
True Holiness – Sep. 10, 2021
“True holiness is completely unselfconscious. It is enough for you to be watchful and awake. For in this state your eyes will see the Savior. Nothing else, but absolutely nothing else. Not security, not love, not belonging, not beauty, not power, not holiness – nothing else will matter anymore.” —The Way to Love: The Last […]
Already Connected – May 28, 2021
“As we consciously let God within us flow and as we interconnect with God in others, we experience ourselves as bonded, not only to each other but in the divine relationship. We experience the “is-ness” of the whole, thus extending the flow of eternal life—the eternal realm—into this realm. We prepared our souls for the […]
