Grace (4/4)

To believe that a search must have an ending, and that it is useless without one, is to cling still to the material belief of struggle and fulfillment, of winning a final prize, a crown set upon one’s head. And then one is back where one started, in the scale of values one was so desperately trying to leave. In the deepest sense of truth, we are already beyond it. We are fulfillment ourselves, and the harmony and security we are seeking are within ourselves. This is what we have always to know, always to remember. No one has ever said that it was easy. Continue reading Grace (4/4)

The Middle Path / Be Still

Do not seek harmony or health or even God. These are not to be found. “Be still.” Only in deep silence, in refraining from “taking thought,” only in the giving up of the struggle for God, for peace, for plenty, for companionship, can these be experienced. Do you “see” what I am saying? God, health, abundance, freedom, friendships—these are not entities or identities—but experiences. Continue reading The Middle Path / Be Still