Escaping From The World
We have to learn to disengage from the world, for without disengagement we can’t journey from ego to spirit because we are locked into the common emotion. I’ll talk more about how to escape from that later on. The point is, are you going to see the world from the insecurity,
Stuart Wilde • Infinite Self: 33 Steps to Reclaiming Your Inner Power
When in the Soul of the Serene Disciple When in the soul of the serene disciple With no more Fathers to imitate Poverty is a success, It is a small thing to say the roof is gone: He has not even a house. Stars, as well as friends, Are angry with the noble ruin. Saints depart in several directions. Be still: There is no longer any need of comment. I
... See moreRichard Rohr • Falling Upward, Revised and Updated: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.
Henry David Thoreau
Jesus’s admonition to be “in this world but not of it.”
Cynthia Bourgeault • Eye of the Heart: A Spiritual Journey into the Imaginal Realm
We shut out incursions of the divine and demonic to carve out a privatized space to be free on our own terms. We didn’t realize the extent to which we were shutting ourselves in.