Surrender to God Within: Pathwork at the Soul Level

A point comes on the path toward liberation when the problem must be tackled from both ends: Only when you have the courage and honesty to face what you do not like in yourself can you discover that the very energy and substance of these attitudes is essentially constructive and trust-worthy. This realization can convert them. Consequently, life’s

The process of growing into the unitive state means forever increasing unfolding and expansion. It means a widening experience of the infinite possibilities of beauty, life, and goodness. But remember, beauty is not the opposite of ugliness; life is not the opposite of death; good is not the opposite of bad; because in the unitive state they are ne

When you adopt the limited human ego state, you do so for very specific purposes. You manifest and express yourself in this limited state for the purpose of purification and unification. It would not be possible to do such work as quickly and as effectively if you were in full possession of your entire consciousness and your faculties, my friends.

In your daily review each night, ask yourself, “Is my life as fulfilled, as joyful, as rich and meaningful as I long for it to be?” Then you have your answer, and you can explore yourself further by asking, “What do I contribute to this situation? How do I create it?”

The surrender of your will to God’s will and the dedication of your life, your talents, and attributes to the great plan not only make you flourish in your daily life but are the key to the unification of your split, where you are still torn between belief and unbelief, trust and fear, hate and love, ignorance and wisdom, separateness and union, de

It is the same with pain: The more you accept it, the less you will feel it. Resistance to pain often makes it unbearable. The more you accept your hate, the less you hate. The more you accept your ugliness, the more beautiful you become. The more you accept your weakness, the stronger you are. The more you admit your hurt, the more dignity you hav

People are so afraid of change. But you have nothing to fear. Much of your life and your opinions may remain the same while you change. This sounds like a paradox, my friends, but it is not. To remain the same and yet to change is possible in a good, constructive, and natural way because the call of your life is to grow to the maximum. However, it

Prayer is, in fact, the act of self-awareness and of looking at oneself in truth. Prayer is the sincere intent to face what may be most unpleasant. This is prayer because it contains the attitude that truth for its own sake is the threshold to love. Without truth and without love there can be no God-experience. Love cannot grow out of trying to pre

Love is eternal and also being born every moment. At bottom, all true spiritual instructions are aimed at helping us step into this eternal moment of love. Before the great transition, I still believe that I am improving myself. I am involved in personal growth. I am self- actualizing. I am finding and expressing all of my feelings. I am reclaiming