6:55am sunrise at home on 59th Place in LA

Often, we try to run away from feeling. And, as we avoid feeling—in a kind of “spiritual bypass”—we cannot plunge into oceanic Oneness. We get stuck between the surface and the deep and can’t touch the Divine Depths. What we really need to do is to …

Often, we try to run away from feeling. And, as we avoid feeling—in a kind of “spiritual bypass”—we cannot plunge into oceanic Oneness. We get stuck between the surface and the deep and can’t touch the Divine Depths. What we really need to do is to feel so deeply that we reach the Universal. To know the wholeness that is beneath our experience of brokenness. To see the pearl caressing the grain of sand.   …Jane Bolton

6:54am sunrise on 59th Street in LA

 You might be in casual conversation and people will tell you how bad life is. How it will be getting worse.  And you will be standing and nodding in agreement,  eventually wondering why your life is full of potholes and disappointments. ……

 

You might be in casual conversation and people will tell you how bad life is. How it will be getting worse.  And you will be standing and nodding in agreement,  eventually wondering why your life is full of potholes and disappointments. …Nancy Zala

6:51am from 59th Place in LA

When you let go of trying to get more of what you don’t really need, it frees up oceans of energy to make a difference with what you have.  When you make a difference with what you have, it expands.  …Lynne Twist

When you let go of trying to get more of what you don’t really need, it frees up oceans of energy to make a difference with what you have.  When you make a difference with what you have, it expands.  …Lynne Twist

6:50 am sunrise from 59th Place in LA

One of the most illuminating truths which mysticism has revealed is that there is no ultimate reality to evil. No devil, no damnation outside of one’s state of thought, no punishment outside of that self-inflicted through ignorance, and no salvation…

One of the most illuminating truths which mysticism has revealed is that there is no ultimate reality to evil. No devil, no damnation outside of one’s state of thought, no punishment outside of that self-inflicted through ignorance, and no salvation outside of conscious cooperation with the infinite.  Consequently, they have taught that the answer to every problem is in man’s own consciousness.    … Ernest Holmes

6:49am sunrise at Surfriders Beach in Malibu

The ordeals that seem to crucify us are not a sign that we're doing something wrong. They are an essential part of the spiritual path, and the only efficient response is a state of surrender. I find that, for me, the clearest, simplest and most effe…

The ordeals that seem to crucify us are not a sign that we're doing something wrong. They are an essential part of the spiritual path, and the only efficient response is a state of surrender. I find that, for me, the clearest, simplest and most effective prayer is simply "Show me the good!"   …Evelyn Underhill