How the ego expands in self-righteousness and self-deceit?

[Guest guest]

From Vernon Howard:

Q: Life piles on the difficulties of frustrated plans, ill

health, domestic quarrels. I never know which way to turn.

 

A: Whatever the difficulty there is only one way to turn. Turn

to study. Study your mind, study surrounding life, study human

nature, study cosmic ideas. This is turning toward the Supreme

Source of Solutions. This is rejected by the self-deceived who

trust in social solutions. But it is perfect guidance and

great relief to those who have caught a glimpse of something

higher than themselves.

 

 

Q: Why does truth attract us?

 

A: Whether presently realized or not, there is something in

you which is not of your usual nature. It is this unique

nature which responds with interest to various truths in this

class, which makes you feel something entirely different. You

are like a botanist seeking a healthful herb in the forest.

Catching your first faint fragrance of the herb, you know you

are heading toward it.

 

 

 

Expanding the Flow of Higher Emotions

Q & A with Tom Russell

 

Q: We occasionally feel the touch of a higher world. How do

we increase this new feeling of delight and happiness?

 

TOM: This feeling is not manufactured by the mind. It is a

spiritual power that inhabits open spaces. Let's also

understand that our work is to clear the ground. Authentic

spiritual teachings highlight bright and cheerful principles

on one hand, and expose darkness and hidden agendas on the

other. This alternation is what purifies us, thus increasing

these higher feelings.

 

There are only two natures: The human nature and the spiritual

nature. Here is a key point: We must alternately study both

natures. We can't just study one. The first thing the

spiritual does is reveal the human. If we focus only on the

human nature, there's cynicism. If we study only the

spiritual, the ego expands in self-righteousness and self-

deceit. We must study both. This is a cosmic law.

 

Q Many people gravitate to the inspiring, and label the other

side of the equation as " negative. "

 

TOM: I too felt this way when I was first introduced me to

Vernon Howard. I liked the uplifting information, but felt

quite uncomfortable with the blunt and challenging facts. Now

I understand how essential both are for a successful spiritual

journey. Books, teachings and groups seeking financial gain as

a primary focus will never do this, for they know there will

be fewer participants. However, honesty is the very thing that

INCREASES these higher feelings. We must dare to face what we

hesitate to face.

.......danny