The Work

You will not be a mystic until you are like the earth- both the righteous and the sinner tread upon it- and until you are like the clouds- they shade all things- and until you are like the rain- it waters all things, whether it loves them or not. – Bayazid Bistami   For the […]

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Live Each Day

Live each day As if it were your last Because one day This will be true.   Perform each deed As if you were accountable To yourself for all actions, Because this is also true.   Then when you Awake to find This world was but a dream, You will be prepared For the next […]

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Enlightenment: An Initial Discussion

Enlightenment must come little by little- Otherwise it would overwhelm. -Idries Shah Introduction As our society moves forward in its study and growing understanding of different spiritual paths, one of the things required is a dialogue concerning the nature of personal enlightenment. Or said another way, after studying a particular spiritual path, for the average […]

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Dr. Stewart Bitkoff on Godspeed Internet Radio Show!

Ever wonder, just who is God anyway? Is he the same “thing”, spirit, entity to everyone? I think not. But how can that be? If you want to know more, listen today, Sunday, February 12, 2- 3 pm. I am guest appearing with Reverend Steve McSwain author, The Enoch Factor, on Progressive Radio’s Godspeed Institute Show […]

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How to be Spiritual Amidst this Chaos?

Circumstances have overtaken man. His old languages are not sufficient to describe what is happening, and what is about to happen. To think in terms of a millennium or such tame concepts as ‘the eleventh hour’ is ridiculous. Better that he should realize that he is in an era which might be more accurately described […]

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The Riddle Who We Are?

According to tradition, humanity originated ‘far beyond the stars’ and is on a journey back to its Source.  While in the earth phase, there are numerous opportunities to embrace ‘our real’ or ‘lasting nature’ and begin the spiritual journey back home.  In this physical world, because we are in a sense estranged from our real […]

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Gramps: An Original Life

  To refuse the gift is to refuse the Giver.  A. Hussain   Over the holidays, one of my maternal aunts visited and we had a conversation about how the ‘older generation’ visited doctors much less frequently than this generation. Sometimes, I find myself going to doctors 3 and 4 times a week.   My […]

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The Duality

Traveler:  There is so much pain and suffering in the world; why doesn’t God do something? Master:     Little one, you are so quick to judge the Creator; look past the pain and suffering for beyond this veil is a treasure. Everything on the earth Serves God’s Purpose. Pain and joy are One; they are God’s Creation […]

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Trials Along The Way

O my God, what irony it is That we are at the bottom of hell, And yet are afraid of immortality.             Rumi  *          * Recently, I had a conversation with a colleague about why there isn’t much written in the spiritual literature by advanced spiritual travelers concerning their trials, physical aches and pains of […]

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The Foundation of the Way

“You see,” said the blind man, “I seek to draw closer to God through submission.  God has taught that the perfect servant is he/she who submits totally to the Master’s will. Instead of considering how the performance of a task will benefit his personal position, the good servant is concerned only with the Master’s request.  […]

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Wisdom: Why It Cannot be Given Away

   The Exemplar exists to show the traveler what is possible. If you are lucky enough to find a wise man or woman don’t be surprised if they don’t dispense wisdom like a coca-cola machine.  Wisdom is not the type of thing that can be offered to another like an afternoon cup of coffee; it is […]

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