This is Charlie Chaplin at age 26, photographed 100 years ago. Below is a poem he read on his 70th birthday, written by Kim McMillen. As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is […]
Agape love is not something we can do, nor is it something we can force. The seed of Agape Love was planted in our hearts the moment we came into existence, and when our hearts become ripened, Agape Love blossoms. This expression of unconditional love is developed through our spiritual practices. Obviously, then, it is […]
If you look deeply with openness and availability to know the truth, you will find the seeds of Love—True Love—are in your own heart. Love is inherent in you. The presence of love can show up as longing for it in the Other. Yet, you won’t find your love outside in somebody else. Often, we […]
Certainly the world would be cured of all its ills if we, as a human race, developed and practiced a constant attitude of Forgiveness. And what a wonderful world it would be. Mostly we could sit back and relax… trusting ourselves and others to take responsibility for their projections and when things go phooey at […]
Have you ever felt like downloads were coming in so fast that you did not know how to contain them? Those moments in time that you suddenly knew more than you thought you did, moments where you were intuitively guided to go in a certain direction, or where an answer to a question just miraculously […]
Better Than Sex (excerpt) from ‘The Disappearance of the Universe’ by Gary Renard I had noticed many things in my life about sex. Three of the most interesting were: Although sex was as “natural” as anything in nature could be, people were always trying to make other people feel guilty about having it. People kept […]
Rev. Michael – “Enthusiasm: Our Passport to Awakening”, excerpted from Agape’s Inner Visions Daily Inspirational Guide, June 12, 2019 Enthusiasm is our passport from the surface to the depths of awakened consciousness. Consider the etymology of the Greek word en + Theos, which means “inspired or possessed by God.” When we are overtaken by an […]
“Nothing is Missing” I remember as if it was yesterday, when Peggy Bassett, a Leading New Thought Minister, said, “You are Divine!” I remember thinking, “Maybe you are Honey, but you don’t know me! I am NOT Divine! I am a sinner. I have been told that I am a sinner All My Life!” I […]
Don’t sell yourself short by thinking you are only your body or your personality, no matter how intriguing and dramatic they be. For behind them, there lies a more profound part of your true self. Call it ‘Spiritual’ or call it ‘High Consciousness’… call it when you will, but … Call It! One of the […]
Excerpted from Agape International Spiritual Center’s Daily Inspiration ‘Inner Visions’, September 12, 2018, ‘Try It On!’ Courage is the spiritual art of living dangerously. Osho When it comes to evolving one’s fundamental life structures, most individuals go through life experiencing an “it’s good enough” mindset. Fearing that a shift in consciousness equals an unguaranteed outcome, […]
