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EnLightenment, Understanding and Working with the Light

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, 'Let there be Light,' and there was Light."

Genesis 1-3

There are many descriptions of the Light in the physical and metaphysical levels of reality offered by masters of different paths. Following, I offer some of what I have personally experienced and perceived of this Light of God under the guidance of my teacher, John-Roger.

There is an essential stream through which all things are manifest and it began in the Heart of God; this was an unconditioned state, which took on conditionality. The Light as a totality is...

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Recognizing the Role of Ego & Choosing Into the Higher Self

Ego 1 - Beach

Michael Hayes - June 24, 2014

Question: What is the role of the ego in our spiritual awakening? What is its purpose in regards to our soul's progression? What is its goal as opposed to the souls? Is there a conflict, and does it serve or hinder us?

Well that's a complicated thing right there. Does the ego serve us or hinder us in our soul's progression? The ego comes about in our infancy as we formulate our sense of separate existence, as we formulate that conceptualization of ourselves as a separate form existing in a time and space experience.  Our view of our existence is very much formulated by our thoughts and feelings coming together. It really emerges from that. It is then I...

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Mindfulness and Observing The Divine

What does it mean to be mindful, or have mindfulness? How does the role of mindfulness play a role in our spiritual evolution? It's interesting to consider the word, 'mindfulness'. In a sense, the enlightened state that meditators, yogis, and mystics have sought is really found more from mind emptiness. So the term 'mindfulness' is truly more representative of the way in which it is used or practiced. It is the idea that mindfulness is your ability to keep your focus on the things you want your mind to be focused upon. A basic problem that blocks spiritual progression is that the mind is full of information and ideas, and mostly what's been put in there is just information. The more the mind becomes empty, however, the more the...

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Michael Hayes’ Guided Meditation from “The Clarity of Spirit”
By Michael Hayes

Join Michael Hayes for a journey within. In this Guided Meditation from Michael’s event “The Clarity of Spirit,” Michael will lead you to a place of deep inner attunement, and support you in accessing spiritual guidance, intuition, and healing of mind, body, and spirit....

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