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Most people would probably say that a successful marriage is based on unconditional loving. The truth is, however, that people usually don't marry because of unconditional loving; they marry for conditioned loving. Conditions are presented to each other, including that they love one another unconditionally, based upon conditions. They often demand that the other person fill that empty, lonely, insecure space inside of them, and the person simply doesn't know how to do that. No one knows how to fill up anybody else regardless of all the romantic songs and movies. In fact, very few know how to fill themselves up.
John-Roger, DSS
False-self behavior can keep us busy for a lifetime while nothing really changes. We don't have to change anything. But we may want to change our perspective, our outlook on life. The false self functions in the realm of personality, the ego. In this realm we identify with what we look like, what we do, how much money we have. But what would happen if we shifted our perspective? Instead of seeing ourselves as stressed-out human beings grasping for enlightenment, for some kind of spiritual experience, what if we realized that we are spiritual beings having a human experience? That spiritual being is the true self.
John-Roger, DSS
The addiction to sensation is one of the most subtle. When you become accustomed to sensation, you often feel as if there's something wrong when there is simply a lack of sensation. But sensation is an aspect of the lower levels; the higher levels do not have sensation as we identify it here. So it's important to drop the belief that there must be sensation for something to be happening. There can be action and movement without sensation.
John-Roger, DSS
There's an old saying that can be applied to the use of drugs: "Once a philosopher, twice an addict." You could try drugs once, but it's not necessary to try everything. If you saw someone put his hand on a hot stove and get burned, you wouldn't do it. You'd believe that it would burn you, too. Some people don't believe it, and they'll have to touch the stove themselves and say, "Oh, that's hot." After four or five dozen have done that, others might say, "You know, there might be something about this that will burn." Some people are sharp enough to watch other people's experiences and learn from them. We call it vicarious functioning. This is when we get to be students in a big way.
John-Roger, DSS
If you accept the responsibility to give your peace, and use the words, "Peace be still, I love you, God bless you, I give you my peace," consider that you will be tested. Not at a level you can't handle, but at a level where you have the peace to give. So when some situation, or some person comes to you and you don't want to give them your peace, that's the moment I'm talking about. That's the turning point in your existence. That's when you decide if you go to Hades, or the great oblivion, or the fathomless chasm, whatever you want to call it. Or it's the moment of your resurrection, when the angels of mercy sing your name in praise, because you have chosen this day to live in peace.
John Morton, DSS
Over time, our beliefs and conditioning can build up and become more complex. They start to take on a life of their own. People may find themselves disagreeing about religious issues automatically, without even considering whether their responses are rational. It's easy to forget that the basis of most of the world's spiritual teachings is love. When people tell me they don't believe in God, I ask them if they have ever experienced love. Nearly always they say yes. To me, if you have experienced love, you have experienced God.
John-Roger, DSS
Sometimes it seems easy to give love in a general sense, for example, to a large group. It can be more difficult to share love in a one-to-one relationship with your spouse, your boss or your children. Then come the trials and tribulations of, "Do I give love, or do I give animosity and resentment? Am I too tired to put energy into this relationship any longer? Why don't they love me better?" Love is of little value if you don't have charity. You give. You give. You give. And then you give more. Generally it is not man's nature to give, but it is the hu-man's, the God-man's, nature to give. It is the nature of the spiritual man to give.
John-Roger, DSS
Just doing the spiritual exercises, just putting your butt down there on the chair and saying, "Oh God, here I am," is enough for me and all the Travelers and God, because you're saying, "I am preparing myself, I am open to receive." That's it. It's amazing how many people have got awareness by doing that.
John-Roger, DSS
Put aside this world, and do for the other person in a total love of doing.
John-Roger, DSS
Be thankful you're in a physical body. Thanksgiving is every day, because in this physical body you can spring into eternal paradise. From this level you can springboard. From the other levels you work hard. You're the strong souls that have gotten in here. You're not weak. The weak ones weed themselves out to go and get strengthened, but strong souls have enough strength to usher themselves forward into the physical and rebound back into the Soul. I didn't say you were smart all the time. I said, "strong souls." Aren't all souls strong? I would love to say yes to that, but I don't know. I do know that the ones that come before me are strong. Even if they're not strong now, they will be if they stay with me, because I'll stretch you out to God while you are still in the physical.
John-Roger, DSS