First Thing First

‘The first essential in living the spiritual life is to realise God. Nothing comes before that.’

What is the point of the spiritual life? If your spiritual life does not put the realisation of God first then you are missing the point. And if you are not one-pointed in your search for God, the world will provide you with more and more distractions and problems - and you are not going to make it. This video gives you one-pointedness by redirecting you to the first principle of life. Barry Long identifies the source of the distraction from God in you, the thing which perpetually obscures the truth and turns the spiritual life into an endless spiritual path. He shows you how this element controls and spoils your life and, most importantly, how to be rid of it by surrendering to the one thing that is eternally real. ‘You’re not going to get it better. God’s the only better. Love’s the only better. The only barrier is your self.’ • Live meeting. Gold Coast, Australia. May, 1999.

63 minutes