God within & without
Recording 06 of 11
First thing First
The first and only essential of the spiritual life is to realise the God deep within oneself, and all struggles—especially those found in love and relationship—serve as opportunities to confront and surrender the self, so eventually God in existence, Love, may be also realised.
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LENGTH: 1 HOURS AND 11 MINUTES
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
YEAR RECORDED: 1999
PLACE RECORDED: COOLANGATTA, AUSTRALIA
MAIN TOPICS
Self knowledge in relationship, God outside existence God in existence, the Lord, End of the world, Visions, World as the reflection of self, God realisation
SUMMARY
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. 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.
It is only by putting first thing first, in the way described so clearly in this talk, that your life can have real purpose. Then, by being in harmony with your essential nature, the circumstances of your life reflect a purposeful harmony. As Barry Long says, 'You're not going to get it better. God's the only better. Love's the only better. The only barrier is your self.'
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