Entries by Shawn Conley

Living in the Real World – Part 4 – Loving Yourself

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Press play to hear an audio enhancement as you read.   rue self-love is not egotistical, it’s the natural experience of knowing that we are one with Source. Spiritual confidence emerges the moment we […]

Living in the Real World – Part 2 – Four Questions

What remains when the mind becomes still? Press play to hear an audio enhancement as you read.   ll spiritual traditions have taught that inquiry is the path to enlightenment. Reality, it turns out, is not some kind of known, solid state, but an emerging process of discovery, something fluid and variable. Our last blog […]

Living in the Real World – Beyond A Thousand Disguises

“We meet ourselves time and time again in a thousand disguises on the path of life.” ~ Carl Jung Press play to hear an audio enhancement as you read.   he reality we experience is not actually real, it’s an illusion. From a quantum perspective, reality is a hologram. We humans are ingenious. Our perceiving […]

Spiritual Leadership – Part 4 – Spiritual Mastery

“Masters today, were Starters Yesterday, so begin now.” ~ Bernard Kelvin Clive Press play to hear an audio enhancement as you read.   piritual masters used to live in caves in remote locations. Today, you just might find one when you look in the mirror. Many people would agree that the Dalai Lama embodies what […]

Spiritual Leadership – Part 3 – Beyond Location

“Buy land. They’re not making it any more.” ~ Mark Twain Press play to hear an audio enhancement as you read.   he famous mantra for real estate is “location, location, location.” While that may indeed be the top value priority for real estate, location is increasingly irrelevant in a society woven together by digital […]

Spiritual Leadership – Part 2 – Spiritual Humility

“Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.” ~ Thomas Merton Press play to hear an audio enhancement as you read.   uthentic spiritual teachers are always humble because they are living in oneness and that experience overwhelms the ego’s constant need for self-inflation. The journey of spiritual mastery travels a road of deepening […]

Beginnings – Part 4 – The Beginning of the End

“Spiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one.”   ~ Marianne Williamson Press play to hear an audio enhancement as you read.   magine surrendering the stories of your past that have defined who you conceive yourself to be and trusting a greater intelligence to […]

Beginnings – Part 3 – Wakeful Nothingness

“The wakeful state tells us that the world is not an inanimate place, that matter is not the only reality. It tells us that consciousness is not just produced by the brain but is a fundamental quality of the universe that channels into our own individual beings. It tells us that we are not isolated […]