“Who Am I? Why Am I Here?”

Who am I? Why Am I here?

Steps to Knowledge, is a spiritual practice that represents both a path to God and a path of contribution in the world. It engages you in solving the two most fundamental questions in life: Who am I? and Why am I here?

The Deeper Meaning of Christmas

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Christmas represents the emergence of Knowledge—the natural spiritual intelligence in the individual. This is exemplified in the life of Jesus, who beyond his own understanding even, a Greater Power emerged within him, overtook his life.

Is There a Plan for My Life?

You came into this world with a plan intact for who you are to be here, what you are to accomplish, and the most important people you must find, meet and engage with. That blueprint is within you; it is indelible; it is immutable. You can fail to find it, but you cannot change it. […]

What Not to Trust

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Do not trust any spiritual teaching that does not emphasize your authority or that does not emphasize the reclamation of the deeper spiritual intelligence within you. Do not trust any spiritual teaching that does not call you into the world to respond and to act, to contribute, to learn and to give. Do not respond […]

Who You Are Is Not Your Mind

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You are not your mind. You are not your intellect. Who you are is not your thoughts. You are not your beliefs. You are not your memories. You are not your conflicts. You are not those things that you identify with. The Mystery of who you are exists beyond the reach and the realm of […]

Leave the Paved Roads of Life

Enter the Mystery. Enter the wilderness. Leave the paved roads of life, which represent the popular ideas and conventional thinking that people rely upon and call reality. If you are not reckless and ambitious, you will find your way because you will be moving slowly and carefully. If you do not have great presumptions about […]

Why Am I Really Here?

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Have you ever asked yourself, “Why am I really here?” Perhaps in a moment of sadness, a moment of introspection or a moment of great sobriety, you have asked yourself, “Why am I really here?” This is an honest question, because in that moment you may have realized that further attempts to define your life […]

What is Your Higher Self?

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Your Higher Self is not a greater individual. It is part of the fabric and matrix of life operating in time and space. It is associated with a specific group, whom I call your Spiritual Family. Your Higher Self is not a greater individual. It is not a superego. It is intrinsically you, but it […]

How Does World Unity Happen?

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The change that must be forged in the next century and indeed in the centuries to come—for it will take several hundred years to bring it about successfully—is that this world must unite into one community. For humanity to become unified, individuals must become unified, within themselves and with other people. This is how a […]

What Unites Us

What matters in living in the world is stability and service and inspiration, problem solving, destiny—things of this nature, all of a higher order, not products of personality or the desire to be unique and special and separate. These are all the product of what unites people, gives them the opportunity to relate to each […]