Dec 26, 2001
We have to stay detached and unconditioned. If we do not, then we assign ourselves to our attachments and conditions. How long? As long as we assign ourselves. At some point we will realize it is unnecessary to do that. It is dumb. We realize, "I know better. I can do better. I see the better." Then we demonstrate that by our choices. - John Morton, D.S.S. (From: The Blessings Already Are)
John Morton, DSSDec 19, 2001
There is a higher standard of living available to us, which we can attain, that I call practical spirituality. Practical spirituality takes place each time we choose the loving response when other lesser or negative choices appear. - John Morton, D.S.S.
John Morton, DSSDec 17, 2001
As we bring ourselves into spiritual exercise, there is a sacred openness. We bring what is in us as an offering to God. What do we have to offer God that God does not already have? Our choosing to attend to God. - John Morton, D.S.S.
John Morton, DSSDec 14, 2001
If spirituality has no real application, then it tends to be simply a nice idea or a romantic fantasy. - John Morton, D.S.S. (From: The Blessings Already Are)
John Morton, DSSDec 13, 2001
Take advantage of times when things are good to build up the unconditioned state inside yourself. Then, when the challenging conditions are flooding or seeming to overwhelm you, there will be a reservoir of loving strength you have built to withstand any outside conditions. - John Morton, D.S.S. (From: The Blessings Already Are)
John Morton, DSSDec 09, 2001
In a way, progression toward the positive is a regression, because truly we are coming back, returning and letting go of where we have been to take on a greater reality. - John Morton, D.S.S. (From: The Blessings Already Are)
John Morton, DSSDec 04, 2001
Life may get very intense. It may be the kind of thing that tears you up emotionally, mentally, and every other way, except in your Spirit. It cannot touch that, and when you know that, then you realize that none of these conditions are going to get you or destroy you. None of them, including death, can compromise or destroy your Spirit. - John Morton, D.S.S. (From: The Blessings Already Are)
John Morton, DSSNov 28, 2001
Real progression is toward the positive. That is the progression that Spirit is on. - John Morton, D.S.S. (From: The Blessings Already Are)
John Morton, DSSNov 22, 2001
Even very negative conditions can be understood -- though it may require much acceptance and patience -- as aspects of God's grace, beauty, and love. - John Morton, D.S.S. (From: The Blessings Already Are)
John Morton, DSSNov 18, 2001
This world is a classroom in which we demonstrate our learning by making correct choices, and when we don't, we are brought the lessons and information necessary for our greater learning. This constant learning process is all part of God's perfection. - John Morton, D.S.S.
John Morton, DSSNov 13, 2001
We give thanks for our willingness to choose back, to take our place with our Soul. We recognize to choose back into the Spirit is a constant choice, so we openly and willingly choose the loving and forgiving. - John Morton, D.S.S. (From: The Blessings Already Are)
John Morton, DSSNov 08, 2001
Practical spirituality is not something that we just study or analyze or that was lived at some distant time that we reminisce or wonder about. If we cannot practice our spirituality, if we are not able to live beyond the pulpit and information into the world, then it just does not mean much, if anything. - John Morton, D.S.S. (From: The Blessings Already Are)
John Morton, DSSNov 03, 2001
No badness comes out of the Creator. We are the ones who make the bad through our comparisons, misinterpretations, and judgments of the conditions. - John Morton, D.S.S. (From: The Blessings Already Are)
John Morton, DSSOct 29, 2001
When you build things up in the outer world, there are attachments, and some of them are very understandable, very human: "I love my family, and I want just certain kinds of conditions for my family, the ones that represent health, happiness, well-being, and prosperity. I want only these good things coming down that are the good conditions." The reality of God is that all the conditions are good because they are all useful for learning and growth. - John Morton, D.S.S. (From: The Blessings Already Are)
John Morton, DSSOct 24, 2001
As you invoke the state of the Divine, build it as a real field of awareness so you are at ease with all the conditions of life. - John Morton, D.S.S. (From: The Blessings Already Are)
John Morton, DSSOct 19, 2001
The dark valley, or whatever you want to call the conditions that we walk through, has no real bearing on us when we walk in the state of the Divine. - John Morton, D.S.S. (From: The Blessings Already Are)
John Morton, DSSOct 14, 2001
When you are ready, you really can choose the unconditional loving. - John Morton, D.S.S. (From: The Blessings Already Are)
John Morton, DSSOct 09, 2001
Begin your day in a state of Light and love, the state of the Divine, so you are in contact with that as your reality throughout the day. That then becomes your choice and your dedication, so whatever condition meets or confronts you this day, you will choose into the unconditioned state of divine loving. If you forget, use that condition as an opportunity to choose back into the unconditioned state. - John Morton, D.S.S. (From: The Blessings Already Are)
John Morton, DSSOct 04, 2001
You might ask, "God, are you ready?" Maybe God is not ready and responds, "Excuse me, I am still getting dressed. I did not have my breakfast yet. I did not get enough sleep last night." Can you imagine God responding like that? If you can, your God is too small. Those are just conditions. People can use any condition to decide, "I am not ready, I am not prepared, I am not going to. No! I refuse." Even that is a temporary condition because, sooner or later, something will happen and you will have to move. Your bowels will move, or you will need to take your next breath. You will not be able to avoid responding to the conditions present. If it is not one condition, it will be another, so you might as well handle your current condition with thankfulness and loving. - John Morton, D.S.S. (From: The Blessings Already Are)
John Morton, DSSSep 29, 2001
If you want to have the state that is unconditioned love and that is free of all of the conditions, whether positive or negative, you have to involve your God, the God that can overcome all the conditions. That is a choice. - John Morton, D.S.S. (From: The Blessings Already Are)
John Morton, DSS