“Do I want awakening enough? Something feels off with that question, even though many masters recommend increasing the desire for awakening as a first step. It feels better to ask this: Do I want awakening now? Am I willing to submit myself to it now, or is there something I’d rather do, complete or have first?” ~ Regina Dawn Akers

“Who wants to awaken? Does awareness want to awaken? No, there is no such thought in awareness. It is the mind that wants to awaken, just as it is the mind that doubts and becomes distracted. What does it mean if it is the mind that wants to awaken? It means that the power the mind has to distract from Self and to create a world of problems, suffering and fear, can now be turned toward Self. Maybe the mind itself cannot awaken, as some say, but all of that power turned back around with the purpose of Self-realization cannot be useless.” ~ Regina Dawn Akers

“If I pay careful attention I can recognize this desire to project an image. Its characteristics are subtle but detectable. There is the thought of ‘others’ and how they view ‘me’ inherent in image-projection.” ~ Regina Dawn Akers

“The ability to perceive differences and to discern one thing from another is one of the most valuable tools you can have. It is one of the most valuable tools you can have both for your spiritual progress and for how to live in the worldly life.” ~ Michael Langford

“What is it to ‘really want’ something? When one is falling in love, one really wants the person of his/her affection. One wants to be with that person all of the time. When one cannot be with that person, one is thinking about him/her. I can use this example as a symbol to gauge my desire for awakening. Am I in love with this purpose so that I want, more than anything, to sit in meditation and contemplation with it? When I have to be away doing other things, am I thinking of my purpose? Am I looking forward to the time when I can be fully immersed with it again?” ~ Regina Dawn Akers

“I can trust this world, because it is an illusion. The world is not real like it appears to be. The world is a temporary and changing appearance brought about through the power of desire. This is why I can trust the world. As I fine-tune my desire, ensuring that the power of desire is behind only the purpose to awaken, the world and the mysterious force that is behind it, responds by answering the call of my one true desire. I know this to be true.” ~ Regina Dawn Akers

“It is only when your awareness reaches the heart that great progress from your practice is possible.” ~ Michael Langford

“Oftentimes, when we get into a period of confusion and distortion, it is simply because we have generated too much space to think too much about ourselves and our circumstances and we get all wrapped up in out-of-alignment thinking.” ~ Bentinho Massaro

“You cannot help the world from a place of biased perception. In order to truly tap into a higher state of love and service, you need to be able to let go of your own opinion and see the full range of points of view available in any given scenario. When you can see from many different points of view and understand them all, you have attained a higher level of unbiased perception and a finer balance of Love and Wisdom, from which your service can be pure and true.” ~ Bentinho Massaro