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Enlightenment.

Posted on Jun 25th, 2009 by Ian Gardner : Mystic Ian Gardner

As the darkness that is the “I” lifts, all else becomes lit.

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Enlightenment.

Posted on Aug 13th, 2008 by Ian Gardner : Mystic Ian Gardner

Enlightenment is illumination from the inner source rather than from an external source seeping inwards.

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Enlightenment.

Posted on Jul 17th, 2008 by Ian Gardner : Mystic Ian Gardner

Sunshine breaking through a cloud is like enlightenment breaking through the moul.

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Karma.

Posted on Jun 21st, 2007 by Ian Gardner : Mystic Ian Gardner

I sometimes hear people referring to a fairly mundane occurrence in daily life as being "My karma." Although this is most likely to be true it is well to remember or understand that karma is... More »

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Hanging the Thread in the Solution.

Posted on Jan 5th, 2007 by Ian Gardner : Mystic Ian Gardner

When a thread is hung in a salt solution the salt gradually and increasingly crystallises on the thread if the thread and solution are kept still. If the 'salt' in the solution is the Truth,... More »

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The Pilgrims' Way.

Posted on Dec 17th, 2006 by Ian Gardner : Mystic Ian Gardner

All things on the pilgrims' Way are the same yet each one of us smells these things differently, tastes these things differently, feels these things differently, hears these things differently and sees these things differently - until... More »

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Carnivores, Herbivores & Omnivores.

Posted on Aug 30th, 2006 by Ian Gardner : Mystic Ian Gardner

It is a normal and natural tendency for a spiritual teacher, or the followers of a particular teacher or teaching, to feel or claim that theirs is the truest truth and, therefore, make its instruction... More »

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Enlightenment.

Posted on Aug 21st, 2006 by Ian Gardner : Mystic Ian Gardner

  As long as one desires enlightenment one will not achieve it, for one of the qualities of the enlightened state is that of being without desire.

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Meditation.

Posted on Aug 11th, 2006 by Ian Gardner : Mystic Ian Gardner

There are no shortcuts to enlightenment but meditation could reduce the time it takes by many lifetimes.

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Attachments and Enlightenment.

Posted on Jul 4th, 2006 by Ian Gardner : Mystic Ian Gardner

In our normal state we Spirits have no attachments. It is only when we entered the Phenomenal World, or Earth Plane, that we developed the numerous emotional attachments, and those of other types if there... More »

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