JOHN MCINTOSH There are no deep thoughts or profound ideas … both are aspects of the ‘dream’ of a separated personal identity. The origin...

JOHN MCINTOSH “I, of myself, am nothing” were the words of our great brother 2,000 years ago. “I die each day” was also spoken by St....

JOHN MCINTOSH Everywhere you search is ‘within’ the projection your mind has produced. There is no memory of making it up and that is...

JOHN MCINTOSH As the personal ‘I’ fades away, the things it was passionate about and constantly striving to attain and experience become...

JOHN MCINTOSH Few experiences touch one more than the feeling and/or actual experience of being abandoned. If FELT beneath the...

JOHN MCINTOSH When one steps out onto the so called ‘spiritual path’ life shifts … but not much. The material existence most call reality...

JOHN MCINTOSH “Tragedy rips ‘you’ … apart.” The wretched-ness one feels when tragedy strikes, whether suddenly or prolonged literally...

JOHN MCINTOSH Who you ‘really are’ is the nagging question ALL have with most leaning toward their strongest interests … the things that...

JOHN MCINTOSH Losing yourself in something like a glorious sunset, a beautiful flower or an exquisite piece of music literally means to...

JOHN MCINTOSH I sought The high life And found Its lofty steeples wanting Few could survive The thin air Of arrogance And its inevitable...

JOHN MCINTOSH Your only Purpose while you sleep to Truth … is to Awaken. This is not the ‘first blush of the rose’ Awakening the vast...

JOHN MCINTOSH One of the preconditions to be accepted by society is to be ‘well-adjusted’. On the surface this seems reasonable, but...

JOHN MCINTOSH The glamor of the world is so seductive that you very easily get pulled into virtually any direction on the roller coaster...

JOHN MCINTOSH What you identify with ‘becomes’ your experience. This can be so influential that you can believe it is who you are....

JOHN MCINTOSH When LOVE is your focus The mind must tread softly Its weapons are doubt, suspicion Unworthiness, guilt and shame It can no...

JOHN MCINTOSH No one is ‘off-track’ [so called] in their [conscious or unconscious] pursuit of the God they are. The obvious routes...

JOHN MCINTOSH Consciousness is actually a ‘body’ used by the UNKNOWABLE to ‘know’ IT SELF. Consciousness has many names and whichever...

JOHN MCINTOSH The question, “can people change” has been given much attention and importance and the answer is, ‘people change...

JOHN MCINTOSH If you want to know what you believe … step back from your world [your personal involvement in it] and look carefully at...

JOHN MCINTOSH There is an old adage: “Don’t put new wine in old bottles”. This means that all your studying and practicing related to...