First, someone \u201cout there\u201d — whose \u201cfootprints\u201d we have stumbled upon — knows us better than we know ourselves, for they have awakened us to a truth about ourselves that we didn\u2019t know a moment before. And, for having now been introduced to what amounts to a higher level of our own awareness, we also receive another gift beyond description: the realization that within us already lives a body of timeless wisdom that is more who we are than anything we could have ever imagined ourselves to be.<\/p>\n
Faint as it may be, we perceive the presence of an immeasurable, if not divine life whose possibilities are somehow recog\u00adnized as being the same as our own: one timeless Self divided into three parts — “The Seeker, the Search, the Sacred.” The new self-understanding for which we search is already a part of the seeker, as it’s always found there, within us, or not at all. And further, it is the Sacred itself that secretly initiates the search!<\/p>\n
Regardless of when in time, or where on earth, a “seed of fire” — a truth bright with promise — appears, its effect is always the same. By its deft touch, \u201cthe sleeper awakens\u201d and the meaning of our life takes on a whole new magnitude. The Spirit that called inspired seekers who have gone before us — that awakened their hearts, and quickened their minds — so that they might have \u201ceyes to see, and ears to hear\u201d — is the same spirit call\u00ading us. These individuals came to know, as will you, the truth that sets us free: There is but one seeker, one search, and one sacred intelligence awakening us with its call.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Can a collection of hundreds of thoughts — spread out across a vast expanse of space and time — spoken world-over by thousands of different voices –tell a single coher\u00adent story? The answer is an unqualified \u201cYes!\u201d — but only when each of these thoughts is realized for what it is: the expressed reflection of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,255],"tags":[824,326,823,822,821],"class_list":["post-863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-enlightenment-self-realization","category-faithspirituality","tag-footprints-in-the-sand","tag-spirituality","tag-the-sacred","tag-the-search","tag-the-seeker"],"yoast_head":"\n
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Watch for the release of Guy Finley’s newest book, The Seeker, The Search, The Sacred: Journey to the Greatness Within,<\/em> next Tuesday October 4th when you’ll be able to buy the book at a special price and receive 4 free bonus gifts, including a 60-minute DVD and an 8-hour Audio Album!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"