We believe in this world because we were indoctrinated into it by our parents. It seems so real because that is our experience!

At some point, if we are lucky, we begin to see how much we are suffering from the thought that we are in the world and have to make the best of it.

My mother was on the path, so when I grew up, I developed an interest in it. She was in an
Edgar Cayce study group that met for many years and I absorbed bits and pieces of things she believed.

In my forties, I “met” Vernon Howard through a destined coincidence. I found a tape of his and my husband found one of his books at the same time. To this day I have not met a more powerful teacher.

After Vernon, I begin to live a more conscious life and that is when I began to study the world rather than react to it. But my sleep is deep and I am constantly forgetting that who I am is not of this world.

There is nothing new under the sun, so knowledge is okay, but it is not helpful in awakening.

In awakening, you know that you are asleep. As Patricia Sun said, “Paradox is the point of power.” Amen.

Vicki Woodyard