Understanding Is The Key

Understanding Is The Key

In a 1961 Los Angeles Seminar Mrs. Laird said: “Realization is the function of Truth as understanding.”   This direct presence of Mind in action as realization or understanding constitutes man.  God’s self-knowledge is man! The fundamental...
Let It Be!

Let It Be!

What is this thing called “practice” that we, as Metaphysical Scientists, are supposed to do?  Practice what? I always thought to practice was to do over and over until I got it right. If perfection is all there is, what’s to practice?  Is there any...
Living Is Not A Second-Hand Experience!

Living Is Not A Second-Hand Experience!

 I first came across the term “unlived life” in Margaret Laird’s 1956 Laird Letters, and have seldom, if ever, seen her use it elsewhere. Like much of her writing, that curious word juxtaposition reeled me in: What is an “unlived life?” I...
Problems Are The Staff of Life

Problems Are The Staff of Life

A friend told this little story: A frog had fallen into a deep rut in the road and couldn’t get out. His frog friend tried to help but was unable to get him out of the rut. Finally the friend went to get help. On his way back with the help he came across the...
Where Is A War?

Where Is A War?

Where is a war?   Oneness is a destination that we never left.  Security is only found as ME. Catch up with Bliss Conversations in this audio clip from February 28, 2022. (transcription of the clip will be added to the post later) Join the Bliss Friends! Learn more....
“Healthful” Ordeal?

“Healthful” Ordeal?

In her Liverpool 1965 Seminar, Margaret Laird talks about a “healthful ordeal.” I pondered this idea: How can an ordeal be healthful? Or how can anything healthful be an ordeal? The dictionary defines “ordeal” as a severe trial or experience. Historically,...