About: Where to go from here

With lectures given every month for over twenty years, the body of material that comprises these teachings is extensive. Over the years, the Guide offered several lectures to help summarize what this work is about.

“In the framework of the Pathwork, the psychological approach is only a side issue, a way of getting through obstructions. It is essential to deal with confusions, inner misconceptions, misunderstandings, destructive attitudes, alienating defenses, negative emotions, and paralyzed feelings, all of which psychotherapy also attempts to do and even posits as its ultimate goal.

In contrast, the Pathwork enters its most important phase only after this first stage is over. The second and most important phase consists of learning how to activate the greater consciousness dwelling within every human soul…

The first part of the work cannot truly be successful unless contact with the spiritual self is regularly cultivated and used…

The sooner you can use, explore, and activate the inexhaustible fountain of strength and inspiration within, the easier and faster will you deal with the obstructions.”

– Pathwork Lecture #204

If these teachings have stirred something in you, trust that. You don’t need to study everything at once. Read what calls to you now, then practice it. The next step is always the one directly in front of you.

Avoid the temptation to satisfy the ego’s thirst for knowledge if it wants to read everything before doing anything. We could liken that to a thirsty person trying to drink from a fire hose, unable to get the few cups of water really needed right now.

A garden hose would be a wiser choice.

Also know that little may actually change in our life if we only read this material. Some openings will surely happen and shifts may occur. But we must apply these teachings to the everyday happenings in our lives to really make progress.

If we are ready to do this work, we will be guided to someone who can help us. Until that person appears, life itself will continue to be our teacher.

“Two birds were sitting on a wire. One made a decision to fly south for the winter. Now how many birds are sitting on the wire? Two. The one only made a decision.”

– Shared by someone anonymously at an AA meeting

The road we are on is a long one with many twists and turns. This is true whether one follows a spiritual path such as this or not. This path the Pathwork Guide is leading us on is particularly narrow in the way it calls for rigorous self-honesty.

By following it, we can accomplish in one lifetime what might otherwise take twenty.

It is a long journey.

God’s laws have been created so that eventually all will arrive once again in God’s loving embrace. We have all the time in the world.

But how much time do we really want to take?

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