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Everywhere you go, there you are–
so, where are you going?
–Istvan Fazekas

Foreword

This is a book about love—in the purest sense of the word—the unconditional love the Creator has for its creation, and the principles for opening ourselves to experience that love in a more expansive and fulfilling way. There is no better time for this spiritual awakening than now, according to Istvan Fazekas, not in the future, not in 2012. Moreover, as Eckhart Tolle reminds us in his bestselling book A New Earth, which has swept the country, when humanity in the past looked to some future event for salvation or awakening, it missed the moment—and the present moment, as we have come to realize, is all we have.

The spiritual awakening and enlightenment we seek is not an intellectual pursuit but one of the soul’s yearning for communion through the heart and spirit—a hunger for a deeper sense of the Divine’s presence in our lives. So it is that within these pages, Istvan gently moves the reader from the conceptual and intellectual into the sacred mysticism of practical spiritual living, for only in the application of the wisdom of the sages is spirituality made practical in the day-to-day living of these changing times.

One of the first principles taught in the ancient mystery schools was Know thyself. Plato gave discourses on this principle. The twentieth-century mystic Edgar Cayce presented it as the second lesson in the Search For God Study Group readings. And Fazekas presents it as a fundamental step in self-transformation.

Through eons of time, spiritual teachers and masters have returned to earth to remind us of the all-important truth that we are the children of a Creator of Infinite Love. We uplift and actually transform the world when we move from the promptings of the heart to be channels for manifesting the unconditional love of God to others. Not through some great act, but just through being kind, compassionate, forgiving, and patient, lending encouragement to the discouraged . . . being positive in our thinking and our actions. And, most importantly, in recognizing the profound truth that we are not separate from one another or the Source we came from—hence we cannot do ill to another without it doing ill to ourselves and to our Maker.

Istvan has been a spiritual mentor to me. He has taught me a great deal about how to befriend, or embrace, those things that are uncomfortable or painful. Most of us can identify with a period in life when we ran away from our fear and pain. In my experience, those things I ran from were always waiting for me at the front door, no matter how fast or hard I ran. In this book, Istvan presents these challenges as soul-growth opportunities and gives illuminating examples of how we can fearlessly move forward, face our uncertainties and fears head-on, and embrace all of life’s experiences—knowing always that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. In fact, through the passage of experience and being in the now, we can become “as lights to the waiting world,” according to Cayce, by passing through our challenges and helping others. Istvan writes of this with clarity and with great compassion—like all of us, he has passed through many experiences, both light and dark. And, in truth, Istvan writes as he lives—from the heart. He is both delightfully human and artfully spiritual. He remains a source of great inspiration to me as a friend.

The book you hold in your hands is a testament of Istvan’s simple desire to share what he has learned, to try to light the way for others by sharing the spiritual truths that have helped him in his trek through this world. Through that heartfelt desire and willingness to try to be of help, he follows in the footsteps of the masters.

Robert J. Grant

November 2008

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Life itself is the result of the Creator’s
love for humanity.
–Istvan Fazekas

Robert J. Grant is the author of the following books:

Edgar Cayce on Angels, Archangels, and the Unseen Forces

The Magdalene Diaries

The Place We Call Home: Exploring the Soul’s Existence After Death

Universe of Worlds: Exploring the Frontiers of the Afterlife