All spiritual paths and religions stress the importance of love. We are asked to love our neighbour. But do you sometimes wonder how, short of turning into a doormat or into a pretzel, you can possibly love some of those most unlovable ‘neighbours’?

The Pathwork teachings can help us find an answer. It is not a quick and easy process, for there is exploration and work involved, but there is an answer.

The Pathwork® is practical spiritual wisdom in the tradition of mysticism. It gives us tools for our step-by-step journey toward union with the Divine. The first stage of this journey deals with much of the same material as psychotherapy, in that we must deal with the emotional and psychological difficulties and misconceptions that obstruct our access to the divine essence within us. We learn to truly know ourselves; we learn self-acceptance, self-responsibility and a greater trust in our inner authority. However, this first stage is always held in the wider context of progressively learning to live from our inner well of wisdom and love, which enables us to truly love ourselves and thus our neighbours also. Interestingly, as we move into this second stage of the work, and begin slowly to surrender to the Divine within us, we find ourselves creating more health, fulfillment, pleasure, and love in our lives — and we may also find that our definition of these terms has changed!