November 5, 2023
November 5, 2023
I look out on to the mesa, remember I'm stressed about this or that, and close my eyes and say "peace"... and think of you saying it, Larry.
This memorial website was created in memory of Dr. Larry Morris, Senior Minister of Hillside Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We will remember him forever.
Please visit The Hillside Source (www.hillsidesource.com) for a deep resource of Larry's written works and streaming audio files of his talks.
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February 20, 2023
February 20, 2023
Your teachings left an indelible mark on my soul. I first came to Hillside in 1998 when I was working toward sobriety. It's about universal love, it's about meeting people on the soul level and not at their exterior. Thank you, Larry. I know that I will see you on the other side someday, because you are in my heart.
November 4, 2021
November 4, 2021
Forgiveness and gratitude two of the greatest lessons I learned from you and which I always carry you in my heart for. With gratitude!
November 4, 2021
November 4, 2021
We miss Larry so much and talk about him all the time. Does anyone know where his burial site is located? We were in the PNW when he traveled to the next life.
November 4, 2020
November 4, 2020
Larry's little book, Easy Does It, has been on my bedside table for many many years. He was a true & irreplaceable pillar of light, knowledge & love! I will remember and miss him always!
September 15, 2020
September 15, 2020
Larry was a deep source of goodness and lighting of my way in my life some 38 years ago. I moved back recently, and wanted to visit him and came upon this notice. I have heard his words and loving spiritual advice and teachings echo throughout my life. I took courses at Hillside with him and other congregants and for a long time I had not much idea what the philosophical hoopla was all about, until I did! Life changing!
When I went through divorce, or just confusion about any direction I needed to go, he was there with his big smile and wild laugh. I will forever consider him a heart teacher and will look for him in the spirit world. I am sure he will be immediately recognizable...
Thank you, Larry. You are so dearly missed!
When I went through divorce, or just confusion about any direction I needed to go, he was there with his big smile and wild laugh. I will forever consider him a heart teacher and will look for him in the spirit world. I am sure he will be immediately recognizable...
Thank you, Larry. You are so dearly missed!
June 12, 2020
June 12, 2020
I only knew Larry thru reading his book Easy Does It which I immediately fell in love with. It was thru trying to obtain another copy as ours is falling apart ( It was my husbands favorite too along with the Tao and Krishnamurti) that I found this memorial. We are all kindred spirits. Namaste
April 18, 2020
April 18, 2020
I’d love to hear what you would say about the world today
About the pandemic
Even climate change ... and the animals reclaiming parts of the forests and oceans they had long ago given up
I imagine you’d have some positive spin on all of it. And most likely you’d be right.... Your comforting words and smile is always in my heart
I miss you
About the pandemic
Even climate change ... and the animals reclaiming parts of the forests and oceans they had long ago given up
I imagine you’d have some positive spin on all of it. And most likely you’d be right.... Your comforting words and smile is always in my heart
I miss you
April 17, 2020
April 17, 2020
To hear one more corny joke would soothe my soul. Your smile burns in my memory like staring at the sun too long. May you rest easy and your light spread to many more.
November 7, 2019
November 7, 2019
Thinking a lot about Larry the past few days, and his light on planet earth. How it will never be extinguished as long as we live. He married us in 1997--22 years ago--on Christmas Eve and that love lives strong. He transmitted the good stuff into our hearts. Larry, we feel your presence every day. We miss you and grieve that you're no longer here to talk to. But we know your presence in a nonphysical sense lives on. So much love.
November 4, 2018
November 4, 2018
Well, another Saturday night comes and goes.
I remember, and at some level still anticipate that Saturday night call from Larry. It is like a pinch reminding me Sunday is around the corner ...
Who do you serve while you are trying easier. Much love and oodles of gratitude for all I have received and continue to receive.❤❤❤
I remember, and at some level still anticipate that Saturday night call from Larry. It is like a pinch reminding me Sunday is around the corner ...
Who do you serve while you are trying easier. Much love and oodles of gratitude for all I have received and continue to receive.❤❤❤
November 4, 2018
November 4, 2018
I can’t believe it’s been 3 years it seems like yesterday, I was totally unprepared for Larry’s passing and heartbroken. I still keep his lastweekly voicemail to me saved on my phone. Sometimes when I’m down I listen to it. In part of it He says “I’m praying for you, don’t be so hard on yourself”, makes me cry every time, that someone so special cared about me. In a world of unbelievable racism, turmoil and lack of caring for our fellow man, we need the compassion and peace Larry gave to the world more than ever. I was thrilled to hear his lectures and teachings are available online
Whomever is taking care of that please continue to add to the list, especially 2015 offerings. Thank you Larry for teaching me to look within and find the answers, you changed my life.
Whomever is taking care of that please continue to add to the list, especially 2015 offerings. Thank you Larry for teaching me to look within and find the answers, you changed my life.
September 25, 2018
September 25, 2018
It's hard to believe it'll soon be 3 years since Larry left us. The world more than ever now is sorely lacking people with the learnedness and deep human understanding that Larry had. I was happy to hear the church just put a bunch of Larry's (and Susan's) talks and writings up on their new website Hillsidesource.com. They also made a scholarship in Larry's name. I was glad to be able to donate to that. I miss his jokes, his insight and his great generosity. I can't think of Albuquerque without Larry being there. He was really somebody you could look up to, and I certainly did. I know that coming upon another year without Larry will be hard for many people, and I just wanted to say how grateful I am for all the people who knew Larry keeping his memory burning brightly.
September 16, 2018
September 16, 2018
Dr. Morris gave so much to us all. For me it was a rebirth of my connection with God and Universe. Thank you so much it is still healing me today. I hope your spirit is as happy where you are now as it was when you were with us at Hillside.
November 6, 2017
November 6, 2017
I left a tribute message shortly after Larry's passing in '15, and I had the most lucid dream later that night. I felt it was Larry imparting a lovely warm affirmation, and the message was clear: "Not to worry, you won't forget what you've learned."
November 4, 2017
November 4, 2017
Dr Larry Morris was a huge impact on my life in the short year I knew him. He taught me to look inside myself to find the answers, to let go and to quit trying to control my life. Everytime I saw him he told me to quit forcing and to quit being so hard on myself. He said “Mitzi sometimes you’ve just got to let go”. He encouraged me to follow my heart and to figure out exactly what that meant. I was truly a lost soul not knowing which way to turn. Several times I wrote him a long letters and told him a lot of personal things about my life, that there wasn’t time on a Sunday morning to share with him. On Sundays he’d smile, shake his head and hug me with the famous Larry hug, and say “Mitzi you’ve got to just let go”. I’d cry and try all week to put those things in play in my life. I told him about a man I once knew as a young girl and how I still felt connected to this man, remember the love we shared, but was afraid after 40 years to try and contact him. He counseled that if this was in my heart then this is what I should do. So Finally I gathered the courage and I did it,and we reconnected with the love of my life, after 40 years apart. After that Larry called him every service we’d attend together, “Mr Wonderful”.
May 25, 2017
May 25, 2017
Larry, I think of you very often and I miss you. I raised my daughter at Hillside and she her own children. Hillside was special and I am forever thankful to have been a part of that. Much love to you and Susan.
January 29, 2017
January 29, 2017
Never met Dr.Morris.Have only known him as the author of UG Krishnamurthi: A Dangerous Friend.The book showed how much he was devoted to UG. Was watching a video today at Sri.Chandrasekhar's house in Bangalore. It was from 2003 where Dr.Morris was with other UG's friends. I was telling Sri.Chandrasekhar how great the book was only to hear from him the sad news about Dr.Morris' passing away.It seemed from his writing his strong bonding with UG till the end had left an impression on his heart that he was no more the same person he had been before he met UG. Rest in peace, sir!
February 7, 2016
February 7, 2016
My heart goes out to Susan, my dear counselor and minister! I will most certainly miss Larry as I miss the Hillside church as it used to be! Pat Smith told me one Christmas that I would never read poetry to a bigger crowd than at Larry's Christmas Eve services! So far it has been true! The only way I could get my now ex husband to go to church was to go to Larry's, not just to hear his jokes, but discourses on Lao Tsu and Confucious and the Art of War! His wonderful forgiveness services, his great love of India, will always be printed in my heart! And when I came home to Albuquerque, divorced, he said, "love is grand but divorce is a hundred grand!" How true Larry! Who will come and talk to my classes about writing poetry?
November 21, 2015
November 21, 2015
Some of us will never have the same kind of holiday rituals again. It was only for a few moments, but Larry blessed our marriage each year. He married us 18 years ago on Christmas Eve evening, right before the candlelight and poetry ceremony, in a tiny little marriage ceremony. For us, it was perfect. For anyone else who needs to have another chance to spend the holidays with Larry, I will be posting a few videos I took during the past couple years with my cell phone. Here is the New Year's Eve Service from 2014: https://youtu.be/oZ5PMlZ-kqE
November 19, 2015
November 19, 2015
My Condolences go out to Susan and all members of Larry's family and congregation. Larry was my first meditation teacher and for that I am very grateful. May he be eternally blessed. Carolyn Shaw
November 15, 2015
November 15, 2015
Farewell Larry,
Thank you for being my first Teacher-opening the door of my heart so I could feel Spirit's presence in the silence. Though I had not been to Hillside in a while, I always held you brightly. Your lightness of being, fun humor and sweet, loving ways will always be among my dearest memories. I will miss you, but you have become one with the Absolute now-grace eternal.
Thank you for being my first Teacher-opening the door of my heart so I could feel Spirit's presence in the silence. Though I had not been to Hillside in a while, I always held you brightly. Your lightness of being, fun humor and sweet, loving ways will always be among my dearest memories. I will miss you, but you have become one with the Absolute now-grace eternal.
November 13, 2015
November 13, 2015
I'll miss you, Larry! Over the last 28 years, you helped me get through some of the most difficult times in my life and helped me celebrate the joyful times. I'm reading your "Easy Does It" book every day and thinking of you.
November 11, 2015
November 11, 2015
Dumb jokes and wise quotes
Communing via forehead
Such lightness in depth
We miss you Larry! Betsey and Alan
Communing via forehead
Such lightness in depth
We miss you Larry! Betsey and Alan
November 11, 2015
November 11, 2015
Dear Larry, I am so grateful to have known you in my life all these years. You taught me and guided me with such love and grace. You are my spiritual teacher, and always said just what I needed to hear, Always sweet and available never harsh ,,,,just loving humor. I loved how you were continually calling me to come to church and to be with you for a time.. I guess that's why your leaving is so hard for me to bear now. I will carry on all that you taught me. You are such a treasure, love nan
November 10, 2015
November 10, 2015
My world is much darker today without Larry's light to brighten it. I feel adrift, having lost my spiritual anchor. Larry was that and so much more to me. For 25+ years I ushered at Hillside, and for 25+ years Larry always brought light to my life. He used to look at me (actually, more like through me, into my core) and he could always tell exactly what I was feeling, no matter how hard I would try to hide my feelings. If I was feeling down that day, he always knew what to say. More importantly, the days when I felt great, he would revel in my joy.
I have always told my friends that Hillside was a good reason to get out of bed on a Sunday. Now I shall have to find another.
Larry came into my life in its darkest period, having recently lost our first born son to a severe heart defect which took him from us at 59 days old. I don't remember how, but he helped me deal with the loss, as much as one can deal with that kind of loss, and brought me through the darkness into the spiritual light that seemed to emanate from him. I honestly don't know what I would have done without him, and now I will have to figure out what to do without him. They say that as long as you keep the person alive in your heart, they never truly leave, so I will continue to keep Larry close and never let go.
The most spiritual person I ever had the extreme privilege to meet, love, and share my and my family's life with.
Goodbye, my dear friend. You are missed...
I have always told my friends that Hillside was a good reason to get out of bed on a Sunday. Now I shall have to find another.
Larry came into my life in its darkest period, having recently lost our first born son to a severe heart defect which took him from us at 59 days old. I don't remember how, but he helped me deal with the loss, as much as one can deal with that kind of loss, and brought me through the darkness into the spiritual light that seemed to emanate from him. I honestly don't know what I would have done without him, and now I will have to figure out what to do without him. They say that as long as you keep the person alive in your heart, they never truly leave, so I will continue to keep Larry close and never let go.
The most spiritual person I ever had the extreme privilege to meet, love, and share my and my family's life with.
Goodbye, my dear friend. You are missed...
November 9, 2015
November 9, 2015
Larry taught me so much about how to be compassionate, and how to really appreciate everything that comes along no matter how big or small. He always had such a wonderful aura, presence, and outlook on life that most of us can only aspire to have one day. Every time I got one of his infamous forehead kisses, and really long hugs, I would walk out of Hillside feeling loved and cared for. He would always look into your eyes when he was talk with you and acted like your were the only person in the room at the time. I can only hope I can make an impact like that on people in my life. He helped my family when we were in our darkest spots, and our brightest spots. I always felt accepted and cared for when I was around him. I'm truly sad to find out he left this plane, but I know he's watching over all of us in the next realm.
November 9, 2015
November 9, 2015
Dr Larry has been a major part of my life, for the majority of my life. He was an intense spiritual guide for my father, and my mother. The news of him passing was disheartening to say the least. That's being said, I still feel him here with us. His jokes were the best, his spiritual aura was powerful to say the least, and he was a genuinely amazing person. You will never be forgotten Larry. Thank you for your time on this earth.
November 9, 2015
November 9, 2015
Dr. Larry took me in like a Shepard takes in a lost sheep. Because I was indeed feeling lost, lost from myself and lost from God. Every Sunday in services I cried my heart out as Larry's words of wisdom, faith and belief spoke directly TO ME. Most Sundays I'd look around the room wondering if all the others gathered there knew Larry was speaking just to me. Later as I began to meet other people from the church I realized they had the same cosmic experience, in which Larry's words seemed that were meant just for them. Sometimes... Rarely but sometimes, God, the universe, the cosmos speaks through the words and thoughts of a very special person. Someone very open and very enlightened, that was Larry, he was a conduit of faith, a direct link to the mouth of God. Sunday after Sunday he touched my heart, as I sobbed through services trying to find myself. He preached words that addressed my problems like we had just discussed them and touched my heart.
One morning Larry said "Mitzi I've been praying and praying for you and I really hope youre doing better because I've about worn the knees out of my pants on you! Please stop being so hard on yourself"
Funny thing is I could actually "feel" Larry praying for me. On Sunday mornings or on Saturdays with his tireless phone calls you could feel the power and kindness and love in Larry, it radiated and enveloped you. It changed lives and made a difference, he made a difference!
As my life got better and I followed his direction and found my way, I told Larry, I think you can quit wearing out your pants now, I'm
Okay. But Larry never quit praying for me and never quit reminding me not to be so hard on myself. And to follow my heart, never give up and just let it be.
How will I ever make it here Larry without a little worn out knees from you? Even with all you've taught me, I had so much more to learn from you.
Thank you for helping me find my way, for encouraging me to find Corey and for being the hand of Gods love on this earth. I will miss you forever. Mitzi
One morning Larry said "Mitzi I've been praying and praying for you and I really hope youre doing better because I've about worn the knees out of my pants on you! Please stop being so hard on yourself"
Funny thing is I could actually "feel" Larry praying for me. On Sunday mornings or on Saturdays with his tireless phone calls you could feel the power and kindness and love in Larry, it radiated and enveloped you. It changed lives and made a difference, he made a difference!
As my life got better and I followed his direction and found my way, I told Larry, I think you can quit wearing out your pants now, I'm
Okay. But Larry never quit praying for me and never quit reminding me not to be so hard on myself. And to follow my heart, never give up and just let it be.
How will I ever make it here Larry without a little worn out knees from you? Even with all you've taught me, I had so much more to learn from you.
Thank you for helping me find my way, for encouraging me to find Corey and for being the hand of Gods love on this earth. I will miss you forever. Mitzi
November 9, 2015
November 9, 2015
Others taunt me with having knelt at well-curbs
Aways wrong to the light, so never seeing
Deeper down in the well than where the water
Gives me back in a shining surface picture
Me myself in the summer heaven godlike
Looking out of a wreath of fern and cloud puffs.
Once, when trying with chin against a well-curb
I discerned, as I thought, beyond the picture,
Through the picture, a something white, uncertain,
Something more of the depths - and then I lost it.
Water came to rebuke the too clear water.
One drop fell from a fern, and lo, a ripple
Shook whatever it was lay there at the bottom,
Blurred it, blotted it out. What was that whiteness?
Truth? A pebble of quartz? For once, then, something.
For Once, Then, Something
-Robert Frost
Thank you Larry, for pointing us the way to the whiteness.
Peace and Love, Peter
Aways wrong to the light, so never seeing
Deeper down in the well than where the water
Gives me back in a shining surface picture
Me myself in the summer heaven godlike
Looking out of a wreath of fern and cloud puffs.
Once, when trying with chin against a well-curb
I discerned, as I thought, beyond the picture,
Through the picture, a something white, uncertain,
Something more of the depths - and then I lost it.
Water came to rebuke the too clear water.
One drop fell from a fern, and lo, a ripple
Shook whatever it was lay there at the bottom,
Blurred it, blotted it out. What was that whiteness?
Truth? A pebble of quartz? For once, then, something.
For Once, Then, Something
-Robert Frost
Thank you Larry, for pointing us the way to the whiteness.
Peace and Love, Peter
November 8, 2015
November 8, 2015
Dearest Larry I miss you. I am so grateful for all your love and teachings. "Be gentle with yourself" are golden words you spoke to me. How well you knew me. So many times you lifted me up through prayer and instruction. I can only imagine the glory you are experiencing in God's presence. I trust that we had a connection that God blessed us with. I am grateful for all the gifts your ministry brought us all light and understanding. "Let go let God". " Forgive" your words of wisdom. I am eternally grateful for your presence in my life. Peace, Love,:and eternal gratitude. KW
November 8, 2015
November 8, 2015
The phone was silent last night. No one called to ask "How are you doing?" No one to say "I'm praying for you." We drank wine and listened to Bob Dylan. Goodbye Larry. You will be never be forgotten.
November 7, 2015
November 7, 2015
With gratitude and thanksgiving for the presence of Larry in my life ... for his unconditional loving support and gentle wisdom ... and in celebration of all he gave our world ... for all he shared at Hillside ... so much to so many! Try easier changed my life. Light and Love
November 7, 2015
November 7, 2015
How grateful I am for the time given to brush with lovely greatness. To all of you for being brilliant to see it too. It may be that God's grace is not earned, but blessing in a wave probably won't go unnoticed. God bless. Yes, have fun on that next plane, Larry. Certainly nobody was more prepared for it.
November 7, 2015
November 7, 2015
Dearest Larry, you were and will continue to be such a Blessing in my life. For over 30 years I could count on receiving a phone call from you on Saturday evening inviting me to Sunday service, "It will be joyous and uplifting Mercy", and it always was. How many times did I attend your Forgiveness class before I got it? You made such a difference in my life and countless others. It had and will continue to have a ripple effect. I will miss you but I know that you are "Home at Last". I love you, I am glad you have reached your Nirvana.
November 7, 2015
November 7, 2015
Dearest Larry, Dr. Morris, friend, teacher,
After 30+ years of having your gentle wisdom in my life, it felt like you would be there forever. Whether it was your forehead touched to mine when I couldn't hide the sadness, or doing a brief swing dance together at the back of the sanctuary on a Sunday morning, you will forever be missed but never forgotten or replaced!
After 30+ years of having your gentle wisdom in my life, it felt like you would be there forever. Whether it was your forehead touched to mine when I couldn't hide the sadness, or doing a brief swing dance together at the back of the sanctuary on a Sunday morning, you will forever be missed but never forgotten or replaced!
November 7, 2015
November 7, 2015
"laugh, leaning back in my arms
for life's not a paragraph
And death i think is no parenthesis"
–E.E. Cummings, a favorite of poet Larry Morris, mon père spirituel and editor of a countless number of my papers since the day he recommended I study literature.
for life's not a paragraph
And death i think is no parenthesis"
–E.E. Cummings, a favorite of poet Larry Morris, mon père spirituel and editor of a countless number of my papers since the day he recommended I study literature.
November 6, 2015
November 6, 2015
Happy trails Dearest Larry! You are forever in my heart ~ oldest and best spiritual teacher! Irreplaceable, Irrepressible Shining Soul Traveller, you touched the lives of so many around the globe. I know you're having fun ~ discussions, laughs, good music, bad puns and poetry slams with
your guru, or, Buddha, Aurobindo, Zhao Zhen...
e e cummings perhaps
certainly with people from all walks of life... fellow authors, seekers and so many more. I've been honored and grateful, for 31years to call you teacher and friend.
your guru, or, Buddha, Aurobindo, Zhao Zhen...
e e cummings perhaps
certainly with people from all walks of life... fellow authors, seekers and so many more. I've been honored and grateful, for 31years to call you teacher and friend.
November 6, 2015
November 6, 2015
Thank You for Your Life, Larry
Like many, Larry Morris was my spiritual teacher for 30 years. I kept coming back because he always said what I needed to hear.
The credo Larry often cited over the years from Confucius Unwobbling Pivot was the first one I took to heart. It went something like this, "you cannot leave your path; what you leave is not your path." This assurance of unwavering confidence in the innate process spoke to me.
Two other Larry phrases I use every day are:
"The good that you are seeking is also seeking you."
"Everything and everyone I need is on the way to me even now."
And this idea that meditation "has no goal level, it is a soul level."
I will truly miss my visits with Larry and his weekly call. I am so grateful the big former bowling alley church on Zuni sold and relieved Larry of that financial burden before he passed. Now may he rest in peace abiding in that Great Spirit.
Jan Arrott
Like many, Larry Morris was my spiritual teacher for 30 years. I kept coming back because he always said what I needed to hear.
The credo Larry often cited over the years from Confucius Unwobbling Pivot was the first one I took to heart. It went something like this, "you cannot leave your path; what you leave is not your path." This assurance of unwavering confidence in the innate process spoke to me.
Two other Larry phrases I use every day are:
"The good that you are seeking is also seeking you."
"Everything and everyone I need is on the way to me even now."
And this idea that meditation "has no goal level, it is a soul level."
I will truly miss my visits with Larry and his weekly call. I am so grateful the big former bowling alley church on Zuni sold and relieved Larry of that financial burden before he passed. Now may he rest in peace abiding in that Great Spirit.
Jan Arrott
November 6, 2015
November 6, 2015
Larry was a really special person. He touched life at a point where nobody had touched it before.
It's rare that you find original people in this world, and he was truly original. Larry was learned and had profound insight about the world, but he balanced it with a friendly, corny, knee-slapping sense of humor. As deep as he was, he was always open.
Larry was charming and had the common touch. He made great conversation and great salads. He was a wonderful human being, and he will be dearly missed. I am blessed to have had him as part of my life.
It's rare that you find original people in this world, and he was truly original. Larry was learned and had profound insight about the world, but he balanced it with a friendly, corny, knee-slapping sense of humor. As deep as he was, he was always open.
Larry was charming and had the common touch. He made great conversation and great salads. He was a wonderful human being, and he will be dearly missed. I am blessed to have had him as part of my life.
November 5, 2015
November 5, 2015
Quotes from Dr. Morris:
Take it easy.
Don't medicate, meditate.
Forgiveness is the WD40 of meditation.
If you want to do it, do it. If you don't want to do it, don't do it. If you don't know what to do, don't do anything.
Letting go is taking control.
Some of Dr. Morris' favorite quotes:
The way to do is to be. (Lao Tsu)
Disillusionment is the last illusion. (Ram Das)
Angels fly because they take themselves lightly. (G. Chesterson)
Gratitude is heaven. (William Blake)
Take it easy.
Don't medicate, meditate.
Forgiveness is the WD40 of meditation.
If you want to do it, do it. If you don't want to do it, don't do it. If you don't know what to do, don't do anything.
Letting go is taking control.
Some of Dr. Morris' favorite quotes:
The way to do is to be. (Lao Tsu)
Disillusionment is the last illusion. (Ram Das)
Angels fly because they take themselves lightly. (G. Chesterson)
Gratitude is heaven. (William Blake)
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November 5, 2023
November 5, 2023
I look out on to the mesa, remember I'm stressed about this or that, and close my eyes and say "peace"... and think of you saying it, Larry.
February 20, 2023
February 20, 2023
Your teachings left an indelible mark on my soul. I first came to Hillside in 1998 when I was working toward sobriety. It's about universal love, it's about meeting people on the soul level and not at their exterior. Thank you, Larry. I know that I will see you on the other side someday, because you are in my heart.
November 4, 2021
November 4, 2021
Forgiveness and gratitude two of the greatest lessons I learned from you and which I always carry you in my heart for. With gratitude!
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November 14, 2015
Our Dear Dr. Larry Morris:
So many memories, So many stories, funny jokes, corny jokes and important down to earth spiritual lessons taught always done with such a genuine inner joy from your heart!
My husband, Carlos and I first met Larry and Dr. Susan Nettleton in 1995 when we had been church hopping for eight years. We had never experienced a true spiritual meditation, nor a minister starting his services with several jokes!!! Some were good, and well, others were somewhat corny!! We saw a "jumping minister" expressing his genuine joy of life from his heart!! He walked back and forth raising his arms up and down while delivering his spiritual lesson to his congregation. Yes, we kept comming back, Larry was refreshing from the priests and ministers we had both experience in our past!!
Larry, has been a very unique, honest spiritual human being, telling us about what he had learned in all his travels. Oh, so full of spiritual wisdom teaching us to lessen the pain inside "ourselves" in our hearts when others betray us; by forgiving them in our hearts, blessing the situation for the lesson learned in the situation, letting it go surrendering forward with a possitive attitude, throughout our future. ( In a moment of fear inside me, I asked Larry, "I really don't want to confront my betrayers, for they will always deny the pains they caused me." He then said, "No you don't confront them, just forgive them in your heart, to let go of your pain!")
Although we will not be able to physically embrace our Dear Rev. Larry Morris,Ph.D. We will forever miss him and feel his caring spiritual presence in our hearts!! D. Carlos and Patricia A. Diaz
Stepping onto the Path..
November 9, 2015
by Abbey Wells
I met him at the first public lecture I attended, given by Helen in 1974. I knew her as one of my best friend’s mother. It was then time to know her as my Teacher. And Larry was her protegee, always at her side, ready to serve and support her and those she led. I remember him as a gentle presence and easy to approach, always available when in need of support in the practice of meditation and contemplation. That is until I needed to miss a Contemplation class and he informed me that that was unacceptable…rattling my vulnerable self to the core…Oh well, I got over it and most likely took my practice more seriously as a result of it. I remember his quiet, steady stillness and quirky sense of humor, including his laugh. I remember his gaze as he would look at me with his deep dark brown eyes, as if he were penetrating in to my soul, with a sense of recognition. He seemed to be on a straight and narrow path, ready and willing to provide comfort as needed. He was the big brother who could be counted on, as I ventured into the realm of spiritual exploration. While Helen led, paving the way to the true life I had come here to express, Larry followed along, comforting the shattered self who was being encouraged to go deeper… into the realm of the unknown. Together the two of them laid the foundation from which I was to evolve into the person I am today. And for both of them I am forever grateful.
Yes dear Larry, thank you for the role you played on my journey. I so appreciate your willingness and generosity of spirit in doing so. I trust that as you moved on, on your own path, that you lived a life filled with much meaning and satisfaction. And that your new found freedom holds all of the love and joy that is promised. You have blessed many and as you have, surely you have been blessed.
Divine Love Blesses you now. And so it Is, "dear one"!
Your sister in Spirit,Abbey