Being

Topics Covered: We are presently cut off from the larger world that we're meant to be a part of; Whenever we think of what a larger world may be, we are only in the world of thought without knowing it. Our mind only knows how to imagine a larger world; The larger world is above us, beneath us, and awareness of above and below at the same time; Complaining about life is not the...

Topic: Stop Being Part of the "Crowd" and Start Being the Individual You're Created to Be! (6/16/21 Classroom Talk)

Topics Covered: Letting go has nothing to do with anything that the mind names outside of itself that it says should be dropped. Letting go happens naturally with awareness of the consciousness that names and defines conditions outside of us; Is it possible to never again want to be anyone other than who you are? Yes, when you see clearly that no other person on Earth can be anything more...

Classroom Talk: 6/16/2021 - One sign of true spiritual success is when, at long last, we realize not only are we (always) standing in the right place for us to to be in that moment but -- even more telling is this: regardless how that moment unfolds... there is no one else on earth we would rather be!

Topic: Go Beyond Fear and Sorrow By Being All That You Are (2/3/21 Classroom Talk)

Topics Covered: The extent to which something in us judges ourselves and others seems to prove to us the extent to which we are in the right; We are not on the Earth to prove ourselves to anyone. Instead we are here to use the moments we are given to discover what is true about ourselves; Addictions are produced by identification with an unseen image from which an identity is...

Classroom Talk: 2/3/2021 - Refuse to weigh yourself by the values of this world, including what IT calls out as good, necessary, or true for you! Rather, weigh-in against the whole notion that your True Self can be measured by anyone, including yourself.

Topic: How to Find and Fulfill Your Divine Destiny (1/20/21 Classroom Talk)

Topics Covered: There is no real authority outside of your relationship with the Divine; A longing for the Divine is the need to close the distance between yourself and the Divine; It is impossible to complete ourselves as we imagine in the world of passing time; Time turns worldly ambitions into pain. "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you...

Classroom Talk: 1/20/2021 - In this world, there are three paths by which one carves out his or her destiny: cunning, industry, or love of truth. The "crafty" ones inevitably trap themselves. And while industry is good... it is, at best, conditional; all things created are subject to the passage -- and ravages -- of time. Love of truth, on the other hand...

Topics Covered:The "self" that sets out on the journey to reconnect with the Divine will not be the same self that finally arrives; The very act of attempting to escape from unwanted moments is the creation of a painful circle of self that attempts to, but cannot escape itself; The "consciousness of otherness" that was referred to in the talk is the divided level of mind that believes...

Student Talks: 6/26/2020 - Key Lesson: One sign of true spiritual success is when, at long last, we realize that there is no one else on this earth we would rather be!