Choice

Wishing to be free, without taking action toward our intention, is meaningless; we must employ the truths we uncover, or we will never realize the possibility of their true power, which is to help us walk away from what has been wrecking us. But with this new understanding in mind we must also realize that the truth that sets us free is not for hire; it does not so much "work" for us as...

Who is the most unwelcome guest that appears at your door? (And it is not your son-in-law!) Again... Who is the most unwelcome guest that ever came 'knock-knock-knocking' at your door? How many of you had some dark thought or feeling knock at your door and wake you up this very morning... unwanted guests such as depression, anxiety... "Hello, anybody home?" How about worry...

Topics covered: The mind seeks in time what can only be given in the present moment, which is a relationship with the Divine that is already being given to you; Tension is the gap between what you imagine you need and how long it takes to get there; You will never find peace in a time to come. It doesn't exist there. The idea of a "time to come" is the very disturbance in which you live because you believe in things that you don't understand...

Student Talks: 9/29/2023 - Key Lesson: True joy is uncalled for; it is like a breeze you didn't know you were waiting for; a silence that speaks of things eternal; (it is) to experience and realize the completion of something within you that you didn't even know was missing.

Topics covered: Real joy is connected to a new kind of willingness to participate in what we could call "Divine Being"; The consciousness that dreams about greatness does not know anything about true greatness; Everything that the mind thinks is greatness is a poor substitue for the timeless greatness that has already been prepared for you; The joy of being useful is about understanding your role...

Student Talks: 2/3/2023 - Key Lesson: The more we work to attend to the need of each new moment, the more the conflict of yesterday -- along with its closest friend, called the "fear of tomorrow" -- seems to be miraculously resolved, and then just quietly disappear!

Topics covered: The unconscious mind tries to regain balance whenenver it registers a disturbance that interferes with its agenda; The distractions we turn to in order to escape the feeling of emptiness are created by the consciousness that must fill itself in order to know itself; Humanity's imagined heaven is the invention of a consciousness that is in hell; If you are still anxious and afraid...

Topic: Stop Dark Thoughts & Feelings from Stealing Your Life (Classroom Talk 11/16/22)

Student Talks: 11/18/2022 - Key Lesson: The past does not give birth to the future, any more than we might think to look for the living in a graveyard.

Topics covered: The problem isn't the disturbance itself. The problem is that nobody understands the reason for it, which is why unnecessary suffering continues; The more that we listen to the temptation to follow the choices that appear to try to change what disturbs us, the more everything remains the same; It is the choices you make that lead to the very conditions that you feel trapped by...