There is a higher relationship that has nothing to do with anything personal at all. It is the realization of the existence of strength, of majestic beauty, of power... and that realization is inseparable from the consciousness in which it appears. And that consciousness isn't personal. It belongs to what is Divine in a human being and it is a gift of the Divine.

Classroom Talk: 3/25/2020 - During this crisis, it is physically necessary to be vigilant: to keep the prescribed social distance from others. But, along those same lines, there’s an even more important spiritual prescription for our well-being: (It is) to stay awake, and to distance ourselves -- consciously -- from any part of us that would...

Everything we need to know about "what to do" is always right here with us. But the mind that is always trying to escape the moment that is being revealed believes that it must think of something to do in order to get through the moment. There is no problem in the present moment. There is only a mind that creates a problem because it doesn't understand the moment...

Topic: The Sure Cure for Chronic Negativity (2/23/20 Classroom Talk)

Topic: The Sure Cure for Chronic Negativity (2/23/20 Classroom Talk)

Topic: The Sure Cure for Chronic Negativity (2/23/20 Classroom Talk)

Classroom Talk: 2/23/2020 - The more (we) mistakenly open a door to any negative reaction that comes knock-knock-knocking there, the more it will come back around - bringing "relatives" with it - until there's neither place nor peace left in our Home that we can call our own.

Before you can have a different life: before you can be happier, wiser, more at peace, and in quiet command of yourself, you must first *be* different. Being is everything.

Topics covered: How do I deal with severe physical tension; Knowledge by itself kills inquiry; What's behind the question "how long do I have to go through this?"; We live from an autonomic level of consciousness; You can't separate what you experience from the consciousness that produces it; What it means to die to yourself; Negative states are ugly but they...

Topics covered: "Laying down your life for your brother" is an interior action; Physician heal thyself; Realizing I've been the progenitor of my own pain; The dawning of a new light within; Having the willingness to suspend your automatic reactions; Relating the game of chess to your interior life; We live from a nature that sees itself apart from life...

Topics Covered: Feeling like you are always in trouble; Worrying that someone is mad at you; Tells that we are lying to ourselves; The body manifesting a reaction going on inwardly; Awareness of anxiety through what the body is doing; Inner dialog and mental movies; Holding your breath...