It seems as though I'm always in a state of suffering. Not only do I feel this anguish myself, but I know that it cuts me off from other people. I feel isolated. How can I open my heart?...
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Student Talks: 5/31/2024 - Key Lesson: Forgiveness is not the blind acceptance of what is dark, sinful, or just plain evil; real forgiveness begins with seeing the need to transcend our own negative reaction to whatever we summarily find as wanting in someone else. After all, whose limitation is it when the best we know how to do (with those who have hurt us) is to hate -- or otherwise resent them...
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Topics covered: Life never stops setting the stage for your development; There is a certain blindness we have that keeps us separated from seeing the effect that we have on other people, otherwise we would approach that person or condition completely differently; There cannot be resistance to any given moment without a judge that has come into that moment with us; Love transforms negative reactions into rescuing realizations...
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Classroom Talk: 5/26/2024 - Forgiveness is not the blind acceptance of what is dark, sinful, or just plain evil; real (forgiveness) begins with seeing the need to transcend our own negative reaction to whatever we summarily find as wanting in someone else. After all, whose limitation is it when the best we know how to do (with those who have hurt us) is to hate -- or otherwise resent them... and go on blaming them for the pain they've revealed still lives in us?
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Classroom Talk: 5/13/2020 - An unconscious mind identifies with the (ceaseless) reactions that dominate its attention, and -- as a consequence -- isn’t so much “ruled” by them... as it doesn’t know any better than to listen to, and then obey their misguided conclusions. While an awakened mind sees it has nothing in common with the...
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Being relieved of a great debt has to be one of the most liberating feelings in the world. A weight is off your back. A nagging doubt is off your mind. A limitation on your future is washed away. We know this is true when it comes to financial debt. And it's even more true when it comes to another form of debt that most of us don't even know exists, let alone that we're racking up...
There's a reason why we all love stories about ancient maps, sunken ships, and buried treasure. It's because these tales reflect a deep sensing we all have: that a hidden treasure actually dwells within us -- and if we could just find the way to discover it, our lives would shine every day with life's greatest wealth: the golden qualities of true confidence, unbounded energy, unfailing wisdom...