Classroom Talk: 10/11/2023 - Part 1: We can't hope to change what comes out of any given moment until we change the one within whom it appears. Part 2: The task is not to be perfect as imagined, an illusion supported by the pain of unrelenting self-judgment; rather the real task is to do the interior work of seeing ourselves as perfectly as we can regardless of how much we would rather not.

Classroom Talk: 8/9/2023 - Real life never stops starting over; but, before we can step foot in this timeless new kingdom -- and know any portion of its unencumbered freedom -- we must agree to step out of the world of dreams, and leave behind us their endless illusion of a "better time" to come.

Classroom Talk: 5/12/2021 - Just as all the qualities of the ocean can be found in a single drop of its water, so do all the infinite expressions of consciousness -- high and low, light and dark -- dwell within our True Self: each and all… a drop of the Divine.

Classroom Talk: 3/1/2020 - Real Life is a miracle revealing itself. The eyes that can see this truth are those no longer blinded by (all) the empty promises inherent in the illusion of passing time; to see things as they are...is to be what you are; to be what you are, without wanting to become anything more or less... is enlightenment.

Topics covered: How do I deal with a pattern of anxiety and stress; What is Being; Why am I unable to act quickly on what I know I need to do; Our present nature is constantly in a dream; We don't see the pit coming because we're already in it. The consciousness itself is the pit; Dreaming in physical sleep versus dreaming in spiritual sleep; We dream because we want to escape what we are; Pai...