Of what use is our endless struggle to adapt and even achieve some of the more common culturally-valued prizes, knowing (as all of us do) that nothing we can ever possess has the power to stave off our own inevitable passing? The following quotation that I just love is from Vernon Howard, a great twentieth century mystic, that really not only helps to put this idea that we're...
We are always trying to build a self that won't disappear out of the things that are coming in the stream of time, never understanding that nothing we find floating upon this temporal stream can ever be timeless. And if this is true about the nature of the world's ever-becoming events, how much more impermanent is our sense of identity derived from them? But we're slow to learn!
We all want the comfort of knowing that there are things we can count on, that there is something in this life permanent. Yet, everything seems to slip away from us; people, places, and events all change. And as they go so does our sense of security, leaving us once again seeking something to give us a permanent sense of well-being. There is a cure for this seemingly endless longing...
Topic: Walk Away from the Pain of Yesterday (Classroom Talk 12/7/22)
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Classroom Talk: 12/7/2022 - It is impossible to teach the true nature of mindfulness, but it is possible to see the consequences of living from an unattended mind.
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Topic: Start Making Real Changes in Your Life from the Inside-Out (10/14/20 Classroom Talk)
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Classroom Talk: 10/14/2020 - Just as nature practices perfecting herself through the myriad creatures she creates to reflect her limitless possibilities in passing time, so the Divine manifests Its Spirit through each soul It creates who may, in turn, (awaken to) realize their role in the revelation of Its eternal perfection.
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Topic: How to Fulfill Your Possibilities in Time (10/20/19 Classroom Talk)
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Topic: How to Fulfill Your Possibilities in Time (10/20/19 Classroom Talk)
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Classroom Talk: 10/20/2019 - Part 1: Look behind and beyond all that unfolds in creation, and therein you will see...an eternal Source, the seed of all that flowers in passing time. Look behind and beyond yourself, and therein you will see...a Divine Light whose timeless Life is the source and seed of your soul. Part 2: I am in you, you are in me...
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Topic: Embrace and Live the Great Law that is Timeless Liberation (4/28/19 Classroom Talk)
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Topic: Embrace and Live the Great Law that is Timeless Liberation (4/28/19 Classroom Talk)
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