Faith

Topics covered: Human beings don't understand what or who they are, and, for having failed to understand the purpose of their existence, they have created one for themselves; What is the main misunderstanding about the purpose of existence? That I am owed a living; We are takers - I want, I will, I'll do, I'll get - all of which must come after "I'll be."

An aspirant embarks upon the spiritual journey because of a feeling that draws them to it - but that feeling that provided the original impetus does not stay with you. At this point, when it feels like you have met a dead end in your inner work, you come to understand you must learn to rely on something else altogether.

You can't study spirit directly, but you can learn to see what's divine and celestial in the world around you. In studying a fire you come to understand what's required in order for the wood to become enflamed. Similarly, in your spiritual life, if you wish for the holy spirit to come into you and transform you, you must do your part, by bringing yourself to the place where revelation can take...

Classroom Talk: 03/16/2025 - It may be said that one finds freedom from suffering over oneself in direct proportion to one's realization that there is no separate self whose suffering is to be resisted.

Classroom Talk: 8/11/2024 - Conscious persistence transforms unconscious resistance into Revelation.

Classroom Talk: 3/31/2024 - The reason why the search for the "Truth" of oneself is called "pathless"... is because it's not taken in steps, let alone in any known direction; rather, the "journey" to authentic self-liberation is found in our endless opportunity to enter into an ever-higher order of self-understanding that -- like the light in which it is revealed -- never stops expanding. And... we are invited to travel along.

Topics covered: It is very unnatural to have an unexamined life; It feels to most of us as if life is always asking, "What are you gonna do? How are you gonna handle that? What's next? What about this and what about that?"; Tension seems to demand that you respond to it; So much of our time is spent trying to sort out why we feel the way we do; The mind is always disturbed because it never stops comparing...

Topics covered: It is very unnatural to have an unexamined life; It feels to most of us as if life is always asking, "What are you gonna do? How are you gonna handle that? What's next? What about this and what about that?"; Tension seems to demand that you respond to it; So much of our time is spent trying to sort out why we feel the way we do; The mind is always disturbed because it never stops comparing...

Topics covered: Awareness and my capacity to attend to my actual state is what allows that state to change; This present level of consciousness apprehends the world and its relationships through an unconscious process of separation; Life is not happening to you. It is happening for you; Our present consciousness tells us the source of our suffering, our reaction, is something that exists outside of us.

Topics covered: Informal discussion with Guy Finley.

Classroom Talk: 3/26/2023 - Love professed is not proven true until tested.