**As a result of my deepening interest in truthful ideas, quite a few of my friends feel I have gone off the deep end, and I have noticed a growing separation between us as I work more and more for my own spiritual freedom. It is not that I don't care for them, but rather I am becoming less concerned about the things that have always driven all of us. My fear is they will eventually want to ha...

Those with whom we assemble we will soon resemble, so the simple old saying goes. Yet it tells of a deep truth. It says that who we are -- the stuff of our soul at present -- is being transformed continuously by the nature of the company we keep; so that, in our essence we are always moving and evolving towards a kind of psychic oneness with whatever relationships we have revolving around us t...

**As a result of my deepening interest in truthful ideas, quite a few of my friends feel I have gone off the deep end, and I have noticed a growing separation between us as I work more and more for my own spiritual freedom. It is not that I don't care for them, but rather I am becoming less concerned about the things that have always driven all of us. My fear is they will eventually want to ha...

Topics covered: Discussion of Guy's new book on Relationship Magic; Responding to a calling; What are the biggest problems in today's relationships; Is digital technology negatively impacting relationships; What is the ""magic"" aspect of the book title; What can we learn by seeing ourselves through the eyes of another; It's pain that picks the fight; How much does early trauma affect relationsh...

Topics covered: Discussion of Guy's new book on Relationship Magic; The most abundant resource on this earth is relationships; Every moment in life is for our greater development; When we push to change our partner, our partner pushes back; Seeing our complicity in conflict instantly changes the relationship; The real magic is the action of Love; Relationships are microcosms of a broader set o...

Topics Covered: Resistance claims to know in advance how to be at peace; Use your life to discover the truth that sets you free; You can't have a judgment without there being something in place prior to the moment; Is the feeling of a negative state pleasurable, or painful?; With every judgment there is an attending pain; The pain begins with a consciousness that already knows...

Topics covered: Discussion of the topic for Talks in the Pines "Quieting the Mind, Freeing the Heart"; What does it mean to be a useful human being; You must be quiet so you can hear life tell you your true purpose; Anytime you're not present to yourself you are serving a lower will; All individual purposes serve a greater purpose; Why does it seem like we have to come up with our own purpose;...