Topic: See the Silver Lining Inside Any Struggle with Life (Classroom Talk 6/1/22)

Classroom Talk: 6/1/2022 - Trying to assess, and then assign blame to the stress that exists between you and whatever you may be struggling with in life... is like trying to judge which side of the rope in a tug-of-war is to be blamed for the tension (in it).

Topic: The Wisdom to Walk Away from Self-Judgment (Classroom Talk 4/20/22)

Classroom Talk: 4/20/2022 - No one is free who has an ax to grind with any other person, let alone who grind themselves down with painful self-judgment believing, in vain, that self-punishment is somehow connected to self-perfection.

Topic: The Power to Free Yourself from Any Past Painful Regret (5/24/20 Classroom Talk)

Topic: The Power to Free Yourself from Any Past Painful Regret (5/24/20 Classroom Talk)

Classroom Talk: 5/24/2020 - Struggling to escape the mind-breaking pain of any past regret is about as useful as hating ourselves for having fallen into a pit of quicksand... Where the more we fight to escape the hold it has over us, the deeper into it we sink.

Topic: How to Dissolve Dark Unwanted Moments (12/1/19 Classroom Talk)

Topic: How to Dissolve Dark Unwanted Moments (12/1/19 Classroom Talk)

Student Talks: 11/29/2019 - Key Lesson: The painful illusion of being held a captive of any painful limitation is the dark dream of a false self that loves to imagine it’s been thrown into a dungeon, so that then... it can plan an effective way to escape it.

Student Talks: 4/19/2019 - Key Lesson: Trying to assign blame to the stress between you and the one with whom you are in a struggle... is like trying to judge which side of the rope in a tug-of-war is to be blamed for the tension (in it).

Student Talks: 3/15/2019 - Key Lesson: The real reason we so quickly summarily resist or reject the suffering of others is because it reminds us of what we're unable to keep buried and out of sight in our own "backyard."