Gratitude

Classroom Talk: 9/12/2003 - Once we understand how to use them... life's many unwanted twists and turns are no longer seen as being just isolated, disjointed experiences under whose yoke we are born to be burdened, but instead are realized as unique opportunities whose rewards are the lessons that can lead us, if we will follow, up to and through the successful education of our soul.

Classroom Talk: 8/10/2003 - The only one who never loses sight of his True Nature, who never becomes a captive of negative states, is that fortunate person who never forgets this one great truth: Even though nothing we look upon in this world belongs to us, everything about our life is a gift.

Classroom Talk: 2/2/2003 - Contrary to popular psychotic belief, God did not create us to look upon His Life as a wish-fulfillment center. Instead, we are created to live in the awareness that God's life is the center of our being, and that to realize this relationship answers all of our wishes because Love itself has then become our life.

Classroom Talk: 8/18/2002 - Part 1: Enlightenment is not knowledge of the whole universe, but to live in communion with its perfect design and divine purpose. Part 2: To be empowered to act upon what we know is True and Good for us requires being present to ourselves in the moment of being tempted to make choices that have proven themselves to be unproductive or even self-destructive; so that the first step in finding and living the Truthful Life comes...

Classroom Talk: 4/14/2002 - Part 1: True gratitude is the only water that can douse the flames of desire. Part 2: One's pleasures do not necessarily hold feelings of gratitude, but being grateful is always a pleasure.

Classroom Talk: 2/24/2002 - The true measure of our wealth is not counted by what we do with the riches we may have, but rather is determined by the character of what fills our heart when what we have is taken away.