Topics Covered: At a certain point along the path, a person begins to see that they have been caught in a circle of reacting to conditions; All true spiritual teachings point out that we are not a single person; we are made up of a legion of temporary identities. A good portrayal of this condition is the classic Robert Louis Stevenson book, "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde"; It is impossible to find...
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Student Talks: 8/7/2020 - Key Lesson: Here’s why no spiritual “secret” -- in and of itself -- has the power to transform, let alone raise our consciousness in any meaningful way: no self-knowledge, regardless how subtle, can serve its true purpose unless it is accompanied by the one element capable of actualizing it: consistent, persistent self-honesty.
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Topics Covered: Trying to change yourself; Wishing that I wasn't that; Attention is taken by the reaction; Not my will but Thy will be done; Sit in the light of awareness of my powerlessness; Of myself I can do nothing; It isn't "your" consciousness, it is our consciousness; Thy will is to see and reveal my will; Who you really are doesn't need a future; Joy is discovering that...
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Student Talks: 3/27/2020 - Key Lesson: We must abandon all solutions about what to do with our suffering that don’t change anything... but themselves.
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Topics Covered: Topics Covered: Following your heart; Why don't I know what's in my heart?; Asking others what you should do; Lose interest in yourself; Risk the sure footing of the dock; The understanding that dissolves fear; There is no "you" that is going to achieve something holy; What can I do about the sickness that I see in the world?; Wanting to change the behavior of others...
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Topics covered: The dominant part of you isn't interested in being revealed; Until the perceiver changes, nothing perceived will; The first sight of the divine; The observer and the observed are a singularity; Being aware of your own awareness is the fifty percent mark; Who and what you are is outside of experience; Right now you are working for the experience of being spiritual...
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Despite our resistance to it, no unwanted moment in passing time -- in and of itself -- is ever "wrong", or "out of place." Our incomplete understanding of the reason for its appearance not only tends to color such moments "dark," but our unconscious identification with this false conclusion then acts to drag us down into that same imagined darkness.
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