Humility

Topics covered: A new insight comes when we realize that we've gone as far as we can go with thought; We have an obstruction in our minds that we don't know about because we've already named the condition that caused the blockage; As above, so below; we are part of a celestial circulation system; Without emptiness, there would be no circulation and therefore no life; There's always a moment of empty space between resistance and the cause...

Topics covered: What can be new for us if we do nothing but look outside of ourselves in the attempt to confirm the image we have of ourselves?; To be a true "co-creator" simply means that you understand your relationship to the whole. It means that you understand your role within that whole; Most of us don't know that we are actually alive because our attention is fixated outside of ourselves measuring whether or not the moment can serve us...

Topics covered: It's impossible to die to the pain of our past... as long as we remain identified with an unconscious nature that can't seem to go through a day without reliving some dark memory it then summarily resists; We don't realize that we've agreed to give our attention to what pains us; Our mind doesn't go back and revisit the past. Our mind revisits the conditioned content of itself that it calls the past...

Topics covered: You can't explain the mystery of yourself to yourself. You ARE the mystery that needs to be investigated. You don't already HAVE the answer... You already ARE the answer: What if real life has nothing to do with explanations, but instead has to do with participation?; The wise man because wise because he stopped answering his own questions; The antidote is in the venom. The answer is in the question...

Intuition takes place at various levels; Real gratitude isn't born of comparison, it's inseparable from humility; Understanding the suffering of others; You're only able to feel another human being when you're quiet; Not wanting to be you IS who you are; Trying to figure out the conflict in yourself IS the conflicted nature; The word "awe" in the bible has been misinterpreted...