Topics Covered: There is no freedom without understanding the root of fear; We cannot have a problem that is not connected to the fear of losing something. Inherent in any anxiety-inducing problem is an unseen threat; Anything that threatens what we depend upon for our identity is perceived as an enemy; Fear is always trying to save itself from perishing. But listening to...

Classroom Talk: 6/9/2021 - There can be no end to what we fear, only an end to fear itself.

Student Talks: 11/20/2020 - Key Lesson: When it comes to the Great Way that leads to self-liberation -- of entering the Kingdoms above and beyond this temporal realm -- there is no such thing as "getting there." There is only getting the whole of that image, along with its false sense of self, out of the way.

Topics Covered: We're convinced that something is in the way of our happiness. The real question is: How do we get ourselves out of the way?; The sense of self that desperately seeks for happiness only exists as long as it pursues what it wants. The painful sense of self, and the destination it seeks, don't exist without each other; Spiritually speaking, there is no "getting there" because...

Classroom Talk: 11/15/2020 - When it comes to the Great Way that leads to self-liberation -- of entering the Kingdoms above and beyond this temporal realm -- there is no such thing as "getting there." There is only getting the whole of that image, along with its false sense of self, out of the way.

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...

Classroom Talk: 5/13/2020 - An unconscious mind identifies with the (ceaseless) reactions that dominate its attention, and -- as a consequence -- isn’t so much “ruled” by them... as it doesn’t know any better than to listen to, and then obey their misguided conclusions. While an awakened mind sees it has nothing in common with the...

Topic: The New Self-Knowledge You Need to Rise Above Painful Patterns (12/29/19 Classroom Talk)

Topic: The New Self-Knowledge You Need to Rise Above Painful Patterns (12/29/19 Classroom Talk)

Classroom Talk: 12/29/2019 - Every signpost that seems to point the way to the Holiness we seek must be seen for being the illusion that it is...For there exists no direction in passing time, let alone a doorway seen as outside of us that opens into the Living Now.

The gifts given to Jesus at his birth represent the relationship of reciprocity; We don't live in the real world, we live in the world of "never was"; As we are now we give only what we think we can afford; There is no "I" the way you think there is; Judgment is always resistance to a condition; You've been conditioned to believe you're not supposed to have a negative reaction...

Classroom Talk: 9/11/2019 When all is said and done...there is only one true freedom: it's called holiness. But we must not fail to note this evocative word is not the same as actually being whole any more than -- in and of itself -- the name "sugar" is...sweet!