Illusion

Classroom Talk: 9/7/2003 - We do not cheat another when, by cunning or deceit, we seek to gain or otherwise take advantage of him; but we cheat only ourselves of the same moment's power to transform us, to show us that we already possess resources within us so vast that it is we who should be giving to the one from whom we would take!

Classroom Talk: 10/16/2002 - There is no fate worse in life than to be a hater of Truth. And whoever turns against the truth does not know his hatred is secretly of himself, for the shadows that torment him are not caused by the truth but are the dark effect of his having turned his back on the Living Light.

Classroom Talk: 7/19/2002 - Part 1: When we feel overcome by a life seemingly turned against us, it is vital we understand these moments are not the outcome of some bitter Reality set against us. This suffering that seizes us is born of our resistance to seeing that the present foundation of our self is nothing like we had imagined it to be. Each such glimpse is a Gift of Reality, not Its denial of our hopes...