Inner Work

Topic: Jump Off the Pain Train (Remastered Classic Talk) (Classroom Talk 4/1/26)

Student Talks: 04/03/2026 - By itself, no thought has the power to trouble us; its authority over us is equal to the extent we are deceived into identifying with its particular, temporary character.

While it's impossible to be entirely free of a psychological body -- including the elements inherent in the constant appearance of its deeply conditioned reactions -- we are free to change our relationship to that body and -- in so doing -- start working to liberate ourselves from being unconsciously identified with what amounts to negative thoughts and feelings of the self-created kind.

Topics covered: A poet could write for decades about an impression, yet still not come close to the totality of the revelation; You are like the fish in the ocean seeking the water. You are already within what you long for; The more you give your attention to something, the more you discover about yourself through that relationship; The Vine is infinite relative to the branch, and the branch is infinite relative to the fruit.

Even if your best efforts - the work to be awake, and attentive to your inner life - feels as if it's failed to produce any real result... nevertheless, persist: one day a Light that is in exact proportion to your labor will flood the soul, filling it with New Life.

Topic: 4 Ways to Develop and Deepen Your Relationship with the Divine (Classroom Talk 12/27/23)