Life is Relationship

Classroom Talk: 1/30/2005 - We affirm the Truth -- not by professing its powers on sunny days, but in our willingness to walk by its Light -- even in the midst of those darkest storms where all we can see by this Light is just how powerless we are.

Classroom Talk: 4/9/2004 - True strength of character is not just calculated by how well we manage to carry some sizable load under challenging conditions, but is perhaps better measured by our ability to remain kind and light-spirited... even when we're sure that we can't bear the weight of one more ounce of life.

Classroom Talk: 12/28/2003 - Understood aright, all things in life, no exceptions, are there to act as part of our continuing preparation to know God's perfection.

Classroom Talk: 8/27/2003 - Life is going according to God's plan only if you are.

Classroom Talk: 7/27/2003 - Learning to prefer the taste of Silent Wholeness over the taste of food, even while we are taking our meal, is but one of the gifts of God's daily bread: A trans-substantial matter that not only nourishes body and soul, but that always leaves us feeling lighter regardless of how much grace is taken in.

Classroom Talk: 7/23/2003 - If people could tell the difference, and were allowed to speak only what are original impressions, the world would suddenly fall into a deep and sweet silence.

Classroom Talk: 7/20/2003 - Whenever we ask, "What did I do to deserve this?" we have forgotten that we ask for what we receive with every thought and feeling we embrace and to which we give life. The great axiom with regards to realizing this spiritual truth is that the plant always reveals the seed.

Classroom Talk: 5/11/2003 - Part 1: There is no life lesson available to us that exists apart from the Light that reveals its truth. Part 2: Our soul, in her developing desire for the Divine, is like a flower created to be visited and attended to by Higher Beings that bring her wisdom, comfort, and silent joy.

Classroom Talk: 5/5/2003 - May 5th, 2003 special talk at Bloomsbury Books in Ashland, Oregon. Topics discussed include desire, mindfulness, life is relationship, pain, and the purpose of life.

Classroom Talk: 11/15/2002 - Unseen by us, but with real enough effect upon us, is that our constant internal commentary about the conditions going on around us surrounds us; wrapping us up as in a blanket (of thought) that seems comforting to us for its familiar weave and pattern, but whose ever-shrinking fabric secretly covers up and smothers all that might be seen anew about life.