Life is Relationship

Classroom Talk: 3/23/2005 - Experience proves that whatever we seek to end usually lingers all the longer, which is why we must learn the Way to grant negative states their safe passage through us -- in spite of the temporary pain that always attends their appearance.

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: 12/17/2004 - Spiritual wisdom is our greatest wealth and, as we realize the truth of this -- so that true self-knowledge becomes our single greatest wish in life -- each moment of every one of our relationships serves as the secret path to the summit of ourselves.

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.