Rebirth / Salvation

Topics covered: In order to realize what awaits us, we must understand the nature that interferes with that realization; It is a misunderstanding to get lost in misunderstanding; As paradoxical as it sounds, life is found within the season of emptiness just as it is found within the season of fullness when everything is in bloom. Everything that is born anew comes out of emptiness.

Remastered Classic Talk: 06/29/16 - False certainty is a fool's certainty: it is based in the illusion that the more strongly we feel about any given moment -- in particular, the more negative we are over whatever may have transpired -- proves not only the truth of our unique perception... but also why we're so certain that whatever conclusion we reach goes well beyond the measure of any doubt.

Topics covered:  "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." -- New Testament; Nothing in nature grows in a straight line. There is no straight line because there is always a creative force is acting upon the new creation. The force of creation, nor the creation that it is acting upon, are ever the same; The negative states that seem to come out of nowhere will tell you the reasons for their appearance, which always includes some form of "I'm innocent, you're guilty." Negative reactions will tell you why you are the way you are.

Topics covered:  Most of us try to prove to the world that we understand, and then we are in conflict with anyone who does not acknowledge us; If you are not renewed, you cannot have new understanding. If you ARE renewed, then you can have endless new understanding; There must be a sacrifice of something old in order to find new understanding. No sacrifice, no change is possible.

Topics covered:  We're created with the capacity to understand that we are part of a higher order that is always asking us to outgrow who and what we have been; We need a new understanding of order, and the purpose of a true school is to introduce men and women to what higher order is; Real beauty is incomparable, which means that there is no "you" there analyzing what is being observed. In fact, in those moments there is no separation between the observer and the observed.

Topic: Crossroads and Other Signposts Along the Way (Classroom Talk 9/25/24)

Student Talks: 10/29/2021 - Key Lesson: Just as a river is refreshed -- each moment -- by the small creeks and streams that pour their waters into it, so are we meant to be renewed by the passage of Real Life as it pours into us, revealing all that it does... within us. Of course, this ever-green relationship assumes one thing: that we remain open enough -- each moment...

Student Talks: 1/1/2021 - Key Lesson: The love that we realize in our heart for God is as un-measurable as God's love itself because they are secretly one and the same love. And herein lies what is perhaps Love's greatest mystery: the lover and the beloved do not find one another: they are each other.

Topics Covered:Worldly inspiration can be beautiful, but it can only take us so far. Real inspiration is connected to one's realization that worldly ambitions cannot complete us; The older meaning of perfecting oneself was connected to the idea of completing oneself, completing a journey; Seeing the futility of the path of trying to complete ourselves is the same as stepping onto the true path...

Topics Covered: Being misdirected from the path; You are on this planet to understand the nature of suffering; The purpose of conscious suffering; We are the ground of all that exists; Mistaking a reaction for the only reality there is; Life is a journey in letting go; Everything you see is a part of your own consciousness; Stepping into the unknown; The Divine has already given you everything.

Topic: Ask Divine Love to Give You a Fearless Heart (4/12/20 Classroom Talk)

Topic: Ask Divine Love to Give You a Fearless Heart (4/12/20 Classroom Talk)