Rushing

Topics covered:  Presently you are looking to find your place in life. What you should be doing is seeing what is out of place in your life; Hidden within the reaction that says "Make something happen!" is the unseen belief that you will lose something valuable if you do not. The unseen fear that demands that you make something happen threatens you with loss if you do not do as it commands.

Student Talks: 8/29/2025 - Rushing somewhere, through anything, in the hope of finding some imagined peace of mind is like looking for your heart in someone else's body!

Topics covered:  "This world does not treasure the truth. The world treasures approval from others. It treasures appearances; There is another kind of development that is possible for you -- that the world knows nothing about -- in which it is possible for you to discover another order of being that alrady dwells within you."

Student Talks: 06/13/2025 - The great universal misperception that secretly drives human conflict ­– with all of its sorrow and pain – is that the meaning of life is to be found somewhere outside of our own heart and mind.

Topic: The First Step to Realizing True Self-Command (Remastered Classic Talk)(Classroom Talk 4/9/25)

Lesson #1: Far too many things that you so often feel so sure are important... are not! And that's why it's wise to be suspicious of any form of painful, let alone fearful certainty! Lesson #2: There is a Divine intelligence that knows before you do exactly what you need to realize what you may not yet know you even need! But, it's hard to hear that still, small part of yourself when you're always so busy talking to yourself!

You've no doubt fought and won countless battles in life, yet repeatedly -- seemingly  inescapably -- you continue to find yourself at war, not just with others but within yourself, as well. And so... I want to share seven of the most important lessons I've learned in my life, so that you might watch for the moments in your life when you can see the truth in them. To consider even a little of what I've come to tell you...

Topic: Lights Along the Way to an Awakened Life (Classroom Talk 12/4/24)

Classroom Talk: 11/20/2024 - Whenever we kneel to the temptation of some consoling indulgence, or struggle to acquire a power to protect us from a fear...we yield to, and serve the pleasure of a darkened desire that has promised, once again, to save us from (our) pain.

Topic: Discover, Transcend and Transform the Tragic Flaw that Darkens Your Days (Classroom Talk 11/13/24)

Topic: Step Out of the Rush and Into a New World Within You (Classroom Talk 10/16/24)

Classroom Talk: 10/16/2024 - In time, with enough struggle and effort, we can make of ourselves a momentary ruler of whatever kingdom we set out to create; but only when - and as - we learn what it means to rule ourselves do we lose nothing when that kingdom fades away...as must all creations in time.