Rushing

Key Lesson: There is no tension or anxiety in being watchful, while stresses of all makes and models are inherent in the illusion that it's possible for us to be in two places at a time.

Student Talks: 12/19/2025 - You can't escape any unwanted experience of yourself because that is the experience you don’t want! The Good news is this experience of yourself is not your true Self…but, for now, it is largely the only (sense of) self you’re given to know.

The one who rushes is continuously almost where he imagines he needs to be... to be free; whereas the one who dares to slow down his life discovers that he is always standing in a living Light wherein he sees that he is... and has always been free!

Student Talks: 10/31/2025 -The Real Gift of Life is the grace to see that each moment -- inseparable from our awareness of it -- is always complete in and of itself. And further, that whenever we act as a silent witness to that revelation -- quietly observing whatever new form of life is conceived within it -- we too are completed and renewed, accordingly.

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)