Classroom Talk: 6/29/2022 - The unimaginable reward of discovering the truth about any troubling condition we meet along the path to self-liberation is as follows: not only are we created to outgrow any painful reaction to these unwanted moments, but we are free to do so anytime we choose!

Topics covered: Every creature in creation has a relationship with what is directly below it and what is directly above it; Every creature at its center is brought into creation with an innate desire to seek out the initial cause of that desire; "The central urge in every atom, to return to its divine source and origin." -- Walt Whitman; There is no such thing as static spirituality...

Topic: The Real Reason Why It's So Hard to Start Life Over! (Classroom Talk 5/11/22)

Topics covered: The urge to make a fresh start does not usually occur to us until we have hit bottom as a result of having been asleep in a dream; There is a purpose for every disturbance, but the sleeping mind does not know the true purpose, and so it searches its own library of content for an explanation; Disturbances would not be pushed away if we understood their true function...

Classroom Talk: 5/11/2022 - The only thing 1,000 failed attempts to start life over proves is that we're setting out from the same old place... mistaking it for the only place there is for us to make a new beginning. This is why we must have true self-knowledge because the journey to a new life begins within us or... not at all.

Topic: Start Looking in the Right Direction for Self-Liberation (Classroom Talk 4/13/22)

Topics covered: In order to learn the right lessons and see the right things, you first have to look in the right direction; Being in a negative state cuts a person off from the nourishment freely and naturally given in every moment; Questions about what to do always appear whenever we find ourselves in a pit of some kind. The mind then answers those questions as if it knows the right direction...

Classroom Talk: 4/13/2022 - You are the answer to the question you ask. To have this true self-knowledge -- born of higher self-understanding -- leads to a life without fear, a faith that grows daily, and the patience it requires to perfect your relationship with the Divine.

Topics Covered: False certainty, uncertainty, and real certainty are the inevitable stages that an aspirant must go through on the spiritual path; False certainty leads to misguided actions; We want certainty because our consciousness is uncomfortable with anything that is unfamiliar that does not confirm its perceived status quo; False security can be taken from you at any time...

Classroom Talk: 12/22/2021 - Part 1: No matter what direction you may find yourself turned in at the outset of any given moment, just be sure that before you start walking nothing negative guides your footsteps... or you will never find your way back Home. Part 2: One of the greatest enigmas every true aspirant must meet -- and eventually transcend -- in their search for self-realization, is the following

Topics Covered: God enters as self-love exits; You cannot separate useless suffering from the level of consciousness that produces that same suffering; When the real truth about suffering is revealed, most people run from it; Why else would we try to escape our suffering unless we believed that there was a way to do it?; Resistance to pain is not the same as the pain being resisted...

Topic: The First and Last Requirement to Realize Your Highest Destiny (1/27/21 Classroom Talk)