When we talk about making changes in ourselves, it could be said that it's like climbing a mountain. Why is the mountain a metaphor for spiritual change? There's a certain kind of effort necessary for climbing, isn't there? Also, the mountain represents a higher view. Because as you ascend the mountain, not only does the atmosphere change in terms of becoming more rarified, but every step higher up the mountain produces...
The Divine journey involves the preparation of an individual by another, higher order of awareness (that already lies hidden within us), so that we're able to see that the ceaseless, seemingly individual waves of the passing events of our lives belong to a much broader, grander relationship. And they exist for the purpose of our development, and not to torment us with what we fear is going to be...
In this life, we have one of two choices when it comes to painful events, past or present. We can either go on hating and fearing what we think life has done to us (or others), and let these negative reactions create our experience for us... or we can learn to use these same dark reactions to free ourselves from them. But just wanting to learn the truth isn't enough...
Student Talks: 4/26/2024 - Key Lesson: A tree has many leaves, and -- in one way or another -- the wind touches all of them; some shake, some quiver, some hardly move at all. And, yes: it may be said the tree "knows" their trembling; but neither the wind, nor the leaves it stirs are the tree that feels their passing touch. Thoughts and feelings are like leaves; learning to watch them move is much better than being carried away with every breeze.
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Topic: The First Step in Saving Yourself from the Most Painful Illusion on Earth (Classroom Talk 3/13/24)
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Student Talks: 11/10/2023 - Key Lesson: Our highest possibility for spiritual growth can't be separated from our daily work to question, explore, and illuminate any dark thoughts and feelings that may confront us along the Way. A fearless life awaits anyone who will cast-off from the "shores of the known," and who will remain set on that celestial course called "self-knowledge."
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Student Talks: 11/25/2022 - Key Lesson: Part 1: I am only as free as I am unknown, experiencing unfamiliar moments unfolding in an unknowable world. Part 2: As long as there's a limit to what we're willing to surrender -- to sacrifice of ourselves that we might awaken from the dream we dream -- we've given up little, save for a few precious moments of sleep.
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Student Talks: 10/7/2022 - Key Lesson: Do what's wise, then what's desired. In the Light of that order is balance maintained, and all things otherwise thought profitable realized, accordingly.
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Topic: New Self-Knowledge to Help You Outgrow Any Negative Reaction (Classroom Talk 6/29/22)
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Topic: The Real Reason Why It's So Hard to Start Life Over! (Classroom Talk 5/11/22)
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Topic: Start Looking in the Right Direction for Self-Liberation (Classroom Talk 4/13/22)
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Topic: The First and Last Requirement to Realize Your Highest Destiny (1/27/21 Classroom Talk)
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