Topics covered: We cannot add anything to what we already are by pursuing what we want; There can be nothing more upside-down than people being unable to see that their life is being given to them; "Hope in things seen" is the same as hope in a time to come. Wanting (and not wanting) is always in time; There is a wisdom that transcends desire; Whatever state you find yourself in...

Classroom Talk: 1/19/2022 - Divine wisdom refreshes the soul by renewing (its) faith... but not faith in the hope of a time to come; rather the willing soul flourishes in the Light of its timeless relationship with revelation... and the consequent realization it has already been given all that is Good, True, and Everlasting.

Student Talks: 9/25/2020 - Key Lesson: True spiritual healing is never the result of an "achievement" one celebrates as such; it's always a very personal, and often painful moment of consciously realizing the extent of one's weakness. Yet, paradoxically, in the ensuing humility is a victory, but not our own; for now...

Topics Covered: There is so much blame and conflict in the world because hardly anyone understands their pain; When physical pain comes, what is it there for? It is there to alert us to the fact that there is a disruption in our normal level of health; The 'I' that appears and reacts to the moment of the registration of the pain is not the same 'I' that is going to bring about the healing...

Classroom Talk: 9/20/2020 - True spiritual healing is never the result of an "achievement" one celebrates as such; it's always a very personal, and often painful moment of consciously realizing the extent of one's weakness. Yet, paradoxically, in the ensuing humility is a victory, but not our own; for now, we have gleaned a little understanding...

Classroom Talk: 5/6/2020 - We cannot keep trying to "delight" ourselves, and develop ourselves -- spiritually -- at the same time, any more than we can have our cake and eat it too. But once we understand that the work of developing our soul is the only pleasure that never turns into some painful opposite... then our life becomes delightful...

Topic: How to Use Any Empty Moment to Enrich Your Soul (4/19/20 Classroom Talk)

Topic: How to Use Any Empty Moment to Enrich Your Soul (4/19/20 Classroom Talk)

Classroom Talk: 4/19/2020 - Life will empty whatever you fill -- and whatever you empty, Life will fill. That's the code: it is the higher, still hidden understanding required to realize the timeless splendor of the soul, all wrapped in mystery and filled with bittersweet contradiction.

Could it be possible that we are on this earth to spend our time worrying about money? Endlessly trying to figure out ways to please ourselves? Is there any remote chance that the reason we are here is to carry a hatred for years and years? To do nothing but think about ways to secure power, possessions, or approval? That doesn't make sense, does it? But clearly there...

It is a certain level of miracle when, for a person's willingness and work to understand the truth of themselves, something begins to formulate within them that will start to be there for them without them having to ask for it. It is an aggregation of a certain kind of energy that finally forms a certain kind of memory, a certain substance, that begins to be the center of your gravity.