There was once a young prince who, having reached the age of majority, left home to live on a grand estate given to him by his father. He was told that if he ever needed help he was to put a light in the uppermost tower window, and his father would send a special horse and carriage to carry him to safety. However, his father also warned him that an evil wizard, an enemy of the kingdom, lived n...

Our relationships with one another are often a source of distress. In general, the principal form of conflict we experience with others has to do with some form of consideration that we feel they are not giving to us. We often suffer from thoughts like these: "She is not being respectful enough." "He is not as kind as I want him to be." "They just don't care as deeply as I do." However, if we...

Student Talks: 7/15/2022 - Key Lesson: The problems and pains that plague a divided mind disappear in the same moment as they appear in a mind unified with itself.

Student Talks: 3/26/2021 - Key Lesson: We have no greater Friend in life than that small part of us that loves what is True. The more we are able to recognize and honor the fact of this matter, the more powerfully does this interior Friend step forward... And prove to us the value of our love for it.

Topic: Practice What Perfects and Not What Punishes You (1/5/20 Classroom Talk)

Topic: Practice What Perfects and Not What Punishes You (1/5/20 Classroom Talk)

Classroom Talk: 1/5/2020 - Part 1: No seed -- whether a kernel of corn, or a special talent -- can prove itself more valuable than the sweat it takes to sow it -- cultivate & nourish it -- until it offers up its latent Good. In much the same way, the soul is a seed; relationships are its ground; and what grows when all is properly cared for... is Love...

Topic: The Exercise of the Soul (8/11/19 Classroom Talk)

Topic: The Exercise of the Soul (8/11/19 Classroom Talk)

Classroom Talk: 8/11/2019 - Just as the physical eye can't see itself other than through a reflection, you cannot see your "self" other than by gazing upon some mental image of your own creation. So, when "seeing" yourself as a failure in your mind's eye, just remember in that same moment it isn't you who made that picture, and that it's not you who...

Classroom Talk: 7/10/2022 - The problems and pains that plague a divided mind disappear in the same moment as they appear in a mind unified with itself.

Meditation Talk: 8/30/2019 - Mind is not intellect itself, nor is (our) Heart the seat of emotion alone; real mind is the marriage of a higher order of intellect and heart: wherein feeling is wisdom -- and wisdom is, in turn, feeling. These seemingly different parts (of us) were never intended to be separate... as they now are for the majority of humanity...