Classroom Talk: 3/19/2023 - It certainly seems true, and (it) definitely feels that way, but the familiarity of our habitual thinking is not safety any more than one might believe some ill-fated creature locked in -- and confined to a cage -- finds comfort in its captivity.

Classroom Talk: 9/18/2022 - All of tomorrow's worries lie hidden in a moment of imagining -- and then identifying with -- some fearful thought as it threatens you with the possibility of a painful moment that may, or may not come to pass.

Classroom Talk: 6/25/2022 - Those who seek immortality for their own sake slowly die in time; but those who dare to throw off the shackles of time enter into the Everlasting Light.

Classroom Talk: 6/5/2022 - Realized or not... our path (through life) is largely set by unseen parts of ourselves, and we tend to blindly follow wherever they lead. Only the realization of this fact has the power to change the kind of actions we take, beginning with the choices that initiate them; where rather than struggling to come up with the right way to answer any "disturbing" moment...

Classroom Talk: 1/2/2022 - Much as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so it holds true: our experience of any given moment - for its light or darkness - its joy or sorrow - is cast in the image of the consciousness momentarily awakened to reflect upon itself.

Classroom Talk: 10/10/2021 - Time is a wrinkle in the mind: and much as the silent reflection of a cloud-filled sky can't be seen upon the wind-tossed waters of a mountain lake, neither can the reflection of Heaven be seen in a mind churning with thought.