Topic: The Spiritual Facts You Need to Free Yourself from Painful Thoughts (10/13/21 Classroom Talk)

Student Talks: 10/15/2021 - Key Lesson: 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.

Topics Covered: The illusion that we live under is that we are free to learn. The reason it is an illusion is because no one is free to learn until they see with clarity their true relationship with life; There is no learning with thought. Learning has to do with illumination. Without illumination there is no education of the soul, and without education of the soul there is no transcending...

Classroom Talk: 10/13/2021 - Only consistent, persistent inner-work can lead us to the threshold of the "Truth that sets us free." And yet, the following is equally true: the unassailable liberation we seek will continue to elude us until every effort to know the truth of ourselves -- by thinking about ourselves -- has proven useless.

Topics Covered: The level of consciousness that only knows how to think about what is wrong can only describe what is happening. It cannot change what is wrong, it can only add weight to it; Every outwardly-pointing action that we take to resolve what is wrong does nothing to change the consciousness that is responsible for what is wrong; The consciousness that blames the condition...

Student Talks: 4/3/2020 - Key Lesson: Looking to, let alone allowing any negative thought or feeling to guide you through a dark unwanted moment is like asking the captain of the Titanic to chart a safe course for you through a sea full of icebergs!

Topic: Walk Out of the Prison of Unseen Thought Patterns (12/8/19 Classroom Talk)

Topic: Walk Out of the Prison of Unseen Thought Patterns (12/8/19 Classroom Talk)

Classroom Talk: 12/8/2019 - Part 1: Each time some desire-created 'I' dreams of a better tomorrow to come, it "sees" that future in the THOUGHTS it weaves to dress it up. But thought -- by nature -- is of the PAST, which means that ALL of our newly imagined tomorrows... are secretly a set of secondhand clothes. Part 2: What is any...

Topic: Detect and Drop All Useless Thoughts and Feelings (10/13/19 Classroom Talk)

Topic: Detect and Drop All Useless Thoughts and Feelings (10/13/19 Classroom Talk)

Classroom Talk: 10/13/2019 - Part 1: It has long been said, and wisely so: "Birds of a feather flock together." But for those who seek higher Wisdom...let it also be known: this old proverb holds equally true when it comes to useless thoughts and feelings. Part 2: The answer as to what is the best use of one's life is found in being present enough with oneself...