Suffering doesn't prove that someone else is wrong. What it does prove is you will go to any lengths, including self-destruction, to prove that you are right. ~~~ Instead of always asking yourself why doesn't so-and-so see how wrong they are, learn to ask Is what I'm feeling about that person right now good for me? Or them? ~~~ See the upset not as an exterior circumstance to be reme...

The seemingly scary condition, whatever it may be, is not the problem. It is your reaction that is fearful. This is why if you will become conscious of your condition instead of afraid of it, you will change forever your relationship with fear. To be consciously afraid means that you know you are frightened, but at the same time you know that these very fears, as real as they may seem, a...

There are parts of us that would rather be punished by unkind people than have to spend one minute being alone, because the only way these same parts in us can exist is if they have someone to resent or somehow fear. In this case we remain in these ruinous relationships because the fear or emptiness we feel in even considering leaving them seems to be too much to bear on our own. Here's the k...

In my job I must deal daily with several emotionally dark coworkers. What can I do to handle this situation better, besides getting another job? I know that it is difficult to be surrounded by toxic people; however, as difficult as this is to understand, your present work circumstance is perfect for your continuing development, if you understand how to use it. I say...

Question: Your teachings say that making demands and having expectations just sets us up for trouble. I know it's true. I always plan how other people should act and how things should turn out, but they never do what I expect, and then I become angry and disappointed. I sense that I am causing all my own pain. If I could just learn to want for myself what life wants for me maybe I wouldn't...

The will to be free belongs to that special part of us able to remember that we are here on earth to grow beyond the limiting influences of our own unawakened nature; it knows we are not created to participate with anything that causes us to suffer unconsciously. Our task is to awaken ourselves to this Higher Will within us that won't be compromised. How is this done? We must remember -- now a...

The true spiritual path begins and ends with what you already are. Use these 10 insights to tell the world you've lost interest in being you.

Topics covered: Why did you write the Relationship Magic book; Every limitation we need to transcend in ourselves is done through our relationships; Our relationships allow us to grow in a love that is unconditional; Being a parent requires self-development; As goes my attention, so comes my experience; Revealing allows a healing; Learning to let love come first; Shattering the patterns produc...

Topics Covered: Dealing with the effects of aging in our marriage; My husband has rage issues - can he change?; Feeling pain from someone else's dishonesty; My adult son lives with me and is sullen and uncommunicative; Should we treat others the way we wish to be treated; Feeling like I haven't made any progress in my spiritual work; I've slipped into a black hole...

Topics Covered: How do I handle my judgmental feelings about my son; Can I still grow while in a toxic relationship or should I leave; How can one heal and free themselves after a sexual assault; Nothing in me loves the truth anymore; When I’m tired and I listen to a talk I’m suddenly reenergized; How does the universe know what's best for you; I’m resentful and angry...

Classroom Talk: 10/28/2018 - Featured Study Group Topic for the Week of November 5, 2018. All our relationships, particularly with those we love, exist for a single beautiful purpose that expresses itself in two different ways. Our partner -- whatever role they play in our life is there to help us grow; to provide just the conditions we need to become the better, truer person that both of us know we're meant to be.

Topics covered: The Law of Order; We're conditioned to believe we can control the outcome of any moment; Control of life is an absolute illusion; Thinking is a form of complaint; Changing the manifestation of a consciousness that's out of order; What does it mean to say "I exist"; The relationship of "I am" is unity; Freedom is unimaginable; Everything is a reflection; Silence permits seeing;...