Unwanted Moments

Classroom Talk: 5/20/2020 - Whether to resist a challenging, unwanted moment, or to persist with our wish to transcend whatever limitation it reveals in us... that is the question! But to be clear, which of these two possibilities flowers into a greater power all depends on the one that we choose to nourish and grow.

Classroom Talk: 2/12/2020 - The unseen conflict & bitterness hidden in ALL belief systems is that there can't be a belief in something without a "believer" ... someone who loves the image of what he or she believes in...and despises anyone, or anything that appears to threaten it.

Classroom Talk: 10/6/2004 - Not wanting events to unfold as they do often feels like a measure of control over unwanted moments, but any negative reaction to reality is only an unseen form of self-punishment and not the rescuing power we mistake it to be. The only thing our resistance to life adds to us is the weight of a self-induced suffering born of a needless worry. 

Classroom Talk: 9/12/2003 - Once we understand how to use them... life's many unwanted twists and turns are no longer seen as being just isolated, disjointed experiences under whose yoke we are born to be burdened, but instead are realized as unique opportunities whose rewards are the lessons that can lead us, if we will follow, up to and through the successful education of our soul.

Classroom Talk: 3/19/2003 - Never agree that you are powerless in the face of dark and unwanted moments, because instead of mindlessly aching you can always reclaim your attention and remember this truth: The Light of God is greater than any shadows come over you so, instead of hating the darkness, look for this Light and watch how your life grows brighter.

Classroom Talk: 11/1/2002 - Life is always new, which means there is no such thing as an "old" problem. The only thing aged in us, with regards to what continues to make us ache, is our worn out ideas about how to overcome our unwanted condition; dead-end resolutions that include learning to "just live" with regrets and resentments. What does, in fact, grow "older" in us -- and secretly seasons our suffering...

Classroom Talk: 8/30/2002 - If we could only learn to go consciously quiet in the face of some unwanted or otherwise fearful moments, then we would realize a kind of Real miracle: for in that same intentional silence (of ours) we would hear this adversary before us begin to tell us all we need to know about the meaning of its fearful appearance, as well as what actions to take -- if any at all -- to put us upon the best path to a peaceful solution.