Talk Takeaways

Being fearless is not about conquering fear. It is about a new relationship with the consciousness within you, in which you see and understand more about yourself.

Whenever there is a disturbance that comes with fear, you try to think yourself into a fearless life. Begin to doubt your own rescuing mind.

The mind starts to become quiet when you begin to realize that it is impossible to imagine your way into peace, freedom and fearlessness.

The only "place" that is not in constant conflict is the Presence Moment. There can be a raging storm within the sky, but the sky itself is not disturbed.

"I'm going to watch you disappear" are the six words to work with whenever you notice that fear is talking to you.

Disturbances are a necessary part of awareness of the consciousness that reacts in unwanted moments. But the mind tries to find a reason for the disturbance so that it can know what is happening to it and take control of the condition.

The moment that you try to seize control of a disturbing condition, you are giving authority over to a lower world of imagination that is powerless to change anything.

The more you resist something you do not want, the more you attach yourself to that thing.

Why would you be afraid of any machine that you know is a machine? Psychological fear is the negative by-product of a broken machine. Our task is to start watching the machine for self-knowledge sake.

Nothing can be developed that will stand the test of time as long as we derive our life from the level of dreams and imagination.

Instead of agreeing with your mind's interpretation of the disturbing moment, keep your attention on the consciousness that resists the disturbance and therefore creates fear. It is a machine and will eventually disappear when you stop giving it fuel.

It is love that sees what is unloving. The purpose of a true teaching is to illuminate every corner of consciousness, not to escape from it.

The world that you see is the product of the way that you see it through the eyes of a consciousness that is apart from the Divine. That consciousness lives in constant fear and conflict.

You cannot think yourself into freedom. Identification with thought is anti-freedom.