Work on Oneself

All things have their natural place where they prosper; Our true nature must be returned to it's authentic, original place in the scheme of creation, where it is properly nourished. But how do we return to this celestial home that is within?; Our relationship with the Divine is only entered into by the realization of a new order of attention; As goes our attention so comes our experience...

Meditation Talk: 2/28/2020 - Strive for excellence in all things -- especially in your spiritual work -- to make your studies and actions continuous. Even a small amount of inner work on oneself, done each and every day, is better than a "grand" effort made every second moon.

Classroom Talk: 10/31/2004 - Just as you can't toss a pebble into a pond without making small waves that spread out to touch its banks, so is it true that our sincere spiritual effort makes ripples in unseen realities, waves that touch and transform the shores of the soul.

Classroom Talk: 12/3/2003 - To pause before we engage some condition within us that compromises our wish to be free -- for fear we are not yet well enough prepared to win that struggle -- is the same as failing to prepare. Many battles are lost like this, before they begin! Our hope lies in challenging our captivity, not in consenting to it. Truth sets those free who will carry its Light into the fight.

Classroom Talk: 6/14/2002 - Hoping that we can come upon the Peace of a quiet mind and Fullness of a contented heart without working to become conscious of the secret causes that steal in to disturb this interior wholeness, is like hoping to harvest sweet fruit from our very own orchard without first tasking ourselves to patiently plant its trees!

Classroom Talk: 3/6/2002 - How can we ever hope to help one another if each of us is convinced that the only work we should do is for the benefit of ourselves? Spiritual awakening is about coming to remember that there is a work on this earth that we are all created to share in common: To learn what it means to love one another.