Part 1 The mind isn't talking to you; it's talking to itself... so that nothing good can come out of you getting involved in that dialogue. Part 2 As goes your attention, so comes your experience of life.

Topic: How to Succeed in Life Without Stress or Strain (Remastered Classic Talk) (Classroom Talk 1/22/25)

Classroom Talk: 8/1/2003 - The difference between being angry with ourselves, or at someone else, is found only in the image held in our mind at which we lash out. Either way, the effect of this unconscious fire in us is always the same: It is we who get burned!

Part 1 The passage of time always proves one thing: we cannot keep what is unreal, and... that what is false will inevitably prove itself to be so. Part 2 From out of stillness we appear; back into stillness we must return.

Question: My partner and I have had so many painful experiences along the spiritual path, encountering people and paths promising at first and then proving to be so empty! In all honesty, one hardly has the heart to keep going...

Question: I am 61-years old. I have been smoking crack for 12 years and I have lost everything. I was a millionaire at one time, but now I have no home, no family, and no money. How can I start believing in myself again?

You have said spiritual schools have always emphasized the need for students to develop a well-rounded personality. I don't understand the necessity of manifesting through personality. My personality is like next to nothing, and worse, I have absolutely no belief in my ability to develop one. At this stage of life, the formation has largely been set. I don't believe a personality which enables...

Topic: 7 Words That are the Seed and the Fruit of Self-Liberation (Remastered Classic Talk) (Classroom Talk 1/15/25)

Part 1 A clear mind is its own reward. Part 2 Before the divine can say, "Yes!" to our wish to awaken, we must first learn what it means to say "No!" to all that is keeping us asleep to its Timeless Presence within us.

Question: How can I help in the plight of black people? It appears to me that police have a state-sanctioned pass to kill them. I have listened to your podcasts for two years and have transformed my life. I love your message of living a fearless life, including: "If you give up before you light up, you've lost everything." I can intuit there is a solution because here I am, but I cannot visualize it.

For some years I have had problems with sleep. I fall asleep but awaken after a couple of hours and have difficulty going back to sleep. I have had all the sleep tests to eliminate physical problems. It seems that since I began my attempts at self-awareness and meditation, the situation has worsened. I can lie there even with what seems like a quiet mind, or at other times asking for understan...

I have struggled with my career and work, it seems like all of my life, in that I have held so many different positions. My wife and I live frugally, not wastefully, and do our best to be responsible householders. You have said that we must first be good householders before we can really do the spiritual work we need to. It seems that the "householder" part of my life has always been very up a...