I am sure there are multitudes of memories and experiences we are better off to drop as soon as they end. However, there are many we may live out our lives and never top -- such as our first, sweet love. Is it not the best, the purest thing to carry in your heart and to cherish it once in awhile? These memories aren't hurting us. They give us comfort, pleasure, and rest. Is that not better tha...
Question: I am troubled by something I read in The Secret of Letting Go. I do understand and agree with your point that a fancy job title accompanied your life seems to lack meaning. However, the "rules" of this modern era state that being passive and letting life come to you leaves you vulnerable to missing out on the opportunities. In other words, being proactive prevails while passivity...
What advice can you give to guide us through the hard times and suffering we experience when going through a heartbreak?...
Given what we know about resistance, what does the biblical passage mean to "resist the devil and he will flee"?...
Student Talks: 11/13/2020 - Key Lesson: All forms of feeling stuck are the negative byproduct of having become unconsciously “fixated” on some moment in life that we don’t want!
Topics Covered:There is an impulse to set out upon the "Divine Journey" because the journey(s) we take in this world are the source of dissatisfaction;There is alignment with the Divine, or there is the illusion of alignment;All creatures have consciousness and are aware of their surroundings, and that level of consciousness sees everything as being other than itself...
Question: I feel I have been on this path forever, but my life has not improved externally. I am very alone, have very little income, and I cannot see how to improve things. I hear what you say about not running away from the pain, not looking for something else to replace it, and I am so much better at being present than I ever was... only I am not experiencing anything like the success I dreamed of.
You cannot hide from what you fear; it is impossible...
Currently, I am quite lost... among many issues, the loss of a loved one, marriage problems, and unrelenting stress at work. I seek guidance for a new way to see these "givens" in a better way. At times I have answers, but as more circumstances arise, I feel buried in the machination of events. I sense that the individual scenarios have a common denominator... I am just not able to see it. (Fr...
Question: My ex-husband is a drug and alcohol addict. The alcoholism has especially worsened over the past several years. I covered it up for years with others, then could do it no longer. I now receive punishing e-mails from him every week. It is affecting my sleep, health, serenity, and a new relationship. I have asked him to stop, and it does nothing, but I don't want to get attorneys involved. Do you have any thoughts on the best path forward?
Question: There is a feeling of being stuck in all the lies that spin within this consciousness and I am humbled at seeing where I have been living, and the lie that I have been above that. I don't feel judgement in seeing these facts but am a bit horrified.
I have been married for several years, but my spouse interacts with me so rarely that it's like there is no marriage. I feel very alone. (From student correspondence)...