Every human being brought into this world has a specific role, but we're in constant confusion because we think we're meant to be something other than what we are. Only God himself can show you what you are meant to be. Once you understand your role, whatever it is, you are meant to do it 100%, so that you may then be given another role.

So many times I want to just give up on my inner work because I see the possibility of being a new man evaporate before my eyes in the fire of some confusion or negative state. I start thinking about your teachings, or those of past masters, and feel such despair because I can see I'm not getting anywhere... even though I know (in my heart, anyway) there's no place to get to! What now? (Studen...

Topics Covered: You cannot understand your life through the level of consciousness that is the source of confusion; You can't convince a human being that there is something in them that can't wait to hate its life or feel sorry for itself; The one thing that people won't sell is their hope in things seen. It is the hope in things seen that is the source of fear; The false self doesn't exist...

Whenever we find ourselves confused, depressed, angry with someone, or upset with ourselves for whatever reasons, we must come wide awake and realize -- through our inner awareness -- that we suffer as we do because we are ruled in these moments by our own thoughts and feelings.

I am at the end of my rope and can find no one else to help me. I have such a sense of worthlessness; it is like my soul has been ripped out. There is so much anxiety, tension, confusion, insomnia, and now illness. Can you help me find a way to get peace of mind? What realistic strategies are there for me in this circumstance? What can I use to pull myself out of this awful nightmare? (From st...

Several times each week, at a minimum, I receive a certain type of email... whose similar question or concern comes from people all over this globe, but whose "heart" is one and the same for all people in all places: Why is this world so cruel; why is so much abuse sustained by those helpless to resist; why do these things happen as they do? Here are some thoughts: This world is governed, at...

If I were to leave a single message to the world, it would be quite simple: Your life, with all its unique experiences on this earth, is part of a much greater story. Yes, we can create, manifest pretty much what we will, but we are first and foremost creations ourselves, a vital convergence of celestial and earthly forces that are ceaselessly being expressed in what I call the "Presence moment."

Having heard even a faint call to awaken, to realize the truth of God's Life, one should follow the guidance of his heart . . . all the while remaining as awake as possible to its quiet urge to either correct, redirect, or all together change the path upon which one walks.

More than a few times I've received letters from students wanting to know about certain strong feelings they've had concerning their wish to "fly" or otherwise levitate (in some way). Most of us have had a wish like this; let's look into it. The following thoughts are for anyone who has ever felt this longing, and especially for those who are confused by it...given the great contrast between...

Whenever we find ourselves confused, depressed, angry with someone, or upset with ourselves for whatever reasons, we must come wide awake and realize -- through our inner awareness -- that we suffer as we do because we are ruled in these moments by our own thoughts and feelings.

A student wrote to me confused about an article I had written entitled: "How To Stop The World And Be Still." His words indicated that he initially felt relieved about not having to absolutely silence (his own) noisy mind because he had read that, "who and what we truly are is not the 'noise' we resist in ourselves." But then he went on to say that in fact he was quite certain that this noise...