Until we stop trying, in vain, to fill the empty moments of our lives with all of the distractions we pursue to quell that ache, we will never see, let alone realize this same sense of emptiness -- that we now resist -- is full of Light, a Living Awareness that neither fears nor wants for anything outside of its own Native Wholeness.

We are all born with a wish to belong to something greater than ourselves. We know intuitively that we are meant to roam the universe of ourselves and break free from the shackles of our petty fears and negative states. And yet there is a tremendous interior struggle that takes place between the part of us that wants to enter into a larger world, and the part of us that wants to remain in its...

What was it that made growing up hard to do? Have you ever thought about it? What made growing up hard to do was that the meaning of our lives kept changing. When we were young the meaning of life was given to us by a world whose meanings always proved themselves to be empty. What we have called the meaning of our life has turned out to be the source of our pain so many times, that at a certa...

Ceaseless activity, constant mental and emotional commotion, is not just the avoidance of our unwanted sense of emptiness, but... it is also complicit in its continuing cause.

Until we stop trying, in vain, to fill the empty moments of our lives with all of the distractions we pursue to quell that ache, we will never see, let alone realize that this same sense of emptiness we fear is full of a Light, a Living Awareness that neither fears nor wants for anything outside of its own Native Wholeness.

Topic: Crossroads and Other Signposts Along the Way (Classroom Talk 9/25/24)

The fear of having nothing to do is how the level of self that is nothing occupies itself so that it can stay busy resisting its own emptiness.

The emptiness of the sleeping human being: he looks, but doesn't see; she listens, but doesn't hear; they grasp, but none touch real life, nor can it touch them.

The Paradox: The greater any spiritual moment is, the less of "you" there is within it -- so that complete fullness only takes place in the presence of complete emptiness.

An unknown Love, an unknown God, and an unknown "me" that must give that unknown Love. With persistence, the awakening soul gradually awakens to what is asked of it. What is asked of the soul cannot be taught to us by another person. Only God can reveal the way to the willing individual. But what do we do when it seems like we have been abandoned, when we feel no love at all? How is it possi...

Topic: Welcome this New Light that Takes Fear and Anxiety Out of Your Life (Classroom Talk 1/10/24)

Part 1Unseen by those who feel empty, resisted by those always in a rush, feared by those who resist change, is this inescapable spiritual fact concerning emptiness, anxiety, or fear: our lives are full of what we fill them with! Part 2When it comes to desires they can either be a part of your world, serving as intended or you can be a servant.