If you wish to "love thy God with all thy heart, soul, and mind," then learn to look at your life -- moment to moment -- with all thy heart, soul, and mind.

The true meaning of Life shines moment to moment . . . revealed in the ceaseless convergence of light and darkness that transforms all we see; [our] individual life can only be as meaningful as we are present to this eternal genesis within us.

Topics explored in this dialogue: What we really want is to be in charge of every moment of our life; We need to understand the difference between wanting to be a spiritual man or woman vs. the need to stop being a sleeping human being; Life is awake and is awakening at the same time; Just as the seed of a rose already holds the flower within it...

Topics covered:  You will never be in command of anything that you don't want to understand. A new understanding changes your relationship with what you want to understand; You serve what you do not understand, and you presently do not understand pain; If we knew that we were inwardly at war all the time, then we would be more attentive to each moment that we enter into.

It's a very dangerous thing for the mind to be in motion before one even knows where it's going!...

Topics covered:  We are not typically aware of the weight of the physical objects that we pick up, just as we are not aware of the weight of the thoughts that we carry; Lying has become second nature to us. For instance, it is a lie to try to manipulate the way that we are perceived by others; A lie is any attempt to force life to line up how you have imagined it should be.

Classroom Talk: 12/24/2004 - Whenever we can remember that we would rather smile about what life brings us than suffer over it -- that our natural preference is happiness, not hurtfulness -- then in such moments of being mindful of what we love most... can't we also strive to remember how much better it is, for everyone, to brighten the life of another rather than to darken it in our forgetfulness?

Topics Covered: In the moment of realization, something that was disconnected before is integrated; Discouragement is dishonesty; We must be willing to make mistakes for the purpose of revelation; Thought that we identify with that is allowed to run unconsciously kills the possibility of rebirth; We are born with the capacity to see our consciousness no matter what level it is at...

Part 1 Mindfulness is mandatory for anyone wishing to end the misery born of trying -- in vain -- to fill an empty heart with a string of meaningless experiences. Part 2 We have freedom of choice, but not from the consequences of those choices.

Just as the absence of clouds does not mean the end of the sky, neither is an empty mind the end of knowing.

Part 1 Mindfulness is mandatory for anyone wishing to end the misery born of trying – in vain – to fill an empty heart with a string of meaningless experiences. Part 2 We have freedom of choice, but not from the consequences of those choices.

Just as the absence of clouds does not mean the end of the sky, neither is an empty mind the end of knowing.