Classroom Talk: 11/13/2002 - The continuing unconscious comparison of who we think ourselves to be, in contrast with who we imagine we ought to be, is the unseen movement of misery seeking new company without ever leaving the house of itself.

Classroom Talk: 10/25/2002 - Life itself has never weighed-in so heavily upon us as to hurt us; rather it is we who -- in ignorance of reality -- carelessly attribute weight to events that are essentially without substance, causing ourselves to suffer nothing less than the fervent magnitude of our own imagination.

Classroom Talk: 8/25/2002 - What possible Good is there in seeking Love or Peace in a time or place to come when everything along the way that thwarts your dream causes some kind of resentment or is seen as yet another disturbance to avoid!

Classroom Talk: 6/24/2023 - The anxiety inherent in ANY dream of "when and then" can only end in the here and NOW.

Student Talks: 2/12/2021 - Key Lesson: A quiet mind is one that literally lives in a different world than does the mind that talks to itself.

What do we typically give our attention to in any given moment? Whether we are busy working on a practical task or waiting expectantly for something to happen, our attention is usually lost in a stream of thoughts about the past or about what may take place in the future. For those of us who are tired of finding ourselves the servant of any errant thought, we must learn what it means to wait i...

Classroom Talk: 5/7/2004 - When we rush through anything, we miss seeing everything.

Classroom Talk: 4/14/2024 - If -- by the light of remembering and considering what is Timeless, Holy, and True -- the heart is warmed and gradually enflamed, then the following must be true, even if yet to be seen: within us must dwell some sort of celestial kindling; what else can explain how such a flame is created, let alone serve as a light in the darkness of the soul... uniting the twain, making of them as one.

Topics covered: The keys to the peace that passes all understanding cannot be found with thought; Peace for people now is predicated upon whether or not they get what they want; Real peace is found in a conscious relationship with life, a life that is greater than the sum of its parts; When you truly understand the nature of real peace, it can never be taken from you. The mind's idea of...

Classroom Talk: 7/19/2023 - Stillness is the first action of truth. Stillness has no momentum, which means it never runs into anything. On the other hand, since all movement has its beginning in stillness, anything that moves into it is found to have simply returned to its original source.

Classroom Talk: 12/31/2003 - Within each of us dwells all that it is possible for us to be. Why look any farther?