The real reason for impatience with ourselves, or with any other... has nothing to do with what, or who is blamed for it...

Whatever justifies the unconscious suffering inherent in anger, blame, or bitterness is, itself, a part of – in league with - these same negative states. And that's what we have to see if we ever want to be free of whatever it is (within us) that has "good reasons" for tearing itself apart.

There is only one reason why any of us ever do wrong to another, blame someone else for our sorrow, forget to be thankful for what we have, or go through our entire day without remembering our God...and that's because we have forgotten – once again -- our own interior wretchedness.

Classroom Talk: 11/23/2025 -The clearer we can see that negative states must have an excuse to exist within us, the sooner – and more strongly ­– will arise in us a refusal to grant them a place anywhere in our heart, mind, or soul.

Topic: Throw Open the Shutters of the Sleeping Mind and Welcome the Light that Sets You Free (Classroom Talk 8/14/24)

A stone set into motion, rolling down a hill, goes only where gravity and accident allow. The same law holds true for any sense of “self” set off by a mechanical reaction; momentum carries it along until it crashes into someone or something that it then blames for being in the way.

Topics covered: Life never stops setting the stage for your development; There is a certain blindness we have that keeps us separated from seeing the effect that we have on other people, otherwise we would approach that person or condition completely differently; There cannot be resistance to any given moment without a judge that has come into that moment with us; Love transforms negative reactions into rescuing realizations...

Topics covered: Every step along the way to liberation is the same step: seeing the truth of yourself as you are in the present moment; Not one good thing has ever come out of impatience, irritability, resentment, or any other kind of negative state; We are not the way that we currently are because of any other person, any circumstance, any event, nor because of anything else outside of us...

Classroom Talk: 4/26/2023 - Praying to change the world around us is pointless until we see that the world around us is the way it is because we are the way we are; only in the realization of this truth -- and in our agreement to make the sacrifices inherent in its revelation -- is there hope for the world, and for us, as well.

Student Talks: 11/28/2025 - The clearer we can see that negative states must have an excuse to exist within us, the sooner -- and more strongly -- will arise in us a refusal to grant them a place anywhere in our heart, mind, or soul.

Topics Covered: Sensations and mechanical associations; Torment of inner dialog; Emotional pain and depression; Awareness vs. positive affirmations; Observer is the observed; Role as a bridge; Controlling nature; Resistance and fear; Concept of relaxation; Trying and failing; Worry about what other people think about you; Putting the work into practice; True forgiveness.