Classroom Talk: 2/5/2020 -Part 1: Effortless contentment appears as unconscious resistance -- along with its "partner in conflict" -- involuntary insistence, disappears. Part 2: Spiritual freedom is not found by avoiding what disturbs us, but rather by the deliberate interior work of illuminating whatever still dwells in the dark of us that is...

Topics Covered: The first shall be last, and the last shall be first; Judgment of yourself is the continuation of karma; Don't try to be calm, be present to the storm; Realization is the release from the identity from of resistance; Each moment is a perfect mirror; To be spiritual is to see; Genuine prayer comes from seeing, not from wanting; Separating the wheat from the chaff...

Topics covered: How do you let go of wrongs done against you; Is the story of Adam and Eve related to the divided mind; Can a person with no belief in a divine power achieve a higher life; What is the difference between resistance and standing up to bullying thoughts; Self-judgment seems to take away my simple joys and spontaneity; What is the importance of a spiritual school; Why is love toda...

Resistance is a form of secret interest in whatever is being resisted, which means that resistance is an unseen form of identification -- only in "reverse."...

Natural resistance unnaturally resisted is the seed of suffering – it is tantamount to all forms of reincarnation. Natural resistance recognized – and realized – for what it is, and serves, accordingly – is the same as...

GF: Welcome and good evening. Our chat will begin once I post these opening remarks on what each of us can do -- on a daily basis -- to develop more harmonious human relationships. Deep spiritual work reveals the truth that hellish things on earth manifest as they do because their dark cause dwells hidden somewhere in us. Tonight we look into this interior abyss and shine into its unseen corn...

Resistance to pain is not the same as the pain being resisted. This means that resistance to suffering is useless suffering; all it creates is the illusion of a “self” that believes it has a choice whether or not to suffer in that given moment.

There is one essential reason why there is so much constant heartache and war on this earth, and why conflict has continued as it has down through the ages. The answer may surprise you. We do not understand the nature of our own pain--our suffering. Billions of us live with almost no understanding of how much hurt lies hidden in our hearts and minds; in this case, ignorance is not bliss. In f...

Our unconscious resistance to any unwanted moment ensures it’s continuation, and here’s why: there is no lingering resistance that’s not a creation of some form of (unseen) identification...

Part 1 We spend so much of our time thinking and re-thinking about how to succeed with our personal escape plans that -- for these same dreams of a freedom to come -- it never has a chance to dawn on us that our True Nature cannot be made a prisoner of anything! Part 2 When nothing seems to be going right, make your world a brighter place by remembering this simple truth: Whatever w...

Useless resistance feeds useless suffering, even as useless suffering feeds useless resistance; but it is we who -- in our ignorance of this unseen relationship -- are consumed in the endless service of an unconscious nature that cares for nothing other than its own continuity...

Resistance to unwanted moments seems intelligent; it "feels" wise to disagree with whatever we perceive as punishing. But this resistance does not separate us from our suffering; instead, it binds us to it; it perpetuates our identification with an indwelling lower nature that lives to resist, and then reject whatever fails to please its preconceived notion of perfection.