There is only one thing that you don't have to imagine or struggle to keep alive -- and that is what you authentically love.

Anything we do to help or otherwise encourage another serves a double purpose. First it lifts the one we serve; and then, because there is no separate self, we are elevated as well.

Catch every thought that wants to make you the star of the moment. See that talking to yourself about "What does this mean and how am I going to get through it" is actually self-importance having its way with you. Reach for another relationship with life in which you don't have to think incessantly and painfully about how each and every moment affects you and your imaginary reputation.

There is nothing greater to do with one's life than to make an offering of it. In some ways, some days, this kind of sacrifice may feel as if it amounts to nothing, and to no end; but even that feeling must be given up, offered to the small flame of understanding that we are here, on earth, for a given purpose that we cannot know until, and as we fulfill it...much as the wick of a candle migh...

Classroom Talk: 12/25/2002 - Only what awakens us to our own immortality truly profits us. All else serves only to gently rock us into a fitful sleep in the stream of passing time.

Taking thought is the futile attempt to harmonize an "event" that is already come and gone -- and with it the reason for its appearance that can't be separated from your purpose in that same moment.

Classroom Talk: 10/19/2003 - For those with ears to hear -- whose hearts are set upon discovering the Truth: there are some things that you cannot learn about the nature of light while the sun is shining.

Remastered Classic Talk: 3/15/17 - It is impossible to hear the "Voice of Heaven" -- to be in any level of communication with real conscience -- and to be talking to yourself at the same time.

Classroom Talk: 7/6/2003 - No one who drinks from the Cup of Truth shall perish; for Truth is the Light, and the Light is forever -- having no beginning or end.

How can I turn my dream of a higher life into reality? What is the right action for me to take?...

We can realize all we are meant to see -- and to be, accordingly -- only as we allow self-awareness to serve its highest purpose in life...

Classroom Talk: 1/24/2021 - Just as a those who climb mountains must, at times, reach above themselves to gain a grip on a narrow ledge, we too must dare to go beyond ourselves if we wish to reach, let alone change our destiny. To that end, we must never forget the following truth: There's no danger in self-ascent, only in remaining who we have been.