The wish, the will, and the inner work it takes to live without being dragged down by negative states comes to us as it becomes clear to us that any life we grant to these dark creatures is at the cost of our own (lives).

Since life gives nothing to us in parts, then why should we receive it that way?...

Since life gives nothing to us in parts, then why should we receive it that way?...

What are you trying to teach me? I feel like a child held captive in a college -- attending lessons that are not only beyond his comprehension, but as though these instructions themselves pertain to life on some other world

Classroom Talk: 6/30/2002 - Part 1: It is not silence that quiets the mind being tormented by its own runaway fragmented thinking, it is the love of silence that both heralds the coming of Peace and that stills the soul whom it wraps in its Perfect Wholeness. Part 2: When you reach out a hand toward a mirror before you, the hand in that mirror may be seen reaching out for you. So it is with the hand of God. Reach for His Life...

Topics Covered: "It is only when we float upon the stream of awareness that we know that everything is just fine. We have no idea where we're going and yet we are unafraid, for we know and feel that we are eternal." -- Vernon Howard; The real business of life is not about hoarding as many possessions as possible. The real business of life is not connected to an achievement of any kind...

A whole new kind of spiritual happiness dawns in us as we realize that dark clouds do not ruin sunny skies... they merely pass through them to help us remember our love of the light.

The reason we should hope for the success of others -- even if we temporarily fail -- is because time proves that whatever perfection one can achieve . . . becomes the possibility of all.

Part 1: Learn to act in the moment -- do as it asks -- and then you won't have to feel life give you a kick to remind you of what you didn't do! Part 2: Healing is wholeness in action.

The true measure of one's strength is not determined by his or her drive, assertiveness, or even his willingness to suffer for the sake of some worldly desire. Instead it is found in the degree to which one will agree to enter into the struggle between the indwelling light and darkness.

Featured Study Group Topic for the Week of May 18, 2015. God's faith in you -- that you will rise to receive the revelations prepared for you -- is directly proportionate to your faith that His Light dawns in you, as it does, for but one reason: that you might see the truth of yourself, and therein to be set free... from yourself.

Student Talks: 8/4/2023 - Key Lesson: Part 1: Faith flowers into Love; Love is the fulfillment of faith. Part 2: To live with the perpetual fear you may "do the wrong thing"... is to be doing the wrong thing that you fear. Part 3: Whatever may be the welcome appearance of some familiar path promising to lead you away from a moment in life that you fear, be not mistaken...