Having to rush is punishing... is it also a sure sign that I'm "asleep"? How does rushing overtake me so easily? What can I do to deliberately slow down when the urge to hurry seems overwhelming? Are there some specific exercises I can work with to develop self-command, especially the ability to step out of hurried feelings?...

Do you have any words of wisdom that may help in weight loss? I am struggling with ill health, and have been questioning dietary guidelines. My dilemma is whether or not we are to eat raw or cooked food. Actually I know that raw or live food is good, and that cooked food, according to some research, may not have much nutrition in it. I think of a forest fire whose aftermath of ashes actually n...

Is true enlightenment or rebirth actually possible for us to realize in this life? Is it something we have to choose, and if so, what is the choice to be made and how do we go about making it? It feels like I have been a seeker forever, but have not yet found the enlightenment I have been seeking. Is enlightenment something that happens, or is it just an understanding?...

As I proceed with the new life lessons about winning the higher life, there are times where I have a disquieting feeling that I don't understand what I'm doing or, for that matter, even why I'm doing it! Sometimes I'm ready to just toss in the towel... After reading your work The Secret of Letting Go, I finally tried practicing some of its principles. I was overstressed at work and I decided...

Student Talks: 1/10/2025 - It's not the unwanted moment that limits our possibilities, but rather that we meet it from a limited part of us; where, without our knowing it, an unconscious nature has already decided not just the meaning of that event, but what we can -- or cannot -- do about it; where our choices in each moment are predetermined by our conditioned reaction to it.

The end of suffering is not found in the pursuit of freedom from suffering, but in seeing through the very nature of desire that generates the suffering to begin with. The problem is not what we desire, but rather our unseen identification with desire itself, and the endless cycle of conflict it creates...

Topics covered: The human being is the source of every mystery there is, and the human being also holds the answer to every one of those mysteries; The mystery of our relationship with God is not solvable by thought; Wars begin with individuals having lost sight of the source of conflict residing within themselves; It is upside-down to believe that the source of your experience...

Topic: The First and Last Requirement to Realize Your Highest Destiny (1/27/21 Classroom Talk)

Topics covered: Everything you do to "courageously" get rid of fear is the continuation of the fear; Not knowing what to do about whatever state is boiling in you is the same as actually seeing the state as it is; The thing that you feared your whole life is the place you find freedom. The antidote is in the venom; Emptiness will always be filled naturally if you will stop trying to fill it through your own efforts.

There is a hidden part of you that knows, without thinking about it, how to always be perfectly relaxed, carefree, and in command. This higher intellectual and emotional intelligence is to your present thoughts and feelings as is the mighty oak to its own spreading branches. Once you come into contact with its perfect strength and power, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it. Great mas...