Topics covered: You can only 'be the bridge' when you are present and in double attention; Forgiveness is the grace of being shown there is no 'you' the way you imagine; Real prayer is you consciously bearing yourself; There are no shortcuts in the spiritual life; When only one center is in charge, there's pain; A spiritual intention is the deliberate creation of second force; Everything you d...

Topics covered: Everything that can make an impression has an inherent feeling in it; A pure feeling has no residue; A true feeling is connected to the beginning of all things; Sensation is the pursuit of stimulation; As soon as the mind attempts to describe anything, it has already separated from what it is trying to describe; Real prayer is born out of wanting to be free of something rather...

Topics covered: Your usual sense of I is mostly attached to the motor system; Real prayer requires a concerted effort with all parts of yourself; There are different levels of attention utilized by different levels of yourself; Silence is perfect safety because nothing can enter into it unannounced; The first rebirth comes from leaving the world of thought; It's impossible to see something new...

It's always the right time to discover something new and true about your own nature, even if, in that moment, what you've uncovered seems altogether wrong.

Topics covered: It's impossible to be captured by a state when you are seeing; Seeing is inclusive of all states, whereas thinking is exclusive and creates identification; You are being made by something that doesn't care for you; Seeing is relationship with creation, thinking is creating yourself; The see-er and the seen are connected by awareness; Thinking provides the sensation of something...

Topics covered: The first form of attention is in an intention; The purpose of our work is to develop something constant in us; An antagonistic will vs. the will of the divine; Ceaseless prayer is an alert system; We're not in charge of our own mind; The level of your mind determines what it manifests; Being in charge of your mind means you are present to all of its activities; The real work i...

Classroom Talk: 4/28/2019 - All of the true and timeless gifts of Life begin with having been given the gift of seeing.

Topics covered: Is mindfulness enough to stop negative patterns; Will the chatter in my head ever stop; Is 'what we resist persists' the definition of karma; What does this prayer mean: Holy affirming, holy denying, holy reconciliation, transubstantiation in my being; Why are fears amplified during pre-dawn hours; I was recently diagnosed with cancer; What does the term 'in scale' mean; How do...

Topics covered: Disciplines such as yoga are started as a means for connecting one level to another; Everything that goes into your body literally becomes you; Identification is the misuse of energy; You awaken from the inside out; We are fully exteriorized beings; Everything we do is to escape suffering; Those who love God are in good hands; You must die to the part of you that lives to suffe...

The person in denial of his or her own condition continues to ask for more of what didn't help the last time around.

Interview with DeDe Murcer Moffett of Snap Out of It on 10/25/11. Topics covered: We've forgotten who we are; We have a 'hole in our soul' that is meant to educate us to who we are; Our individual story unfolds within a bigger story; Life is not a race to win but a school of higher education; Understanding is the beginning of the end of fear; The importance of prayer; Exercise: Stop, Drop, and...

Some take the high road. Some take the low road. Some take the road with friends and family. Others take it alone. Some travel with clowns and animals. Some take only walking shoes. Some take the road with guru and saint, While others take the road with drunks. Some walk the road so slowly as to stand still, Even as some sprint toward a finish line as if it's in sight. Some...