Practicing the Presence, working to remember the truth of yourself doesn't necessarily change the kind of events that come to you, only upon whom -- what "I" (within you) -- they fall... and, accordingly, the purpose they will then serve.
To make the most of our life we must first know our true purpose – one that emerges from Love and enables us to make a real difference in life. This is the key to true fulfillment, as this talk reveals and explains how to attain.
Student Talks: 1/29/2021 - Key Lesson: 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...
Topics Covered:There is an impulse to set out upon the "Divine Journey" because the journey(s) we take in this world are the source of dissatisfaction;There is alignment with the Divine, or there is the illusion of alignment;All creatures have consciousness and are aware of their surroundings, and that level of consciousness sees everything as being other than itself...
We must choose whether to live our lives in that endless struggle of trying to fit ourselves into life as this world gives it to us, or to work to give ourselves that Life that all else is created to fit into.
There is a very old idea that, as best can be determined, comes to us from the days of the early Christian Desert Fathers. In six concise words it touches upon a certain fact of human nature that even volumes of books would prove unable to express any better: "Fish swim, birds fly... man prays." In other words, it's the nature of fish to glide through water, for birds to soar through open ski...
The purpose of a compass is not to tell you who or what you are; it’s created to give you trusted guidance, so you don’t lose your way...
Classroom Talk: 7/4/2003 - No one can say "No" to this world who is afraid to walk through it alone. The unseen cost of this baseless fear is not just to keep the company of cowards, but to lose one's possibility of ever coming to know the company of the Divine.
Classroom Talk: 4/20/2003 - Not for the hope of eternity, or in claiming that one loves the Light - for all gladly profess this affection merely for the pleasure of the thought - but it is our awareness of the eternal kingdom, and in surrendering ourselves to its immutable laws that we gain entrance to our own immortal spirit.
Classroom Talk: 3/12/2003 - What causes our suffering in life is not in what life itself brings to us, but the way in which we identify with self-limiting negative states as they convince us that it's only wise to refuse what we have been given.
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Remastered Classic Talk: 2/24/16 - The real victory in life, the only one that lasts beyond passing time and changing circumstances, is awakening to the realization of another order of being -- already within your Self that neither time nor circumstance can ever take from you.
Topics Covered: To realize the truth of something means that there is a corresponding part of ourselves that resonates with it. Until we see the truth of something about ourselves, we are not going to change; Before we can change our destiny, we must wake up to the commands that are being given to us by a lower nature, sending us in circles. That lower nature loves...