Topic: Take One Small Step Beyond Yourself and Be Free of Worry, Confusion, and Doubt (Classroom Talk 10/9/24)
Topic: Stop Doing this One Thing and Start Being Fearless and Free (Classroom Talk 9/4/24)
Topic: An Advanced Lesson in Letting Go of Any Past Painful Moment (Classroom Talk 8/21/24)
Topic: How to Use Any Negative Reaction to Give You a Fresh Start in Life (Classroom Talk 8/7/24)
Topic: This False Conclusion Ensures There Can Be No End to Our Conflict with Life (Classroom Talk 2/28/24)
Topic: In Search of a Truth that Reveals and Releases Us from the Prison of Time (Classroom Talk 9/11/24)
Topic: Throw Open the Shutters of the Sleeping Mind and Welcome the Light that Sets You Free (Classroom Talk 8/14/24)
Topic: The First Step in Saving Yourself from the Most Painful Illusion on Earth (Classroom Talk 3/13/24)
I am always surprised by your strength -- by how happy I am to be too weak to do anything except completely accept you. What is this power of yours? How shall I understand it? Are you a Gathering Force? When you come, do you collect all the parts of me that have wandered off high and low looking for you... somehow drawing them all into one place wherein their deep peace is that they once again know that they need never look for anything...
The truth is that letting go is very simple and, above all, natural; as natural for you and I as it is for a tree to shed the heavy, sun-ripened fruit that clings to its branches. Why? Because both man and tree, in fact all living things, are created to drop what is no longer needed. For the tree, the falling fruit carries its matured seed to the ground. No unnatural force is necessary. In a similar fashion -- that is to say, under higher but equally exacting laws...
Topic: Welcome the Light of Life and Say Hello to a Life Free of Fear (Classroom Talk 5/29/24)
When we talk about making changes in ourselves, it could be said that it's like climbing a mountain. Why is the mountain a metaphor for spiritual change? There's a certain kind of effort necessary for climbing, isn't there? Also, the mountain represents a higher view. Because as you ascend the mountain, not only does the atmosphere change in terms of becoming more rarified, but every step higher up the mountain produces...