Topics covered: The central longing of human beings is to reconnect with the Divine. We are disconnected from that longing when we are thinking about what we want; "The central urge in every atom, to return to its divine source and origin." -- Walt Whitman; We want to be connected to something greater than ourselves; We look in the mirror of becoming to tell us who and what to be...

Student Talks: 7/8/2022 - Key Lesson: Part 1: Unattended thoughts attract unwanted relationships. Part 2: Identifying with any painful reaction is a form of negative fascination; it is an inverse form of Narcissism where we feel drawn to "stare" at -- to dwell on -- whatever may be that dark thought or feeling we're so sure we don't want to see. Stranger still, the more we resist...

Classroom Talk: 6/6/2021 - Part 1: Only when, and as the Divine gives the aspirant what it is that his or her heart really longs for, does he realize that it would have been impossible for him to imagine, let alone ask for what he now begins to receive. Part 2: There is no "out there"... out there, as whatever appears to be "out there" has no existence apart...

Topic: What Are All These Voices in My Head and What Can I Do About Them: Reclaim Your Authority Over All Fearful Thoughts and Feelings (Remastered Classic Talk) (Classroom Talk 5/6/26)

Classroom Talk: 12/24/2003 - We may either be the birthplace of endless desires and their forms, or we may learn what it means to die to our desire nature, and for our sacrifice be given birth.

Classroom Talk: 5/7/2004 - When we rush through anything, we miss seeing everything.

Classroom Talk: 1/1/2003 - Spiritually speaking, the cost of starting over is not what we pay to achieve some distant desire, but it is in our willingness to let go of -- to dare to live without -- any desire we may have whose promise of fulfillment drives us to search for it in yet another tomorrow.

Classroom Talk: 7/10/2002 - Crying out in any fashion that you cannot seem to find some peace of mind, even as you cultivate and embrace disturbing thoughts about your life or towards others makes about as much sense as someone who hangs out with known thieves while complaining that he keeps getting robbed.

Classroom Talk: 07/6/2025 - The truth is, it’s not the moment that’s unfolding before your eyes — nor even your experience of it. Rather, it is you — your true Self — unfolding in the ceaseless revelation of a Timeless Life, inseparable from the Divine Light that serves to reveal it.

Classroom Talk: 1/11/2023 - Just being fully present to yourself negates 95% of your missteps in life; the other 5% of the time, when you have to pick yourself up off the ground, serves to remind you of how important it is to always be watchful of "where" you are, and "who" is talking to you as you walk through life.

Classroom Talk: 12/31/2003 - Within each of us dwells all that it is possible for us to be. Why look any farther?

Classroom Talk: 12/7/2003 - This and that are waves, I Am, the sea. The former passes, The latter, Be.