Topics covered: What is true prayer; How does intercessory prayer fit in with this work; I'm confused about how to combine my spiritual and professional lives; My relationship with my friend has changed now that she's on psychiatric medications; How can I be sure my intentions are true and not just another 'want'; How can we best help others to achieve worldly excellence while not promoting th...

We have an essential need to be at peace. Part of that essential need to be at peace is to know that we are in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing -- and to know it in such a fashion that nothing can come along and convince us otherwise. There is only one way that can happen for us, and that is through the idea of being a true individual...

There is one power of a free mind you already possess which can not only build a ladder that reaches from one life level to the next, but this same power helps you climb that ladder so you may enter each successive realm. What is this secret strength at the source of self-elevation? You can learn. These three words -- I can learn -- are the most powerful three words in any language. Not...

Topics covered: What we call "experience" is a relationship between our outer and inner worlds; Nothing empowers us more than self-knowledge; It's not the condition we need to let go of but our attachment to it; If I'm not present to reactions then I'm ruled by the emotions that fuel them; We must be present to ourselves if we wish to discern the difference between what is helpful vs. what is...

Topics covered: Why do I fall repeatedly into the same unsupportive patterns; Why is Truth so difficult to know and experience; Is it true that the next step is 'graced from above' and not under my control; How do I not judge and criticize my husband when we don't agree; How do I carry my spiritual success over into my financial life; It's easier to watch my thoughts in the morning and evening...

Topics covered:  We are the way we are because of what we turn to in unwanted moments. As long as you spend your life not wanting, you will have the life you don't want; You do not know how to be yourself. All that you have are the derivative images that have been picked up through the years about what it means to be a successful human being; Our sense of self is based on a fight with life, trying to make it to conform to the images we have about who we are.

I have been in a marriage for 19 years and for the last 6 years it has not been good. What criteria is the best to use to decide if it's time to quit? We put up with each other and that's it. Is a successful relationship one that lasts for a certain amount of time? I've been divorced for a year and even though I believe I've dealt with our past issues, I cannot seem to put my ex-wife's *curren...

How can I practice becoming more aware of myself and will that awareness keep me from getting into trouble? Will it make me more successful in life? I've tried to become more and more aware of myself, which has resulted in a realization that I am deeply asleep! I am beginning to see that I can't possibly have any "willpower" in this state of psychic sleep. Now what? Can you tell me, in a nuts...

When we are "driven" to succeed in this world, it is always to arrive at some point wherein we will no longer feel as though something is missing in us. All such drives in us are doomed at the outset. Here's why...

Just as the sun consumes her own substance as fuel, transforming matter into life-giving light and heat, so too are we created to consume ourselves; to transform the base aspects of a separate self -- the many conflicting characters inherent in our divided consciousness -- into a single, higher form of energy that, in turn, enlightens, enriches, and uplifts all of humanity...

You may not see it unfolding, but here's what happens the moment you take your eye off of seeing the whole of yourself: Some unseen part of yourself takes one step closer to falling into the pit of some pain created by its unanswered unconscious demand on life. To know this as inevitable creates the impetus for a holy new wish in life, based upon a whole new set of values; such self-knowledge...

By any account, the recent news of high profile suicides is sad, and all condolences go out to family and friends. But the serious aspirant must look into this kind of unhappy event with a wish to read between the lines, to see and realize the underlying story that leads to such tragedies, and to make that understanding personally transformative. How is it that one with so much knowledge, for...