There is no one problem that a person has that is not the problem of everyone. The bottom line is that the only problem we ever have is that we hurt ourselves. If we had the choice, we would all obviously say that we would like to stop hurting ourselves. But the fact is that we run into problems--run into ourselves--again and again. So what is it that is blocking our wish to stop punishing our...

Featured Study Group Topic for the Week of October 10, 2016. The chief cause of any psychological fear is a false belief that life can throw something at us greater than our ability to outgrow both that unwanted moment... and the lower level of self that fears it. We are betrayed by this belief only because we have yet to awaken to this Truth that sets us free: Within each of us lives -- no ma...

The only thing that stands in our way of finding the fearless life is something in us that tells us "I can't." And yet, three of the most powerful words in the English language are: "I can learn." Unlike every other creature on this earth, we are created to be changed, to go through transformations that put us into a new relationship with a different order of life...

One way to measure your own fears is to count the number of personal questions you've allowed others to answer for you.

Regardless of the assertion of any fearful state that seeks to convince you otherwise (using its painful presence within you as "proof" that the prison you're locked within will stand until the end of time), apply this one great truth: That fear must break down if it doesn't succeed in breaking down your willingness to test its reality. How do you conduct such a test?...

Real success is a fearless state of being in a conscious relationship with an Intelligence that always achieves its ends despite ever-changing conditions. But, if we're honest, this order of spiritual success remains at a distance we've yet to traverse. At our present level of consciousness, our mind is always active, trying to figure out what we need to put together in our life to achieve its desired end.

The moment I feel resistance, the moment I feel that contraction inside of me, I must understand that I am being introduced to myself. I've been brought to the bear, to touch the bear! That anger, that rage, that impatience appears in us. You and I know we have these states in us. We can dress up and appear pretty and appear like we're in control of ourselves, but every last human being...

Topics covered: Until you actually feel the other person you're speaking with you can't hear what they're saying; When you really listen to someone it involves all of your parts; We have to learn how to feel again; The more empty you are the more you can feel; You can't hurt someone that you understand; In answering a question it's more beneficial to address the nature asking the question; Eve...

No fearful mountain rises before you today that wasn't first a molehill of some desire that you became identified with yesterday.

The first step toward learning to make fearless choices in life begins with abandoning the fearful chooser.

Who is the most unwelcome guest that appears at your door? (And it is not your son-in-law!) Again... Who is the most unwelcome guest that ever came 'knock-knock-knocking' at your door? How many of you had some dark thought or feeling knock at your door and wake you up this very morning... unwanted guests such as depression, anxiety... "Hello, anybody home?" How about worry...

Picture a man who just heard that one of his closest friends has betrayed him. How does he respond? What's his first answer to this ordeal? Anger that includes plans for revenge. Imagine a woman who suddenly realizes she's going to be late for an important appointment. There's no way to make it on time. How does she meet the pressure of this moment? What's her first answer to running out o...