Inner joy can't be separated from a deep sense of gratitude that is, in turn, inseparable from a mind at peace with itself...

In the spiritual quest you may have all the pieces of the puzzle, and still be puzzled. The peace that passes all understanding is more than the sum of its parts.

In the spiritual quest you may have all the pieces of the puzzle, and still be puzzled. The peace that passes all understanding is more than the sum of its parts.

If the power, and all the resources we have at hand to physically comfort ourselves could provide peace of heart and mind... then individual and global conflict would’ve ceased long ago. But exactly the opposite is true...

There is no greater victory in this life than to win one's freedom from always feeling the need to rush through something – to get someplace – in order to be at peace with oneself.

Topic: Transform Painful Anxiety into Perfect Self-Command (3/31/21 Classroom Talk)

Topic: End the Fear of Emptiness Forever (1/26/20 Classroom Talk)

Topic: End the Fear of Emptiness Forever (1/26/20 Classroom Talk)

Topic: End the Fear of Emptiness Forever (1/26/20 Classroom Talk)

One of the greatest awakenings in this life is to see through the painful illusion that the faster you rush through something -- anything -- the sooner you'll reach a place of peace.

Don't look back, nor ahead. Peace can't be made, let alone seen with eyes blinded by time. Patience and conscious suffering travel in unseen lockstep, together... or not at all. Only the foolish look for one, and away from the other.

Waiting on God, the practice of ceaseless prayer, working at quiet mindfulness: none of these measures preclude being active in life; what is required of us is that our first action is stillness, followed by willingness to receive whatever we have been given by Life.