The compulsive 'need' to be constantly on the move -- ceaselessly occupied, either outwardly -- or inwardly, in some useless consideration -- is how the lower nature fills itself with the nothingness it needs to keep itself from seeing its own emptiness.

Remastered Classic Talk: 11/30/16 - The compulsive "need" to be constantly on the move -- ceaselessly occupied, either outwardly -- or inwardly, in some useless consideration -- is how the lower nature fills itself with the nothingness it needs to keep itself from seeing its own emptiness.

 

Now is the Holiday; there is no other time of birth, of sacrifice, and of rebirth. To look for reconciliation outside of what the Divine reveals within you in "each" Presence moment is to look in the wrong place, for the wrong thing. Don't be dismayed; don't be fooled; keep looking. Remain watchful even when life seems empty. The only reason the present moment, as it is, seems as though it is...

Part 1 Anxiety is a form of negative anticipation; it is the dark by-product of a divided mind that imagines, at once, the security it seeks and what may come along to steal it away! Part 2 The essential emptiness of desire is hidden in the fullness it seeks.

Like a flower that emerges from rocky soil only on a fully moonlit night...Truth appears and its fragrance enriches whoever waits near. Then suddenly, just as it appears on no appointed schedule, it disappears again Only silence marks the empty spot from out of which it sprang. Some try to dig it out, but manage to extract only bits and pieces of petals, stem, and occasional root. None can p...

You must have moments where you see there's no love in you at all. Why? So that you can understand you don't know what real love is. It is only in the marriage of the moment -- when you find yourself lacking and don't allow your mind to look for answers to the emptiness -- that you will find the true strength you're looking for.

Topics covered: What is the single greatest obstacle to awakening; There is a nature in you that wants you to forget everything vital to you; God never ceases to be present; The sign of 'spiritual dehydration' is not being able to think of anyone but yourself; There's a fine line between surrender and discipline; Your Father knows what you need before you do; A spiritual school is necessary be...

Featured Study Group Topic for the Week of March 13, 2017. The emptiness of the sleeping human being: he looks, but doesn't see; she listens, but doesn't hear; they grasp, but none touch real life, nor can it touch them.

Life will empty whatever you fill -- and whatever you empty, Life will fill. That's the code -- the hidden higher understanding required for spiritual wholeness; in this eternal Law is hidden the timeless splendor of the soul, all wrapped in mystery and filled with bittersweet contradiction.

The thrill of the pleasures that we seek in order to alleviate a pain or avoid emptiness never lasts. The only kind of true joy that stands the test of time and lasts for eternity is the joy of setting out on the path to discover the truth that sets us free.

On one hand we are made to live out our physical existence in the world of passing time. This is the world we are all familiar with. It is the realm in which we experience the birth and death of everything from the most mundane of our interests -- those passions that come and go -- all the way up to and including our lives themselves. Our physical being is carried along in an invisible stream...

Classroom Talk: 10/30/2021 - Most of us are filled with wants that change nothing about who we are, let alone fill the emptiness we all feel within. If we must ask for something, let it be for greater wisdom; for possessions and powers come and go, but Real Wisdom is now... and forever.