Topics Covered: Discussion about the lunch exercise; All untethered boats eventually sink; Every light eventually goes out; Without attention there is no connection; God is not in touch with humanity, he's in touch with a few individuals who are in touch with humanity; You are the hope of the world; Desire is not love; We're not meant to spend our lives serving ourselves; The man or woman at p...

Topics covered: Discussion about "The Secret of Letting Go"; Real life doesn't have avoidance in it; Resistance to a condition is the same as identifying with it; No psychological fear exists without negative imagination; When the student is ready, the teacher appears; We can't know something is true unless its character is already residing within us; The only thing that troubles us about othe...

There are countless worlds spinning both within and around you every moment of your life. These worlds and all of their forces are invisible to the usual mind. But, whether perceived or not, their unseen influences actually determine whether your walk through life will be a pleasant or punishing one. What few have ever understood, but which you can, is that you can choose which of these worlds...

Attending to, completing what the present moment asks of you is the business of Real Life. In the silence of this relationship is revealed and received, at once, a faith no fear can shake, an innocence no temptation can break, and a freedom that no unwanted moment in life can ever take from you.

Topics covered: When I am not present to myself, something else speaks for me; The sense of 'I' is a derivative of imagination; All real education comes from moments of integration; Response is request; Awareness is born where active and passive meet; Personality is the 'second I' which is the effect of the moment; You can't change until 'being' is upstream of 'doing'; Karma is justice, which...

You are the answer to any question you ask, or that life asks of you. To have this true self-knowledge -- born of higher self-understanding -- leads to a life without fear, a faith that grows daily, and the patience it requires to perfect your relationship with the Divine.

There is always -- and only -- one thing from which we need to be rescued... no matter how dark or dire may be that seeming threat: the misunderstanding of who we are, and what we have been created to do...

Always remember, regardless of what befalls you in the moment, to hold your head up high; for who you really are is not made for low places, let alone that you should agree to dwell there in its darkness.

Attending to, completing what each moment asks of us is the business of Real Life. In the silence of this relationship is revealed and received the wisdom and wealth of True Self. These timeless riches include: a faith no fear can shake, and a freedom that no unwanted moment can ever take from you.

Ask anyone who has been through it: the road to recovery is a hard one. Not for the faint of heart! And so it's true when it comes to the real Work of realizing and recovering the most precious gift of all: the inner Light that grants us the right to live without dark mental and emotional states.

In the end, there's only one place that anxious thoughts for "tomorrow" can lead you to... and that is deeper into the trap of believing that it's possible to think your way into being a complete human being.

Uncertainty is unwanted because it feels so unpleasant each time it appears in our lives. But, can we be awake enough to see its positively bright side? For as surely as darkness must come before the break of a new day, so it's true: before the new light of higher understanding can have its gentle dawn in us -- we must see that we have come to the end of what we know.