Topics Covered: The more you speak something with all of yourself, the more all of you becomes what you speak; The past doesn't trail you, it meets the moment with you; We currently use our relationships to validate ourselves, but we're meant to use them for revelation; I don't want to meet the pain, I don't want to meet the moment as I am; The strength of God is connected to my weakness; Your...

The clearer we can see that negative states must have an excuse to exist within us, the sooner -- and more strongly -- will arise in us a refusal to grant them a place anywhere in our heart, mind, or soul...

Trying to escape the painful effects of spiritual ignorance is like hoping to lose your shadow by running away from the sun.

Giving your consent to live in fear of some moment to come is no different than walking out of the warm sunlight into a dark shadow . . . and then blaming the sun for your sudden chill.

Topics covered: Why does everything in my life seem so wrong; How do you interpret passages in the bible about believing in Jesus Christ as Savior; I feel a purification process going on in my body; I'm not able to earn a living but find that money comes to me in other ways; How do we use pleasure and positive states for spiritual learning; Can we have both romantic love and love for God; I fe...

Any form of measuring yourself by the unkind action of another towards you is like looking into a badly fractured mirror... and then blaming yourself for the shattered image you see therein.

Resistance to any negative reaction accelerates its burning sensation that, in turn, serves to accentuate one's certainty that something outside of him or her must to be blame for these flames.

Topic: Turn the Pain of Blame into a Higher Healing Power (2/4/18 Classroom Talk) - Moderated by Guy Finley, includes short introductory talk by Guy followed by Q&A with students.

Blame is the dark effect of denial, of refusing to recognize that when it comes to anyone or anything that sets you off...seer and the seen are one and the same.

Any form of measuring yourself by an unkind action of another towards you is like looking into a badly fractured mirror and then blaming yourself for the shattered image that you see there.

Any real intention we set for ourselves to rise above our present level of being is going to reveal a lower level of self that doesn't want to change. This is a powerful spiritual law that creates both challenge and opportunity at the same time. The challenge: agreeing to see how our unconscious nature -- encased and enchanted by its own negative reactions -- is incapable of doing anything other than resisting unwanted moments.

No negative reaction has the power to release you from what it blames for your pain in that moment, any more than pulling on the tail of a lion has the power to release you from its mouth!