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For those wishing a deeper relationship with the Divine, here are specific practices to take out into your daily life to achieve each moment’s new possibilities. Learn how to acquire true self-knowledge, and then put it into practice, which are the two conditions needed to change the way we see the world, and thus change the world we see. Special bonus: 51-page PDF transcript of the talks.
The untold great spiritual secret concerning self-transformation is that we grow in proportion to our awareness of what we can no longer be.
Question: Many paths emphasize the importance of balance and alignment. Can you comment on what it means to be "aligned"? Answer: Real alignment would be the ability of an individual to participate in life as it's happening. We have a mindset that starts falsely from a comparative basis. So when we hear the word "alignment" we think to ourselves as a positive outcome, in the flow. And when we...
Classroom Talk: 11/6/2002 - Only a mind awakened to itself knows the cost of being spiritually asleep. While the mind slumbering in itself knows nothing -- not even the cost it pays for remaining asleep.
To no longer be a bother to yourself -- or to anyone else -- is a good working definition of spiritual success.
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Classroom Talk: 11/23/2022 - No one has freedom of speech who -- for fear of being isolated, cast out and left alone -- feels unable to speak the truth they would, or to question what they see as false. And how much more so does the above hold true when it comes to the freedom to see oneself as one is... without endless self-judgment, and all of its painful justification...
An ember lying in a fireplace cannot do anything to ignite itself. However conditions can be created in which the ember can be brought into a new relationship with its environment and thus be turned into a small flame. The point at which the ember catches fire is its ignition point. There is an ignition point for physical objects, but there also exists a kind of spiritual ignition point. A tru...
When we understand that self-knowledge is to our spiritual growth what a spring rain is to the wildflower seeds that await it, then we also realize how vital it is to not just embrace these higher laws but embrace them mind, body, and soul.
Once when I was speaking to a small gathering of students about the secret nature of true confidence, one of them asked me the following question: "What's your best definition of being a truly successful person in this life, and how does one go about that achievement?" As you are about to read, my answer mentions nothing about becoming recognizably powerful, having fine possessions, or winni...