Remastered Classic Talk: 12/28/16 - In this world we are seized by desires that affirm the illusion of the opposites wherein, from out of their appearance, is born a separate sense of self that feels it must possess what is desired, or "die". In the spiritual world there is a holy desire; but being seized by it leads to the abnegation of identification; because what holiness desires is atonement: the end of the false sense of self created by unconsciously identifying with any opposite.

 

 

Remastered Classic Talk: 02/21/2016 - The vast majority of humanity views the idea of spiritual rebirth as some sort of prize to be claimed and declared: a new and exciting personal possession, like having won a tropical island in a high-stakes lottery. But true rebirth is nothing of the kind; (it is) a distinct awareness within oneself of a timeless and intelligent awareness -- a fearless and abiding patience, burgeoning with expectation -- that is "in the world (of passing time), but not of it."

Our true spiritual task is not to try and make things "better," but to do the actual interior work of making things brighter by consciously bringing any darkness we encounter (within ourselves) into the light of self-awareness.

What is the nature of true love? Real spiritual love has nothing to do with anything that we can give to ourselves. True love is not something that we create. This lower nature that we presently identify with and derive a sense of self from is not the thing that is going to awaken and become loving. The reality is that this is God's Life, and if we want to know true love, then we must let go o...

Topics covered: You are tired because you think yourself into exhaustion; One of the pitfalls along the way is that our minds are starving for things to think about; The purpose of a spiritual school is not to give you something new to think about. The purpose is to show you the need to point your attention in another direction; Familiarity breeds contempt. Boredom is built into identification...

It is a mistake for us to think in terms of spiritual "success." We are not here to succeed as we currently believe; we are here to change. If we wanted to use words, we could say that real success lies in genuinely knowing and living our part in life. However, the problem is that we have unknowingly named for ourselves what our part is. If we truly want a new life, it will come at a great co...

Nearly all of humanity is asleep to itself; six-and-a-half billion "sleep-walkers" who -- even as they move through life -- are all but oblivious to the reality of the invisible worlds within them shaping their lives.

The words used to describe something are never the thing itself. But words are needed to describe a relationship that already exists between the observer and the observed. However, a picture or an impression conveys the whole of a relationship instantaneously, without the need for words. This is why stories, parables and metaphors are used so often in true spiritual teachings.

Topics covered: awakening, waking up, wake up, enlightenment, contradictions, signs of spiritual growth, the opposites, tricks of the mind...

Topics covered: Is it possible the Divine would start looking for us early in life; What are the dangers of spiritual arrogance; We seem to live in our own private worlds, but is there a common, objective world; How does one remember oneself; What is the difference between true feeling and derivative feelings; What is the relationship between the mind and the brain; What is the difference betw...

Topics explored in this dialogue: What we really want is to be in charge of every moment of our life; We need to understand the difference between wanting to be a spiritual man or woman vs. the need to stop being a sleeping human being; Life is awake and is awakening at the same time; Just as the seed of a rose already holds the flower within it...

Topics covered: Spiritual memory is the capacity to remember yourself at all times; When you remain with yourself, a fusion takes place; Your work is to make the shift from saying 'one day I'll do this' to 'I can't do this anymore'; You can't set out to search for truth without there being a self that's searching for something, but your search will bring you to a point where you see there's no...