Topics covered: In spite of all of the knowledge gained, in the unwanted moment, a part of us still tries to find ways to escape from the condition. But you cannot run from your own shadow. The shadow is the illusion of a self apart from the Divine; The "un-power" that opens the door to perfect freedom is the understanding that there is really one power; The Yin-Yang symbol depicts "the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit." The white empties itself into the black, and the black empties itself into the white. For instance: Life and death, that seem to be opposites, are not opposites at all. Life and death are one movement.
Each spring great forces are released to work upon and within us. During this time of the year the possibility of making a brand new beginning in life is never greater. Why is this true? Because spring also "dawns" within us, and if we will align ourselves with the power of its presence, then working for us is the unstoppable principle of rebirth itself. But, if we would receive this new life...
Because we are conditioned from birth to see, and experience ourselves as separate from -- “other than” -- what we imagine is needed to make ourselves whole, our search for this missing sense of holiness that we believe is somewhere “outside” of us... ensures we never realize it...
We can keep running through our day -- rushing to get to where the next thought tells us we need to be -- or we can work to let these painful impulses pass into, and through us...
It's there... and then it's not, The shadow of the sun. You can neither control the moment it appears, Nor the way it runs to hide itself, Mingling in the shadow of dusk... Until it simply just disappears.
In this life, in due time, in one form or another, and more-or-less as you’ve conceived it, you will receive what you ask for. Of this there’s no question...
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Classroom Talk: 3/3/2021 - The mind, emptied of its attachments, fears nothing, while the mind full of wanting and not wanting spends all of its time afraid of... everything.
It's there...and then it's not, The shadow of the sun. You can neither control the moment it appears, Nor the way it runs to hide itself, Mingling in the shadow of dusk... Until it simply just disappears. So it is with loneliness: It is the shadow Of the One that cannot show itself directly. Loneliness is the shadow of Love. Only the blind try to catch and tame its shadow Where time too soo...
As we see more and more how each one of our own attempts to make ourselves feel complete leaves us feeling empty and searching again, we gain the power to refuse to be misled.