Topics explored in this dialogue: Anxious thoughts and feelings are not there to help us reach the promised land, instead they keep us a prisoner in the world of their empty promises; Anxiety has power over us because our mind is asleep to itself; Our problems exist because of unawareness, and the solution lies in awareness; Integration takes place within the light of awareness; The only way t...

Which would you rather have: a treasure room that is filled with an old potato, a worn-out shoe, and a dented can of Spam... or a room filled with precious stones, rare silks, and a chest of gold? It seems like a silly question, and yet... why do you choose a mind and heart filled with dark thoughts, anxiety, anger, and self-doubt when you could have a mind and heart...

I am biracial and am plagued by anxiety, fear, race, sex issues, and uncertainty over the purpose of life. The result is that I have no friends and I am skeptical of many things. I don't know that it's possible for me to ever feel content. I know that many of the root causes are from my terrible childhood, but I have been unable to find a therapist who understands my unique interracial situati...

The next time (and every time) you catch some negative thought or feeling that says, "I am anxious," "I am scared," "I am mad," or "I am in so much pain" -- the first thing to do is to come wide awake to yourself. By taking the following inner action, you can deliberately snap yourself out of that dark dream that is trying to weave itself into your identity...

Within each of us, in our hearts and in our minds, there lives a special kind of light. In truth, it is everywhere. But, instead of seeing the beautiful stillness -- the source of that which reveals the movement of passing thoughts and feelings -- we grab onto each thought that passes through it. Why would we do this? We are close to the discovery of a great truth. It is not the real you, no...

Topics covered: How do we come to know our immortal self; We are a strange race of beings; How the lower nature hides itself; Understanding fear; Any moment can be turned into revelation; Revelations show us our limitations; Belief does not play a part in seeing; Strength and love are timeless qualities; We are created to change; Anxiety is a false guide; The connection between mind and heart;...

Last week I had a strong feeling of generalized anxiety come over me, even though there was no apparent cause. I want to remain with the emotion in order to understand it. I watch it, and it lifts, only to return again. I realize that anything "I" try to do to "get rid of it" will guarantee its return, or perhaps make it even worse. I want to use this strong emotion to break through its veil o...

Topics covered: We try to change exterior conditions in order to change our experience; There is nothing more practical than self-understanding. And there is nothing more empowering than self-knowledge; When we are afraid and anxious, who or what is it that is taking the action to change my experience? Fear and anxiety pretend to be guides; Letting go is about discovering the parts of us that promise power but ultimately make us powerless.

Part 1 Unseen by those who feel empty, resisted by those always in a rush, feared by those who resist change, is this inescapable spiritual fact concerning emptiness, anxiety, or fear: our lives are full of what we fill them with! Part 2 When it comes to desires, they can either be a part of your world, serving as intended or, you can be a servant of their world, indentured to time, and des...

Part 1: Anxiety, along with its externalized expression -- rushing -- is a painful pressure created by the divided mind that first imagines something is missing from your life, and that then insists if you don't rush to make right this wrong... you will never know peace again. Part 2: All forms of rushing are the vain attempt to reach 'someplace' else -- as quickly as possible -- in order to e...

Sometimes people with depression have no choice but to "give in" to depression, so don't they need kindness and understanding?...

Topics covered: The only thing that sleeping human beings see are the reasons -- outside of themselves -- for their anxiety, anger, fear and negativity; It seems mandatory to have enemies because that nature feels as though everyone and everything is pressing-in on it; What we presently call love is dependent upon outside conditions giving us what we want; The real golden rule is: Don't do to others what you don't want done to you...