One of our greatest, least understood sorrows in this life, the root cause of an uninspired life, is that -- given our present level of being -- we have no other place to explore besides the valley of thought...

Here is a life-saving fact, so welcome the healing it brings by being willing to see the truth hidden within it: There lives nothing real in our past – regardless of how disappointing or painful it may have been – that can grab us and make us its captive, anymore than dark shadows have the power to keep us from walking into the sunlight. Now, add to this fact the realization that there is ne...

This, our world... is a virtual desert, but not because the earth herself is infertile. Rather it's because we -- human consciousness itself -- are barren: we bear no Light, let alone the Child within us... meant to be born out of its abiding Presence.

To think of joyful days past as the path to happiness makes sense only if we believe that the best way to satisfy our thirst is to study water!...

I find that my body often responds to an event or situation before I have a choice of how to react in the moment. It is as if there is a type of memory at a cellular level that "remembers" fearful or stressful past events and responds for me, to my own detriment. Any insight you could offer would be appreciated. (From student correspondence)...

Classroom Talk: 3/10/2024 - Being is a conscious relationship with what is now; knowledge is a relationship with what was, the conditioned content of the past.

Wherever he or she may go, the true aspirant of the Higher Life is always in their 'laboratory' constantly working and consciously experimenting with whatever is at hand.

Can you explain to me about forgiveness? Is forgiveness (and "making amends") something that I (a recovering addict) need to address? It seems silly to think I need to drag up every person from my past that I did something hurtful to. But what about those BIG relationships as in family? Will forgiveness and amends help in the healing of me?...

Blaming conflict-filled feelings on any condition, or person, outside of yourself is like getting angry at your shoes for being laced too tight. Most men and women recognize the need for a healthy balanced diet because good eating habits nourish the body. Good nutrition helps keep us agile and strong. And we also like to learn new skills to expand our interests. Challenging mental activities...

Classroom Talk: 11/13/2022 - The past does not give birth to the future, any more than we might think to look for the living in a graveyard.

You can't go on feeling sad without first consenting to stand in the ashes of some past event, and then rubbing the memory of it all over yourself.

Featured Study Group Topic for the Week of July 10, 2017. Part 1: The longing to be present -- to live in Presence -- is the path. The "steps" are made up of all the discoveries one must make as to what prevents one from being properly attentive to the Now, the indwelling home of the Holy.