Topics Covered: The level of consciousness that only knows how to think about what is wrong can only describe what is happening. It cannot change what is wrong, it can only add weight to it; Every outwardly-pointing action that we take to resolve what is wrong does nothing to change the consciousness that is responsible for what is wrong; The consciousness that blames the condition...

Freedom from regret, hate, anxiety, and rage -- and making useless excuses for being compromised by these negative states -- begins as we stand in the light of this rescuing realization: unwanted moments, whatever their nature, do not cause the pain we find in them; rather, they serve to reveal a level of our consciousness already in pain, and looking for something to blame for it.

Vernon Howard once said, "When you realize that 'you' are all wrong, you will be all right." How many crises does it take to prove that? Our minds have been programmed from day one to be all wrong -- blaming, judging, criticizing. It is an endless horror story and not one easily recognized and given up. I don't know how to turn it off other than to stay as alert as possible and not fall for it...

The sense of any disturbance within us is the awareness of being touched by Life. The part of us that resists this unwanted sense of being "upset" by life is, in fact, powerless to restore the equilibrium...

The first step toward learning to make fearless choices in life begins with abandoning the fearful chooser.

Topics covered: Letting go is an inside job; No one can "set you off" unless you have unseen expectations; We are already guarded when we meet people; Blaming others is a sign of a broken heart; When it comes to love and relationships, we are and always will be in training; Before any part of our heart can be healed, it must be revealed as broken; Giving your partner room to change...

Topics covered: Instead of telling you what to do, the present moment is first and foremost asking what it is that you love and what is it that you will serve; We are not going to change other people by resisting what they are and insisting that they be something else; Unconscious suffering involves blame, shame and judgment. Conscious suffering reveals unconscious suffering and everything that comes with it.

 

Topics covered: The right place and the right time is always right where you are right now; We've never tried NOT trying to fix the unwanted moment that we blame for our pain; What is concealed must be revealed in order for it to be healed; We express negativity when we don't know what else to do with a seemingly overwhelming moment; The more you don't want something...

Student Talks: 2/4/2022 - Key Lesson: Painful reactions are born of an unseen resistance (to life). This means our suffering isn't created by the situation blamed for it, rather it is the negative effect of identifying with a lower level of consciousness that clings to this painful, mistaken belief: the first thing to do when having to deal with any unwanted moment... is to not want it!

Topics Covered: Blame is the same as avoidance of seeing yourself; Every creation is given, every day, what it needs to work; Discovering the truth of yourself is the same as discovering where energy has heretofore been wasted; ATUTS is "Addicted To Useless Thinking Syndrome"; The thing that you are addicted to has power over you only so far as you believe in its power to free you from pain.

When someone says something that is unkind or cruel, it's because they have perceived something in you that has produced a reaction in them. They are helpless to act otherwise, which stirs a similar reaction and helplessness within you as well. If you will meet those moments with the wish to see your own unconscious reaction instead of blame the other person for theirs, a new possibility arises.

Forgiveness is not the blind acceptance of what is dark, sinful, or just plain evil; real (forgiveness) begins with seeing the need to transcend our own negative reaction...