Instead of being the passive instrument of a dark state, REMEMBER to be the active, impersonal observer of it... the sacrifice of our will and its familiar suffering so that we might embody a new Will that can’t act against itself...

I am ashamed to admit that my fears get the better of me all the time. Even being fully aware of them in the present moment hasn't helped. I wanted to muster the courage to do something, but when I tried, the most horrible fear I ever felt came over me; I literally felt physical symptoms. Needless to say I didn't try... I knowingly gave in to the fear and walked away. Truth is, I don't act on...

Over and over again, I face difficulties with people in my family, and these situations prevent me from realizing peace in my life. My parents are in poor health and spirits, and always complaining. My sister (who used to be my best friend) got mad at me four years ago and now shuts me out. I try to communicate with my brothers, but they suffer from an abusive relationship with our parents, an...

It seems as if doors are being shut everywhere I turn despite my intelligent, logical steps to present myself as a diverse and qualified candidate. If our wants become our haunts, then how can we aspire to work in a good or lucrative career? I keep saying I'm through making my mistakes, but the problem is, it's my past that has shaped my present and thus limits my future. If I'm not supposed t...

How can I tell which thoughts and feelings are the right ones to leave where I find them, and which ones to pick up? What if I make a mistake? I can sometimes go for two or three weeks without suffering from overt negativity. Then, out of the blue, I'll have a day where bad thoughts and feelings crawl all over me in a persistent attack. What's going on? I am so sick of my mind. Every thought I...

I believe in God but I feel so detached from him -- I don't know spiritual love. I have no feelings for God one way or the other. Can you please tell me what it takes to come to truly love God? Is the idea that the Truth knows "all is well" simply a matter of faith, or are there facts to support it? I have been a Christian almost all my life. A few years ago I had to have open-heart surgery, w...

Whenever I feel disturbed, there is so much pressure inside of me to share it with someone else, but doing so only seems to keep the turmoil going. What higher action would relieve that feeling of pressure? There's not a day that goes by where I don't feel disturbed by something. Most of the time I push these disturbances away because I want peace in my life... not to be upset. Is my wish to...

There is one question that has been on my mind for awhile. Since we are spiritual beings, don't we have the right to kill ourselves like King Saul in the Bible? Or are we imprisoned in the physical form until death desires to come? I desire death of the body now... can't I just do that? Since we do not belong in this world anyway, what is wrong with committing suicide? I'm afraid I will be swa...

Classroom Talk: 12/27/2023 - The light we need to be free is always with us; it is at once a creation of life, and the Life that creates it... where "both" are revealed in every moment of life, inseparable from the Divine life within which they ceaselessly unfold. Enlightenment is one and the same as (a) conscious relationship with this timeless order of Being.

In any relationship, the one who is hurt most by the absence of compassion is the one in whom compassion is absent.

If we will do the right thing, in the right moment for the right reasons, there is no other possible outcome than for us to know Rightness. Such Rightness is its own reward; it is free of conflict because it is whole, and being whole it never seeks confirmation, which means it is fearless. These facts reveal that the path to True Happiness is not an up-hill road to be struggled over each da...