If the power, and all the resources we have at hand to physically comfort ourselves could provide peace of heart and mind... then individual and global conflict would’ve ceased long ago. But exactly the opposite is true...

Classroom Talk: 11/15/2023 - No single substance -- whether physical, mental, or emotional -- creates an addiction, let alone the pain and conflict inherent in its corresponding dependency; rather dependency is the birthplace of all false solutions with which we first become identified, and then become addicted to... in the vain hope that it has the power to release us from a pain we have yet to understand, let alone resolve.

Topics covered: Questions from Guy's webinar on procrastination and inertia; What is the relationship between presence and attention; Why is it so easy for me to go along with the divided mind; Does awareness have the ability to comprehend things without thinking; How do I stay grounded during the day when I'm unable to do my spiritual practices in the morning; How do we protect ourselves agai...

Topics Covered: There is so much blame and conflict in the world because hardly anyone understands their pain; When physical pain comes, what is it there for? It is there to alert us to the fact that there is a disruption in our normal level of health; The 'I' that appears and reacts to the moment of the registration of the pain is not the same 'I' that is going to bring about the healing...

I have struggled to awaken for so many years, but have found your recorded audio and video to be of tremendous help. Of late, I've been following along with your recent exercises on attention. I've noticed what is akin to a healing crisis in my physical body. Some chronic pains have gotten worse and some old pains have returned and gone. I can see all of this as fear trying to hold on. Through...

Topics covered: When it comes to health issues, how do you distinguish the physical vs. the spiritual aspects of healing; Is the lower nature simply instinct; Dealing with the pain and anger over being violated in some way; Understanding karma when it comes to being paid for a leave of absence; What is true compassion and caring.

Topics covered: The meaning of Psalm 46:10, Be still and know that I am God; Is the lower self a conscious entity; It seems any one lesson we learn in the work contains the whole of it; Understanding how to work with chronic physical pain; What is the Living Light; Worrying about what others think of you.

Topics covered: If we didn't resist situations then wouldn't there be no drive to change anything; Does growth from this life carry over into the next one; Assuming there is no free will, why did God create 'good' and 'bad'; How can you find your true self while going through intense, chronic physical pain; Does your 'triangle of attention' exercise activate the third eye; How do I reconcile m...

Just as the physical eye can't see itself other than through a reflection, you cannot see your "self" other than by gazing upon some mental image of your own creation. So, when "seeing" yourself as a failure in your mind's eye, just remember in that same moment it isn't you who made that picture, and that...

Topics Covered: Resistance is the instantaneous appearance of an old body of experience; Faith born of seeing; The more you don't want something, the more you don't want it; Everything lines up for consciousness; Duality exists at the level of the opposites; Every human being is given a divine role; Using physical pain to maintain higher awareness; Working to be present before the disparity ap...

I have walked away from an abusive relationship and pain medications as well as the subsequent physical and psychological withdrawal. Every morning when I wake up, I am met with dark voices that tell me life is meaningless. Panic sets in and the fear is wrecking my body. I cannot go back to the life I had but I seem unable to find faith and hope for a higher life. I know this old self must pas...

Topics covered: How do you practice presence; Do we ever outgrow the need for the universe and its lessons; How do I let my shame teach me; Christ's ministry and working with the temptations of a dualistic mind; Seeing through physical pain and its illusions; Seeing one's own self-centeredness; Reconciling predator vs. prey with the idea that God is Love; Why do our minds take us down the path...