Classroom Talk: 4/14/2004 - No weakness of ours persists that is not fueled by the unconscious fear we have of it; so to wake up and face this fear is the first step in erasing the weakness that it protects.
I wake up every morning and this terror comes over me to the point of producing many physical symptoms. I want God's life with all my being, but I feel like I am standing on a bridge staring down into the abyss and cannot move through this. Please help. What other way is there of dealing with panic attacks if all forms of resistance are futile? Why is it that when I hear some bad news, it auto...
Whenever we will put ourselves on the side of what we know is true, then Truth takes our side, lending us what is noble, needful, and divine.
Topic: Stop the Useless Suffering of Trying to Do the Impossible (Remastered Classic Talk) (Classroom Talk 4/29/26)
What is meditation, and is there some "best" method for its practice? What is prayer and what's the most effective way to pray? Should I be really be asking God for specific things? How can I practice ceaseless prayer? When I sit down to meditate, thoughts crowd in, and I can't seem to find a truly quiet moment. How am I ever going to change if I can't even do this simple exercise?...
Student Talks: 05/01/2026 - Just as the light of a candle can’t be moved by the shadows it casts, so is there within us a Light that can reveal and observe a reaction without being identified with it, let alone be moved by its shape or character.
Classroom Talk: 4/30/2004 - Blaming others for the pain we feel each time someone fails to live up to our expectations is no different than burning our tongue on coffee that's too hot to swallow, and then calling our cup an idiot!
Classroom Talk: 4/30/2004 - Blaming others for the pain we feel each time someone fails to live up to our expectations is no different than burning our tongue on coffee that's too hot to swallow, and then calling our cup an idiot!
Classroom Talk: 4/9/2004 - True strength of character is not just calculated by how well we manage to carry some sizable load under challenging conditions, but is perhaps better measured by our ability to remain kind and light-spirited... even when we're sure that we can't bear the weight of one more ounce of life.
Within you dwells a beautiful, higher mind that you may not yet be aware of. Its power includes perfect judgment, effortless intuition, tireless compassion, and spontaneous creativity. Once you're introduced to its infinite possibilities and feel even a touch of its celestial strength, your experience of life will never again be the same! **The higher mind defies easy description, but the es...
Classroom Talk: 4/11/2003 - The only medicine guaranteed to help heal the common conflict that flares up between ourselves and another is our willingness to realize, explore, and then release our own negative reaction to what we believe we see as being the other person's transgression.
Classroom Talk: 4/23/2004 - Painful negative assumptions that pop up in us about ourselves, that darken our aspirations for a higher, happier life, are much like thorns on the stem of a fragrant rose: the only power they have to hurt us is when we mistakenly close our hand around them.