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.

Classroom Talk: 4/4/2021 - Understood properly, the momentary awareness of any shortfall in our character is really a Divine intervention; where, by a Light that "dwells in a darkness that knows it not" we are given a glimpse of a truth that cannot be known otherwise. The acceptance of this intervention initiates a holy transformation...

Classroom Talk: 4/3/2024 - When it comes to conflict between us, and any other -- let alone a person we may love -- anytime there's some kind of painful drama being enacted... each of us is responsible for whatever continues to be played out on that stage.

In our world, being successful is linked to making a good living. With fear running rampant in the new realities of our global economic situation, making a good living appears harder and harder to achieve. It seems we need a new definition for "success"! It certainly does relieve stress when you can afford to buy the things you need... but how do you know when you've crossed the line between b...

Classroom Talk: 8/4/2002 - All partial loves prove themselves to be just that; and in their inevitable passing we are always returned to that bittersweet realization that the love we long for can never become the possession of the self that longs.

Classroom Talk: 4/19/2023 - The less we try to "teach" others about their shortcomings, the more insight we gain into our own.

Classroom Talk: 4/5/2023 - Resisting the revelation of any existing limitation is like resenting the ocean because you never learned how to swim!