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Classroom Talk: 6/5/2019 - Only by coming to know -- intimately -- the Divine purpose of each moment in our life can we hope to play our part in the fulfillment of the purpose of Life itself... which is the only relationship in which dwells the perfectly fearless, unshakable peace of the Divine.
Our experience of life, our relationship to it, is directly, intimately connected to the way in which we see it -- meaning it is our understanding of life that determines how we "go" through it. This is why new, true self-knowledge is essential; the more we realize about who and what we are, and what is our true purpose in life, the less we resist what takes place around and within us. And as...
As an earthly creature we are given over to this world of time to take our part in giving our lives to its purposes. But, as a spiritual creature, we may choose to give ourselves over to a celestial plan--and in giving ourselves up to its timeless reason--come to realize a measure of its eternal existence.
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Topics covered: Human beings don't understand what or who they are, and, for having failed to understand the purpose of their existence, they have created one for themselves; What is the main misunderstanding about the purpose of existence? That I am owed a living; We are takers - I want, I will, I'll do, I'll get - all of which must come after "I'll be."
Whenever we love someone (even a natural wonder or common creature), we know that our own higher emotional state awakens in us a kind of exalted energy; one that seems to melt barriers and that brings us into relationship with our beloved in ways beyond our understanding. But that's not all: not only does this unseen force of life grant us access to the secret regions of our beloved's heart bu...
The real test of our love for the Light of Truth is not when life is bright, but is best measured when nothing goes right. For the love of Light at mid-day is easy; but to remember it in the dark of night -- to struggle to recollect ourselves into its sheltering glow -- demands a conscious choice. Are we to be the one who feels forsaken by the Light we profess to love, or will we be the one...
The core of your being -- heart, mind, and body -- holds within it a consciousness capable of realizing a world without limitations; a life unfettered by any fear, empowered by a Living Light, and renewed every day by timeless Love. It is our unique possibility as human beings to know this Gift of gifts, to not only realize the kingdom of this higher consciousness within us, but for our entra...
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Topics covered: Within each moment is that which understands the purpose of its creation; The purpose of real contemplation is to give an individual, according to their willingness, an ephiany, which is a simultaneous glimpse of the opposites, revealing a wholeness that is greater than the sum of its parts; Desperation is born of feeling oneself as separate and apart from life.