Worrying over any problem seen as gathering in the distance -- in order to avoid feeling disturbed by it in the present moment -- is a lot like throwing cold water all over yourself so that then you can have the pleasure of wrapping yourself up in a warm towel!

Would you like to make the most out of every moment of your life? If we want to make the most out of every moment of our life, we have to let every moment in our life touch us. We have to learn to listen to it, to receive it. If we want to be lifted by it, we have to let it hold us. But instead of being touched by moments, we're touched by thought. We're touched by irritation...

Part 1 The contempt inherent in any sense of (unconscious) familiarity is innate in the false sense of security it seems to provide.

Every once in a while, we have the great fortune of perceiving a moment of such astonishing beauty, or harmony, that we all but lose ourselves within it. But what is far more amazing...

We have within us, each and every one of us, a certain kind of higher vantage point -- a very special part of us -- that when we are present to it, we enjoy its peace, regardless of what is going on around us or within us. This yet to be realized state of ourselves can be called conscious self-awareness. Through its power, instead of being pulled down into painful identification with each and every passing shadow of life...

Student Talks: 4/24/2020 - Key Lesson: It's NEVER life's lessons themselves that are painful: the real problem, which is the same as the reason why we groan in these moments -- instead of grow from them -- is that there's something in our present level of consciousness that does NOT want that lesson!

Part 1 The faster the mind moves, the further away we travel from where we really want to be. Part 2 The spiritual light we need -- to do and to be right in each passing moment -- is always present; what's missing (most of the time) is our willingness to stand within it!...

Topics covered: We don't know what it means to be effortlessly here (in the present moment); The mind is disconnected from the body whenever we do something that we later wish we hadn't done; Nothing good can happen if the mind is disconnected from the body. The mind is unconscious to what it does to the body in its pursuits; Something always goes ahead of us trying to figure out...

The only responses to life's challenges that any of us "ride" are those we think can carry us to safety. Leaping onto the back of the dark horse of a fearful reaction, according to our old habits, is like entering a runaway carriage being pulled along by wild thoughts and pounding feelings.

Whatever seems impossible, or otherwise impassible in life is inseparable from the extent of our resistance to it; a fear inherent in the way we're conditioned to see such moments. To realize the nature of this fear is to be released from it, no matter when or how it presents itself along the Way.

It's widely believed that psychological pain is a natural response to encountering an unwanted moment, but the true - and secret - source of this pain is an unseen conflict inherent in our present level of consciousness itself; the truth is that the "self" that suffers this pain is revealed by unwanted conditions - not created by them.

Topics covered:  Presently we put our explanation of the moment over exploration of the moment. A reversal must take place. The first shall be last, and the last shall be first; The learning of real lessons is more important than anything else that takes place in our lives; An epiphany is the marriage between the exterior condition and the part of ourselves that is stirred by that condition; We are created to participate in the movement of life rather than trying to control it as we do now.