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.

Every once in a great while you get a very quick glimpse of the fact that you are spiritually alone. How much more alone can a human being be than when all of the psychological props are pulled out from under him or her? Every shattered dream and every crisis brings us back to that moment in which we realize that inwardly we are alone, with nothing and no one to lean on. We must see the fact...

There is a very old, familiar expression that states, "The journey of 10,000 miles begins with a single step." That commonly used phrase has a great interior, spiritual meaning. It is saying, "Wherever you are, whatever you have to do, no matter what it is that is in front of you... Just start!" Anyone who has ever done some sort of physical exercise on a regular basis knows that sometimes th...

Here is what we must see if we would be free: In the throes of any unwanted moment we're not just resisting what we see as responsible for our pain, but, imprisoned (as we are) by our own negative reactions...

The sure way to strengthen some personal sense of self-limitation is to keep talking to yourself about it!...

Within each discovery, by each revelation of the reality underlying our present level of self, we are brought to a crossroads on our journey to the Kingdom of Truth. The road on the left, of resistance to what is revealed, leads to denial -- and the eventual death of our spiritual possibilities. The Right Road is realization -- which leads to the conscious suffering of humiliation, followe...

Wanting to be anywhere else besides where you are in the moment is not only an unseen wish for unceasing conflict, but it also gives away the power you need to see through the parts of you that would have you to believe in this great lie: Just keep rushing around and you will find, in time, a place where you'll finally be at peace with yourself.