As above, so below: every creature struggles with the moments leading up to, and then in its moment of birth. So too must we who seek a conscious rebirth agree to enter into this fight.

Topics covered: The urge to make a fresh start does not usually occur to us until we have hit bottom as a result of having been asleep in a dream; There is a purpose for every disturbance, but the sleeping mind does not know the true purpose, and so it searches its own library of content for an explanation; Disturbances would not be pushed away if we understood their true function...

Work to solve the mystery of your self, and realize the healing solution to every suffering one must face in this life. But, refuse Life's invitation to true self-realization, and the great Gift hidden in this sublime mystery is turned into a misery that has no solution.

We affirm the Light of Truth -- not by professing its powers on sunny days, but in choosing to walk by its Light -- no matter how faint -- even in the midst of our darkest hour when all that we see before us is defeat.

Featured Study Group Topic for the Week of March 10, 2014. Praying to change the world around us is pointless until we realize that the world around us is the way it is... because we are the way we are; only in the realization of this truth -- and in our agreement to make the sacrifices that it demands -- is there hope for both the world and for ourselves, as well.

All of our relationships, in particular the one we have with those we love, exist for a dual purpose, along with its great promise: first, most of us understand that our partner in life is there to help us grow, to awaken and stir in us, accordingly, an awareness of love's highest possibilities. But the other -- and equally important half of this same purpose and promise -- without which the f...

Topics covered: The purpose of spiritual studies is not to create a new identity. The purpose is to change. But why is it so hard to change? Part of the problem is that we don't know what real change is; Real change is always due to a revelation, a shock that shows us a part of ourselves that doesn't want to change. Shocks reveal everything that is not real change but claims to be...

Part 1 True abundance cannot be attracted into your life any more than a flower needs to reach out to receive sunlight. The flower is the sun -- its fragrance, a perfume of light. The secret plentitude of anything created by the Divine is that it already is what it wants. So it is with your True Self. Part 2 People want your money and, with a sincere smile on their face, will he...

There is nothing wrong with being a successful human being. In fact, the purpose of your life is to win. But what if, in your quest for this victory, you were accidentally drawn into a compelling game in which, unknown to you, it was impossible to win no matter how well you performed or religiously followed the "rules?" Where, instead of finding the freedom to run as you wish, you found yours...

If -- by the light of remembering and considering what is Timeless, Holy, and True -- my heart is warmed and gradually inflamed, then within that vessel there must already be a Divine tinder -- some kind of a combustible celestial kindling -- without which no such flame could be created, let alone cast itself out into the darkness of my soul so as to make itself known.

Interview with DeDe Murcer Moffett of Snap Out of It on 10/25/11. Topics covered: We've forgotten who we are; We have a 'hole in our soul' that is meant to educate us to who we are; Our individual story unfolds within a bigger story; Life is not a race to win but a school of higher education; Understanding is the beginning of the end of fear; The importance of prayer; Exercise: Stop, Drop, and...

Topics covered: Anything that I think that I am, I fear that I am not. Fear is built into identification; The purpose of a true spiritual teaching is to develop the soul individually and collectively at the same time. It is not about "you"; We presently live in a spiritual darkness, and the purpose of spiritual work is to bring light into that darkness, but we have to be willing to allow that light to reveal and enact its Will...