Someone I loved dearly was murdered recently. I am able to see what seems like thousands of thoughts and have noticed when just one thought takes me away into the darkness. To come back to just noticing and watching these thoughts enables me to accept my feelings without allowing them to drown me. But what I would like to know is, does my soul feel a forever kind of loss of him? Or is the grie...

Student Talks: 8/1/2025 - No condition that our unconscious nature imagines into existence can change, let alone liberate that level of self that, out of fear, finds itself compelled to imagine it... in order to feel secure!

I feel that the key to my elusive happiness is in finally figuring out what the purpose of life is... I keep looking at what the world offers, but find nothing really lasting!...

What are illusions and how do they impact our lives and our ability to grow into our true nature? How is it that we are deceived by illusions created by our own minds? How do we put a stop to it?...

One maxim of self-development I sense is true is that the way out of any stressful situation is to "go through it." How does this approach apply to reducing stress-producing thought-attacks? How can I work to rid myself of these waking nightmares I have where I feel like life is going to crush me?...

Can you please explain how when somebody really makes you feel angry that you must forgive them for it? Does that not give them permission to do it more? How do I work to find forgiveness in my heart when the hatred seems so justified?...

Happiness is elusive! How do I let go of an ever-present feeling of being discontented? If there is one weed in a field of roses, you can bet the weed is what I will see. Is real happiness actually effortless? The inner work I know is needed seems to be a constant struggle.

Addictions come in many forms - substance abuse, people abuse, financial addiction, sexual addiction - are some good and some bad? What are some Higher thoughts concerning addictions? I have been working with the non-resistant approach to a troubling habit. As I work, it seems that every time temptation attacks, it lasts for shorter durations of time and doesn't attack as often. Will the tempt...

Why is it so hard to let go of resentment of things past? So often I find myself consumed with resentment and self-righteousness about something or someone, yet at the same time feel miserable because I really don't want to keep thinking these thoughts. What is the way out?...

Topics covered: True exploration of your consciousness cannot be for the purpose of escaping from something, nor to confirm what you already know; The defintion of "insanity" is doing the same thing over and over again, and hoping for a different result. The same could be said about "addiction"; "Addiction" connotes the idea of unwilling service to something that is harmful.

Student Talks: 1/24/2025 - Awakening is the (graduated) process of negating all forms of identification; (it is) the realization that no matter how real the feel of any familiar sense of self -- for its pleasure, or pain -- nevertheless: no sensation does a “self” make, any more than a wave on the sea makes the sea from out of which it rises, and must return.

You say to "want what God wants." Do you mean to not visualize what we would like to manifest for ourselves? Is that wrong to do? Is having expectations for a better journey in life an illusion? Is there ever a time when we should visualize our future goals, or does our developing awareness reveal what is needed on a moment-to-moment basis?...