Here is the sure cure for any sense of feeling superior to others: Observe those in your life whose behavior you're quickest to negatively judge and then -- if you dare -- use his or her manifestation as a 'window' through which to catch sight of a similar character hidden there in the shadows of your own heart.

The more we allow our mind to drift where -- and will -- as it pleases, the more likely will we find ourselves having fallen into some form of unexpected suffering. Being in full command of ourselves is inseparable from being in command of our attention; there is no other order, and no other freedom.

The one great exercise of prayer is... To come wide awake and to place the center of myself into the center of my will and... Having done so, take this gathering of attention and surrender it wholly to my God...

Topics covered:  We have fallen into a state where we have no knowledge of what we're living under internally; When something takes over your attention it also takes over your intention. This is how your original intention becomes an accidental intention; An accidental life changes nothing except for the kinds of accidents we have.

Classroom Talk: 5/13/2020 - An unconscious mind identifies with the (ceaseless) reactions that dominate its attention, and -- as a consequence -- isn’t so much “ruled” by them... as it doesn’t know any better than to listen to, and then obey their misguided conclusions. While an awakened mind sees it has nothing in common with the...

"Failure" is never to be feared; we must never bow before what seems to lay us low. Better our attention should be turned to our false ideas about the nature of "success" -- and to see there, beneath its gilded veil, the face of the cruel master whose slave we have agreed to become.

Catch the thoughts and feelings that consistently appear whenever a disturbance comes, then step off the "memory-go-round" and onto solid ground. Reclaim your attention and be aware of the movement of these thoughts and feelings without being moved by them. Remain for as long as you can in that awareness, watching and witnessing the movement.

Stop complaining. Start changing. The appearance of every moment comes with a mostly unseen pair of 'buttons': one says 'down.' The other says 'up.' The direction that life takes is your choice. Choose wisely!...

Topics covered: Sensation, emotion, and intellect try to pass themselves off as love, but are not; We've lost the ability to feel life; You find your way on the inner path through experience; There is no burden that someone else is carrying around that isn't ours, too; Only the heart is in relationship with real life; The last thing I want to see is the burden of being me; Learning to ask, 'Wh...

Classroom Talk: 7/22/2020 - Higher Life lessons that reveal and help us realize our True Self are not the effect of passing events; rather, life's events serve these teachings of the timeless kind. This proves that these lessons are, in fact, eternal in nature, and that they exist before any moment calls them to our attention!

Topics covered: Success is not self-fulfillment; Relationships serve self-knowledge; Man's gift as a creator; Life acts upon us and we act upon life; Using unwanted moments as transcending events; Letting go is an inside affair; Resistance is negative attraction; Living with clarity; The divided mind and fear; Using attention as a uniting force; Seeing the truth of yourself.

The goal of all truthful teachings handed down through the ages has been to encourage individuals to follow the path to a more expansive existence.