You cannot have a "stake" in the moment and enjoy it too.

Topics covered:  The divided consciousness asks a question about its pain, and then immediately answers its own question; When the mind asks a question, you think you have to answer it; It is possible by the grace of God to come to the end of every last question you have. The question creates the illusion of a self that is stuck.

Learning to let the whole world pass us by is the only way to discover that the fear of losing some imagined position in life is as imaginary as that position we fear to lose.

Nothing we spend our lives struggling to take from this world has the power to grant us the one thing we long to possess above all else: our own true nature.

Classroom Talk: 04/19/2026 - Whatever it may be within us that fears death…is itself the thing that must die.

Student Talks: 2/28/2025 - The vast majority of humanity views the idea of spiritual rebirth as some sort of prize to be claimed and declared: a new and exciting personal possession, like having won a tropical island in a high-stakes lottery. But true rebirth is nothing of the kind; (it is) a distinct awareness within oneself of a timeless and intelligent awareness -- a fearless and abiding patience, burgeoning with expectation -- that is "in the world (of passing time), but not of it."

Topics covered: When you try to escape from a moment, you ensure that you will meet that same kind of moment again and again; Your interior work takes a real turn when you realize you can't avoid yourself; The acronym "TOBADCEOM" from the doctor story stands for "Taken Over By A Different Cause Every Other Moment"; Every moment of your life your mind is given over to whatever it falls on in that moment.

It is no more possible to know one's true spiritual potential than it is to know, in advance, the moment that will serve to reveal it.

Classroom Talk: 6/23/2021 - One sure sign an aspirant has entered upon the true upper path -- and now stands on the threshold between the Kingdom of Heaven and (this) earth -- is as follows: He or she longs more for the whole experience of Life more than they want -- and keep running after -- the sensations born of ceaseless separate life experiences.

One of the most important things that we need to know in this life is also probably the last thing that we want to hear: we do not see the pain of others. Except in very rare instances, we do not see the weary hearts, the shattered hopes, nor the burdens that other human beings carry around with them. We are not aware of the weight that others are carrying because we are too busy trying to get...

Learning to let the whole world pass us by is the only way to discover that the fear of losing some imagined position in life is as imaginary as that position we fear to lose.

The main reason we can't hear God telling us that whatever we need to be happy and whole is already with us -- right where we are -- is because our ears are filled with the sound of wind born of always being in a rush to get yet somewhere else where we hope our pain will be left behind us.