Classroom Talk: 2/16/2022 - The nature of what the Divine "notices" about us is completely different than the nature of what we do to get noticed.

How strange it is that we resent carrying on our backs the pointed opinion of others, when it is we who give this barbed thought its power to trouble us. Think not? Then let us ask: what possible suffering can there be in what another thinks of me, unless I am holding the same thought as he?...

Part 1: Any concern over what others may think of you is a secret form of captivity, an unseen prison cell created by the false and painful belief that you are real -- and your life worthwhile -- only if others say it's so! Part 2: The true individual is one who doesn't need the approval of others in order to know the peace of mind he finds in being just himself.

If you serve only yourself, you serve nothing. If you cling only to yourself, you hold nothing. If you hunger for the approval of others, you starve for nothing. If you wish to please only yourself, you please nothing. If you have only possessions as pleasures, you have nothing. If you strive to amass only wealth, you count for nothing. If you are wise only in the ways of this worl...

In this answer to a viewer's question, "Secret of Letting Go" author Guy Finley explains that a genuine resolution to psychological pain will never be found within the very system that produces the pain in the first place. Awareness of this fact is the answer that you're looking for.

Working on yourself, for yourself, is always by yourself...even in a crowd of approving (or disapproving) faces.

It's impossible to be concerned with how others see you... and be true to yourself at the same time.

Part I: Compromising ourselves in order to obtain the favor or approval of any other human being is like a man who gives away his own estate to a penniless drifter who promises him the keys to his castle in exchange! Part II: The one who sits in quiet solitude, who is able to give thanks for the poor meal set before him, enjoys his food far more than does the one who dines on ri...

Classroom Talk: 11/19/2023 - The single greatest unseen cause of premature aging, stress-related health issues, and ultimately of death is... the deeply mistaken, agonizing idea that somehow our constant struggle to control the outcome of any moment we fear will one day free us from these moments we fear.

Student Talks: 11/24/2023 - Key Lesson: The single greatest unseen cause of premature aging, stress-related health issues, and ultimately of death is... the deeply mistaken, agonizing idea that somehow our constant struggle to control the outcome of any moment we fear will one day free us from these moments we fear.