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Classroom Talk: 4/24/2024 - Here's why truth teachings through the ages speak of our being "blind," as well as why -- if we hope to know the Divine -- we need new "eyes to see": As surely as the still waters of a mountain lake reflect the light of the moon, or that an injury starts to heal in the same moment incurred, the answer to the question "who am I?" is always in plain sight.
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Classroom Talk: 4/4/2021 - Understood properly, the momentary awareness of any shortfall in our character is really a Divine intervention; where, by a Light that "dwells in a darkness that knows it not" we are given a glimpse of a truth that cannot be known otherwise. The acceptance of this intervention initiates a holy transformation...
True faith is not about whether the wind is at one's back, or in one's face. Faith is the willingness -- regardless which way the wind blows -- to stay the course until you cross the threshold of your Innermost Home.
Looking for reasons (to give to yourself) for any unwanted moment in your life... is the same as being deceived into looking away from the lower nature that secretly lays out the welcome mat for whatever the misery that comes knocking at your door.
A brief, but important glimpse into the truth behind the idea of “spiritual” poverty: only from nothing can God make us into something new.
Spiritual attention is the beginning of humility. Humility is the seed of devotion. Devotion is obedience to the Divine. (Divine) obedience is the origin of freedom.
No relationship in life can be any more successful than what we are willing to learn about ourselves through it. The moment we turn our back on what others give us to see about ourselves, we not only walk away from what we need to see, but also from the better person we could be...were we only willing to learn the lesson at hand.
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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.