Remastered Classic Talk: 07/13/16 - The false self, ever-pursuing or struggling to protect the dream of its imagined sense of importance, doesn't care who or what it picks a fight with; all that matters to this divided self is that it finds someone or something to be against, as this is how it validates its insatiable need to feel significant; (it is) the absence of love, incapable of humility, compassion, or remorse.

 

The whole idea of wanting 'more' cannot be separated from the idea that one doesn't have 'enough.' Seen properly -- unmistakably evident in this revelation -- is that one's lifelong pursuit of 'more' is, in fact, spent in the service of an incomplete, constantly needy nature that, at best, can only be momentarily satisfied.

Topics covered: Our experience in life, moment to moment, is a direct reflection of what we are in relationship with; My consciousness can't be separated from the experience it is giving itself in that moment; My resistance to any condition is the secret repetition of it; Allowing revelation to release me from painful patterns; Awareness is intelligence; Our awareness is supplanted by desires;...

Topics covered: All good things come to those for whom the good is all things; Conditions outside of you are not who you are; Events and conditions serve to reveal your consciousness and help you outgrow a level of yourself; We are asked to let go, not to run; The light is meant to show us our darkness; Resistance drives repetition, as it cannot learn; The root of our life is in something Divi...

Remastered Classic Talk: 12/21/16 - The Kingdom of Heaven -- the True Self for which we seek -- dwells within us, and above us at the same time. To sense this as true, even in the smallest way, is an invitation and an instruction, all at once. For not only must we know "where" these Divine forces meet and marry within us, but that we must also develop the attention we need to be able to stand "there"...in the midst of their eternal convergence.

 

Remastered Classic Talk: 9/14/16 - Part 1: Real-life is the ceaseless expression of converging celestial forces as altogether they manifest what "cries out" to be harmonized in creation by the (merciful and loving) will of the Creator.

Part 2: Most everything that we think we "see"... isn't as it appears to be; that's why "wait and watch" is the true path that leads to the summit of higher self-knowledge.

Remastered Classic Talk: 8/17/16 - Part 1: You can neither control, nor change any anxious thought or emotion that rushes in and sweeps you off of your feet because this "I" -- this sense of yourself suddenly in a struggle to escape a psychological storm -- is itself a part of the squall it now so vigorously resists.

Part 2: Every thought, a blockage. Every emotion, a limitation. Every movement, a hindrance to Thee.

Remastered Classic Talk: 8/3/16 - Authentic spiritual teachings are designed to do two things at once: first, to help us remember that our true nature -- Real "I" -- is an unconditional strength born of an unconditional love. But, the second part of this teaching -- equal in every way to the first, and why the vast majority of aspirants reject true interior teachings -- is as follows: we must also agree to see where some form of weakness...

Remastered Classic Talk: 07/20/16 - Here is a great unseen Law: never ask someone to do for you what you haven't first struggled with, mightily, to do for yourself... For in adherence to this Law not only will you be open and willing to admit your present set of limitations, but you will also be forever grateful to whoever steps forward to help you see how to transcend them.

 

We grow through our relationships with life, which means that through them we are shown possibilities about ourselves we never knew existed.

What is spiritual strength? It can be said in dozens of ways, but for now let's put it like this: it's knowing you don't have to compromise yourself in any way -- with anyone, over anything -- in order to be content, confident, and secure in life. Here are seven proven ways to increase this new kind of spiritual strength. Study them with the wish to uncover the secrets hidden in their empower...

Whatever it may be that we find wanting in someone else, we must learn what it means to give that very thing to him or her.