It’s never Life’s lessons (themselves) that are painful: here’s the real reason why we continue to experience the fear, anger, or anxiety that always seems to attend the appearance of unwanted moments...

The more we think about what’s wrong with life, with others, or about ourselves, the less we see this self-evident, but simple truth that once realized... helps set us free: the more we think about any disappointment, or the prison of some lingering pain we can’t seem to escape, the more we are made a captive of those very same thoughts.

Topics covered: Spiritual exercises intentionally create second force; Identification is a set of chains that no one knows they wear; The first stage of spiritual work is realizing that there is something in you that's very busy living your life for you; You have two completely different natures within you; Any thought that dominates you will eventually become the sun in the system of that tho...

Any plan born of desire soon expires both itself, as well as the fulfillment it promised to those who seek it, as imagined. On the other hand, those who follow what they love...

Topic: Play Your Part in the Divine Plan and Be Perfectly Free (11/23/14 Classroom Talk)...

The real reason life feels like it’s so full of hard choices that we have to make is because, in our spiritual sleep -- and in the dreams we dream therein -- we stand between a self-created “rock and a hard place”...

Guy answers questions regarding the 'Simon Says' exercise given during his 11/25/12 classroom talk, 'Stop Being the Pawn of Unconscious Suggestions.' Questions asked: What or who is the 'Simon' voice, is it something dark and evil; I found myself very irritated by this talk and am curious what the resistance was to; Over time does 'Simon' get repurposed, and is that something I can direct with...

Topics covered: As you grow old and go through physical changes you have the opportunity to let go of the self that is caught up in appearances; You can't know what you haven't been prepared to understand; Everything needs food to grow; Your life is always engaged in the need that dominates you in the moment; What draws you into the desert is what leads you out of it; What you currently call n...

Topics covered: Is a thought a living thing; When a spouse is negative, is it okay to point it out to them; I find that when I have an insight my mind can't stop thinking about it; After listening to your talk Refuse to Excuse I'm torn about my work situation; What do I do when a negative state starts to set in; Why do people who have become a master of something typically have problems in the...

Topics covered: Is the part of me that sees my lower nature a higher nature or just something resisting it; What is the proper role of enthusiasm and commitment in our lives; Can you explain active and passive as relates to the masculine/feminine principle; How long should I work with a particular spiritual intention; I often receive inspiration while meditating but am unsure if I should inter...

The pain of any dark moment that makes life feel pointless is, at best a lie. Ours is always the right to exchange any form of discouragement for the realization that nothing about it -- neither its doubt, nor its attending sense of despair -- is native to our True Self.

Falling into fear or doubt when caught in the gravity of a painful moment does not prove the world has suddenly turned upside-down. This kind of suffering appears, as it does, for one reason, and one reason only...