Topics covered: The world's definition of peace is a state in which there is nothing interfering with what we want; One reason that we are drawn to nature is that everything in nature is in balance, everything is in its place as it should be; What you see as being out of place is not the problem. What is out of place is the level of consciousness itself that sees everything outside...

Guy provides deeper insight into ideas from recent talks as students report on their experiences and observations while working with various exercises. Topics include consciously watching a complaining nature within, and the difference between being a "teacher" of Truth and a living expression of it.

negative states, resistance, depressed, depression, resent, resentment, anger, angry, fear, fearful,afraid, anxious, anxiety, worry, worried, stress, stressed, hostility, grudge, judgemental,subconscious...

All lingering negative states are indigestion of the mind. They are a kind of chronic residue created by resistance to learning the Life Lessons that ride in on the back of events.

The only thing

Topic: The Long Strange Journey to Being Happy with Who You Are (Classroom Talk 11/27/24)

Part 1 The pressure to explain yourself to someone who has not asked is the futile attempt to escape the painful contradiction inherent in trying to prove that a lie you've told yourself about yourself is actually true. Part 2 Until our "defeats" in life are seen as being as valuable as our victories, then our moments in the sun must bring with them shadows yet to fall, taking us with them wh...

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

Classroom Talk: 8/5/2005 - What do we gain for having sold our souls to win the favorable impression of another -- other than having become the slave of that person before whom we are now compelled to continually perform.

Topics covered: As long as you are afraid of life, you have not accomplished anything, despite how much you believe you have accomplished; It is a nightmare to believe that you have to endlessly prove yourself, over and over again; There is an immense difference between trying to prove yourself, and trying to be yourself. We have mistaken "proving yourself" for "being yourself." The world does not know anything about what it means to "be yourself."

The real source of resentment toward others is not due to some power we may think they have and hold over us; rather, it arises from a secret weakness within us that keeps us believing that someone else holds the key to our well being.

Any form of measuring yourself by the unkind action of another towards you is like looking into a badly fractured mirror... and then blaming yourself for the shattered image you see therein.