When the student is ready, the teacher appears; The purpose of each moment is liberation; Turning your cheek not 7 times, but 70 times; We can't resist something and learn from it at the same time; Five words to end conflict: "Let me get this one!"; Awareness has no judgement in it; Love flourishes because sacrifice leads the way; There is no such thing as a bad fact about yourself; Five quick...

Topics covered: Intention creates a separation that is the beginning of will; Your attention is taken for a specific purpose; You have the right to choose in any moment who you want to be; Choosing who I will be is the same as choosing who I will serve; Your free will is the ability to decide who you will serve; At all times you are within a larger body; What it means to be re-minded; You have...

I am searching for a way out of such tormenting questions as: Who am I? What is the purpose of life? How do I best serve others? This last question matters most as whatever I have done so far has literally turned to dust, and I am in the midst of unbearable pain, shamed and ridiculed by others. I pray for divine guidance for what I am supposed to learn from these events. I try to remain presen...

Topics explored in this dialogue: Life is always revealing in the same moment both what we are and what we can be; Real life is revelation - it is constantly stirring us for the purpose of revelation which leads to creation; We all do the best we can, but can we do better? Yes, but before I can do better I must know better; All events are neutral and as such are not responsible for the psychol...

Topics covered: Discussion of the live-streamed series on Authentic Change; Looking for advice on mediumship and healing with one's hands; Is all light Divine light; Is there a greater Good above the opposites of what we know as good and bad; What is the purpose of biblical scripture; Is it judgmental to end a relationship because of the other person's addiction; How do I cultivate love for th...

Topics covered: Nature's creatures serve the nature that has created them; Man is created for the purpose of seeing himself; Attending to the whole of the moment both interiorly and exteriorly; Self-observation is the most rudimentary thing for a person to do and should come naturally; How can you be moved to act against yourself and not know it; There is no static state for the human being; I...

Topics covered: There is no real prayer without the active force of the Father; Our nature and body, by design, is passive; Nature serves the purpose of balancing its creatures, and we are balanced by the Divine; What is passive can never initiate its own action; Personality is a passive response to try to reconcile what acts upon it; Your work gradually increases your capacity to attend to yo...

Featured Study Group Topic for the Week of November 27, 2017. The more we realize our higher purpose in creation is to atone for the difference between "what is" with "what has been" -- by surrendering any part of us that stands in the way of this reconciliation -- the more we see this sacrifice as inseparable from the ineffable peace that comes with being in the right place, at the right time...

Featured Study Group Topic for the Week of January 5, 2015. Part 1: The pain in any unwanted revelation over our present level of self is a creation of that same lower level of self that doesn't want its nature revealed. Part 2: There is no real consolation in our spiritual struggles unless we enter into them understanding that whatever sacrifice may be required of us serves a higher purpose t...

Topics covered: Discussion of the lunch exercise to become aware of all points of physical contact between your body and other objects as you eat; A body that's asleep will never know the Divine; You have to have the nonsense knocked out of you; The work we do here is to serve a single purpose, which is to keep enflamed the little wish that brought you here; Borrowing the will of the work; The...

Featured Study Group Topic for the Week of August 10, 2015. Part 1: We rarely see how, or when we act against ourselves -- or others -- because of how instantly, easily we agree to identify with a legion of sleep-inducing thoughts and feelings that appear to serve one purpose: to justify a dark and self-defeating level of us for which there can be no justification. Part 2: What is the denial o...

Featured Study Group Topic for the Week of May 15, 2017. Life is change; it is creation revealing itself. We can either realize our existence within its movement as a designated part of its Divine design, or can continue to struggle with unwanted moments in the false belief that our resistance to any unexpected turn in life proves we already know the right way back home.