Can a loving, true friendship between a man and a woman exist without physical attraction or sexual desire? Is this kind of love impossible?...

I'm not nearly as grateful as I should be. How can I better cultivate a sense of reverence for Truth? (From student correspondence)...

What do you think about Valentine's Day?...

What key lessons in particular can I apply when the job situation looks so grim and at any moment I won't even have rent money? (Student correspondence)...

I've been reading 'The Essential Laws of Fearless Living' and am getting a lot out of it. One idea however needs a little clarifying. It says to not counteract a thought that you don't want with another thought, such as telling yourself you shouldn't have that thought and why. What I am getting from the book is that you shouldn't counteract the thought with an opposite thought, just observe. I...

If you do not let people treat you rudely or badly, and you do not try to help them change, would that not make you pretty much alone in the world?...

You've written that: "No one ever falls into a dark psychological hole that he didn't help dig!" I see what you're trying to say, but I think that statement is rather offensive to survivors of child abuse, violence, etc. (From student correspondence)...

My teenage son studies hard, but his grades remain below average. I would like to be able to offer him some trick about studying and taking exams that would help him to achieve good results. (From student correspondence)...

I have just read key #3 in your book "30 Keys to Change Your Destiny." Refuse to be self-compromising - Can you explain that more? Last sentence - "Begin by consciously refusing to compromise yourself"... What does compromise mean in that context? (Student correspondence, 2/4/06)...

My mother died when I was only 12, and my father died just recently. He was 88. I have always fervently believed that someday I would be reunited with my parents, somewhere? But now I'm beginning to have doubts. Does everyone's energy just become something else and no one is ever again who they were? So in that case I would never be with my parents again?...

If negative states preexist, then is the same true for the positive ones? Did someone or something outside of us really cause it at all, or just provide the trigger for it to show itself? It makes me start to think that everything is really internal and that all outer conditions are inherently neutral. (Student correspondence)...

I have had serious medical issues that have resulted in me having to sell all of my belongings. I am essentially destitute and must lie in bed all day. I am praying that you will help give me a reason to go on... because it's real hard to figure out a reason to do so. (From student correspondence)...