The divided mind looks for difference; it ceaselessly judges all that it sees in order to confirm its false (and fearful) perception that it's separate and apart from life. But the awakening mind... sees within itself a living symmetry between all things above and below, and knows this similarity to be the framework of Love.

Unless heart, head, and hand are all in the same place at the same time, working as one, then whatever is done is done half-heartedly, without thoughtfulness, and in half-measures. The only way that heart, head, and hand can be all together at once is when Love unites them in a single purpose.

When all you have is yourself, you have to be afraid. And yet if you really had possession of yourself, fear would not have any power over you. And if we're really honest with ourselves, we can see that presently we lose ourselves all of the time. We are always trying to hold in place who we think we are supposed to be. That is not freedom. Being yourself is not the same thing as straining to...

Just as beauty is not a concept -- and love isn’t an act of thought -- neither is the Answer to the Question of each passing moment something that can be known with the mind alone. Either the Answer appears with the question, or both the question and the answer have been missed.

Topics covered: Discussion of the live-streamed series on Authentic Change; How can I stay on track with projects; Can psychological irritation cause physical problems; Trying to find a peaceful place after my husband passed away; Should I move on from my relationship; I have regrets about how I treated someone who has since passed away; I don't feel much love for anything and wish to open mys...

Student Talks: 4/7/2023 - Key Lesson: There is no reward for love, let alone for being "loving." Either love ITSELF is the reward, or it is not.

In difficult moments with others let us remember this truth: it is better to find ourselves lacking the love we need to be kind -- and to quietly suffer this humiliation -- than it is to act from what is unkind by lashing out to blame another as a way of hiding our weakness.