A new friend of the Foundation and the work being done here -- who publishes a popular newsletter for entrepreneurs -- contacted me, asking if I would be part of a small group of "leaders" to answer two questions about the coming year, 2010. I felt the following answers were such that all of us could benefit from them, as they address more than just the time we live in, but the nature living...

Topics covered:  The divided consciousness asks a question about its pain, and then immediately answers its own question; When the mind asks a question, you think you have to answer it; It is possible by the grace of God to come to the end of every last question you have. The question creates the illusion of a self that is stuck.

Topics covered: In the end all dissatisfaction comes from not being connected to the source of our life; There is no such thing as psychological fear without negative imagination; Don't look for power. Instead realize where you have agreed to be powerless; Judging a fear is fear's action; The majority of the world thinks that success is the ability to cover up fear...

Classroom Talk: 12/9/2020 - Never forget the truth that follows, and freedom is nearer than you think: no real spiritual effort is ever in vain, even when we're given to see -- as result of our inner work -- some low estate into which we've temporarily fallen. In turn, always remember: the great ocean into which the waters of a river...

Topics explored in this dialogue: Negative states give the false illusion of freedom; True change must occur in who we are and how we see life, not in what we have and what we think needs to be done; Unwanted events reveal the truth about ourselves, and our job is to see that truth unflinchingly; Resistance is a possibility killer.

Topics covered: The meaning of Psalm 46:10, Be still and know that I am God; Is the lower self a conscious entity; It seems any one lesson we learn in the work contains the whole of it; Understanding how to work with chronic physical pain; What is the Living Light; Worrying about what others think of you.

Topics covered: Most social conversation is an attempt to escape yourself; You can't serve personality and spirit at the same time; Most of what you think about is secretly self-confirming; Your work is to place yourself where the shocks never stop; If you have no awareness of yourself while you speak then it's not you speaking.

Learn to let go of conditioned ideas, conclusions and pictures of what you think you must have to be safe and content. Inner life author Guy Finley and Dr. Ellen Dickstein discuss how the freer we are, the fewer choices we have to make as we learn to flow with the peace of the present moment...

Recently I have been seeing some things about myself that are both startling and surprising. For instance, how silly it seems (now) to think that I could possibly know what is greater than myself without that same greatness inviting me to first be a witness to my own (unseen) limitations. As just one example, when I get a glimpse of something higher or greater, I try to interpret it based on w...

GF: Welcome everyone. Before we begin tonight I would like to help shed some light on a subtle but significant idea concerning what I call the "circle of self." We will examine the secret mechanism in us that drives us through certain unconscious life cycles where, in moments of crisis, we think we are making wise choices, only to realize we have chosen against ourselves once again. To begin,...

It is possible for the willing soul to awaken from its spiritual slumber, but such freedom has its cost: We must catch what compromises us, realize the fact of it, and then see how our identification with that unconscious character causes our continuing sorrow. Now, here's the encouraging news: as we cease being identified with this unnatural, false self, our True Nature reveals itself. The sl...

The experience of what we are in the moment is always the product of comparison. Presently, what "I am" is always measured against something else, so that my identity begins divided. But our true nature is not something that our minds can think about, and cannot therefore be the product of any comparison. The great lesson that life is always teaching individuals is to let go of being who or w...