I want to let go of my familiar painful thoughts and feelings, but fear what will happen next. Who will I be without all of my usual feelings? My problem is letting go. I'm always offering myself solutions, and I don't know how to stop. They make so much sense at the time, but then I end up in more trouble than before. How can I move beyond a painful regret?...

I know there must be a relationship between good physical health and true spiritual principles, but what part does Truth play when it comes to our healing? When I am in physical pain and not in control of what my body is doing, is there a tip you can give me for easing the seemingly inevitable anxiety? I am always so impressed with people who are able to overcome their physical impairments wit...

Part 1: Look behind and beyond all that unfolds in creation, and therein you will see... an eternal Source, the seed of all that flowers in passing time. Look behind and beyond yourself, and therein you will see ... a Divine Light whose timeless Life is the source and seed of your soul. Part 2: I am in you...

Since I have begun to learn to stay quiet and observe thoughts and see them for what they truly are, I have been set free from several vices I had previously "thought" I would die with. This happened quite effortlessly, and I know in my heart that I have found Truth. When I attempted to tell a Christian friend of mine of the freedom that I have experienced as a result of "letting go," he becam...

Why do I continue to get angry, and why do I always feel so justified in my anger even though it always makes me feel terrible at a later time? Is it important to defend yourself with an angry person, or at least point out to him how poorly he is behaving? When I look at myself, it seems that my most prevalent emotion is anger. It's always there, and I feel powerless to stop my raging thoughts...

Can you explain what it means to be identified, and how it keeps us from seeing the Truth? This week I attempted to help a severely injured deer who appeared in my garden... I have not been able to get the picture of that deer out of my head. Why does such awful stuff exist in this world? What am I supposed to learn from this? Mother Theresa once said, "The more you have, the less you have t...

My husband drinks too much. The problem I have with that (aside from it being deadly to his health) is his mean-spirited attitude toward me after he drinks. He says negative things about me that he would not normally say while sober. The crazy thing about it is, the next day he is repentant, telling me how much he loves me and how he would be nothing without me. How do I elevate myself above c...

Question: I have suffered from anxiety for years, experiencing many "irrational" fears that have become obsessions. Sometimes it seems that I am going crazy, and I even think of killing myself.

Part 1: For those willing to see it... the proof of our still consensual, self-compromising relationship with a lower level of consciousness is self-evident: after all, one of the only things that seems to be growing stronger in us -- day by day -- is the ease with which we're willing to excuse, or otherwise explain away some weakness in our character.

I watched my father struggle endlessly with depression and anxiety as I was growing up; I was certain that I would be resigned to the same fate as the trips to psychiatrists' offices and medication seemed to increase for me over the years. I was told I was bipolar, depressed, and anxious, and yet I remained sober, mindful and proactive in seemingly all the right ways... still it got me nowhere...