Remastered Classic Talk: 9/14/16 - Part 1: Real-life is the ceaseless expression of converging celestial forces as altogether they manifest what "cries out" to be harmonized in creation by the (merciful and loving) will of the Creator.

Part 2: Most everything that we think we "see"... isn't as it appears to be; that's why "wait and watch" is the true path that leads to the summit of higher self-knowledge.

Topics Covered: We are presently cut off from the larger world that we're meant to be a part of; Whenever we think of what a larger world may be, we are only in the world of thought without knowing it. Our mind only knows how to imagine a larger world; The larger world is above us, beneath us, and awareness of above and below at the same time; Complaining about life is not the...

Topics Covered: "What is important is to find out if you're one of those within whom love wishes to dwell." ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti; Do what is needed to do so that you can be a place within which love wishes to dwell; Everything that we think is so critical to attend to eventually becomes a source of discontent; You have something in you that is in need of nourishment, which means that the first...

You must learn to think of relationship as a mirror; Something in us is afraid of seeing deeply into our pain; The more I don't want something and avoid it, the more complicit I am in its continuity; You actually have seen the truth, but you just don't want to see it; The dreamer cannot change the dream; There's no fear in a fact; The work slows down thought; Thought can't help you...

Topics Covered: If you can't put down negativity then it wasn't you who picked it up -- it picked up you; What you think is your will isn't really your will; The deconstruction of self is not the end but an integration; The ladder of Being is actually the ladder of Will; Every center has its own will; Before real will acts it witnesses; There's just one will; There is nothing new under the sun...

Topics covered: Unconscious thought is a reaction to resistance; You are ceaselessly visited by reasons for why you feel the way you do; Not one thing you do to release you from your pain actually releases you; Catching how you give your attention away; We are endowed with the capacity to create; We're lost in a world where we think we have to do something to feel better; It's the misuse of im...

Topics covered: Why is it so hard to let go and live in the present moment; I wish to be fearless, spontaneous, and cheerful but life's challenges leave me baffled; Is there a distinction between positive and negative feelings; How should I respond to other peoples' fears; How can I grow past limiting situations in the workplace; What is the true meaning of being 'God-fearing'; How do I find s...

Topics Covered: The only thing that troubles us about another person is what we want from them; If you don't take responsibility for what you think and do, then you won't learn the lesson; Our true nature is a living relationship with spirit; No one who hurts us knows what they are doing to themselves; Identification is bondage; See that the pain is intrinsic in your own consciousness...

Topics covered: Recognizing the difference between what thought is and isn't useful for; Your work is to bring yourself to the point of shocks; Reactions (exterior actions) start with inter-actions (interior actions); You don't think in scale, you see in scale; The use of shame is never through thought; What we call ambition is actually misplaced yearning for love; To be a human being is to be...

Topics covered: What is the single greatest obstacle to awakening; There is a nature in you that wants you to forget everything vital to you; God never ceases to be present; The sign of 'spiritual dehydration' is not being able to think of anyone but yourself; There's a fine line between surrender and discipline; Your Father knows what you need before you do; A spiritual school is necessary be...

The love we have for anything holy or true is already present (within our heart)... before we can think of any reason for this love that we feel. To know this truth from yourself is to also understand why -- if you stay true to this love -- you can't fail to find it... and to realize it as your own.

We each have ideas about who we are, how the events in our lives should go, and how other people should treat us. We believe that if everything goes according to our plan, we will be safe. By the same token, anything that threatens the fulfillment of the plan is seen as an enemy. What might some of these enemies be? Other people who don't give us the respect we deserve.