Why is it that elderly people, in general, seem to have the most pleasant dispositions? I work in healthcare, and I notice that people over eighty seem to be the happiest of all the other patients I deal with every day.

My challenge is in trying to overcome years of racial chaos and the negative social effects of being half black and half white. How do I get help to fearlessly deal with life-long disturbing biracial issues? (Student correspondence)...

My 20-year old daughter died six weeks ago. I understand that grief is a process. I don't want it to take the best of me, but I know it's important to let it run its course. Any words of advice are appreciated.

I feel conflicted about being gay. My internal desires put me at risk with destructive behaviors, including porn and sex with random partners. I get a pain in my heart when I think about it too often. Or is that the truth revealing itself (what you resist persists)?...

Many self-help writers write around the solution to an issue or problem without actually providing any real solution. Do your books actually show a person the way to access "now" and stay there? Why is "now" supposedly the golden key to our true nature?...

You have pointed out that suspicion gives us a false sense of self-righteousness. Yet, with this understanding, I still often find myself questioning the motives behind the behaviors of people I meet on a daily basis. What's the root of that dark state? What is it I'm missing here? (From student correspondence)...

My mom was a very talented professional singer. My daughter has the most beautiful voice I have ever heard and singing is as natural as breathing to her! She is embarking upon a life of medical service as her life's legacy. How should her talent best express itself in this life? (From student correspondence)...

How does one not succumb to the Holiday frenzy when one has kids who anticipate Santa and gifts and so on and on. We've moved our gift giving to New Year's eve but even this does not feel quite right. Please comment if possible. (From student correspondence)...

I recently listened to your talk "Start Healing Your Heart, Mind and Soul" in which you say that whenever I blame somebody I'm lying. I've just returned from the hospital after suffering several physical incidents that were clearly someone else's fault. How do I reconcile these events with what you've said in your talk? (From student correspondence)...

I have a question about something in a recent Key Lesson expanded material,"21 Ways We Waste Our Vital Life Forces". I am confused when you say that we waste our forces in: 14. Any form of sexual imagination 19. Taking part in any dialogue with yourself I'm not sure what you mean. I appreciate any further clarification. (From Student Correspondence)...

Topics covered: We are capable of understanding with our natural mind, without having to think about it; The understanding of level and scale is not through comparison; Time acts on space; The 'I' you know is an effect of thought; There is either the presence of real 'I' or there is identification; The true center of something lives above the world in which it sits.

Topics covered: There's a single strand that runs from the top of the heavens to the bottom of the earth and back again; Falling feels like flying -- you just haven't hit anything yet; Real love never leaves the moment; Our time in this body is fleeting, but the consolation is that while here on earth you can work to touch something timeless within yourself; It's much more interesting to watch...