Any thought that "promises" to rescue you, or to otherwise deliver you to some new delight deceives you twice. First, that it has the power to lift you above what's dragging you down; and secondly, more significantly, that there is a "you" that needs being saved from some dire straight, or that can be actually be enlarged by changing circumstance.

Just as there are tides in the sea -- invisible forces which set themselves into the waters and cause their ebb and rise -- so too are there tides in the silence; forces at work moving through the quieted mind which give rise to thought without being touched by it.

The sooner we see the secret relationship between how certain we are over what we think we know, and the extent of our suffering over the same, the sooner we will find that elusive freedom that comes only with freedom from the known.

Psychologically speaking, what is true requires no protection, and never becomes negative when challenged. On the other hand, what is false almost never stops trying to protect itself, which it does by finding fault with whatever or whoever challenges the false image behind which it always hides.

When all is said and done, there is nothing more difficult, nor as beautiful, than just being oneself. This is all any of us has to offer to real Life; fortunately... it is all that the Divine asks of us in order to be whole, happy, and to live in alignment with the Will of Creation itself.

Part 1 Pollution, fraud, war, greed -- whatever and wherever the waste we see -- virtually every problem in our world today has its invisible root in the insatiable act of trying to escape ourselves. Part 2 You can no more run out of truths to discover about yourself than it's possible to count the stars in a midnight sky.

If, each day, we would each make it our aim to show even the most common kind of consideration to those we meet along the way, then daily acts of distrust, resentment, and fear would become more and more uncommon, and the troubles of this world would melt away.

It is never those unwanted tasks of ours -- that must be done -- that make life seem unbearable. Here is the true source of our negativity towards what is necessary: we are tasked by the weight of our own complaints that turn even the most trivial jobs into Herculean chores!...

Allowing your mind to reach any unhappy conclusion about the limitless possibilities of your life -- and then agreeing with the same because you now see yourself through the narrow eyes of that negative state -- is no different than believing the tip of your nose is the end of the world!...

The more we will keep the company of Truth, and work to remember the Good of it -- (even when we are feeling bad) -- the more our lives will share in the presence of a Goodness that not only protects us from our enemies, but that serves to perfect us during every encounter with them.

How do you give constructive criticism to others without hurting them or having them take it personally, negatively? My intention is to think of criticism as helpful, leading to development if it is given in a respectful way. What are your thoughts on this delicate area?...

Classroom Talk: 04/27/2025 - For us, death – even as we “learn to live” in its fearsome shadow – seems to mark the end of all that we have known; a looming “last show” when the theatre will be closed, and the final curtain drawn. But, there is another kind of death; and it is the end of fear: rebirth realized in the voluntary sacrifice, and concurrent death of the “knower”.