Topic: Call on the Truth to Triumph Over This Temptation (8/14/16 Classroom Talk)...

Topic: 3 Words Guaranteed to Release You From Any Negative Reaction (3/2/16 Classroom Talk)...

Topic: Lose What Should Be Lost and Find the Freedom of Undying Life (6/7/15 Classroom Talk)...

Topic: Enter the Struggle to Realize the Treasure of Your True Self (7/13/14 Classroom Talk)...

Topic: Call on This Celestial Friend and Let it Lift You Above Any Negative Reaction (2/14/16 Classroom Talk)...

Topics covered: Talks in the Pines 2017 "Seeds of the Soul"; Helping an addicted loved one; Are there spirits that can prevent material success; My family has expectations of me; I was in an abusive relationship and am afraid to love again; Is knowing yourself required before you can surrender; False impressions of myself; What to do when others make poor choices; Bogged down by guilt; Mistrus...

Topics covered: My wife manages me by punishing our children; Does the term 'law' from recent talks refer to personal beliefs; How do I know if I'm actually in the presence of God or just dreaming; Is it possible to not have a sense of self; How do we distinguish what is not aligned with Higher principle; How do I discern if what I hear from a spiritual teacher is true; How long does it take t...

Topics covered: Why do we deflect unwanted moments instead of using them as a point of reflection? What is the teacher other than the moment that we don't want?; In the end, what we are looking for in all of our searching is ourselves; Everything in creations longs to touch and to be touched; It isn't life that is overwhelming us... we are overwhelmed by our unconscious resistance to life...

Student Talks: 1/22/2021 - Key Lesson: Part 1: There is only one path that leads to a relationship with what is holy, and therefore to a Life (that is) already complete, and that is to see without flinching -- and finally without regret -- the following truth. All of the eye-catching paths we first imagine, and then rush to take...

Topics covered: The intimate enemy is a consciousness that is asleep to itself but does not know it; As long as we have good reasons for why we suffer, we are never going to transcend painful patterns; Something in us believes that there are good reasons to suffer over things that we have no control over; Sufi story: "I lost my donkey, but at least I was not riding it at the time." We are not meant to be saddled by negative thoughts and feelings...

Topic: Make This Your First Action and Be Forever Free (Remastered Classic Talk) (Classroom Talk 6/17/26)

Topics covered: Our suffering is solved the moment we find where it is that, without knowing it, we have been living from a nature that isn't just complicit with its continuity, but that can't live without it; What you give your attention to cannot be separated from the sense of self derived from it. Anything that captures your attention becomes your experience and your sense of self...