The secret folly of we human beings isn’t that we struggle to have a say in our experience of life, but rather that — in spite of all evidence to the contrary — we cling to the idea that we understand the true nature of experience.

Topics Covered: Someone has to be the first; The healing of pain is in its revelation; Stop analyzing the pain and just see it instead; No reaction can heal itself; Do not oppose what opposes you; Every denial of the appearance of pain is the perpetuation of the consciousness responsible for it; Resistance to any unwanted condition is attributing power to it; If healing does not start with...

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.

Topics Covered: Suppose when we become Truthful, less people agree with us and desert us, particularly family. What will I do in this case?; Freedom from the resistance and anger that comes up to "handle" my spouse's non-stop patronizing in her attempt to fix everything about me; "Who" is it who feels hurt?; What happens immediately after we die?...

Anger, fear, and resentment, are not the bitter leftovers of whatever we might want to blame for having wrecked our life. These states are a storm in themselves, and to see them as such is the first step towards anchoring the vessel of our soul in a safe harbor.

Part 1 Expecting nothing, real love forgives everything... Much in the same way as the sun shines all of its light into a darkness that comprehends it not. Be like the sun: shine on without expecting to be seen; this leads to the Divine realization that it's enough to just be light Part 2 One sure sign the willing aspirant successfully walks the true upper path -- and approaches th...

It should be obvious, but it’s not: we can’t protect our heart and keep it open at the same time...

Compassion for others starts with the understanding that every human being on the planet looks different from us -- because physically we are different -- but inwardly we all live in the same pool. We all have pain and pleasure, we all share emotions that move in waves through that pool. People may live on the east bank of the pool so that the waves they know are different from the waves we know on the west bank, but if we look close enough...

Topics covered: If you had one minute to express, from your heart, what you've learned from your life, what would you say; without humility a human being can't change; humility is one of the anchors of attention; you can't give yourself humility but you can invite it into your life; blaming anyone or anything outside of you is an act of lunacy by a lunatic who is trying to keep the asylum in p...

All of our relationships, in particular the one we have with those we love, exist for a dual purpose, along with its great promise: first, most of us understand that our partner in life is there to help us grow, to awaken and stir in us, accordingly, an awareness of love's highest possibilities. But the other -- and equally important half of this same purpose and promise -- without which the f...

It is impossible to change the relationship that you have with the world around you without changing the relationship that you have in yourself, with yourself. This is the secret teaching of the ages, including being the root of Christ's teaching, as it directly relates to the necessity of a new mind. Our task, if we want to be free human beings -- if we want a life in which we no longer...

When those familiar feelings wash over us that we have somehow failed at something, or that we are sure to face defeat should we endeavor to claim some personal higher ground, we can do much better than allow ourselves to be carried away by these dark waves. We can call upon the following five light-filled truths to realize new self-victory. Study these friendly facts until they tell you why t...