Far better than being someone who is always sorry for what their being has brought to pass in the life of others is to start, instead, the difficult interior work of actually changing our being. . .so that we no longer need to regret the mindless actions committed by a self asleep to itself.

Part 1 There is an unseen, unheard constant communication, a communion that exists between -- and within -- all things created, throughout all of the cosmos. Part 2 The reason that (spiritual) fulfillment favors those who persist (in its pursuit) is because nothing comes into creation that isn't the offspring of a relationship responsible for its birth. This means that the more co...

We are not meant to be the slave of any negative thought or feeling, nor are we intended to live under the limitations inherent in these darkened states. Our true role is to be the sovereign governor of our interior lives and all that this spiritual estate implies. It is our spiritual right to decide what kind of thoughts and feelings are permitted to roam through our consciousness and to rule...

No real consolation can come from our spiritual struggle unless we enter into it accompanied and strengthened by the following understanding: whatever self-sacrifice we're asked to make -- as the pre-requisite to transcend whatever pains us -- serves a higher purpose than can be known by the parts of us that we're asked to give up for that greater purpose; and to that Timeless End -- and for i...

Part 1 The illusion of Time is that it's a progression, but it is not; (it is) a stage, a higher dimension upon and through which the book of creation continues to be revealed. Part 2 The true spiritual journey commences with awakening to the timeless depth and breadth of (our) consciousness. All that we are, and hope to be already resides therein... waiting to reveal its Light to w...

Different orders of spiritual being -- from the Highest to the lowest -- dwell in the invisible worlds within us as surely as different orders of flora and fauna populate the mountains and valleys around us. For any one to realize a new and higher order of being requires a conscious quitting of the comfortably known, well-worn paths that mark the places of his present inner life, and the deli...

Understanding... of a true spiritual order... is not in thought, and it is never in retrospect. Illumination is inseparable from insight which, by its nature, integrates all parts of one's being. --- Awareness cannot act against itself. Values are an effect of what one is aware of -- which means the intelligence in awareness is already present as an organizing force. --- Once the aspirant...

Part 1 Sensing is the feeling of the physical body; feeling is the sensing of the spiritual body. To be whole here and now -- in this world -- sensing and feeling must be as one. Part 2 The only way it's possible to do one thing at a time -- to know the ineffable, indisputable holiness hidden behind and within all that acts -- is to be one with the One who does all things.

Topics covered: Student observations from practicing new additions to the Return and Remain Attention Exercises; You can't have your life and God's life, too, but as you give your life to God, he gives you back a new life; What it means to become a treasure hunter; The awakening of consciousness is consciousness awakening to itself, but consciousness won't awaken unless something stirs it; The...

Any time you're rushing around, under pressure to hurry up and 'get it done'... you may be assured of the following truth: not only will you run right by the (real) purpose of your life... but crossing whatever may be your "finish line" of the moment will prove itself as meaningless as the time you wasted trying to get there.

The only reason we ever feel stuck between the proverbial "rock and a hard place" -- unable to see a way to get out -- is because we've forgotten this simple spiritual truth: There's always another direction waiting to reveal itself to us whenever we'll work to remember (it)... one that leads us above and out of the illusion that we're stuck between the opposites: This new direction that only...

Whatever confuses you -- be it the pain of some negative state, how people can be so selfish, your own anger, or some compulsive behavior -- just quietly choose to learn the truth about yourself, and watch the mystery disappear.