Student Talks: 11/19/2021 - Key Lesson: It is an eternal law: everything is always being changed, ceaselessly transformed into something else; but within us dwells the light of a Divine intelligence that is the unchanging center of all there is, or that ever will be.

Let every search for a solution to the suffering you feel begin in the unlit corners of your own consciousness, and soon you will never again wonder “why” you feel the worries, fear, and the bitterness that you do...

The end of suffering is not found in the pursuit of freedom from suffering, but in seeing through the very nature of desire that generates the suffering to begin with. The problem is not what we desire, but the identification with desire itself, and the endless cycle of division it creates.

Learn what it means to give all you have to whatever it is that you may be doing in the moment, for only the cost of "taking pains" to complete that action can complete you.

The whole idea of learning to live with "controlled stress" is like believing that not only are you in control of a war you didn't start, but that you're on the winning side...

Until we can withstand uncertainty without escaping into explanation, fantasy, or any other familiar form of psychological avoidance, we cannot discover what lies beyond it.

It certainly seems true, and (it) definitely feels that way, but the familiarity of our habitual thinking is not safety...

When you no longer want to look at the world through the eyes of anyone else, you will at last know what it means to see.

What's wrong with knowing that someone or something outside of me is responsible for making me feel unhappy? Over and over I fall into the trap of wanting to lash out and blame other people for what seem to me to be injustices in their actions. How can I learn to suppress that immediate reaction to point the finger at someone else? After certain negative events take place, I think I'll regain...

I want to let go of my familiar painful thoughts and feelings, but fear what will happen next. Who will I be without all of my usual feelings? My problem is letting go. I'm always offering myself solutions, and I don't know how to stop. They make so much sense at the time, but then I end up in more trouble than before. How can I move beyond a painful regret?...

I know there must be a relationship between good physical health and true spiritual principles, but what part does Truth play when it comes to our healing? When I am in physical pain and not in control of what my body is doing, is there a tip you can give me for easing the seemingly inevitable anxiety? I am always so impressed with people who are able to overcome their physical impairments wit...

Topics covered:  Each of us has three different "bodies": a physical body, an intellectual body, and an emotional body. These three bodies are presently disconnected from each other; The physical, intellectual and emotional bodies are intended to work in concert, but they are almost always in conflict with one another; There exists a higher body altogether that is always present, but we are not present to its influence.