Being renewed by Life, and starting life all over are one and the same superior, interior action...

To one degree or another we have all forgotten what is perhaps the single greatest gift that can be given to a human being: the power to make anything in creation tell us all about itself. We are intended to be in direct relationship with all of the elements and qualities that live within us. We usually defer to some form of negativity in difficult moments. If we really want freedom from fear...

Classroom Talk: 7/23/2004 - Closing our eyes to where we may be in the wrong in that moment of any strained relationship does not make what is wrong within us any less of a burden to bear, but it does ensure that wherever we go we will find ourselves "bumping" into others and, for our pride-induced blindness, continuing to blame them for what we have refused to see.

Classroom Talk: 7/14/2002 - The seat of power and perfection hidden away in the heart of one's soul is its potential to receive what is Divine and in this silent conception to be made anew. This means that our work is not about struggling to somehow make ourselves whole, but simply to surrender ourselves to the will of that eternal relationship already holy, already established within each of us.

Topics covered: Real evolution is the awakening of the soul to its natural relationship to that which created it; We are created to transcend every split second whatever it is that you become aware of that needs to be transcended; The true aspirant has the sense that something is missing, and that the journey back home is inward, the path of negation; Awakening is discovering that here is there.

Topics covered: Real evolution is the awakening of the soul to its natural relationship to that which created it; We are created to transcend every split second whatever it is that you become aware of that needs to be transcended; The true aspirant has the sense that something is missing, and that the journey back home is inward, the path of negation; Awakening is discovering that here is there.

Topics covered: There is no freedom without real faith, but faith is not a belief; Faith is the living expression of a human being's conscious relationship with the Divine. It is a direct participation in creation itself; You do not need to conjure up faith in order to participate in life. You need to be awake to what is keeping you from participating in that life, then real faith is there...

Classroom Talk: 10/24/2021 - Part 1: Just as a river is refreshed -- each moment -- by the small creeks and streams that pour their waters into it, so are we meant to be renewed by the passage of Real Life as it pours into us, revealing all that it does... within us. Of course, this ever-green relationship assumes one thing: that we are remain open enough -- each moment...

Topics Covered: How do I handle my judgmental feelings about my son; Can I still grow while in a toxic relationship or should I leave; How can one heal and free themselves after a sexual assault; Nothing in me loves the truth anymore; When I’m tired and I listen to a talk I’m suddenly reenergized; How does the universe know what's best for you; I’m resentful and angry...

There is no "self" without relationship. In reality, the observer and the observed do not exist apart from one another. However, in the absence of higher awareness, the lower level of self believes that it is separate from what it sees as being outside of itself. This is the source of suffering. The gift of being able to see that the observer is the observed is the reconciliation and the end...

Topics covered: You've already lost any fight you engage in; Who I am depends on what room of my house I'm currently in; We're driven by incomplete experiences; We don't pass through life, life passes through us; There is something in me that would rather hate itself than see the hater; Don't try to be, choose to see; There is a relationship between spiritual maturity and saturation of experie...

I have been in a relationship for many years now. Because of the way I was raised -- in a family with parents who were stand-offish and critical, and who had issues with substance abuse -- I have had difficulties expressing and experiencing emotional intimacy with my partner -- who is outgoing and passionate, and craves that kind of connection, and who now refuses to respond to me after being...