More often than most of us care to tell, we run into unwanted moments that seem to challenge the very fabric of our being. Almost anything can be the proverbial straw that breaks us: a friend's betrayal, loss of health or a loved one, unexpected financial strain. Even a shattered dream can throw us into a dark nightmare. Certainly, no one gets out of his or her bed in the morning thinking, "To...

Topics covered: Is the part of me that sees my lower nature a higher nature or just something resisting it; What is the proper role of enthusiasm and commitment in our lives; Can you explain active and passive as relates to the masculine/feminine principle; How long should I work with a particular spiritual intention; I often receive inspiration while meditating but am unsure if I should inter...

Key Lesson: Learn to let your love of exploring new and open spaces replace all of the ever-diminishing pleasures... found in all the old familiar places.

Your true nature is fearless because it lives for one reason only: to be the unflagging instrument moment to moment of whatever love asks it to be.

If you want something truly worth living for, then learn what it means to live for something that is capable of returning the love you give it.

Your true nature is fearless because it lives for one reason only: to be the unflagging instrument -- moment-to-moment -- of whatever love asks it to be.

Topics covered: desire, ambition, impatience, patience, innocence, insight, safety, protection, wisdom...

Topics covered:  The interior path does not necessarily change what you do with your life, but it will change the reason why you do it; "'Master, which is the great commandment in the law?' Jesus said unto him, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.'" -- New Testament; Every law that is made to resolve a conflict creates more conflict, which then requires the creation of more laws to replace the law that did not work.

Topics covered: "Laying down your life for your brother" is an interior action; Physician heal thyself; Realizing I've been the progenitor of my own pain; The dawning of a new light within; Having the willingness to suspend your automatic reactions; Relating the game of chess to your interior life; We live from a nature that sees itself apart from life...

To begin seeing that negative states such as anger, impatience, worry, and fear have lodged themselves into the hidden corners of your heart is to discover how they have managed to win their spot.

There is no "right" road to follow that leads to the realization of one's immortal Self. If we wish to be one with a celestial consciousness, capable of responding with effortless wisdom to any demand -- regardless of its nature, high or low --t hen all images of such a being must be thrown away. St. Paul provides us with the reason why we must agree to die to those parts of us that hope for a higher life to come...

Everything in this life is made to be impermanent, so that by the action of time, it can be changed into something new.