Talk Takeaways

We get into trouble because we keep putting ourselves in the hands of an unconscious part of us that says, "Now I know what I have been doing wrong."

The first step of going beyond what is false is to recognize it as being false.

What makes us so sure that we are right? What we KNOW. Our certainty. This is what sets us against other people and against life itself.

We are not meant to live from a nature that knows how a moment is supposed to go before the moment takes place. Our real life is meant to be participation in the revelation of the moment.

The extent of the psychological pain that you are in is directly proportionate to the extent of your certainty.

The divided consciousness is in a constant state of comparing what the moment should be to what it is.

Imitation is the path to resentment and regret, but never to realization.

The consciousness that relies upon its own content can never get past the experience of that same content.

Living from the dictates of the divided consciousness means that you will always want something and not-want something else at the same time, producing a strong sense of self, and with no awareness of that divided state.

The way to freedom from wandering around in a labyrinth is to see that you are wandering around in a labyrinth, and that it is created by the very mind that is afraid of its own creation.

The negation of the divided consciousness is the birth in you of the light that reveals the limitations of that consciousness.

The treasure of Heaven is finally being free of yourself, where everything you need is given to you in the moment of need.

Is there anything intelligent about living in fear, doubt, anger, resentment, or any other negative state? Operating from those states is artificial intelligence: something that has no real intelligence, but when everyone agrees that it does, it leads to fear, struggle and sorrow.

Real joy is not something to journey to, it does not exist in a time to come and it is not a sense of self. It is a conscious relationship with creation.