Past Discussion Topics

MARCH 14, 2009: IS YOUR SELF IMAGE FAULTY? IS YOUR SELF IMAGE A LEARNED CONSTRUCT? IF SO, HOW DO YOU KNOW YOUR SELF IMAGE IS CORRECT? CAN YOU KNOW YOUR TRUE SELF FOR SURE?

MARCH 7, 2009: WHAT THE BLEEP DO YOU KNOW? LET’S EXAMINE THE ASSUMPTIONS BEHIND THE FILM WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW.

FEBRUARY 7, 2009: IS PSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGE NECESSARY? EXAMINING SELF IMAGES, SELF-IDENTIFICATION, AND THE APPLICATION OF ENERGY IN THE OBSERVATION OF THINKING PROCESSES.

JANUARY 31, 2009: THE BLACK WALL. DISCUSSION OF A POEM BY SHAWN NEVINS.

JANUARY 24, 2009: LACKING REAL SELF AWARENESS. “AFFIRMATION OF THE SELF THOUGH EXPERIENCE IS DOOMED TO FAIL ” – BOB CERGOL

JANUARY 17, 2009: IS THIS GOOD ADVICE FOR SELF INQUIRY? PADRE PIO’S FIVE RULES FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH.

JANUARY 10, 2009: CLOSER EXAMINATION. “ AS LIFE GOES ON, THE CIRCLE OF IDENTIFICATION WITH THE EVER-CHANGING PARADE OF IMAGES CONTINUES. IF WE ARE LUCKY, WE WILL TIRE ENOUGH OF THE ZERO-SUM GAME TO PERHAPS PAUSE AND BEGIN TO QUESTION THE ENTIRE PROCESS.” – BOB FERGESON

JANUARY 2, 2009: AVOIDING YOURSELF? DOES YOUR CURRENT LIFESTYLE ENABLE YOU TO AVOID THE FACTS OF YOUR LIFE?

DECEMBER 27, 2008: SOCIAL ILLUSIONS. QUOTATION FROM THE FIRST PAPER OF RICHARD ROSE’S THE ALBIGEN PAPERS. ARE WE COWARDS? WITNESSING A DYNASTY OF FEAR IN A PLAYHOUSE OF DESIRE?

DECEMBER 20, 2008: THERE IS NO WITNESS TO THIS. DISCUSSION OF A POEM BY SHAWN NEVINS.

DECEMBER 13, 2008: THE LOVER. QUOTATION FOR RICHARD ROSE’S PSYCHOLOGY OF THE OBSERVER. WHAT IS LOVE? IS THE PROTESTATION FOR LOVE MASKING A SELFISH MOTIVE? ARE YOU INCAPABLE OF LOVING?

NOVEMBER 29, 2008: ARE YOU FOCUSED? QUOTATION FROM STEVE JOBS. WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT STRATEGY?

NOVEMBER 22, 2008: KOANS. A METHOD FOR SHIFTING OUR LIFE’S PARADIGM.

NOVEMBER 1, 2008: WHAT IS THE TRUTH OF YOUR SITUATION? “SELF HONESTY AND PERSISTENCE ARE, I BELIEVE, THE TWO FUNDAMENTAL TRAITS FOR SPIRITUAL SUCCESS.” – SHAWN NEVINS

OCTOBER 25, 2008: KNOWLEDGE AND ACTION. ARE YOUR ACTIONS CONSISTENT WITH YOU KNOWLEDGE?

OCTOBER 18, 2008: THE CONFLICT OF EGOS. QUOTES FROM ALFRED PULYAN AND RICHARD ROSE. IF THE EGO CAN BE EMPLOYED TO FIND THEOLOGICAL THE PHILOSOPHICAL VALUES, WHEN AND HOW SHOULD WE DETHRONE IT?

OCTOBER 4, 2008: FINDING THE INNER SELF. QUOTE FROM BOB FERGESON. ARE YOU A ROBOT? HOW CAN YOU BREAK OUT OF THE “SELF-MAINTAINING ASSOCIATIVE REACTION PATTERN (SMAARP)?

SEPTEMBER 27, 2008: SEARCHING FOR YOUR IDENTITY. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FIND YOUR IDENTITY, TO KNOW YOURSELF?

SEPTEMBER 20, 2008: FEELING AND THOUGHT. DISCUSSION. QUOTE FROM FRANKLIN MERRELL-WOLFF.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008: SELF-DEFINITION – FROM OUTWARD TO INWARD.

AUGUST 23, 2008: THE GRIEF YOU CRY OUT FROM DISCUSSION OF A POEM BY KHAZIR

AUGUST 16, 2008: WHAT ARE YOU BECOMING? CAN LIVING “WITHOUT FEAR OF FAILURE OR HOPE OF GAIN” BE A FORMULA FOR BECOMING.

AUGUST 9, 2008: THE HOUSEBUILDER. DISCUSSING POEMS BY RUMI AND BUDDHA.

AUGUST 2, 2008: SELF-DELUSION. QUOTE FROM RICHARD ROSE’S PSYCHOLOGY OF THE OBSERVER. HOW CAN WE “CIRCUMVENT THE MACHINERY OF SELF DELUSION?

JULY 26, 2008: ARE YOU WHAT YOU SEE? ARE YOU WHAT YOU SEE OR ARE YOU WHAT SEES?

JULY 19, 2008: CREATION OR DISCOVERY? DO PEOPLE CREATE THEIR OWN TRUTH, OR IS TRUTH SOMETHING THAT’S DISCOVERED?

JULY 12, 2008: THE HOUND OF HEAVEN. DISCUSSION OF FRANCIS THOMPSON’S POEM.

JULY 5, 2008: FINALLY SECURING PEACE AND HAPPINESS. DOES YOUR MIND PLAY TRICKS ON YOU.

JUNE 28, 2008: CONSCIOUSNESS. QUOTES BY MANLY P. HALL AND FRANKLIN MERRELL-WOLFF. IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING THE RESULT OF YOUR MIND CONVINCING THE SELF, OR THE SELF CONVINCING THE MIND.

JUNE 21, 2008: HOW SHALL WE KNOW THE TRUTH? QUOTE FROM RICHARD ROSE’S DEFINING THE TRUTH.

JUNE 7, 2008: FOR WHAT PURPOSE DO I MYSELF EXIST? QUOTE FROM KEIJI NISHITANI’S RELIGION AND NOTHINGNESS.

MAY 31, 2008: BECOMING AWAKE. QUOTES FROM BOB CERGOL AND HUBERT BENOIT. DO WE HAVE TO “DO” ANYTHING, OR MAKE SPECIAL EFFORTS, TO BECOME AWAKE?

MAY 24, 2008: WHAT ARE YOUR AIMS AND HOPES? QUOTE BY GURDJIEFF.

MAY 17, 2008: WHAT IS FREEDOM? QUOTES BY KRIS KRISTOFFERSON AND ROBERT POWELL.

MAY 10, 2008: IS PEACE OF MIND DESIRABLE? QUOTES FORM GURDJIEFF AND RICHARD ROSE.

MAY 3, 2008: THE FABLE OF THE TRAVELER. QUOTE FROM LEO TOLSTOY’S ZONIA.

APRIL 26, 2008: FINDING IS THE FIRST ACT THE SECOND, LOSS DISCUSSING A POEM BY EMILY DICKINSON.

APRIL 19, 2008: WHAT IS YOUR OBSTACLE TO THE PURSUIT OF TRUTH? QUOTE FROM RICHARD ROSE’S THE ALBIGEN PAPERS.

APRIL 5, 2008: FINDING SATISFACTION? QUOTE FROM ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER’S THE WORLD AS WILL AND REPRESENTATION. WHAT IS WORTH DOING IN LIFE IF EARTHLY HAPPINESS IS DESTINED TO BE FRUSTRATED, OR RECOGNIZED AS ILLUSION.

MARCH 29, 2008: SPEND OR INVEST? WHAT IS THE HIGHEST IDEAL YOU CAN CONCEIVE OF FOR YOUR LIFE?

MARCH 22, 2008: BEYOND RELATIVITY. QUOTES FROM LAO-TZU, HUI-NENG, AND RICHARD ROSE. HOW CAN YOU DISASSOCIATE YOURSELF FROM IDENTIFICATION?

MARCH 15, 2008: DESIRE. QUOTE FROM KRISHNAMURTI’S THE BOOK OF LIFE. WHAT IS IT THAT WE MUST UNDERSTAND ABOUT DESIRE. HOW IS DESIRE PERVERTED, SHAPED, CONTROLLED, ETC? ARE THERE DESIRES WORTH CULTIVATING?

MARCH 8, 2008: WE SHALL NOT CEASE FROM EXPLORATION DISCUSSING A POEM BY T.S. ELIOT.

FEBRUARY 23, 2008: ATTENTION. QUOTES FROM MARCUS AURELIUS AND BOB FERGESON. WHAT “TRICKS AND TRAPS” PREVENT US FROM HAVING THIS LISTENING ATTENTION?

FEBRUARY 16, 2008: SILENCE. QUOTE BY MEISTER ECKHART. HOW CAN WE RECOVER THIS SILENCE?

FEBRUARY 9, 2008: IS TRUTH ACCESSIBLE? QUOTES BY FRANKLIN MERRELL-WOLFF AND RICHARD ROSE. EVEN IF YOU BELIEVE THE TRUTH-EXPERIENCE OF THE ABOVE MYSTICS IS INACCESSIBLE, OR UNDERSTANDABLE, TO YOU, IS THERE REALLY A BETTER ALTERNATIVE?

FEBRUARY 2, 2008: RATIONALIZATION. DO WE RATIONALIZE OUR WAY OUT OF SEEKING?

JANUARY 26, 2008: WHY CAN’T WE BE GOOD. QUOTES BY ST. PAUL, GURDJIEFF, AND JACOB NEEDLEMAN, FROM HIS BOOK OF THE SAME TITLE.

JANUARY 19, 2008: WHAT ARE YOU RUNNING FROM, AND TO? POEM BY JAMES THURBER.

JANUARY 12, 2008: IMMORTALITY. QUOTES FROM THE KATHA UPANISHAD AND FRANZ HARTMAN. DO YOU SEEK IMMORTALITY?

JANUARY 5, 2008: SACRIFICE. QUOTE FROM OUSPENSKY. WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO SACRIFICE IN ORDER TO FIND THE TRUTH?

DECEMBER 27, 2007: VANITY. QUOTE FROM RICHARD ROSE. IS ALL VANITY?

DECEMBER 15, 2007: CERTAINTY. IS IT POSSIBLE TO KNOW SOMETHING FOR SURE? IF SO, HOW WOULD YOU “GET THERE”?

DECEMBER 8, 2007: CONFRONTING YOUR LIFE’S BASIC ISSUES. WHAT’S THE BASIC ISSUE IN YOUR LIFE?

NOVEMBER 24, 2007: DO YOUR ACTIONS REFLECT YOUR VALUES?

NOVEMBER 3, 2007: CAN WE BE TRULY FREE. QUOTE FROM KIERKEGAARD. WHAT IS THIS DREAD HE IS TALKING ABOUT?

OCTOBER 20, 2007: WHY ARE YOU UNHAPPY? QUOTE FROM WEI WU WEI. WHY DO WE KEEP ON THINKING WHAT WE THINK, AND DOING WHAT WE DO FOR A NON-EXISTENT SELF, WHICH IS THE SOURCE OF OUR UNHAPPINESS?

OCTOBER 6, 2007: THOUGHT CONTROL. QUOTE FROM FRANZ HARTMANN. IF WE DON’T CONTROL OUR THOUGHTS, WHO OR WHAT DOES?

SEPTEMBER 29, 2007: COMMITMENT. QUOTES FROM RICHARD ROSE AND BOB FERGESON ON COMMITMENT IN THE SPIRITUAL SEARCH.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2007: CONSCIENCE AND THE INNER STRUGGLE. QUOTE FROM JACOB NEEDLEMAN’S THE HEART OF PHILOSOPHY. WHAT IS CONSCIENCE? HOW CAN IT BE AWAKENED? WHAT DOES THE INNER STRUGGLE AND SELF-INTERROGATION INVOLVE? IS THERE A “QUALITY OF QUESTIONING” THAT CAN HELP EXPOSE ILLUSIONS TO SUCH AN EXTENT AS TO BRING US TO ULTIMATE AWARENESS?

SEPTEMBER 15, 2007: DO YOU HAVE MIND PARASITES? QUOTE FROM RICHARD ROSE’S ENERGY TRANSMUTATION, BETWEENESS, AND TRANSMISSION. DO OUR OBSESSIONS, HABITS, AND NEGATIVE EMOTIONS DRAIN US OF ENERGY THAT COULD BE USED FOR A HIGHER SPIRITUAL PURPOSE? CAN WE FIGHT THE OBSESSIONS WITH ANOTHER OBSESSION (DIE WHILE LIVING)?

SEPTEMBER 8, 2007: DO YOU THINK, OR DO YOU THINK THAT YOU THINK? QUOTES FROM RICHARD ROSE’S LECTURE OF QUESTIONS.

AUGUST 25, 2007: ARE YOU WASTING YOUR TIME SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH??? “I DECIDED THAT EVEN IF I FAILED TO FIND THE TRUTH, AND SEMINGLY WASTED MY LIFE LOOKING, I STILL WOULD PREFER THAT PROSPECT OF FAILURE TO A SITUATION WHERE I HAD NOT EVEN TRIED.” – RICHARD ROSE. SHAWN NEVINS’ ACCOUNT OF HIS REALIZATION.

AUGUST 18, 2007: IS THIS THE ONLY TRUTH ON EARTH? DISCUSSING A POEM BY AZTEC POET-KING NEZAHUALCOYOTL.

AUGUST 11, 2007: FINDING BALANCE. QUOTE FROM SHAWN NEVINS. IS PURPOSEFUL “UNBALANCING” THE MEANS TO FINDING REAL BALANCE?

JULY 28, 2007: AUTHENTIC SELF-KNOWLEDGE. CAN WE EVER FIND IT? MUST THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH GO ON UNTIL THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO DOUBT AND NO QUESTIONS LEFT TO ASK? ARE THERE ANY UNIVERSAL METHODS OR FORUMULAS? QUOTE FROM BERNADETTE ROBERTS.

JULY 21, 2007: FREEDOM FROM BELIEF: WHAY CAN’T WE JUST SEE? QUOTES FROM ZEN MASTERS SHUNRYU SUZUKI, HUANG PO, AND STEVE HAGEN.

JULY 14, 2007: CAN ULTIMATE REALITY BE KNOWN THROUGH THE INTELLECT? IS THERE A HIGHER FACULTY IN MAN THAT IS SUBTLER THAN THE SENSES, AND MORE PENETRATIVE THAN THE INTELLECT? WHAT KIND OF PHILOSOPHIC TRAINING IS NEED TO DEVELOP THE FACULTY OF INTUITION? QUOTE FROM PAUL BRUNTON

JUNE 30, 2007: WHAT IS THOUGHT? DOES THOUGHT DISTORT EVERYTHING FOR ITS OWN CONVENIENCE? IS THERE AN AWARENESS, BEHIND THE MIND AND THOUGHT, THAT IS OF A SUBTLE AND MUCH MORE REAL ESSENCE? QUOTES FROM KRISHNAMURTI AND RICHARD ROSE’S THE DIRECT-MIND EXPERIENCE.

APRIL 28, 2007: SUFFERING CAN CONSCIOUS SUFFERING LEAD US TO HIGHER REALIZATION? QUOTES FROM MIGUEL DE UNAMUNO, GURDJIEFF, AND GAUTAMA BUDDHA.

APRIL 21, 2007: WHAT IS YOUR CALLING? DO WE INVENT A PURPOSE FOR LIFE THAT DENIES OUR LIFE’S TRUE CALLING? QUOTE BY BOB CERGOL.

APRIL 7, 2007: NO INNER UNITY, NO TRUE WILL? DISCUSSION OF ROBERT DeROPP'S THEATER OF THE SELVES FROM HIS BOOK THE MASTER GAME.

MARCH 31, 2007: WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S GREATEST CONSOLATION? DISCUSSION BASED ON MIGUEL de UNAMUNO'S THE TRAGIC SENSE OF LIFE IN MEN AND NATIONS. SHOULD WARFARE BETWEEN "TURNING CONSOLATION INTO RATIONAL TRUTH" AND "TURNING RATIONAL TRUTH INTO CONSOLATION" BE THE CONDITION OF OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE? CAN SKEPTICISM AND UNCERTAINTY, COMBINED WITH DESPAIR, PROVIDE THE FOUNDATION OF HOPE FOR IMMORTALITY?

MARCH 17, 2007: MEDITATION - EXPLORING OUR PATH TO SELF-REALIZATION. WHAT FORM OF MEDITATION DO YOU PRACTICE? HAS IT BENEFITED YOU? DOES IT INVOLVE SELF-INQUIRY? IS IT ONE OF EFFORTLESS ABSORPTION INTO TRANSCENDENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS? SURRENDER? MINDFULNESS? RECOLLECTION? LISTENING TO THE SILENCE? LET'S SHARE OUR DISCOVERIES AND INSIGHTS.

MARCH 10, 2007: CAN WE BECOME INNOCENTS AGAIN? QUOTATION FROM MATTHEW 18: 1-5 (BECOME LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN). DOES YOUR PERSONAL "PSYCHODRAMA" PREVENT YOU FROM SEEING THINGS WITH THE DIRECT OPENNESS OF A CHILD OR AUTISTIC PERSON?

MARCH 3, 2007: YOUR MOODS - HOW DO THEY AFFECT YOUR STATE OF MIND? QUOTE FROM RICHARD ROSE'S THE DIRECT MIND EXPERIENCE. ARE YOUR CONVICTIONS INSPIRED BY NON-LOGICAL MOODS? IS THE NOSTALGIC MOOD THE LANGUAGE OF THE SOUL?

FEBRUARY 24, 2007: DELUDING YOURSELF? HOW PROCRASTINATION AND RATIONALIZATION BECOME SERIOUS OBSTACLES IN THE SEEKER'S QUEST FOR TRUTH. DISCUSSION OF QUOTE FROM RICHARD ROSE'S PSYCHOLOGY OF THE OBSERVER.

FEBRUARY 17, 2007: ACCEPTANCE... STUDY OF QUOTATIONS FROM HUBERT BENOIT AND REINHOLD NEIBUHR. QUESTION - IS THERE A CONNECTION BETWEEN SELF-KNOWING AND ACCEPTANCE?

FEBRUARY 10, 2007: ENDLESS STRUGGLE? QUOTES FROM ALBERT CAMUS AND G.I. GURDJIEFF. IS A LIFE OF STRUGGLE THE MOST WE CAN HOPE FOR? OR IS THERE A PATH TO MEANING AND FULL SATISFACTION IN LIFE?

FEBRUARY 3, 2007: WHAT IS THOUGHT? DISCUSSION OF EXCERPTS FROM KRISHNAMURTI'S FREEDOM FROM THE KNOWN.

JANUARY 27, 2007: WHO IS THE TRUE MAN? DISCUSSION OF QUOTATIONS FROM SHANKARA AND CHUANG TZU. HOW CAN WE BECOME THE "TRUE MAN"? DESIRELESS AMIDST OBJECTS OF DESIRE? AN "ILLUMINED SOUL"? NOT USING THE MIND TO REPEL THE WAY, OR HELP OUT HEAVEN?

JANUARY 13, 2007: HAVE YOU FOUND YOUR PURPOSE? QUOTATION FROM RUMI'S TABLE TALK. WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS "ONE THING" IS THAT RUMI WAS TALKING ABOUT?

JANUARY 6, 2007: WHAT IS LOVE? QUOTATION FROM FRANKLIN MERRILL-WOLFF'S PATHWAYS THROUGH TO SPACE. WHAT DO YOU THINK LOVE IS? HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU LOVE? IS THERE A LOVE HIGHER THAN OUR ORDINARY NOTIONS OF IT? DOES HIGHER LOVE INVOLVE DETACHMENT FROM FEELING AS WELL AS THOUGHT? IS ABANDONMENT OF ANY AND ALL SELF-INTEREST THE CONDITION FOR HIGHER LOVE?

DECEMBER 30, 2006: WHAT IS DEATH? DISCUSSION OF QUOTATIONS FROM LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN'S TRACTATUS LOGICO-PHILOSOPHICUS, RABINDRANATH TAGORE'S SADHANA, AND MONTAIGNE'S THE ESSAYS.

DECEMBER 23, 2006: WILL THINKING GOOD THOUGHTS CHANGE REALITY FOR THE BETTER, OR COULD WANTING GOOD THOUGHTS BE THE PROBLEM? DISCUSSION OF QUOTE FROM KEN WILBER'S THE SIMPLE FEELING OF BEING. CAN YOUR POWER TO CREATE YOUR OWN REALITY ENABLE YOU TO MAKE ALL YOUR GOOD THOUGHTS COME TRUE? IS THAT POSSIBLE?

DECEMBER 16, 2006: IS HAVING WISDOM WORTH A FORTUNE AT ANY TIME? QUOTE FROM PAUL BRUNTON'S THE EGO - FROM BIRTH TO REBIRTH, VOLUME 6. IF WISDOM IS WORTH A FORTUNE AT ANY TIME, WHY DO WE PUT SEEKING A FORTUNE FIRST, BEFORE SEEKING WISDOM? IF GOODNESS IS A SOLID PROTECTION IN SEEKING WISDOM, HOW CAN WE BE GOOD?

NOVEMBER 18, 2006: LEARN TO DEVELOP BOTH YOUR INTUITION AND YOUR POWER TO REASON FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH. QUOTES FROM RICHARD ROSE'S PSYCHOLOGY OF THE OBSERVER AND THE ALBIGEN PAPERS. WILL A HIGHLY DEVELOPED INTUITION AND REASONING POWER BRING ABOUT HIGHER SPIRITUAL AWARENESS. LET'S EXAMINE THE METHODS AND LIFESTYLES PRACTICED BY PHILOSOPHERS, MYSTICS, AND SCIENTISTS THROUGHOUT THE AGES.

OCTOBER 21, 2006: ARE WE LIVING IN A PRISON OF THOUGHT AND TIME? QUOTE FROM BOB FERGESON'S MYSTIC MISSAL WEBSITE ARTICLE ON GNOSTICISM. ARE WE IDENTIFIED WITH THOUGHT? HOW CAN WE ESCAPE THIS PRISON OF THOUGHT AND TIME?

OCTOBER 14, 2006: IS REMEMBRANCE THE SOUL'S DUTY IN THIS LIFE? DISCUSSION OF QUOTATION FROM KEN WILBER'S THE SIMPLE FEELING OF BEING.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2006: SUCCESS THROUGH FAILURE - WILL FAILURE THROUGH EXHAUSTING ALL EFFORT BRING US ENLIGHTENMENT? QUOTATIONS FROM HUBERT BENOIT'S THE LIGHT OF ZEN IN THE WEST AND RICHARD ROSE'S THE MEDITATION PAPERS.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2006: I SAID TO MY SOUL, BE STILL... QUOTE FROM T.S. ELIOT POEM. WHO IS TALKING TO WHAT? COULD THIS BE AN EFFECTIVE MEDITATION TECHNIQUE?

SEPTEMBER 16, 2006: SHOULD YOU QUESTION YOUR BELIEFS? IS DOUBT SACRED? QUOTE FROM RICHARD ROSE'S THE DIRECT MIND EXPERIENCE. WHAT ARE THE SOURCES FOR YOUR CURRENT BELIEFS? COULD THEY BE AN EXCUSE FOR AVOIDING INTROSPECTION? COULD MAINTAINING A RESPECTFUL DOUBT ABOUT ALL BELIEFS BE A MEANS TO UNDERSTANDING THE MIND?

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006: WHAT IS SPIRITUAL ACTION? WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF YEARNING AND INTENT?

AUGUST 26, 2006: DOES NATURE ENCOURAGE OUR SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION, OR DOES NATURE HAVE ITS OWN AGENDA WHERE WE ARE NOT IMPORTANT? CAN WE LEARN TO OUTWIT NATURE SO THAT WE MAY EVOLVE SPIRITUALLY?

AUGUST 19, 2006: WHAT DO YOU FEAR? ARE YOU AFRAID OF LOSING A COWARD?

AUGUST 12, 2006: ARE YOU THE VICTIM OF LIFE, OR THE WITNESS OF LIFE?

AUGUST 5, 2006: IS YOUR MIND THE PROBLEM? IF SO, CAN YOU FREE YOURSELF FROM YOUR MIND?

JULY 29, 2006: MUST WE LOSE ALL IN ORDER TO GAIN ALL? IS THE SECRET TO ENLIGHTENMENT THE DESIRE TO BE NOTHING? LET'S EXAMINE THE VERSES FROM "THE ASCENT OF MOUNT CARMEL" BY SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS.

JULY 15, 2006: WHAT ARE YOUR OBSTACLES TO SPIRITUAL GROWTH? IS THE MIND THE ONLY TOOL WE HAVE FOR DETERMINING OUR PROGRESS AND SUCCESS IN SPIRITUAL GROWTH?

JULY 8, 2006: IS DESIRE AN ILLUSION? WHY ARE WE DISTRACTED BY DESIRE IF OUR DESIRES ARE ILLUSORY PHANTOMS?

JULY 1, 2006: HOW CAN YOU DISCOVER YOUR INNER TRUTH? WHAT IS INNER TRUTH? MUST WE FIND IT FIRST BEFORE GAINING VIRTUE AND KNOWLEDGE?

JUNE 17, 2006: WHAT IS YOUR REAL SELF? IS THERE A SINGLE, REAL SELF AMIDST A THEATER OF SELVES?

MAY 27, 2006: ARE YOU SUFFICIENTLY DISSATISFIED WITH LIFE? IS SUFFERING A TIME FOR REJOICING? CAN DISSATISFACTION BE THE BIRTH WITH CREATIVE INSIGHT?

MAY 13, 2006: WHAT THE BLEEP DO YOU KNOW? LET EXAMINE THE ASSUMPTIONS BEHIND THE FILM "WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW." CAN YOU CREATE YOUR OWN REALITY?

MAY 6, 2006: SPIRITUAL GROWTH: THE LAWS AND TECHNIQUES WHAT ARE THE WAYS AND MEANS OF DISCERNMENT ON THE SPIRITUAL PATH?

APRIL 29, 2006: SHOULD WE HELP HUMANITY, OR CAN WE HELP ONLY OURSELVES?: ARE ALL OUR ALTRUISTIC IDEALS AND SENTIMENTS TOWARDS HELPING HUMANITY NOTHING MORE THAN VAIN DELUSION? IS IT PERHAPS TRUE THAT IN TRYING TO HELP HUMANITY, THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS? IF WE CAN'T CHANGE THE BLUEPRINT FOR HUMANITY, CAN WE KNOW OUR INDIVIDUAL BLUEPRINT BY LOOKING WITHIN?

APRIL 22, 2006: WILL WE FIND TRUE LOVE THROUGH OUR RELATIONSHIPS?: WILL TRUE LOVE BE FOUND WHEN THE SELF IS FORGOTTEN? IF SO, HOW CAN WE FORGET THE SELF? IS AVOIDING A DEEP RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS THE BEST HOPE FOR SELF-REVELATION?

APRIL 8, 2006: ARE WE DOERS, OR REACTORS?: IS OUR FATE TO BE NOTHING MORE THAN A MACHINE, HARD-WIRED, OUT OF CONTROL, OR CAN WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT WHICH HAS PROGRAMMED US?

MARCH 25, 2006: HIGHER AWARENESS: WHAT IS IT? CAN THERE BE A STATE OF HIGHER AWARENESS WHICH IS ABSOLUTE AND ATTAINABLE IN OUR LIFETIME?