Dear Folks -

I want the psychological and spiritual work I do and then share with others to be nourishing as well as challenging. Sometimes the psychological and spiritual truths and principles we work with are so familiar to us that we assume we "know" them. When this is the case, we cease being pulled further out and driven deeper within.

The story I based the talk I gave in Ordinary Life on this week is so familiar that we all likely think we "know" it. It is a story Jesus told that is frequently called "The Parable of the Prodigal Son." I gave the talk I did this title: "Going To A Place We Have Not Been - But Think We Have."

The full text I spoke from is below. You will find the audio version somewhat different and that is available on the Ordinary Life website as well as a copy of the slides I used to accompany the talk.

Much love,

Bill Kerley

Click here to download the text  Download 6:10:12 - Summary

Click here to download the presentation slides  Download 6:10:12 - A Place We Have Not Been

Click here to download the audio Download 20120610MP3

Dear Folks -

If we expect and/or hope to experience healing for our own brokenness and to bring healing to our broken world, we must learn to live in the house of wisdom. Being found by wisdom is what our primary purpose in life is.

That is a two sentence summary of the "life talk" I gave in Ordinary Life this week. I based it on the parable Jesus told which is known as "the parable of the pearl of great value."

The full text I spoke from is below. You will find the audio version somewhat different and that is available on the Ordinary Life website as well as a copy of the slides I used to accompany the talk.

Much love,

Bill Kerley

To download the text of the talk click here  Download 6:3:12 - Summary

To download a copy of the presentation slides click here  Download 6:3:12 - Have You Found Jesus?

To download the talk in MP3 format click here Download 20120603MP3

Dear Folks -

Anytime we don't know how to do something, like prepare a particular recipe, it is okay to go asking for advice. This is the way we learn and grow. For many things in the realm of dualism is this true. However, the stakes are higher when it comes to seeking advice about religious and spiritual matters. Sometimes what we hear is either not at all what we had hoped for or are willing to do.

I open this "life talk" with an experience from the days of my clinical training where one of my colleagues asked a professor to "tell him what do do." Then use one of Jesus' parables to encourage our being open to living more truly in the present as the persons we truly are.

The full text I spoke from is below. You will find the audio version somewhat different and that is available on the Ordinary Life website as well as a copy of the slides I used to accompany the talk.

Much love,

Bill Kerley

To download the text of the talk click here  Download 5:27:12 - Summary

To download the slides used during the talk click here  Download 5:27:12 - What To Do

To download the talk in MP3 format click here Download 2012.5.27 MP3

Dear Folks -

A man had a hundred sheep. One of them was lost and he went looking for it until it was found.

This parable of Jesus has been so domesticated by us that we don't hear its offensive meaning. In summary the message is that we are to be, and this take non-dual mind to understand, both the culturally despised shepherd and, at the same time, realize that we are the sheep that has wandered off the trail.

The full text I spoke from is below. You will find the audio version somewhat different and that is available on the Ordinary Life website as well as a copy of the slides I used to accompany the talk.

Much love,

Bill Kerley

To download the text in pdf format click here  Download 201209520 - Text

To download the slides in pdf format click here  Download 5:20:12 - Beyond Reason

To download the audio in MP3 format click here Download 20120520 - MP3