• 38th talk with Rita – 2-13-2015

    Friday February 13, 2015 F: 5:40 a.m. Good morning, Miss Rita. I’m going to try this on the computer again, since yesterday seemed to work out well enough. If we ever get to a patch where speed works against me, I trust you will advise me to go back to pen and paper. R: I…

  • 39th talk with Rita – 2-14-2015

    Saturday, February 14, 2015 F: 7 a.m. Late start this morning, though I don’t mind. Well, Miss Rita, I certainly do feel like I am riding a runaway horse, not for the first time. Performing in public like this is bringing in questions faster than we can deal with them, and now Charles is offering…

  • 40th talk with Rita – 2-15-2015

    Sunday February 15, 2015 F: 5 a.m. Good morning, Rita. Your rephrasing of the question as “What is it in the nature of the world that produces suffering as a by-product?” seems to have opened doors for Charles. He suggests that you continue along that line. Or, of course, we could follow another of his…

  • 41st talk with Rita – 2-16-2015

    Monday February 16, 2015 F: 5 a.m. Beginning again, Miss Rita. I think today I’ll leave it up to you where we begin, and I’ll try it in the journal, the old way. Something didn’t work out yesterday, and I’m wondering if it is too many variables. R: Or could it be that things beyond…

  • 42nd talk with Rita – 2-17-2015

    Tuesday February 17, 2015 F: 4 a.m. Okay, Miss Rita, you’re on – should you choose to be. Context, in judging life? R: The point should be evident. Nothing seen out of context is going to make sense, and why should anyone expect it to? Logically it amounts to a tautology: Things only make sense…

  • 43rd talk with Rita – 2-18-2015

    Wednesday February 18, 2015 F: 6:10 a.m. Well, Miss Rita, Charles has given us a choice of several questions today. What’s your pleasure? R: Let’s start with the easiest, or perhaps I should consider it the hardest, because I can’t see the difficulty. [Charles said, “And this sentence from today’s session is a mind-stopper. It…

  • 44th talk with Rita – 2-19-2015

    Thursday February 19, 2015 F: 3:30 a.m. Okay, Miss Rita, since it seems I’m not going to get any more sleep anyway, we might as well start. I haven’t counted the questions Charles proposes as possibilities, but there must be a dozen of them. Where would you like to begin? R: Let’s start with my…

  • 45th talk with Rita – 2-20-2015

    Friday February 20, 2015 F: 3:30 a.m. A choice of several, Miss Rita. What’s your pleasure? R: Let’s do as we did before, starting at the top and proceeding more or less in order. F: Okay, take it away. First question in Charles’ list is, “What questions does she wish she had asked but didn’t…

  • 46th talk with Rita – 2-21-2015

    Saturday February 21, 2015 F: 5:30 a.m. You had said you would continue on from where you left off, and there are a bunch of questions more that Charles posed, that I printed out and have ready to go, Rita. But it is a weird uneasy feeling, doing this, knowing that I don’t quite have…

  • 47th talk with Rita – 2-22-2015

    Sunday February 22, 2015 F: 5:30 a.m. Miss Rita, it occurs to me, maybe you would rather lecture than answer questions at some point. I assume you will let me know. R: Of course. But for now this serves. It is always well to know where your students’ understanding is. And questions will reveal that.…