Shedding Shackles

Intuition is a gut level knowing. Roland discusses why you need it.

Be careful not to be absorbed by intense distractions. With the Lord, you can maintain awareness and maintain your center of dignity.

The forbidden food changed Adam. The shock of realizing he disobeyed God came with the fall. Roland discusses how you should respond to seduction.

How did you become apart from God? Roland discusses how you became part of a sensuous life and how to recover from it.

Stress compromises your immune system and keeps you from remaining centered. Roland discusses how not to be externally motivated, but respond to the Creator.

We were meant to go through life with a carefree spirit. Learn how to regain your childlike innocence and you will be closer to God.

When a little child, you faced every day as an adventure. Now you are probably wrapped up in planning and worries. Roland tells how to regain joy by moving according to what you know is right.

Goals can lead to demise. We inherit a fallen nature from Adam, subject to lies and ambition. Christ makes possible living in the moment according to what you know is right.

We need to follow through all the way to the end with what is right. Roland tells how when you do so, you will bear good fruit, in spite of the cares of the world. The Best of Roland--originally aired May 16, 2021.

We need to follow through all the way to the end with what is right. Roland tells how when you do so, you will bear good fruit, in spite of the cares of the world.

You shouldn't be locked into things you hate. Roland tells how resentment blocks the true you. Be in a meditative state and you'll survive the temptations of others.

How do you know that what the Bible says is true? There's an internal testimony. Einstein knew that gravity would bend light, and no one could persuade him otherwise. You should be that way in knowing the Truth.

If you resent someone, it affects your entire being. Avoid looking at someone with the judgments of yesterday. God's right way involves looking forward the future with a fresh perspective.

A listener asks about staying with the plan God wants him to live. Roland gives three important steps to living a life approved by God.

We absorb the image of other people. This can happen when you hate your parents or when you worship entertainment and sports stars. Roland tells how to remain true to yourself.

We inherit our fallen nature. If you see yourself doing something wrong, instead of making an excuse or trying to justify it, just see it and see that it's wrong. In this way you come closer to God's Light.

Have you been around someone who waits until you make a mistake and then attacks you? How do you overcome subtle teases and false accusations? Roland tells how to remain safe through not reacting.

When you're in a state of sin, you are subject to everything but God. Instead of being a slave to people and ideas, become connected to your source.

Roland reads from his soon-to-be-released book, It's Sunny and Warm in the Kingdom of God. When you were a little child, you had a strong sense of conscience. You must refind this link to your Creator.

A caller asks about obsessive-compulsive disorder. Roland discusses casting doubt. You must learn how to watch doubt without responding or reacting.

A totalitarian spirit brings meanness and impatience. With the devilishly clever things others say, don't doubt yourself and trust what you know is right.

Christ came to bring good news, but to benefit you need a special attitude. Those in your own family were stubborn and pressured you. To recover, you need awareness and forgiveness.

Jesus was a stress conqueror. He experienced temptation and torture, and he overcame them by not reacting. Through patience and self control, you too can conquer stress with the help of God's Light.

We've all received wakeup calls. Some people stay awake, and others escape into selfish motivations. To truly improve as a person, Roland tells how you must come close to the Light from God.

Roland reads from Paul's epistle to the Romans. To stop being a slave to sin, you must avoid reacting wrongly. Learn the secret of watching the world without reacting.

Tease or cruelty can elicit an improper response. You must learn to respond rightly to stress.

Much information in the world is missing wisdom and love. Right living requires wisdom from God, not only worldly planning. Roland tells how to get in touch with this wisdom.

As we go through life, we become more and more like those we had contempt for. Roland tells how to stop falling away from the Creator, and instead find rest for your soul.

If you resent someone else, not only does that person bother you, but you become more sensitive. Roland tells how to react rightly and avoid stress.

Many of us are restless, because we have not found rest in God. How do you do that? Roland tells how you can by forgiving others and avoiding self-seeking.

You must learn to bear cruelty and torment without resentment. If you resent, you're responding to evil and are no longer centered. The free Meditation will help you remain centered.

Slowly but surely, parents, school, and authorities got to you through pressure. Roland explains how you must be motivated from within, not reacting to outside pressure.

Are you having marriage troubles? Many think that separating will allow one to find true life. Roland tells how doing the usual--taking the wide path--can allow temptation to take hold, and discusses how to keep your marriage strong.

Spiritual Light is all around you, but you have to find it. Light contains both light and heat. Similarly, God's Light can give you both truth and love.

The soul can be touched in a good or bad way. When you become resentful, or when you chase after a false promise, the soul is touched in a negative way. Roland tells how you can find healing.

Why do people do bad things? False suggestion, resulting in you either rebelling or trying out a wrong idea, can be dangerous. Roland tells how to stay armed against evil--by following the Light within you.

Many of us are separated from our true life. We daydream and look for excitement for our ego in a search for glory. Roland describes forms of temptation and how to avoid them.

The baggage of the past (tease, meanness, and trauma) is not supposed to hold you back. If you are resentful, you'll become a slave to the past. Roland tells how to engage the future with joy.

God is continually refreshing the universe. Are you stuck in worry and unhappiness? Roland tells how to find awareness and become refreshed.

There are two ways of living: the temporary earthly life and the forever life from God. The earthly fallen life comes from pressures from outside. Roland describes the life from God and how to find it.

Many of us avoid awareness because it brings discomfort, like going to face the boss. When you take awareness with you, you can handle situations rightly.

Marriage requires love and faith, and these qualities come from the Heavenly Father. Roland discusses the importance of fathers, both the one you can see and the one you cannot see.

Roland reads from Romans 6 and discusses how many of us react too much to the outside. We then lose awareness and become suggestible. Instead, learn to be impelled from within.

Christ said the Kingdom of Heaven is all around you. You have been transported out of the Kingdom into another realm, that of this world. Roland tells how to enjoy this earth while also tasting of Heaven. The Best of Roland--originally aired December 29, 2019.

If you could love your neighbor as yourself, your stress would go away. Instead, most of us succumb to irritation, nervousness, and resentment. Roland discusses what it means to love your neighbor.

Roland discusses how problems and issues he's seen in people have changed over the past 30 years. The Inner Light allows you to see injustice clearly, and you had it as a child. With the Light, Roland tells how you can know and follow your right path.

Roland reads from Experiencing God Through Prayer by Madame Jeanne Guyon. The rich nuggets of truth will inspire you in your walk with God. A right walk involves staying in the present moment.

When things seem like they aren't working out, maybe they are. Roland tells how God can guide your life in unexpected ways. This is all the more reason to avoid ambition and avoid response to worldly stimuli.

If you meet each moment with awareness, you will have awareness from above. Instead, most of us set goals and then react to the outside. Roland tells how to find perfect access to God's wisdom.

Roland reads from his new book Tough Problems, Tender Solutions. Then he discusses the lower self and why it is important. We're born subject to tease, and ultimately we must overcome the self created from response to temptation.