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Hundreds of CSS Sunday talks and retreat teachings (each about 1 hr long) are available online. The talks are organized below by category. Alternatively, you can view them organized from introductory to advanced (designed to follow the sequence of lessons in the distance studies course) or as an iTunes podcast.

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FOUNDATIONAL TEACHINGS
	Title		Author(s)	Date	Length	CD#
	The Five Fundamentals (Set of 5)
		First Fundamental: Consciousness Alone Is Absolutely Real	Joel Morwood	9/15/96	68	cd122
		Second Fundamental: Ignorance of the Real...	Joel Morwood	10/13/96	63	cd123
		Third Fundamental: the End of Suffering...	Joel Morwood	11/10/96	67	cd124
		Fourth Fundamental: the Way of Selflessness	Joel Morwood	1/19/97	62	cd125
		Fifth Fundamental: Perfect Realization	Joel Morwood	2/9/97	61	cd126
	Practicing the Precepts (Set of 4)
		Practicing Precepts: 1 of 4	Joel Morwood	9/26/99	71	cd77
		Practicing Precepts: 2 of 4	Joel Morwood	11/21/99	68	cd78
		Practicing Precepts: 3 of 4	Joel Morwood	12/19/99	78	cd79
		Practicing Precepts: 4 of 4	Joel Morwood	1/30/00	64	cd80
	The Seven Virtues (Set of 7)
		First Virtue: Courage, 1 of 7	Joel Morwood	11/12/95	72	cd183
		Second Virtue: Humility, 2 of 7	Joel Morwood	12/10/95	65	cd184
		Third Virtue: Justice, 3 of 7	Joel Morwood	1/14/96	66	cd185
		Fourth Virtue: Patience, 4 of 7	Joel Morwood	2/25/96	68	cd186
		Fifth Virtue: Gratitude, 5 of 7	Joel Morwood	3/10/96	65	cd187
		Sixth Virtue: Mercy, 6 of 7	Joel Morwood	4/14/96	46	cd188
		Seventh Virtue: Joy, 7 of 7	Joel Morwood	5/12/96	61	cd189
	Seven Stages of the Spiritual Path (Set of 7)
		One: Awakening of Faith	Joel Morwood	3/9/97	59	cd83
		Two: Investigation of Teachings	Joel Morwood	4/27/97	62	cd84
		Three: Unification of Self	Joel Morwood	5/11/97	59	cd85
		Four: Purification of Mind	Joel Morwood	6/22/97	61	cd86
		Five: Illumination of Heart	Joel Morwood	7/13/97	73	cd87
		Six: Kenosis	Joel Morwood	7/20/97	69	cd88
		Seven: Gnosis	Joel Morwood	8/10/97	69	cd89
	Is There Help from Above? (Set of 2)
		Is There Help from Above? Part 1 of 2	Joel Morwood	7/25/93	57	cd258
		Is There Help from Above? Part 2 of 2	Joel Morwood	7/25/93	55	cd259
	Practices of the Night (Set of 2)
		Practices of the Night I -- Spiritual Interpretation of Dreams	Joel Morwood	4/19/98	75	cd92
		Practices of the Night II -- Meditation in Dreams	Joel Morwood	4/26/98	69	cd93
	Purpose of the Spiritual Path		Joel Morwood	10/4/92	37	cd402
	The Retreat		Joel Morwood	7/21/96	70	cd109
	Mystical Prayer		Joel Morwood	11/23/97	76	cd179
	Why Walk a Spiritual Path?		Joel Morwood	6/21/98	77	cd170
	Four Principles of the Path		Joel Morwood	11/8/98	74	cd111
	Why Morality Matters		Joel Morwood	3/14/99	63	cd127
	Anatomy of Awakening		Joel Morwood	8/13/00	75	cd95
	Liberating Emotions		Joel & Andrea	1/28/01	79	cd97
	Chain of Conditioning		Joel Morwood	7/8/01	77	cd117
	Varieties of Mystical Experience		Joel Morwood	2/17/02	67	cd98
	Self Inquiry: a Guided Meditation		Joel Morwood	3/24/02	75	cd91
	Four Kinds of Practice		Joel Morwood	6/26/05	59	cd400
	Introduction to CSS: Mission, Programs, Teachings		Tom McFarlane	9/18/11	55	cd876
ENLIGHTENMENT
	Title		Author(s)	Date	Length	CD#
	There Is Only One Enlightenment		Joel Morwood	8/11/91	43	cd267
	"My" Enlightenment		Joel Morwood	8/16/92	69	cd226
	Enlightenment: A Thirteen Year Perspective		Joel Morwood	8/4/96	69	cd176
	Are There Levels of Enlightenment?		Joel Morwood	11/17/96	53	cd177
	How Does a Gnostic Live?		Joel Morwood	8/9/98	60	cd180
	The Journey In God		Joel Morwood	12/13/98	48	cd137
	What's Inside My Head?		Joel Morwood	2/21/99	78	cd112
	Three Fruits of Enlightenment		Joel Morwood	8/8/99	62	cd101
	Truth Cannot Be Denied		Joel Morwood	8/11/02	65	cd121
	Spiritual Death		Joel Morwood	8/10/03	73	cd246
	Awakened by Death		Todd Corbett	2/23/05	64	cd374
	Direct Pointing		Joel Morwood	8/14/05	62	cd414
	Consciousness Unveiled: Fred's Awakening		Fred Chambers	3/29/06	61	cd450
	Post-Enlightenment Stories		Joel Morwood	8/10/08	51	cd615
	Nothing Attained		Joel Morwood	10/26/08	49	cd622
	Enlightenment: a twenty-six year perspective		Joel Morwood	8/9/09	47	cd619
	Untying the Knot in the Heart: Matt's Awakening		Matt Sieradski	4/28/10	56	cd649
	What is Spiritual Realization?		Matt Sieradski	6/19/11	63	cd873
	The Fire God Comes Seeking Fire		Joel Morwood	8/11/19	49
ASPECTS OF PRACTICE
	Title		Author(s)	Date	Length	CD#
	Inquiry: Talks from the Fall 2006 Retreat
		Inquiry #1: Preparation Meditation	Joel Morwood	10/14/06	67	cd478
		Inquiry #2: Impermanence and Emptiness	Joel Morwood	10/15/06	61	cd479
		Inquiry #3: Causes and Correlations	Joel Morwood	10/15/06	50	cd480
		Inquiry #4: Are You a Body?	Joel Morwood	10/16/06	66	cd481
		Inquiry #5: Are You Emotions?	Joel Morwood	10/17/06	63	cd482
		Inquiry #6: Are You Thoughts or Will?	Joel Morwood	10/18/06	64	cd483
		Inquiry #7: Are You the Experiencer?	Joel Morwood	10/19/06	60	cd484
		Inquiry #8: Doing Nothing	Joel Morwood	10/20/06	65	cd485
	Devotion: Talks from the Fall 2005 Retreat
		Devotion #1: Verbal Prayer	Joel Morwood	10/16/05	60	cd416
		Devotion #2: Prayer in the Heart	Joel Morwood	10/17/05	62	cd417
		Devotion #3: Purifying the Heart	Joel Morwood	10/18/05	64	cd418
		Devotion #4: Entering the Spiritual Heart	Joel Morwood	10/19/05	72	cd419
		Devotion #5: Unceasing Prayer	Joel Morwood	10/20/05	68	cd420
		Devotion #6: Silent Prayer	Joel Morwood	10/21/05	67	cd421
		Devotion #7: Doing Nothing	Joel Morwood	10/21/05	60	cd422
	Meditation: Talks from the Fall 2003 Retreat
		Meditation #1: Concentration Practice	Joel Morwood	10/12/03	68	cd298
		Meditation #2: Choiceless Awareness	Joel Morwood	10/13/03	58	cd299
		Meditation #3: Liberating Thoughts, Desires, and Aversions	Joel Morwood	10/13/03	57	cd300
		Meditation #4: Returning to the Source	Joel Morwood	10/13/03	64	cd301
		Meditation #5: Doing Nothing	Joel Morwood	10/13/03	61	cd302
	Transforming Emotions: Talks from the Fall 2009 Retreat
		Emotions #1: Spacious Awareness	Joel Morwood	10/16/09	69	cd601
		Emotions #2: Understanding Emotions	Joel Morwood	10/17/09	69	cd602
		Emotions #3: Desire and Aversion	Joel Morwood	10/18/09	62	cd603
		Emotions #4: Pride and Envy	Joel Morwood	10/19/09	60	cd604
		Emotions #5: Ignorance	Joel Morwood	10/20/09	61	cd605
		Emotions #6: True Nature, Part 1	Joel Morwood	10/21/09	62	cd606
		Emotions #7: True Nature, Part 2	Joel Morwood	10/22/09	59	cd607
	Listening to the Stones: Talks from the Fall 2011 Retreat
		Stones #1: Learning to Listen	Joel Morwood	10/8/11	61	cd881
		Stones #2: Impermanence	Joel Morwood	10/9/11	58	cd882
		Stones #3: Emptiness of Objects	Joel Morwood	10/10/11	56	cd883
		Stones #4: Emptiness of Self	Joel Morwood	10/11/11	59	cd884
		Stones #5: The Nature of Consciousness Itself	Joel Morwood	10/12/11	59	cd885
		Stones #6: Universal Sameness	Joel Morwood	10/13/11	59	cd886
		Stones #7: No Goal, No Boundaries	Joel Morwood	10/14/11	59	cd887
		Stones #8: The Great Perfection	Joel Morwood	10/15/11	57	cd888
	Guided Meditations: Tong Len / Sending and Taking
		One Mind, One Heart: mystical teachings in direct experience	Todd Corbett	12/17/23	88
		Tong Len for self	Todd Corbett	11/8/23	29
		Tong Len for friend	Todd Corbett	12/17/23	24
		Tong Len for stranger	Todd Corbett	11/22/23	35
		Tong Len for enemy	Todd Corbett	11/29/23	34
	Ego & Egolessness		Joel Morwood	1/12/92	62	cd247
	Beyond Good and Evil		Joel Morwood	1/19/92	40	cd248
	Precepts & Perfection		Joel Morwood	3/29/92	44	cd249
	Who Are You, Really?		Joel Morwood	5/21/92	75	cd403
	Passion		Joel Morwood	5/24/92	43	cd244
	Fear of Enlightenment		Joel Morwood	6/28/92	61	cd250
	Fairness & Forgiveness		Joel Morwood	7/12/92	44	cd251
	Gnosis and Dreaming		Joel Morwood	7/19/92	69	cd225
	Sex and Sacrament		Joel Morwood	9/20/92	44	cd253
	Who Am I?		Joel Morwood	10/25/92	55	cd254
	The Left Hand of God		Joel Morwood	11/8/92	52	cd255
	Meditation and Decisions		Joel Morwood	1/10/93	55	cd274
	Breath of the Buffalo		Joel Morwood	5/16/93	48	cd227
	Karma and Compassion		Joel Morwood	9/19/93	60	cd229
	Thought		Joel Morwood	12/19/93	73	cd230
	Tolerance		Joel Morwood	4/10/94	71	cd232
	Beauty		Joel Morwood	4/24/94	80	cd233
	Practical Advice for the Path		Joel Morwood	5/8/94	40	cd234
	Go as Nothing		Joel Morwood	5/29/94	64	cd236
	Gnosis and Compassion		Joel Morwood	7/31/94	68	cd193
	The Heart of Yearning		Joel Morwood	9/18/94	70	cd237
	Practicing at Work		Joel Morwood	5/28/95	67	cd175
	Remember to Remember		Joel Morwood	6/18/95	70	cd190
	Reality, Morality, and Illusion		Joel Morwood	10/15/95	69	cd194
	What Jesus Taught		Joel Morwood	12/25/95	53	cd195
	From "It" to "I": the Experience of God		Joel Morwood	6/30/96	50	cd197
	Undertaking a Solo Retreat		Jennifer Knight	12/15/96	73	cd241
	Transforming Relationships		Joel Morwood	9/29/96	60	cd108
	The Paradox of Self-will		Joel Morwood	2/23/97	47	cd110
	Inner Guidance		Joel Morwood	3/16/97	66	cd165
	Ladder of Love		Joel Morwood	3/23/97	67	cd166
	Here to Learn, Here to Love, Here to Serve		Joel Morwood	9/14/97	59	cd178
	The Wisdom of Myth and Dreams		Joel Morwood	5/16/99	49	cd114
	Spiritual Warfare		Joel Morwood	5/23/99	63	cd138
	Expectations		Joel Morwood	6/27/99	51	cd115
	Worldly Pleasures and the Spiritual Quest		Joel & Andrea	11/14/99	47	cd102
	Basic Awareness Meditation A Guided Meditation		Andrea Pucci	3/12/00	66	cd90
	The Role of Devotion on the Mystical Path		Joel Morwood	3/26/00	54	cd172
	Everything Is Love; includes a meditation w/Andrea		Joel & Andrea	4/9/00	57	cd173
	The Subtleties of Surrender		Joel Morwood	6/18/00	76	cd181
	Experience and Knowledge		Joel Morwood	7/9/00	61	cd94
	Enlightenment and Practice		Joel & Andrea	12/10/00	67	cd96
	Loneliness: the Heart of Longing		Andrea Pucci	2/11/01	67	cd129
	The Function of Insight		Joel Morwood	3/18/01	55	cd141
	Taking the Teachings to Heart		Joel Morwood Tom Kurzka	4/8/01	57	cd142
	Finding the Center of Your Mandala		Andrea Pucci	4/29/01	64	cd143
	Depression and The Dark Night		Joel Morwood	11/11/01	52	cd100
	The Relationship Between Love and Truth		Joel Morwood	12/9/01	59	cd103
	What Use Is Grief?		Joel Morwood	1/13/02	55	cd81
	Cutting Through Spiritual Attachments		Joel Morwood	3/17/02	59	cd99
	Deconstructing the Delusion of Time		Joel Morwood	6/30/02	66	cd119
	Passion on the Path		Joel Morwood	11/10/02	54	cd134
	Faith, Practice, and Awakening		Joel Morwood	11/24/02	52	cd136
	What Is Love?		Joel Morwood	7/27/03	52	cd245
	Finding a True Teacher		Joel Morwood	2/8/04	57	cd297
	What to Practice		Joel Morwood	6/13/04	58	cd319
	Cultivating Love and Compassion		Joel Morwood	9/26/04	61	cd342
	Taking the Bodhisattva Vow		Joel Morwood	11/13/04	52	cd362
	The End of Struggle		Todd Corbett	3/20/05	64	cd374
	Inner Renunciation		Joel Morwood	10/15/05	62	cd500
	From Relationship to Aloneness		Todd Corbett	11/20/05	55	cd415
	How Suffering Gets Us to the Truth		Todd Corbett	12/11/05	71	cd449
	Take Up Your Cross		Todd Corbett	6/11/06	68	cd462
	Drop the Story		Joel Morwood	7/9/06	58	cd465
	Truth Has No Name		Todd Corbett	11/12/06	69	cd476
	Awareness of Neediness		Todd Corbett	1/21/07	62	cd477
	Sweet Little Babies		Todd Corbett	4/26/09	58	cd620
	Treasure Hunt for God		Fred Chambers	5/17/09	35	cd621
	Atonement		Joel Morwood	1/25/09	60	cd616
	Teachings, Practices, Truth		Todd Corbett	2/15/09	55	cd617
	Breaking Out of Prison		Fred Chambers	3/22/09	37	cd618
	Appreciation and Gratitude		Todd Corbett	12/9/07	65	cd547
	Tag! You're It!		Todd Corbett	7/20/08	64	cd548
	Self-Surrender and the F-Words		Fred Chambers	6/14/09	41	cd646
	Resting in Impermanence		Todd Corbett	10/25/09	50	cd647
	Spiritual Psychology 103: Sufi Perspective		Fred Chambers	5/16/2010	46	cd653
	Spiritual Psychology 104: Hindu Perspective		Fred Chambers	6/27/2010	53	cd654
	Discovering Enlightened Nature Within Discouragement		Todd Corbett	2/8/2010	54	cd648
	Spiritual Psychology 101: Buddhist Perspective		Fred Chambers	1/31/10	64	cd651
	Spiritual Psychology 102: Jewish Perspective		Fred Chambers	3/21/10	47	cd662
	From Bardo to Awakening		Todd Corbett	6/20/10	55	cd650
	Memorial Service for George Mottur		Joel Morwood	8/3/11	76	cd875
	How to be Happy in the Hospital		Joel Morwood	9/25/11	52	cd721
	Liberation and the Heart-Knot		Matt Sieradski	1/22/12	66
	Illuminating False Identity		Todd Corbett	3/11/12	69
	Matt Q&A		Matt Sieradski	3/25/12	73
	Compassionate Attention		Todd Corbett	5/20/12	65
	Certainty Through Naked Attention		Todd Corbett	6/17/12	56
	Working with Imaginary Distinctions		Todd Corbett	2/24/13	63
	Compassion - Courage to Cross the Abyss		Matt Sieradski	4/21/13	58
	The Body, Pain, and Mindfulness		Matt Sieradski	6/9/13	71
	The Path of Attention		Todd Corbett	7/14/13	56
	Who Needs to Meditate?		Todd Corbett	3/16/14	69
	Contemplating Nonduality		Todd Corbett	6/15/14	70
	Investigating Mind		Todd Corbett	7/13/14	67
	Actions and their Fruits		Matt Sieradski	6/28/15	43
	Angels and Demons		Todd Corbett	2/21/16	66
	Recognizing & Releasing Self-Centered Emotions		Matt Sieradski	4/18/16	58
	Devotion Through Unknowing		Todd Corbett	6/19/16	61
	Awareness, Suffering and Compassion		Todd Corbett	6/11/17	62
MYSTICAL PHILOSOPHY
	Title		Author(s)	Date	Length	CD#
	Religion: Exoteric & Esoteric		Joel Morwood	9/30/90	51	cd264
	The Problem of Evil		Joel Morwood	9/8/91	44	cd268
	Gratitude & Grace		Joel Morwood	11/24/91	57	cd269
	In the Beginning Was the Word: Commentary of the Gospel of John		Joel Morwood	12/25/91	67	cd270
	Consciousness Without Form		Joel Morwood	1/26/92	42	cd271
	The Infinite Finite		Joel Morwood	3/8/92	44	cd272
	Boundaries and Compassion		Joel Morwood	7/26/92	61	cd252
	Shifting the Base of Reference		Joel Morwood	8/8/92	65	cd404
	Two Truths: the Relative and the Absolute		Joel Morwood	6/13/93	58	cd257
	Suffering and Indifference		Joel Morwood	6/27/93	59	cd228
	Time and Eternity		Joel Morwood	1/30/94	67	cd231
	Reality, Karma, and Rebirth		Joel Morwood	12/11/94	60	cd238
	Mysticism and Madness		Joel Morwood	4/9/95	61	cd239
	Three Pillars of Mysticism		Joel Morwood	3/24/96	77	cd107
	The Purpose of Suffering		Joel Morwood	11/24/96	72	cd198
	The "New Age" from a Spiritual Perspective		Joel Morwood	11/15/98	75	cd171
	I Was a Treasure		Joel Morwood	2/14/99	62	cd131
	God & Emptiness		Joel Morwood	3/21/99	68	cd130
	Mother in the Mystical Traditions		Joel Morwood	5/9/99	59	cd113
	Everything Perishes Except His Face		Joel Morwood	7/18/99	75	cd139
	An Overview of the Spiritual Path		Joel Morwood	9/19/99	55	cd106
	Synchronicity on the Mystical Path (diagram)		Joel Morwood	2/13/00	72	cd116
	Identity and Difference		Joel & Andrea	2/27/00	59	cd104
	Christianity: Esoteric and Exoteric		Joel Morwood	5/21/00	79	cd174
	Consciousness: Two Worldviews		Joel Morwood	10/29/00	65	cd132
	To Practice or Not to Practice		Joel Morwood	12/17/00	67	cd140
	Talking About Nothing		Joel & Andrea	1/21/01	56	cd128
	Forsaking Yourself Day by Day		Joel Morwood	5/27/01	57	cd144
	Mystics of Ancient Greece		Tom McFarlane	3/10/02	48	cd82
	What's the Story on "Stories?"		Joel Morwood	7/14/02	60	cd120
	What Are Sacred Sciences?		Joel Morwood	10/27/02	57	cd133
	Gnosis and the World		Joel Morwood	5/25/03	61	cd242
	Reincarnation		Joel Morwood	11/23/03	66	cd275
	Subject and Object are One		Joel Morwood	8/8/04	60	cd341
	Gnosis, Ego, and Love		Joel Morwood	1/15/05	52	cd373
	Christmas Mandala		Joel Morwood	12/25/08	46	cd623
	Oneness		Todd Corbett	2/27/11	51	cd871
	Spiritual Ignorance		Todd Corbett	5/22/11	56	cd872
	Striving for Happiness		Todd Corbett	6/26/11	45	cd874
MYSTICISM & SCIENCE
	Title		Author(s)	Date	Length	CD#
	Introduction to Quantum Mechanics		Tom McFarlane	2/18/90	61	cd296
	Understanding Quantum Mechanics		Tom McFarlane	3/12/95	81
	Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness		Joel Morwood	1/26/97	77	cd164
	Mathematics and the New Worldview		Tom McFarlane	1/11/02	85
	The Great Debate in Quantum Physics		Tom McFarlane Damien Pierce	11/17/02	69	cd135
	Logos and the New Worldview		Tom McFarlane	6/22/03	68	cd243
	Beyond Theories		Tom McFarlane	1/11/04	46	cd280
	Darwinism, Creationism, and Mysticism		Joel Morwood	7/17/05	70	cd401
	Pointing to Infinity		Tom McFarlane	6/28/09	58
	Consciousness and Cosmos		Tom McFarlane	6/13/10	46
	The Path of Knowledge		Tom McFarlane	6/12/11	59
	Investigating the Nature of Time		Tom McFarlane	11/13/11	44	cd889
	A Mystic's View of Science		Joel Morwood	5/25/14	67
MYSTICISM & SOCIETY
	Title		Author(s)	Date	Length	CD#
	The City of God: the True Spiritual Community		Joel Morwood	6/16/91	41	cd266
	The Spiritual Root of Intolerance		Joel Morwood	1/31/93	53	cd256
	Peace		Joel Morwood	5/22/94	52	cd235
	Answer to Auschwitz		Joel Morwood	5/21/95	63	cd240
	Our Moral Responsibility to Children		Joel Morwood	5/24/98	45	cd169
	September 11: How Do We Respond?		Joel Morwood	9/23/01	79	cd118
	The Feminine Face of Mysticism		Joel Morwood	7/31/05	45	cd413