In this brief Q&A session, "Secret of Letting Go" author Guy Finley talks about bringing an end to the painful position of thinking that life owes us something, and what it would mean to have real gratitude.

If we were able to always accept every moment as complete and always be at peace, wouldn't it lead to us no longer pursuing anything? Would we not become entirely passive? And wouldn't that be a problem? Are we supposed to be satisfied with whatever is going on at the moment? Isn't some amount of dissatisfaction necessary to drive us to make changes in our lives?

In this answer to a viewer's question, "letting go" author Guy Finley explains that a feeling of frustration with another person is the downstream effect of carrying around an image of ourselves as being perfect. Never blame another human being for how you feel. The condition that you blame for the painful feeling of impatience is not outside of you.

Topics Covered: What is my original true self; We live in a world where nothing is new; Your life is a ceaseless outpouring of thought; Thought is a disturbance; You can't have a new thought; There is no "you" and no past in what's new; The definition of a mediocre aspirant; If I'm not present, I'm being "eaten" by thoughts and daydreams; If you don't want to be taken over by a negative state...