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: Our partners are our biggest teachers; The story of Snow White and Prince Charming; How to turn around any relationship; Relationships are a resource and a tool for self-realization; Different kinds of negative reactions and pain; How conflicts unfold; We see each other as the source of our pain; Unseen expectations and demands; You can't fix another to fit your ideal...

Topics covered: A New Year, a New Life, a New You; We are made to be renewed, and have to learn to live where renewal is unfolding; What is a rut other than yesterday's dream?; To be a new human being doesn't mean something I do to myself; We are endowed with the capacity to explore our own consciousness; Remodeling the world around me is not the same as being in a relationship with the Divine...

Topics covered: New, true self-knowledge reorders the world that you see. You see the world through the order of your mind - but right now the order of your mind is the world’s order; When you see the truth of something, that truth creates stillness; Feeling good about the work isn't the same as doing the work. There is a part of you always looking for a way to get around what needs to be done.

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Topics Covered: Peace is not something that comes later. Peace is not something that we create. Peace already exists in the middle of a storm; We are intended to be living instruments of peace and kindness; Enlightenment is not a static condition; If you do not see the whole, then you are not a whole human being; Everyday is spent doing what you love, whether it is spent...