Self-Consciousness

If I were to leave a single message to the world, it would be quite simple: Your life, with all its unique experiences on this earth, is part of a much greater story. Yes, we can create, manifest pretty much what we will, but we are first and foremost creations ourselves, a vital convergence of celestial and earthly forces that are ceaselessly being expressed in what I call the "Presence moment."

In this short video, Guy talks about being self-conscious: thinking about how you should look a certain way or be a certain kind of person. Becoming aware of the pain inherent in thinking about yourself is the first step to freeing yourself from it.

The mind that thinks in order to understand life believes it can see, but (it) can't; while the mind that sees doesn't need to think to understand life; (it) has no need for belief.

Topics Covered: Being willing to see ourselves as we are is the practice of meditation; A relationship with the Divine doesn't require control or strength; None of us want to be without something to do; We must learn to see equally above and below, light and dark; You are free, the why is a lie; When you talk to yourself you are not the one talking and you are not the one who is...

Classroom Talk: 9/10/2003 - If you want to stop feeling like a choiceless captive in life, notice how parts of yourself love to catch negative thoughts; then dare to drop this self -- with its torments -- before they drag you down.

Classroom Talk: 7/24/2002 - The secret inlet into the realm of what is Timeless and Eternally True is our awareness of the present moment; for our awareness of Now is not an awareness of a given time, but is vested in that higher consciousness through which the things of time move in an out of creation.