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In this short talk, "letting go" author Guy Finley talks about the necessity of seeing truths about ourselves that the majority of us does not want to see. The "self" that fights with life, in order to get what it wants, does not want to fade away. It exists to desire, then expire its desires, and then imagine new desires. See the pain inherent in trying to keep that circle of "self" in place...
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In this answer to a viewer's question, "letting go" author Guy Finley talks about the painful deception of believing that what we want is the same thing as what we need. What you really need is to see that the wanting never ends.
Ask yourself: how many times have I won the object of my desire, only to find out that it wasn't enough? How familiar do the following statements seem to you? "This is the greatest thing that's ever happened... but what if..." "I love you... but..." "This moment is almost perfect... all it needs is..." The prize won, whatever its name, doesn't end the feeling we have of needing...
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Topics covered: The root of fear is the mistaken belief that something outside of yourself can make you whole; The fearful self must defend itself against anything that threatens its image; Who you really are has no beginning and no end. But you must stop trying to save yourself in order to really know that; Not wanting a negative state actually nourishes it. Resistance is a form of negative attraction.
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Topics covered: Real evolution is the awakening of the soul to its natural relationship to that which created it; We are created to transcend every split second whatever it is that you become aware of that needs to be transcended; The true aspirant has the sense that something is missing, and that the journey back home is inward, the path of negation; Awakening is discovering that here is there.
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Topics covered: Real evolution is the awakening of the soul to its natural relationship to that which created it; We are created to transcend every split second whatever it is that you become aware of that needs to be transcended; The true aspirant has the sense that something is missing, and that the journey back home is inward, the path of negation; Awakening is discovering that here is there.
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Topics covered: We can never change our past by thinking about it. The past cannot be changed by revisiting it; Letting go begins with seeing where it is that we have been passive to thought telling us who and what we are; How can we have a quiet mind and content heart as long as outside conditions determine what makes us happy?; The source of all psychological suffering is not-wanting.
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Topic: Lessons in Liberation from the Great Mandala of Life (Classroom Talk 2/1/23)
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Topics covered: "A house divided cannot stand." This is referring to the consciousness that sets itself against what it sees as being separate from itself; Negative reactions are the evidence of an unseen contradiction in our consciousness that puts us into conflict against people and events that are blamed for the negativity; Whatever is offered on the level of thought as the resolution to conflict is the...
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Classroom Talk: 2/1/2023 - All psychological suffering is born of unconscious resistance to life; it is the bitter fruit of the futile attempt to prove that our sense of self exists outside of the conditions that give rise to its revelation.
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Student Talks: 10/14/2022 - Key Lesson: Without an anchor, a ship is carried off by any shallow current or wave that passes beneath its bow. And so it is with us... as long as we try to navigate through this life without being able to anchor our attention in a place of our own choosing.
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