We find it natural to seek relief from the world around us, a world appearing to be one stronghold atop another of stressful conditions and anxiety-producing events. Accordingly, we seek relief from these contentment-crushing states by struggling to change those circumstances we see as being responsible for their cause. Think of all the ways we've attempted to escape those unwanted pressures...
Classroom Talk: 4/18/2003 - Part 1: No one ever walked the path of Greatness who was not first visited by Love who whispered the Way. Part 2: What is any display of Greatness but the evidence of a Love first realized and then suffered to be expressed, revealing timeless invisible perfection in a temporal physical form.
One maxim of self-development I sense is true is that the way out of any stressful situation is to "go through it." How does this approach apply to reducing stress-producing thought-attacks? How can I work to rid myself of these waking nightmares I have where I feel like life is going to crush me?...
Getting tense and all stressed out for fear you won't finish some task "on time" makes sense only to a mind that believes squeezing the bud of a flower will make it bloom faster!...
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In 11 short sessions you'll be guided through a series of discoveries designed to help you realize a drastic reduction in your daily stress. This new self-knowledge will help you understand the secret behind painful stress, and how you can rise above its dark and debilitating influences. So, let’s get started being stress-free! Special bonus: 27-page PDF transcript of the talks.
Question: I would like a few helpful insights as to how I should handle (spiritually) my son's divorce. I'm a 66-year-old woman and he may have to live with me for a while. The whole situation is very stressful, and I worry about being able to hold up under it.
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Classroom Talk: 12/6/2023 - Go through some fear you're sure you can't... and come out on the other side stronger, wiser, and with more faith. Go around any anxious worry or doubt... and never come out.
In this short talk, Guy Finley explains how conscious awareness of tension is the birthing ground of revelation and self-discovery.
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Key Lesson: The whole idea of learning to live with "controlled stress" is like believing that not only are you in control of a war you didn't start, but that you're on the winning side.
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Falling into some form of stress or anxiety in the face of any unwanted situation is nothing more than our failure to realize the following truth: these moments are made for us... that we might realize our only real limitation in life is what we have yet to understand about our True Self.
Worrying over any problem seen as gathering in the distance -- in order to avoid feeling disturbed by it in the present moment -- is a lot like throwing cold water all over yourself so that then you can have the pleasure of wrapping yourself up in a warm towel!...
Learn the "why" of stress and the "how" of ending it. Here's the secret to taking command of your life. Helpful pocketbook version of the new material added to the revised Design Your Destiny. Where Stress Becomes Unnatural Natural stress and tension keep the earth orbiting the sun. They test and strengthen trees that struggle upward against gravity, wind, and rain...