In the early 1900s, before the age of superhighways, supermarkets, and the giant food manufacturers, things were very different, better in many ways. Small family farmers used to truck or cart each season's harvest to a small centralized buyers' market that had been set up in their area. Some farmers, more isolated than others, had to travel great distances just to sell their crops. For these...
ED: Hello. I'm Dr. Ellen Dickstein. Welcome to a Fireside Chat with bestselling inner life author, Guy Finley. During a number of our chats, we've talked about negative emotions, and I thought that this time we would hone in on a particular emotion that is a great problem to many people, if not everyone, and that is fear. Guy, there are many different types of fear, and people react in differe...
True respect for oneself must include the presence of a humility that tempers the temptation inherent in all forms of self-evaluation; otherwise, what we call respect for ourselves is really just a form of secret self-admiration: a false, fearful state that has as much in common with real self-respect as does a postcard picture of a rugged coastline with the towering cliffs and surging waves t...
Don't believe what the spiritual sharks and clever carnival hustlers tell you about fearless living: they lie. But you already sense this is true, or you wouldn't find yourself reading these words. The deepest parts of you know that if freedom from fear was as easy as "creating a new reality" for yourself, then *you would already be the fearless person you know in your heart that you're meant...
These five special insights present the case for -- as well as the cost of -- true Spiritual Independence. Welcome them into your mind and watch how their secret instructions lead you to the unconditional freedom that your heart longs for. To weigh the value of what this world can reward you with -- you need only to remove the scales from your eyes; for were you willing to measure how many t...
I have chosen to leave my old life behind me, but the more I try to drop myself, the more difficult I find this to do. It feels like I won't make it! What is the best way to "make up" for wrongs you have done in the past to others (betraying, lying, stealing, etc.)? Is there any value to "clearing away" the wreckage of the past? It seems to help, yet I feel wrong in trying to correct so many w...
I am taking the biggest "risk" of my life and am about to leave a longstanding job for a new home business opportunity. Although I have basically kept my old job out of fear, there is quite a bit of fear in leaving the known and "safety" for the unknown. Any tips on how to make this new adjustment in life and to quell the uncertainty? I want to be brave in scary situations, but when I am frigh...
ED: Hello. I'm Dr. Ellen Dickstein, and I'm here with inner life author, Guy Finley. We're going to be talking about letting go of negative states. Guy, I was thinking about this topic today and I actually had to laugh, because I thought you'd never expect to hear two people talking about letting go of a hot pot handle. There seems to be a wisdom of the body that knows if something is causing...
The two great commandments -- that we should love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and love our neighbor as ourselves -- are the necessary germinating forces that ultimately give flower to the potential for a human soul to not just reflect what the Divine has made, but to actually participate in the process.
How to Quit Looking Back, Stop Putting Yourself Down, End Self-blame, and Start Realizing True Happiness (Yes, you really can have all that... and more! Read on...) We've all heard it a million times: ""You are your own worst enemy."" But why? In what way? It's partly because of the inner critic that lives inside of us...
Learn to see your attention as a form of "currency," for it's not just where you spend your time, but upon what you spend it that determines what you receive -- or don’t -- from this life...
GF: Welcome everyone. Before we begin tonight I would like to help shed some light on a subtle but significant idea concerning what I call the "circle of self." We will examine the secret mechanism in us that drives us through certain unconscious life cycles where, in moments of crisis, we think we are making wise choices, only to realize we have chosen against ourselves once again. To begin,...