Spiritually speaking, here's the secret to staying "cool" no matter what happens: if you smell smoke and see a flame, remember there is no one to blame: only you can prevent setting yourself on fire!...

Just as it's true of all tempests in nature, psychological storms must pass too; but those who run from their troubles run with them, which is why -- wherever they go -- a storm awaits their arrival.

It may seem like it's possible to make up for lost time, but it is not.

We do not see what we fear; rather we feel what we think we see that frightens us. Until we see the actual face of our fear we will never know why we can't hope to escape it by running from it.

There is no one problem that a person has that is not the problem of everyone. The bottom line is that the only problem we ever have is that we hurt ourselves. If we had the choice, we would all obviously say that we would like to stop hurting ourselves. But the fact is that we run into problems--run into ourselves--again and again. So what is it that is blocking our wish to stop punishing our...

"Letting go" author Guy Finley tells a story about an owner of a golf driving range befriending a young player who, despite being a newcomer to the game of golf, does not let frustration get the best of him. Not getting negative over our mistakes allows us to learn from them.

In each moment of life we must choose to take the upward path, or we lose the opportunity to rise above the parts of ourselves that like to fall down.

You can spend your time struggling, in vain, to make others into what you want them to be, or you can see the inherent flaw in thinking this way, and -- rather than trying to change others to suit your needs -- see through the false idea that someone else is responsible for your fulfillment. You can let go of those resentful feelings toward your job, because the treadmill isn't what you are d...

In each moment of life we must choose to take the upward path, or we lose the opportunity to rise above the parts of ourselves that like to fall down.

Topics discussed: Why are we so quick to hurt each other over the smallest things; Is a revelation which takes place hours after a disturbance a true revelation; What does it mean to 'sit' with a disturbance -- and how does that look from an interior perspective; Is the question of whether or not there is a God even important, or is the way I live and behave in life that's more important; What...

The pain you go through when there is a higher purpose behind it is not the same as the pain when there is no useful purpose. Pain gives you a purpose that serves nothing but the nature that serves it. The clearer that becomes, you will no longer be afraid to "sell all" in moments when you are invited to turn the other cheek and not speak out from your suffering.

Topics covered: It is Grace that shows us our limitations and weaknesses, even as almost nothing in us wants to know about them; We have been deceived into protecting something in ourselves that lives to ruin our own lives, and by extension the lives of others; Is anger a strength or a weakness? Anger deceives us into believing it is a strength, but it is a weakness, a limitation that resists the moment and limits our possibilities.