I spent this last weekend (of June) in Stockbridge, MA., presenting a 3-day intensive workshop at the Kripalu Institute. During one of the talks, I spoke about a particuilar set of special ideas that struck a note with many of the people there, and I was asked to provide them with a hard copy of those ideas...for reference and as something to later ponder. The piece that follows is developed...
Why do we accept so much unhappiness in our lives today? If you think this supposition is untrue, ask yourself why people spend so much time seeking ways to distract themselves with empty pleasures? Or why so many people push themselves along one spiritual path after another, blindly hoping that something will happen to mitigate their sense of...
Higher inner awareness grants you patience and new forms of consideration, because now you realize just how much pain everyone is really in.
The following higher insights are rarely discussed among the spiritually uninitiated because of the measurable effect that their strong medicine causes in the soul. But not only do they help summarize a prescription for a free life, they also present the case for why we need such a healing. Welcome these truths into your mind and watch how their refreshing view of reality leads you to that unc...
I know I should not worry about certain things in life; however, what am I to do when loved ones have chosen things that are not in keeping with the things that they have learned? What can I do to keep them safe and to guide them back on the right road? Inner work is not about trying not to worry. It is about seeing that worry doesn't work. How can a person who gives away his or her own lif...
The following five lessons are higher insights rarely discussed among the spiritually uninitiated because of the measurable effect that their strong medicine causes in the soul. But not only do these teachings help summarize the prescription for a free and happy life, they also present the case for why we need such a healing. Welcome these truths into your mind and watch how their refreshing v...
There is a rather famous old World War II song entitled "Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder." One of the reasons this song became memorable is that its lyrics touched on something deep in the human heart. The only lyric I can remember from this song is sufficient to make my point: "Off we go/into the wild blue yonder/flying high into the sky." Coupled with its emotionally rising melody, the...
Once when I was speaking to a small gathering of students about the secret nature of true confidence, one of them asked me the following question: "What's your best definition of being a truly successful person in this life, and how does one go about that achievement?" As you are about to read, my answer mentions nothing about becoming recognizably powerful, having fine possessions, or winni...
Until the peace and pleasure found within yourself is equal to or greater than any consolation found outside of yourself, then your power to be patient, loving, and profitable in every moment is, at best, conditional.
It's well known that storm-tossed waves often expose new treasures along the shoreline; there is unexpected wealth to be collected by those who know the secret value of rough seas. And yet, even though most of us have little tolerance for anything that "rocks our boat," the truth of the matter is self-evident...
To believe that we’re only as worthwhile as others agree to see us burdens us with feeling that winning the good opinion of others is somehow our responsibility. Such a mistaken mindset leaves us the perennial victim of our relationships, and never the victor in them. The only way we can be released from any painful sense of false responsibility is to see that it is based in a false belief...
Fear has a secret weakness... Discover that weakness and you'll know how to kick fear out of your life for good. In this program from Guy Finley, you're going to learn what that weakness is. Even better, you'll learn how to face ANY fear in the right way, so that its power over you fades away....