What an important revelation it is to see that I can’t give up trying to control you or the unwanted moment. I actually start to see my actions, and I realize I don’t want to be like this anymore...
I have and hold the hope of being able to know I am walking into the kitchen, or down a country road, awake and present to myself...
As consciously as possible -- preferably in the movement of a single, slowly taken in-breath -- gather all of your attention into the words, “I AM”... And then on the out-breath... (silently say, or think the word) “HERE"...
Let Go and Let God doesn't mean that I'm going to let God handle a problem so that I come out on the other side smelling like a rose. It doesn’t mean that I'm going to surrender in order to win...
Has whatever I’m about to do ever brought an end to the compulsion to do it? Clearly I must be looking for something not of this world...
How is it we don't see how much our life is spent worrying, and struggling to acquire whatever powers we imagine we must have in order to finally arrive at... a life free of worry and struggle?
How much like the lotus am I: without any effort of my own -- and seemingly set against any effort otherwise -- I find I am rooted in mud; stuck in the struggles and daily burdens of this mundane world...
What happens in an unwanted moment? Just like that, in a split second, we look for a savior...
If we can't give the whole of our attention to someone -- or, for that matter, to any moment -- then we can't listen. If we can't listen, we can't possibly hear the whole story...
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Featured Study Group Topic for the Week of July 30, 2018. "Double attention" is the unrivaled seed of higher self-knowledge... whose flowering is the Truth that sets one free.
You’ve no doubt fought and won countless battles in life, yet repeatedly -- seemingly inescapably -- you continue to find yourself at war, not just with others but within yourself, as well. And so... I want to share seven of the most important lessons I’ve learned in my life...
Over 3 days of heart-opening talks and lively Q&A Guy Finley reveals the one place to look for the love you want, and the critical inner work required of all who seek to awaken and realize a higher order of Love that never dies.