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In this excerpt from a recent classroom talk, Guy talks about how agreeing to live with fear, worry, anxiety, depression -- or any other negative state -- is the same as living in the "dread zone," a psychological state of useless suffering that prevents us from being alive and aware in the present moment.
One of the most difficult lessons we must face in our effort to win the war within ourselves has to do with the truth about our relationship with our own negative states: they fascinate us. That's right! But, why do we value them so? The answer will surprise you. We value negative states because of the strong sense of self we get from them. This may be very difficult for us to see, but a stro...
The pressure behind the momentum inherent in any imaginary "train of thought" is never really obvious until reality "interferes" with, or derails that train. These collisions -- and the prerequisite "end of the line" for the self that is identified with its imagined destination -- are usually expressed in fits of anger, fear, disbelief, or depression.
There is a secret uncertainty in our dreams that drives us to seed and re-seed them time and time again, for even as we harvest the hope at the heart of each one, no sooner does its luster fade then . . . off we run!...
How many of you are short fused? We'll say it in other words. How many of you have virtually no tolerance for anything outside of what you want? On a scale of 1 to 100 degrees, what is your acceptable range relative to meeting moments? Is it something like 2 to 98? Or is more like 78 to 79? That's about it, isn't it? This tiny little bandwidth, and if anything even threatens to...
Who is the most unwelcome guest that appears at your door? (And it is not your son-in-law!) Again... Who is the most unwelcome guest that ever came 'knock-knock-knocking' at your door? How many of you had some dark thought or feeling knock at your door and wake you up this very morning... unwanted guests such as depression, anxiety... "Hello, anybody home?" How about worry...
Self-limiting thoughts or feelings have power over us only when we are tricked into believing that we need something we don't.
Coming to any negative conclusion is like getting caught in a sudden rainstorm... and then jumping into a river to keep your shoes from getting wet.
Learn what it takes to drop self-wrecking habits and addictions as you get to the root of substance abuse, codependence, overeating, depression, and anxiety.