It is never more difficult, nor is it ever more important to "pull yourself together" than when it feels as if life is trying to pull you apart.

Talking to yourself -- especially when you're negative -- about what you can do to "feel better" about yourself . . . is like asking a virus what's the best thing to do to get over the flu.

We are deceived whenever we find ourselves feverishly thinking through "all the possibilities" stirred up by a fearful moment, because the only possibility any of these fearful thoughts hold is which one of them is about to make us its prisoner.

Every complaint, any negative reaction produced by a moment resisted, secretly serves to glorify an indwelling darkness that wants you to see your life as being incomplete.

Part 1 Loneliness is born of a lack of love within us that nothing living outside of us can provide. Part 2 Being willful is very painful.

The real reason why nothing is ever gained by running away from our troubles is because the only thing really troubling us is our own fearful -- but mistaken -- belief that we need to run away from anything!

In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about why human beings are so addicted to stress and tension, and why it is so important for us to understand that something within us actually enjoys being anxious.

Listening to your own mind give you "good reasons" why you should be fearful over unexpected events is just like being friends with someone who thinks it's funny to find new ways to hurt you!...

Either we live in the freedom that we know is real -- choosing to embody it in the moment, regardless of the cost -- or we wave a flag called "liberty tomorrow" and suffer the indignity of serving what has already betrayed us.

50% of our fear in life is born of suspecting just how impermanent everything is around us, and then trying to prove otherwise. The other 50% of our fear is born when our suspicions are proven true, in spite of all we do.

The right attitude toward any negative state begins with understanding that its only authority over you is a direct reflection of your attitude towards it.

Part 1 Where fear dominates, love cannot flourish; when love is shackled, freedom is too. Without freedom, transformation only furthers fragmentation; and the more divided we are, the more reasons we find to accept the tyranny of fear, blame, and doubt. Part 2 Until we are willing and able to put ourselves in the shoes of another, we have not yet stepped upon the true Upward Path.