Topic: A Foolproof Prescription to Help Free You From the Pain of Tension and Anxiety (11/8/15 Classroom Talk)...

Topic: Uncover the Unseen Source of Stress, Anxiety and All Other Unhappiness With Your Life (9/14/14 Classroom Talk)...

negative states, resistance, depressed, depression, resent, resentment, anger, angry, fear, fearful,afraid, anxious, anxiety, worry, worried, stress, stressed, hostility, grudge, judgemental,subconscious...

Do we not try to escape the stress we have by further imagining ways to relieve ourselves from the circumstances held responsible for it? And the more we do to create for ourselves an enclave in which we will no longer be confronted with the trouble, the more we isolate ourselves, and the greater the problem becomes because we increasingly resist anything not part of what we've..."

Topics Covered: Resistance claims to know in advance how to be at peace; Use your life to discover the truth that sets you free; You can't have a judgment without there being something in place prior to the moment; Is the feeling of a negative state pleasurable, or painful?; With every judgment there is an attending pain; The pain begins with a consciousness that already knows...

Let us work to lose our fears themselves, and not become the captive slaves of what they would have us believe must be protected; for what good is it to stand guard outside the door of any house into which thieves have already broken?...

When it comes to our wish to make real changes in ourselves, good intentions cost (us) nothing... and that's why the road to hell is paved with useless coins. On the other hand, making a conscious effort to change -- in the moment that calls for it -- comes with the cost of seeing ourselves as we really are. This awareness shows us not only the possibility of being released from our worry and fear...

Classroom Talk: 6/24/2023 - The anxiety inherent in ANY dream of "when and then" can only end in the here and NOW.

Question: I have suffered from anxiety for years, experiencing many "irrational" fears that have become obsessions. Sometimes it seems that I am going crazy, and I even think of killing myself.

Guy Finley's monthly call-in radio show "Guy Finley LIVE!" broadcast on HealthyLife.net. Topics explored in this show: Our minds have been shaped by unconscious experience (in school, by adults, etc.) to an enormous degree; We're so quick to punish ourselves, blame others, get depressed when a moment comes that seems greater than us...

There is an unseen source of daily suffering that is the constant companion of humanity. It is in one respect one of the great driving forces behind the darkness that encompasses this planet -- the unremitting wars, the violence, the greed, the fear, the desperation -- all the things we see in the world around us...

The only responses to life's challenges that any of us "ride" are those we think can carry us to safety. Leaping onto the back of the dark horse of a fearful reaction, according to our old habits, is like entering a runaway carriage being pulled along by wild thoughts and pounding feelings.