Do what is in your power: refuse to do what is not. It is not in your power to change events gone by, but you can let go of the time-bound self that wants to chain you to pain that only exists in the past!...

The following key lessons are taken from 365 Days to Let Go. Use their insights to bring you nearer to true freedom... Here is one of the great spiritual mysteries of all time. Freedom is either found within one's suffering or not at all; the only thing one escapes who runs from his or her pain is the possibility of discovering its purpose and how to transcend it. --- Real faith and...

We must love God more than we long to have the experience of His love, for Real Love does not fit into the human heart: it surrounds and envelops it as does the sweet apple its seed, keeping it safe, sustaining its presence until it can be released to glorify that Greater Life that gives it birth.

Question: In this time of economic downturn, is there anything to say to those of us who have experienced losing a job or a home? I don't know what to say to my friends and coworkers who are suffering. It's easy to tell them that the universe will provide and that something better will come along when I'm not the one in their position. Any words of wisdom would be appreciated.

It seems as though there is always some kind of struggle going on in me -- pulling me in one direction or another -- and I get completely caught up in trying to choose which of the tormentors is best! How can I find a stillness or peace that would bring lasting relief from the daily struggle and stress that run my life?...

I find that my body often responds to an event or situation before I have a choice of how to react in the moment. It is as if there is a type of memory at a cellular level that "remembers" fearful or stressful past events and responds for me, to my own detriment. Any insight you could offer would be appreciated. (From student correspondence)...

In this special Saturday discussion Guy answers GuyFinleyNow member questions. Topics include: How can a person new to this work avoid getting discouraged over a seeming lack of progress; Is physical illness connected to a greater sensitivity to negative energies; Is it possible to remain aware of this very moment; Do we have karmic debts; Why don't I attract higher people into my life; Is it...

In truth, we are never more lost to ourselves, or to the hope of realizing our own unlimited potential, than we are when we give ourselves over to the fear of what may become of our lives... for whoever takes fear as his guide follows not just the blind, but is further deceived into believing that its blinding force is the same as some new and higher power of perception!...

Getting stressed and struggling to change the outcome of any past event is like arguing with an echo to make it see your point of view.

Each time you can awaken yourself from a self-produced nightmare and pull the curtains closed on its performance, you will reclaim your natural confidence and calm.

No one wants to be touched by the hand of suffering, so millions spend billions trying to outrun its cold touch. And yet, these are the unwise for a very unseen reason: into every life must come some rain, for without it what else can a heart become other than a desert that never blooms?...

Any condition we meet that is unwanted, such as a rude person, is not the cause of our stress. All conditions simply offer a momentary mirror for us in which it is possible to begin seeing what we have brought with us, within ourselves, into that moment.