In the still uncharted realms of mind and heart, there exist parts within every person that are drawn to seek out relationships with thoughts that are self-wrecking. For instance, we can often become transfixed by our own troubles, turning the image of some fear-producing picture over and over in our mind. And who hasn't found himself drawn into an argument where the antagonistic voice in his head is nothing...

Part 1 Anxiety is a form of negative anticipation; it is the dark by-product of a divided mind that imagines, at once, the security it seeks and what may come along to steal it away! Part 2 The essential emptiness of desire is hidden in the fullness it seeks.

What you don't want to know about yourself wants to be known... which is why it keeps 'showing up' at your door unannounced!...

The punishing pressure we feel in this life is not because of what life is but because of what we perceive life isn't.

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.

Negative states are never positive; they seem to empower us in times of trial, but in truth they blind us, isolate us, and steal from us our right to see that we are never more powerless than when identified with any form of anxiety, anger, or fear.

There is no tension, anxiety, or dissatisfaction inherent in being watchful, while stresses of all makes and models are inherent in the illusion that it's possible for you to be in more than one place at a time, doing more than one thing at a time.

Why is it that we will challenge and then work to change the world's opinions as they concern us, but we never question our own beliefs no matter how much personal pressure, stress and anxiety they may produce? For example, we wouldn't dream of diving for sunken treasure in our bathtub because we know that the best we can hope to find there are a few plastic pearls. And yet we still dive headl...

Topics Covered: Other than practical or creative thought, we don't need to think; The more you think, the more you sink; When we're identified with anything, we're asleep; Don't try to win, don't try to be strong, just watch and see; We suffer because we have forgotten; The worst that can happen if you go into a moment that you fear is that you'll learn something about yourself...

Falling into some form of stress or anxiety in the face of any unwanted situation is nothing more than our failure to realize the following truth: these moments are made for us... that we might realize our only real limitation in life is what we have yet to understand about our True Self.

Author Guy Finley and Dr. Ellen Dickstein, PhD., discuss how to turn the tables on stress and anxiety by discovering a whole new way to reconcile self-wrecking negative states. Learn to use troubling thoughts and feelings by transforming their energy into new and positive powers.

The next time you feel any form of rushing or anxiety, choose to sit, consciously, in this pain that you know nothing about. Instead of letting your mind produce a point in time where you will get away from the pain, bring your mind back to the realization of your situation and don't attempt to...