Hoping that we can come upon the Peace of a quiet mind and Fullness of a contented heart without working to become conscious of the secret causes that steal in to disturb this interior wholeness, is like hoping to harvest sweet fruit from our very own orchard without first tasking ourselves to patiently plant its trees!...
The only thing we really "win" in any temporary victory over life, that's paid for by agreeing to be angry, aggressive, or otherwise ache, is this dark and unseen guarantee: We will live to fight another day but, for this personal "prize," lose -- little by little -- the possibility of ever knowing a true and eternal peace.
Classroom Talk: 10/30/2002 - Our sensations of life have nothing in common with sensitivity to life. The former is born of unconscious reactions as they cascade and then disappear in time, while the latter is related to True Conscience and is as timeless as the eternal wisdom it helps to bear. Learning to discern the difference between these two states of our being is a pre-requisite to our realization of Real Life.
The cost of peace is what we bear within us when we cease blaming others for the conflict we feel. --Guy Finley This is a special talk that Guy gave to a small group of students that was thought-provoking, liberating, and shocking, all at the same time. It provides deep insight into the real causes behind escalating global conflict, using the Israel-Gaza war as a model to reveal the unse...
Stillness is a higher, unshakable order of happiness and contentment that the mind - - stimulated by the pursuit or possession of its desired - - cannot imagine.
Until the peace and pleasure found within us is equal to -- or greater than any consolation found outside of ourselves -- then our power to be patient, loving, and profitable in every moment is, at best, conditional...
The strength of any painful resentment we feel toward others has nothing to do with any troubling character we may judge in them; rather [it is] born of an unseen weakness in us that believes others have the power to either give -- or take -- something from us that we need to be at peace with ourselves.
Authentic joy can't be separated from a deep and silent sense of gratitude inseparable from a mind at peace with itself; it knows, without taking thought, that everything is forever in its right place -- being revealed at the right time -- even in those unwanted moments when temporarily conflicted parts of us would have us believe otherwise.
We must do more than just try to remember that nothing disturbs our peace of mind without first having gained our consent to enjoin us in that conflict; we must learn to fight for ourselves, to boldly reject any negative state that would rule us -- or else accept the lot of victim and wear his mantle of woe.
Whoever doesn't know himself, suffers unwillingly for the sake of ignorance. Whoever works to know himself, agrees to suffer for the sake of Wisdom. Whoever becomes Wise, slays the suffering born of ignorance. And whoever transcends the suffering born of ignorance shares in the birth and burden of creation, in which can be found no greater peace or joy.
The main reason it’s wise to listen to one’s own heart -- whenever we can step out of the rush and remember to do so -- is because there’s much more to be learned from the parts of us that don't "speak" in words than those that do.