Far better to be wrongly judged by others than to live with the fear one has of being judged wrongly by them... and to sell one's soul oneself for the sake of their approval.

Whether the wind is at his back, or blows squarely in his face, the true aspirant sails on knowing... he is always in the right place.

The looming shadow of that dark giant called "discouragement" cannot follow you, let alone punish you whenever you will dare to enter the light of higher self-awareness.

Whether in a crowd or setting for two...let the usual embarrassment of unwanted silent moments act upon you as a spiritual springboard, catapulting you into the Sacred Space which rests serenely above painful false self concern.

Leave alone those who are satisfied with what they have found; it isn't your place to disturb them, nor is it within your power to stir them to search for what they cannot see.

In this short talk, "letting go" author Guy Finley explains that there exists within all of us a lower nature that is always operating unconsciously to get us to be the expression of its will. Awareness of that nature allows us to cease identifying with its mechanical movements.

Whenever we don't want a particular condition and then attempt to push it away, we actually strengthen the condition that we say we don't want. To see this dynamic taking place as it happens causes a separation from that level of self that falsely believes that it can feel better about itself by resisting life.

In this video, Guy Finley talks about how trying to support an illusion steals our energy, as well as the energy of others. Real life does not drain a person of energy. Allow the moment to reveal the parts of us that are making this futile effort to be something that we imagine we are supposed to be.

When the mind is asleep to itself, fearful imagination kicks into gear whenever unwanted events occur. We then resist the very outcomes that we have imagined, and then we end up looking for something outside of us for rescue. In this question and answer session, Guy Finley talks about why the right answer in these moments is always to slow down, wake up, and become watchful.

Guy Finley explains that anyone who remains in an abusive relationship of any kind does so only because of his or her own weakness and unconscious agreement. As we work to separate ourselves inwardly from the false belief that we cannot live without the acknowledgement of others, we will come to know true inner freedom no matter what our exterior conditions may be.

The compulsive "need" to be constantly on the move -- ceaselessly occupied, either outwardly -- or inwardly, in some useless consideration -- is how the lower nature fills itself with the nothingness it needs to keep itself from seeing its own emptiness.

Taking thought is the futile attempt to harmonize an "event" that is already come and gone -- and with it the reason for its appearance that can't be separated from your purpose in that same moment.