It is impossible to be thinking about a spiritual principle -- as in how to best use it in one's hour of need -- and practice it at the same time.

Living from our present life-level, we are almost always nervous about what's going on around us. Why? Because we still live with the mistaken notion that who we are is somehow affected or determined by what happens to us. Events may happen to you, but you are not the event. Just as clouds are not the sky, you are not what moves through you. You are not who you think you are.

There is no more troubled person on earth than the one who thinks he sees life as it is when, truth be told, all he really "sees" is what his lower nature is telling him is true... about himself. And so he stars in an ongoing solo performance whose self-selected premise is the same as his pain: "Everything that happens, moment to moment, is happening to you -- which is how it should be -...

Part 1 People who waste their lives in chronic complaint over how badly they feel, or how unfairly life has treated them, think nothing of wasting your life along with their own. There is only one way to treat those who insist that you should treasure their trash as they do: throw them out of your life! Part 2 Learn to say "NO" to anything within you that would convince you that you...

If you've ever been in a condition where you've found yourself in a rut -- maybe you can't stop thinking about something, maybe there's a problem that you wish you could just get past but the conditions of your life won't allow you to do it, or maybe you want to make a real change but you look at your life and say, "It's impossible, the situation I'm in" -- in such moments, apart from natural responsibility (should you have that) to those who are dependent...

The secret that ends your fear of people, of situations, is the possibility of discovering that these people are as afraid of you as you are of them. What do you think would happen if you knew that the person you're afraid of is as afraid of you as you are of him or her? How do you think that would change your reaction? That man makes the cruel comment, that woman makes the cutting remark...

Topics covered: How do you picture the dark nature within us; Am I just one big fake; How do I know if my actions are determined by preference or judgment; I struggle with the concept of the Divine; Is the nature that wants to do good also the one that acts against myself; Are the states of Being, I Am, and Presence the same; What are anti-healing forces; Are positive judgments different from...

Question: What is the most important idea entrepreneurs should be thinking about for the coming year? And what is the most important question they should be asking themselves and their companies?

Exercise: Catch the pain caused by the nature within you that is always thinking about 'What's Next' and work to put it down so you can return to 'What's Now' where real life is.

Living within us dwells an order of being that knows, without thinking about it, what is authentically good for us. The problem isn't that this higher level of being--with its natural, calm command--is actually missing just when we need it most. The real problem is that we forget it!

Why is it so hard to let go of resentment of things past? So often I find myself consumed with resentment and self-righteousness about something or someone, yet at the same time feel miserable because I really don't want to keep thinking these thoughts. What is the way out?...

ED: Hello. I'm Dr. Ellen Dickstein. I'm here with best-selling inner life author, Guy Finley, and today we're going to talk about uncovering the secret treasure of our True Self. Guy, everybody loves the idea of a secret treasure. It brings up images of Indiana Jones finding a chest of gold doubloons... and of course, we think if we get those gold doubloons, it will make us feel stronger and...