I've been deeply shaken by the events of September 11. I don't know how to think about all that's happened. I feel that there's an important, spiritual lesson here for all of us. Can you help me see it?...
I feel that my life is an emotional roller coaster. One day I'm happy and my future looks bright and hopeful. Then something unexpected happens and I'm suddenly depressed and negative. Everybody I know seems to go through the same kind of thing. Is this why we're alive, to experience these changing sensations?...
My concerns for running a sound business and making a decent living for my family seem to prevent me from pursuing a spiritual life. The fear of not having enough drives my life. I am so confused about what my true purpose should be, and I long to strike a balance between worldly concerns and spiritual growth.
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)...
I am confused about something that troubles me: is not having malformed children a form of karma? Something we have brought upon ourselves from a previous life and not a punishment from God, truth, reality, or whatever you wish to call it? There seems to be so much wrong and dark today...how can the Divine be behind such things? (From student correspondence)...
High anxiety has plagued me for sometime now, though I am not always conscious of it -- I only realize it when I start having physical symptoms, like insomnia, or a racing heart. I am not sure how to stop it. This is not how I want to live! Any insights would be greatly appreciated! (From student correspondence)...
So if you have a family member who is in your life and leaves the house a mess, breaks your furniture and then torches the place, how do you deal with that? You don't really want them there, but what do you do? (Student correspondence, 4/13/09)...
I get so easily confused these days as I wrestle with all the ways one hears about how to handle difficult people. No one approach seems to apply or work with everyone. Seems I can only repeat solutions that have already proven themselves to be incomplete at best. Help! (From student correspondence)...
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Stories and passages in the sacred testaments carry important messages for your happiness. But their meaning can be difficult to discern. In these talks Guy Finley opens your eyes to the truths that can transform your being.
Sometimes I feel as though something has a hold of me and is stealing from me my life! For instance, I find myself drawn to hang out with people I don't really want to be with, or for that matter, I think thoughts that punish me, and I don't understand what is happening. Can you shed some light on this darkness I seem to be in?...
I do believe we have a higher self, and that getting to that part of us is the real goal for freedom, but I wonder how you can still have dreams, desires, wants and hopes without your mind to dream and want and hope. I'm trying to understand how to live higher consciousness but still do mundane things like work, paying bills, shopping for food, etc. (From student correspondence)...
I had a friend for 5 years, and out of the blue I made a simple remark...and now she is not my friend anymore! I apologized, and she said she forgives me, but it's obvious she holds a grudge. Now our friendship is over...for good. It's breaking my heart. What can I do to get over this? How can there be no forgiveness for what I said without thinking? (From student correspondence)...