Dreams of greatness are formed by life undigested, The fleeting stuff of souls untested... Who'd sooner sleep in a fitful peace Than leap into Life's cleansing fires. For there already dwells Greatness uncontested, A Gift beyond time, a Title vested... In the waking hearts of warrior souls Enflamed alone by what God inspires.

The wise have always taught that within us lives a nature that can turn lead into gold and further, that while such gold cannot be sought after directly, all the lead one needs already awaits the one who will mine it. The foolish seek gold to make their leaden lives tolerable; hiding from themselves the fact that real freedom is something that cannot be paid for with any "coin" that one can earn.

Life will fill Whatever you empty... And whatever you fill, Life will empty. That's the code; The hidden conduct of contentment Wrapped in mystery, Filled with contradiction. No sense in trying to save yourself By holding out; Nothing you have held onto Has filled the hole, has it? Then be hollow. Let the winds of change Play you instead of punish you. Give it away!...

When it comes to comparing the rewards of this world -- its powers and pleasures -- to the possibility of realizing spiritual freedom, there is no such thing as the "next best thing." But, as always, each must weigh such considerations for oneself, and prepare to live the consequences of that decision: is it better to "die" a free man or woman, or to live as a foolish one who realizes, too lat...

If attending to, and then surrendering oneself to the will of the Divine fulfills the highest possible purpose of one's real life -- and one works inwardly, as faithfully as one can to live this understanding -- then slowly, but surely appears a new kind of freedom; it appears in any and every moment when one sees that the true source of their psychological suffering has always had but a sin...

Part 1 Our need to change, to be made new, is constant; however, so is our resistance to change. The former is inseparable from the freedom it heralds, while the latter ensures the continuation of patterns that imprison the soul. Choose the latter, and living becomes dying, but choose the former and see how dying leads to Life. Part 2 Practicing the presence is not for the aggrandi...

Part 1 Those who seek the Kingdom of Heaven are always in the right place, at the right time, to see their cup filled, and to drink from it... as freely as they will. Part 2 You have been granted a relative forever; a living "time" in which to either find a freedom and permanent fulfillment that only love can provide... Or, to live imprisoned in the pain-giving illusion that nothi...

Part 1 In the end, this life, best spent, is the one in which you have worked to purchase your freedom from the mistaken idea that it was ever your life from which you needed to escape. Part 2 The disparity between what I am -- and what I don't want to be in any given moment can never be reconciled by any change in some condition outside this divided level of self that wants -- a...

There are two kinds of people in this world whose quality of life, like all of us, is determined by their outlook. There are those who feel chained to life by their own unrelenting doubts, and then there are those who doubt that such chains exist at all. The first group of people are held hopeless captives of vague fears that they may lose something of value should they strive for freedom and...

Who is in charge when anger takes over? Guy explains that we often don't realize something else is controlling us in moments of stress or resentment, and invites us to, instead of reacting, pause and ask, "Who is in charge?" Stay with the question without rushing to answer. This awareness creates a crucial separation between our True Self and our reactive nature. Remembering this in the moment can lead to real inner freedom.

There is a definitive risk connected to opening oneself up to intimate relationships. Relationships introduce us to not only the light and bright parts of ourselves, but also to interior parts that are unknown and in the dark. Life serves to introduce us to ourselves. Life brings us lesson after lesson, but currently we are selective lesson choosers because we only want to see what we imagine...