True freedom is not an achievement; it is our awakened relationship and participation with the genesis of real life.
Guy explains that the cycle of wanting doesn’t end when we get what we want because the unconscious mind thrives on the sensation of itself, continuously seeking the next fulfillment. The satisfaction of desire is fleeting, and as soon as one craving is met, another arises to take its place. True freedom comes not from resisting or suppressing desires but from seeing through the illusion that wanting or not wanting can ever bring lasting peace...
It's crucial for us to understand that the thrust of our habitual thinking lives with its attention fixed, not on beginnings, but on the end of things. Don't we always wonder what our lives will be like tomorrow? Aren't we forever dreaming about how different things will be once we win this or achieve that? Don't we, in our mind's eye, perpetually walk towards a brighter moment to come, thinking about how good we'll feel once we're able to resolve some...
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Remastered Classic Talk: 8/12/15 - One is always considering, so deeply steeped in the ceaseless preparations of planning and pursuing some imagined freedom "to come" that he forgets -- and consequently -- forsakes the possibility of realizing that the freedom he seeks has long awaited him... within his (own) Being.
Success and security are big ideas. But there are bigger ideas that stand behind them, powers that make such achievements possible to attain. These bigger ideas represent the brightest, most empowering forces in our universe: Peace, Wisdom, Kindness, and Freedom ... just to name a few.
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Classroom Talk: 9/14/2022 - Freedom cannot be found in the east, or to the west; it doesn't wait somewhere north or south of those who go there in search of it. It's neither here, nor there; freedom is found wherever the willing soul agrees to meet and confront a fear.
So much is said today about the nature of a fearless life. In this podcast we're going to examine the authentic nature of a Fearless Life. There is indeed One Supreme Principle that is the governing force behind fearlessness. What happens to us when we face adverse circumstances? when troubles and fears knock on the door? when we find ourselves in hot water? Most of the time, after a crisis o...
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In REAL life there are no "tracks" to follow, but thought runs along the tracks of memory, and memory always departs from, and returns to the same station: the PAST. This explains why it seems we never arrive at the higher station in life called "True Freedom"...because real freedom is not in time.