We must learn what it means to reach for a whole new place within ourselves; to find and stand upon a Higher Ground from where it's possible to see that our present thoughts and feelings reveal only a fraction of the whole of our possible experience -- instead of being what now defines our whole world for us through their conditioned and incomplete perception of it. Reversing this unconscious...
I've been working with my inner reactions to encounters in my life, but I'm realizing much of what I've been dealing with are really internal issues... someone cuts in front of me at the grocery store and my inner dialogue begins about how they did it on purpose, they don't like me, etc. But what is the response if someone were to actually hurt me outwardly, i.e., if someone walked up to me an...
I am going to get married within a few days. I know there can be a lot of conflicts and misunderstandings in married life... which I think is natural and happens in all families. But since I have always been a follower of your teachings until now as a bachelor, I want to know how can I keep following in the right direction in my married life to live a happy life with my wife.
Looking to any reaction to resolve, or otherwise reconcile a negative reaction is like chasing a shadow to find the light...
We must stop trying to change the world we see, and begin the inner work of changing the way in which we see the world.
My spouse of 25 years died. My heart is in pain, and though I know that God is here, I don't understand the purpose of life and such suffering. My father died recently and I find myself often slipping into thinking about my grief -- overcome with memories, regrets, and a sense of loss. Though I can't conceive of how it may be possible, I can't stop hoping that my father remains in God's love...
There is no real reason why our lives should ever seem stale or feel futile because real life, of which we are a part, is always new right now.
The Peace of God is the Song of all His Spheres: It is the music they intone as they spin and spread themselves throughout His universe. --Guy Finley Think of the role music's played in your own life. The songs you love. How they've helped you understand and express your own feelings. How they've evoked hope... longing... happiness... even the wish to be a better person. Music moves us,...
Imagine a man lost in a series of deep and dark caverns. He anxiously shouts out "Hello!" and then strains to listen for a response. A heartbeat passes and in the distance he hears "Hello, hello." His spirits surge and off he races in the direction of the caller. He doesn't understand it is only an echo. He doesn't know he is following the sound of his own voice -- a voice that is taking him d...
Guy Finley explains that the path to a quiet mind is not through battling with what we think opposes our peace; it is by remembering what we love, and giving our attention to self-observation so we can instead be a witness of the moment.
Our attention connects us to life; it establishes our relationships with all that unfolds around and within us.
Would you like to make the most out of every moment of your life? If we want to make the most out of every moment of our life, we have to let every moment in our life touch us. We have to learn to listen to it, to receive it. If we want to be lifted by it, we have to let it hold us. But instead of being touched by moments, we're touched by thought. We're touched by irritation...