The secret folly of we human beings isn’t that we struggle to have a say in our experience of life, but rather that — in spite of all evidence to the contrary — we cling to the idea that we understand the true nature of experience.
Topics covered: The interior path does not necessarily change what you do with your life, but it will change the reason why you do it; "'Master, which is the great commandment in the law?' Jesus said unto him, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.'" -- New Testament; Every law that is made to resolve a conflict creates more conflict, which then requires the creation of more laws to replace the law that did not work.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about a new understanding of ourselves that will put an end to unconscious suffering... if we will remember to put it into practice.
For every impulse, each movement in the expanding heavens, there is a gravity equal to it; for each light, each bit of love, there is a darkness, a resentment or regret. Our place, if we accept it, is to always be present to the possibility of empowering what is light and bright, loving and good...or we allow what is diminishing, denigrating, and bad to win the day.
Every moment that unfolds in life presents us with an invitation to choose either the path of what will better us -- as when we choose conscious kindness over unthinking cruelty -- or a path that will make us more bitter -- as when we unconsciously embrace a resentment instead of working to release it. To be Wise is to choose in favor of the Better Path, even though the bitter one often seems...
Evil transforms suffering into unconscious acts of blame, bitterness, and self-pity -- harmful forces that punish everyone; while the Good transforms these same dark states into conscious suffering -- creating humility that heals whomever it touches.