Without something to oppose it, what is any painful negative reaction...other than a temporary wind looking for a sail, a conflict passing through an unconscious mind that – if left alone – has no choice but to blow itself out, and return to its native emptiness.

No matter how it appears – even in the midst of some unwanted moment – life is never falling apart, never falling down on you. In truth, real Life is always falling into place in order to show you the entrance to the next level of your own spiritual possibilities.

Whoever fails to try what his heart would have him do -- because his mind tells him, "This you cannot do" -- fails to hear the ever-present Voice of Heaven forever shouting to all those who will dare enter the unknown: "No sincere effort ever goes without reward."

Our suffering isn't because of the unwanted moments we meet along the Way; over such things we have no say. Whereas peace of mind is the realization that all things created have their own time and place and, when allowed to fulfill their given purpose, will move on without any struggle on our part.

The immediate recognition, and subsequent negation of any useless thoughts serves, on the spot, to negate the pain born of being  identified with their unconscious “thinker.”

The past does not give birth to the future, any more than we might think to look for the living in a graveyard.

Strive in all things, but especially in your spiritual work, to make your actions continuous...

Guy answers how to stop being anxious with his quote, "As goes my attention so comes my experience." When anxiety has your attention stuck on worrying about a stressful situation that's your experience. A change in attention relieves us from the stressful connection to anxiety.

Do what’s wise, then what’s desired. In the Light of that order is balance maintained, and all things otherwise thought profitable realized, accordingly.

Classroom Talk: 9/18/2022 - All of tomorrow's worries lie hidden in a moment of imagining -- and then identifying with -- some fearful thought as it threatens you with the possibility of a painful moment that may, or may not come to pass.

In this answer to a viewer's question, bestselling "letting go" author Guy Finley talks about a strange part of ourselves that actually thrives on the sensations it receives when it does something harmful. It is the very awareness of this inner dynamic that brings about the gradual end to all self-harming behavior.

All forms of worry are nothing more than fear disguised as the intelligence we need to get us through whatever the moment feared.