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Classroom Talk: 10/12/2022 - We are not lifted by spontaneous reactions; rather, we are chained to these momentary feelings by our identification with them. As long as our sense of self is a derivative of any temporary passion -- "high or low" -- our identity is nothing more than a by-product of the same... much in the same way as an ember owes its existence to the flame that gives it birth...
No one arrives anywhere real in the “Land of Becoming” because it exists only in the “State of Imagination”...
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Classroom Talk: 9/25/2022 - Into what do we gaze when looking through a telescope or microscope... other than into the yet discovered depths our own consciousness? For whatever world we explore -- inwardly or outwardly -- what is it we uncover there... other than its reflection within us, along with a corresponding knowledge of it; and, if true, where does this new...
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...
Divine wisdom refreshes the soul by renewing its faith... but not faith in the hope of a time yet to come; rather it flourishes in the light of a ceaseless revelation...
Being convinced to worry over some darkness that "might be" just around the corner is an unseen interior shell game; (it’s) a “play and lose” operation...
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In this answer to a viewer's question, bestselling author Guy Finley explains that freedom from fear does not come about through imagining what that freedom is. Our task is to enter into the moment as present to ourselves as we possibly can, and then to allow the intelligence that is inherent in the awareness itself to strengthen our understanding of the true purpose of each moment.
Only by coming to know the Divine purpose of each moment in our life can we hope to play our part in the fulfillment of the purpose of Life itself...
The harsh, or otherwise cruel judgment of ourselves feels like it’s part of what’s necessary to perfect ourselves... when, in truth, it's actually a mechanical movement of an unconscious mind...
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Classroom Talk: 8/24/2022 - We all want to be free of painful dramas in our life, yet refuse to see how we play a lead role in their daily appearance. Catching ourselves in a play of our own making -- hearing ourselves reiterate old lines even we are getting bored with -- sets the stage for closing the curtain on a show where we keep starring in our own suffering.
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In this answer to a viewer's question, "Secret of Letting Go" author Guy Finley explains that it is not enough to simply say that you are no longer going to be deceived by negative states such as fear and anger. If you ever want to be free and in command of your own mind, then you must begin to taste the bitterness inherent in those poisonous negative states...
There is only one way to be released from negative reactions, and it begins with honestly considering the truth of the following fact...