Guy's Letters

I was told recently of a man with a terrible debilitating disease. It was a reminder of a great lack of understanding in me. My first impression is a terrible sense of injustice; the only conclusion to be reached that such a creator of this limited human being must be an evil god. Realizing that my reactions and self in that moment are born from imagination, something incapable of understandin...

I love the truth but, truth be told, I struggle every day of my life to remember it in moments I really need to! Though I don't like the thought, lately I'm beginning to think that maybe my relationship with Truth/Light is more imagined than real, but I'm in the dark about this! Any comments? (From student correspondence)...

Vernon Howard once said, "When you realize that 'you' are all wrong, you will be all right." How many crises does it take to prove that? Our minds have been programmed from day one to be all wrong -- blaming, judging, criticizing. It is an endless horror story and not one easily recognized and given up. I don't know how to turn it off other than to stay as alert as possible and not fall for it...

My sister's husband abandoned her, and she is left angry and hurt. She has asked me how to get past this. How can I help her? (From student correspondence)...

My mom was a very talented professional singer. My daughter has the most beautiful voice I have ever heard and singing is as natural as breathing to her! She is embarking upon a life of medical service as her life's legacy. How should her talent best express itself in this life? (From student correspondence)...

I've been trying for sixty years to overcome my negative, dark states. I'm divorced, lonely, have no kids... I'm broke and likely to lose my job next year. I have lost all hope of ever changing. I feel like I have nothing to live for and I'm not going to become "enlightened." I can't find a purpose in my every day life. On my best days, I talk myself into believing I'm a child of God, and for...

I spend my days fulfilling my responsibilities -- to family, job, etc. I know I should find time to slow down, to meditate, but this stressed life seems to be what I was brought up to live! I'm trying to be a good person, but these responsibilities are weighing me down. How do we release ourselves from the idea that we own these energy-draining responsibilities in the first place? And then how...

I have read so much religion and philosophy over the years... and now I only want to die. I am convinced that there is simply no such thing as a life worth living. I seek only absolute death, total extinction, pure non-being as the only good. (From student correspondence)...

I have struggled to awaken for so many years, but have found your recorded audio and video to be of tremendous help. Of late, I've been following along with your recent exercises on attention. I've noticed what is akin to a healing crisis in my physical body. Some chronic pains have gotten worse and some old pains have returned and gone. I can see all of this as fear trying to hold on. Through...

How do we deal with destructive people we live with, and those destructive parts of ourselves, once we have unknowingly invited them into our lives? How do we react to a sudden wind which blows sand in our eyes? (From student correspondence)...

I have been in a relationship for many years now. Because of the way I was raised -- in a family with parents who were stand-offish and critical, and who had issues with substance abuse -- I have had difficulties expressing and experiencing emotional intimacy with my partner -- who is outgoing and passionate, and craves that kind of connection, and who now refuses to respond to me after being...

While I understand in general that we attract negative circumstances through our resistance to them, it is practically impossible to understand losing a child. My son was killed in Iraq and I am certain I will never be whole again. (From student correspondence)...