Guy's Letters

I recently found out that my husband of 21 years has been unfaithful. I should have picked up on the signs long ago, but what do I do now? Do I go out and find another love? I feel there is no purpose in life. Can you help me find a way through this? (From student correspondence)...

How does one not succumb to the Holiday frenzy when one has kids who anticipate Santa and gifts and so on and on. We've moved our gift giving to New Year's eve but even this does not feel quite right. Please comment if possible. (From student correspondence)...

I have had bad allergy problems over a period of years in response to certain chemicals in foods and in the environment. Reactions are triggered in distressingly familiar patterns when, for example, I am exposed to chemical sprays. This has caused me no end of worry and fear. Over the years I've used the "love the opposite" approach in an attempt to cancel the fear of exposure, and have even t...

I have a sixteen year old dog that just lost the use of his back legs and is starting to suffer from it. Do we have the authority over life and death of animals? I know we kill and eat animals and put them down, I just never had to do it before, and I feel as though I am doing it to lift the burden of taking care of him off myself. I thought he would pass naturally, but he just won't. (From st...

If you see something someone else is doing, whether professional or personal, and it involves you and you know it's not right (and the person that is doing the wrong definitely knows it isn't right), should something be said, or should you just wait because sooner of later things always have a way of working out for the best? (From student correspondence)...

Recently, several people connected to me have had been diagnosed with serious cancer. This of course saddens me. I have an accompanying fear of "what if someday it happens to me?" I thought I grasped the teachings about how the physical means very little, and that living and dying are one in the same, but after experiencing an unusual minor discomfort I have yet to have diagnosed, I attempted...

Why did God, in his infinite wisdom, create a situation for humankind that would allow for so much pain and suffering? There seems to be so much wrong and dark today...how can the Divine be behind such things? What are we to do with what life brings to us -- that we are sure just isn't "right" -- especially when we can look out and see so many horrible things taking place on our planet? Someti...

My father is old and very ill. My mother is taking care of him. She is very sad, stressed and weary from this task. I try to help when I can. My question is, what can be done for her emotionally? Also, can I do anything to help my father be less frightened of this? My son (15) is also having difficulty with this situation. I guess we are all just not sure what to do. Thanks for anything you ca...

After doing much practice of the new awareness you suggest, I have found that it's me who is first thinking painful thoughts and then resisting them (or feeling embarrassed over them). Yet, sometimes these images (mostly from my past) come automatically and I find myself bound to look at them, consider them, even when they're painful! It's here I am confused; am I intentionally creating these...

My difficulty is that, according to "dog eat dog" biophysical laws in which we live out our lives in the physical, every positive and loving action has an equal and opposite reaction -- a sort of hell of angels! And that it's logistically impossible according to these physical laws, to "first do no harm" -- our core value on a soul level. Rather, we are obliged to play the role of heart-shat...

If, as you teach, the darkness is essentially nothing, why is it so HARD? (From student correspondence)...

I have been seeing an energy healer of late and wondered: what are your thoughts on this type of 'spiritual' practice? Good, bad, or? During a recent session my facilitator told me that of my 'energy' is 'more open' than in the past. I think this is a good thing but...I am recently having dreams and odd sensations of my mother who died almost 20 years ago. I can't help but think that my recent...