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Letting Go with Guy Finley

Anyone can be light-hearted when the sun is out, but the real measure of one’s character is best revealed in the midst of a storm.

Praying to change the world around us is pointless until we realize that the world around us is the way it is… because we are the way we are; only in the realization of this truth — and the sacrifices inherent in its revelation — is there hope for both the world, as well as…

Violence is how ignorance answers the conflict and pain that is born out of what it causes without understanding this fact.

Our one true responsibility in life is to be awake and receptive to the eternally unfolding present moment, even as we give our full attention to what is revealed within us for its ceaseless passage through us.

In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how there is nothing more important than to Be Awake. PART 1: PART 2:

There is one essential reason why there is so much constant heartache and war on this earth, and why conflict has continued as it has down through the ages. The answer may surprise you. We do not understand the nature of our own pain—our suffering. Billions of us live with almost no understanding of how…

The hardest part of the journey along the upward path is the gradual realization that our work to awaken to real life is, at best, imperfect. Along the ascending path, each footfall serves to echo an unwanted reminder of our imperfect actions, imperfect thoughts and feelings, imperfect devotion, and so forth and so on. However,…

In this life we are only given two things that are purely our own to use: attention and time. Sadly, most of us squander our gifts of time and attention. Rather than learning to be in command of our attention, which is the same as using our time for its highest purpose—the realization of our…

The secret of letting go — of a life without the fear of unwanted events — is knowing, without thinking, that you’ll always be given something better than whatever life asks you to give up.

You can let go of any painful situation or darkened state in your life starting right now! This powerful short talk by Guy Finley explains how resisting your pain actually keeps it alive. Listen now to learn the one true way to leave your pain behind forever. PART 1: PART 2:
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