The right attitude toward any negative state begins with understanding that its only authority over you is a direct reflection of your attitude towards it. Guy Finley More Quotes by Guy Finley More Quotes From Guy Finley If we're interested in spiritual things, we gradually realize that what we really need is to understand this nature that seems to be a bottomless basket, because there is no peace in it. Guy Finley realizing spiritual needs What is true never fears investigation; what is false... fears everything. Guy Finley never-fear investigation Instead of always asking yourself how to clear up your mental fog, learn to ask: "Can confusion know anything about clarity?" Guy Finley fog confusion meaningful Listening to your own mind gives you "good reasons" why you should be fearful over unexpected events is just like being friends with someone who thinks it's funny to find new ways to hurt you! Guy Finley philosophical hurt thinking The deepest parts of you know that if freedom from fear was as easy as 'creating a new reality' for yourself, then you would already be the fearless person you know in your heart that you're meant to be. Guy Finley creating heart reality Statistics vary, but in less than seven years there won't be a single cell left in any of our bodies that's the same as it is today. This means that any human being who 'wants' to change is like a mountain river wanting to reach the valley floor. It's a done deal; that's what mountain rivers do, and 'changing' should be our first nature. Guy Finley cells mean years Our greatest strength isn't our ability to imagine brighter days ahead, it is that we are empowered-in every present moment-to effortlessly dismiss any dark thought or feeling that, left unattended, diminishes our happiness. Guy Finley moments dark feelings It's important for us to become aware of the fact that we are needful, for with that awareness also comes the sensing that we couldn't be needful if there weren't something to fulfill the need. Guy Finley important facts needs From the movie, The Boy Who Could Fly Somewhere, deep inside, we can all fly. Guy Finley movie inspirational boys Who you really are, your True Nature, is no more tied to the kind of person you've been than the wind is tied to the skies through which it moves. Guy Finley wind inspirational moving The secret self knows the anguish of our attachments and assures us that letting go of what we think we must have to be happy is the same as letting go of our unhappiness. Guy Finley attachment letting-go thinking Your past is just that, the past, a place within your psyche with no more reality to it then the picture of a castle on a postcard is made from stone. Guy Finley inspirational reality past The past is as powerless to darken the present moment as is a shadow to reach up and drag down the form that casts it. Guy Finley sad shadow past Much like the hands of a clock go nowhere fast, anxious thoughts run us round-and-round without taking us anywhere! Guy Finley sadness running hands The only thing worried thoughts have the power to change is what the next thing will be for you to worry over! Guy Finley next sadness worry Within the human being there exists both the needful and the needed. You know that the needful exists in you. Your own dissatisfaction tells you so. But you believe the needed is somewhere outside of you. Guy Finley being-there needed believe The strength of any weakness within us is the degree to which it is feared. Guy Finley degrees weakness No experience in life is set in stone unless we ourselves have unwittingly poured the concrete! Guy Finley concrete life-is stones To be more aware, we need only listen for and let go of the thoughts which steal our attention. Guy Finley letting-go attention needs When it comes to the fearless life, the divine gives nothing freely... save to those who freely give themselves to discovering the truth about their own fearless selves. Guy Finley nothing fearless truth life
