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July/August 2002 Living Now |
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| Guy Finley |
Guy Finley offers spiritual answers to every day questions about life
Q: What can I do to stop living in the past?
GF: Begin with realizing that the only time we can be troubled by the mental movies of our own past is when we agree unconsciously to enter into the theatre of our own thoughts and feelings as they roll past these impressions. Listen to this: It's your life. Nothing and no one has the right to your attention. Realize this and take your life back by refusing to give it over to the furtive self that loves reruns.
Q: My main goal in life is to be as happy as possible. What would be the one thing I could do over and over again every day to achieve this goal?
GF: Start every morning being as quiet as you can while being as awake as possible to yourself as you are, and to that silent longing that you have to realize the Higher Life for which you are created. Take this intention with you into every moment of your day. Meet life from this wish, and watch how your wish for Real Life begins to be granted.
Q: I think I'm in love with my "chatter-brain." When I do come awake to the present moment, thought does stop. It's extraordinary, but before I know it, I'm jabbering on again. My noisy mind must be what I prefer because that's all I do all day.
GF: Listen to this beautiful idea. I tell you it’s the truth: We are created by the Almighty to be able to choose the company we keep at all times. This means that we need never agree to any self-wrecking relationship within ourselves. Keep up your inner work, and your wish to win a quiet mind. This wish, along with the truth I've told you, will deliver you into the deep quiet your heart longs to return to.
Q: As sincere seekers of self-realization, what can we do to bring ourselves the most spiritual gold?
GF: Here are five steps to new spiritual riches: 1) Walk in the direction of what you fear losing the most. 2) Put the love of truth before the fear of being without everyone and everything. 3) Never talk to yourself about what you see within yourself. 4) Never justify what you want to talk to yourself about. 5) Refuse to blame anyone else for what you see within yourself. Take these deliberate steps, and watch how your pockets fill with real spiritual gold.
Q: In relationships, why does it seem as though it's the honest people in life who are forever being lied to? Does evil win this way or what?
GF: Would you like to hear a timeless truth that most of us have either forgotten or that is sadly discounted today because of the prevailing sick socioeconomic conditions? Honesty is it's own reward. We receive moment to moment the "reward" of our own nature. Let the liars lie. You be true. That is all you have to know and do. Don't be concerned with the liar's fate; it is sealed with every lie told.
Guy Finley lives and teaches in southern Oregon. He is the author of eighteen books and tapes on the subject of self-realization and inner development. He is the founder of the Life of Learning Foundation, a non-profit, non-denominational center for Higher Self study. Guy offers classes at the center and worldwide in his live monthly chat room classroom. For more information or to sign up for a free weekly Key Lesson, visit www.guyfinley.com or call 541-476-1200.