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Key Lesson: One sure way to tell that you’re still trying to change or escape some long-gone unwanted moment... is that you can't stop reliving that experience, even though you claim you want it to stop.
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In many ways, the true blessings of life often come disguised as the worst moments, but those who will patiently bear the presence of that emptiness – of what seems to be a loss or painful limitation of some kind – will soon see its temporary mask fall away and witness there, in its place, the appearance of an impossibly kind and loving face. How can we know this to be true?
Have you ever noticed how the more negative you get, the more difficult everything about your life becomes, including being able to do the simplest things? It’s like suddenly sinking into dark molasses, where not only can’t you move, but everything you don’t want seems stuck to you!
To the spiritually uninitiated, it feels as if you’ve been dropped into a river of resistance but, in truth, you are being pulled into it by a lower level of self that wants you to look at whatever challenges you in life as an adversary. Its attempt at deception – to negatively alter your perception – is the only power it has to keep you from seeing unwanted moments as they are in reality: an invitation from the Divine to outgrow your present limitations. Regardless of the nature of the trial set before you, it asks, “Would you like to live in a larger world—one without fear? Do you want to be less worried or angry and more at peace with yourself?”
We may not yet be able to hear these questions or discern for ourselves the perfect timing of their compassionate appearance, but they are always present at the “point of impact” – whenever some event reveals an unseen limitation of ours. We may be given to see, for instance, how our impatience with someone we love trumps our wish to be more understanding of him or her, or perhaps we see that anger still gets the best of us when pressed into some stressful situation. You fill in the condition, but here’s the point:
No unwanted condition or its outcome can change until we outgrow the nature responsible for it.
This realization empowers you to do something with unwanted moments that has been impossible before. Now, instead of trying to avoid those moments of crisis where you feel suddenly inadequate or limited in some way, you see – and meet – these old fears as a new opportunity to realize the boundary line between who you have been and are yet to be. All seemingly impassable moments in your life are seen for what they are: a predestined place for you to meet, let go, and outgrow that lower level of yourself that used to stand fearfully before it. The boundary between limitation and limitless disappears, and now you stand on the side of unlimited possibility.
Freedom is not found by fighting with what you think stands in your way; your true spiritual liberation rests within this one unthinkable realization:
What is in your way is part of the way.
Once it’s understood that whatever seems to be set against you has actually been put there for you to outgrow it, then you have received, opened, and accepted the invitation of the Divine. The rest is done for you.
For over 40 years Guy Finley has helped individuals around the world find inner freedom and a deeper, more satisfying way to live. His in-depth and down-to-earth teachings cut straight to the heart of today’s most important personal and social issues –stress, fear, relationships, addiction, meditation, and peace. His work is widely endorsed by doctors, business professionals, celebrities, and spiritual leaders of all denominations.
Guy is the author of 45 books and video/audio programs including his international bestseller “The Secret of Letting Go” which has been translated into 30 languages and sold millions of copies worldwide.
He is the founder and director of Life of Learning Foundation, a nonprofit Center for Spiritual Discovery with over 40,000 online newsletter subscribers.
https://www.guyfinley.org
Through Life of Learning, Guy has presented over 5,000 unique self-realization seminars to thousands of grateful students throughout North America and Europe over the past 30 years and has been a guest on over 700 television and radio shows, including national appearances on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and NPR. Guy is a faculty member at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York and 1440 Multiversity in Scotts Valley, California. He is a regular expert contributor to Beliefnet, Insight Timer, Simple Habit, and many other popular spiritual sites.
Finley holds regular online classes that are live-streamed – to register go to:
https://www.guyfinley.org/light These classes are open to all. For more information about Guy Finley and Life of Learning Foundation visit www.guyfinley.org
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