No matter how it may feel, no moment is the same as any other. Things are always changing around us. Some changes we like, some we don’t notice, and some we don’t like at all. Of course we’re open to the changes we like. Who isn’t open to a pleasant surprise! But when we don’t notice what’s happening around us, […]
Here we are once again in the middle of the holiday season, getting ready to welcome the New Year. Many of us, especially as we get older, wonder at how quickly the year has passed. It seems just yesterday we were putting up last year’s holiday decorations, and now we’re about to take down the ones from this year. Every […]
Everything in the universe goes through cycles, including human life on earth. And right now we human beings seem to be going through a cycle of pain, confusion, and lashing out at one another. On the large scale wars have broken out across the globe. On the smaller scale, everywhere we see people complaining, criticizing, and showing a lack of […]
Have you ever looked back on your life and felt a surge of regret over past mistakes and lost opportunities? It’s quite common for people to rue the past and then feel discouraged over their future possibilities. A disturbing inner voice tells us all is lost. It says we’ve made a bad beginning and now we’ve shut ourselves off from […]
Discovering the truth of oneself is a basic requirement for a more fulfilled and meaningful life. But the process of self-discovery is an adventure with twists and turns and many surprises along the way. Just look at some descriptions of the experience from ancient times to modern: If thou but settest foot on this path, thou shalt see it everywhere. […]
Why is there so much misunderstanding among people? So much confusion and miscommunication? Two people may walk away from the same situation with completely different ideas about what just happened. And each one is absolutely certain that his or her view is the correct one, and the other one has it all wrong. They may even fight over it. In […]
We must learn what it means to reach for a whole new place within ourselves; to find and stand upon a Higher Ground from where it’s possible to see that our present thoughts and feelings reveal only a fraction of the whole of our possible experience — instead of being what now defines our whole world for us through their […]
Could there actually be an immortal self? Could there be a part of us that is eternal? It’s hard to believe it could be true when we’re sitting at a traffic light, or impatiently waiting for the bell on the microwave to go off, or scrolling through a news feed with one shocking story after another. In this fast-paced, chaotic […]
The future beckons us with the promise of a better life… Or sometimes — perhaps more often than we care to think about — we’re beset by the threat of fearful things to come when “this” or “that” happens. A good analogy is that we’re on a train, going down a track, headed towards a place we hope holds the […]
By Guy Finley Ask yourself: how many times have I won the object of my desire, only to find out that it wasn’t enough? How familiar do the following statements seem to you? “This is the greatest thing that’s ever happened… but what if…” “I love you… but…” “This moment is almost perfect… all it needs is…” The prize won, […]
