http://guyfinley.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Guy Finley en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:05:01 GMT 2009-12-29T22:05:01Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962997 The real reason people remain captives of unwanted circumstances in their lives is because they've yet to realize this great spiritual secret: Resistance is negative attraction. In other words: the longer . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:10:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962997 Guy Finley 2009-12-25T22:10:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953067 The only thing that stands in our way of finding the fearless life is something in us that tells us "I can't." And yet, three of the most powerful words in the English language are: "I can learn." . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:40:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953067 Guy Finley 2009-12-18T14:40:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977945627 Imagine for a moment what your life might be like if you never again were to pick up a complaining thought or feeling. Think of how your days would flow without carrying the additional weight of those . . . Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:30:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977945627 Guy Finley 2009-12-14T02:30:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977933203 Have you ever seen rage in yourself? Generally, we don't want to see certain states within us because we've been conditioned to think of them as bad for us. We don't understand that these states are part . . . Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:57:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977933203 Guy Finley 2009-12-06T14:57:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977921901 Have you ever thrown your hands in the air and asked yourself "What in the world is going on with me? How come my best intentions and the ability to accomplish them seem to live in two different universes?" . . . Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:59:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977921901 Guy Finley 2009-11-29T01:59:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977912251 Never speak out of anger, Never act out of fear, Never choose from impatience, But wait... and peace will appear.   -- Guy Finley Excerpted from "365 Days to Let Go," by Guy Finley. . . . Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:48:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977912251 Guy Finley 2009-11-22T04:48:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977897621 Enter the Place of Power   Before you can learn how to change your destiny, you must first realize that secret place within yourself where your own future is created. You must consciously enter . . . Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:27:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977897621 Guy Finley 2009-11-12T14:27:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977888401 If we see how much of our unhappiness is self-created, through being inattentive to our own interior life, then accordingly, we can learn to re-direct our attention, placing it where we will within what . . . Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:17:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977888401 Guy Finley 2009-11-06T15:17:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977869715 The next time you run into some familiar blockage or begin to feel unsuited to face some new and difficult personal challenge, don't do what you've always done before. Don't try to think your way around . . . Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:44:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977869715 Guy Finley 2009-10-26T01:44:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977856758 After nearly twenty-five years of writing and teaching, if I have learned one thing it is this: we each have -- right here, right now -- everything we need to succeed with finding the lasting wholeness . . . Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:44:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977856758 Guy Finley 2009-10-16T17:44:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977848965 Blaming conflict-filled feelings on any condition, or person, outside of yourself is like getting angry at your shoes for being laced too tight. So here is an effective inner life step designed to help . . . Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:56:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977848965 Guy Finley 2009-10-12T00:56:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977835549 When some anxiety comes along and takes over your life, are you an awake, inwardly centered person or are you an unconscious, outwardly driven man or woman? Which are you? That you're outwardly directed . . . Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:26:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977835549 Guy Finley 2009-10-02T13:26:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977827759 Everyone wonders whether or not there is one great secret for truly successful living. There is. And it is not a secret. Listen quietly for a moment: everything can change right now. Learning to hear . . . Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:06:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977827759 Guy Finley 2009-09-27T01:06:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977819065 In one respect, everything about one's spiritual life is so terribly simple. There is only one time and one way in which to be still, and that is to be still. So the first thing is to understand . . . Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:36:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977819065 Guy Finley 2009-09-19T22:36:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977810205 The following key lessons are taken from 365 Days to Let Go. Use their insights to help free yourself from the self-inflicted punishment of complaining. Until we become conscious of how many more . . . Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:14:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977810205 Guy Finley 2009-09-12T22:14:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977799601 All creatures in life are created to reach their natural fruition. The Great Life generously provides all of them with everything they need to fulfill their promise. This same abundance holds true for . . . Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:19:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977799601 Guy Finley 2009-09-04T05:19:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977792461 We find it natural to seek relief from the world around us, a world appearing to be one stronghold atop another of stressful conditions and anxiety-producing events. Accordingly, we seek relief from these . . . Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:25:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977792461 Guy Finley 2009-08-29T15:25:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977787428 I can think of no greater encouragement in this life than the self-evident truth that within each of us dwells something Extraordinary. By "Extraordinary" I don't mean any one condition or sensation . . . Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:19:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977787428 Guy Finley 2009-08-25T16:19:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977775268 It is within relationships that we grow as individuals in everything valuable, because it is through them that we become stronger and wiser, allowing us to realize a love that transcends our unseen . . . Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:52:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977775268 Guy Finley 2009-08-15T21:52:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977765715 It is impossible to change the relationship that you have with the world around you without changing the relationship that you have in yourself, with yourself. Before you can become the kind of human . . . Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:04:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977765715 Guy Finley 2009-08-07T01:04:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977757334 Here is an exercise to help you take the first step up and away from self-punishing feelings. This exercise is called: Is This What I Really Want? You do not have to accept any inner condition . . . Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:21:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977757334 Guy Finley 2009-07-31T02:21:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977748487 Unhappy feelings are born out of life failing to conform to your ideas of what you need to be happy. This shows you, if you will see it, that life itself isn't denying you happiness. It is your ideas . . . Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:12:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977748487 Guy Finley 2009-07-24T01:12:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977740756 A father once took his young daughter to a nearby old growth forest. He knew that the stillness and beauty of the massive trees would work their enchantment on her, as it had always done upon him. And . . . Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:28:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977740756 Guy Finley 2009-07-17T19:28:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977734105 When we turn on a faucet connected to a hose with a small nozzle at its other end, we know from experience that we have to keep the hose in hand, otherwise we will likely get soaked chasing down the runaway . . . Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:27:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977734105 Guy Finley 2009-07-10T18:27:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977723314 All relationships suffer when stagnation sets in; whether in a pond or our personal dealings with others, everything must be continually refreshed in order to realize its true potential. For us this means . . . Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:44:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977723314 Guy Finley 2009-06-28T02:44:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977718716 We are made to be self-correcting, so that each real correction effected in us elevates us above the dark and limiting influences we have been living under all our lives. Like moving from a hot desert . . . Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:45:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977718716 Guy Finley 2009-06-22T23:45:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977708719 When faced with the prospect of living with an emptiness that seems capable of swallowing us whole, most of us elect to do the only thing we believe is possible under such dire circumstances. We start . . . Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:29:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977708719 Guy Finley 2009-06-12T03:29:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977702490 Everyone wonders whether or not there is one Great Secret for truly successful living. There is. And it is not a secret. It has been quietly, steadily telling itself right in front of us all along. We . . . Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:55:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977702490 Guy Finley 2009-06-05T16:55:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977698278 The chief cause of why our lives so often wind up in the hands of others is not that they are superior or that the world is too strong for us, but that we don't want to face the uncertainty and aloneness . . . Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:13:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977698278 Guy Finley 2009-06-01T19:13:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977689394 How many of us spend our precious time and energy fuming over what others may have done to us? Unseen in the steam of our heated emotions and churning thoughts is the one inescapable fact that we are . . . Fri, 22 May 2009 20:29:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977689394 Guy Finley 2009-05-22T20:29:53Z