The Breeding Ground of Self-Defeat
Stress, anxiety, and tension are the dark jewels adorning a thorny crown we must wear whenever we try to live more than one moment at a time…  

posted 12:00:50pm Jan. 23, 2015 | read full post »

(Audio) Stop Looking For Trouble and You Won't Find It
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about the importance of being present to ourselves, especially when the mind seeks to identify with something so that it can feel disturbed. [audio mp3="http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/lettinggo/files/2015/01/20141102_stop_looking.mp3"][/audio]

posted 12:00:11pm Jan. 22, 2015 | read full post »

Stop Burning and Start Learning!
Sooner put out a fire with jet fuel than gain the upper hand on some anxious state by throwing more agitated thoughts into its turmoil.

posted 12:00:34pm Jan. 21, 2015 | read full post »

The Way Out of Habitual Dark States
Your awareness of troubled thoughts and feelings roaming through you is the power that keeps their harmful and self-limiting influences from having control over you. Their aim is to get you to define yourself by identifying with their dark and defiling energies. Your aim is to remember that who you

posted 12:00:42pm Jan. 20, 2015 | read full post »

Unleash Yourself from Self-Limiting Influences
The next time (and every time) you catch some negative thought or feeling that says, "I am anxious," "I am scared," "I am mad," or "I am in so much pain" -- the first thing to do is to come wide awake to yourself. By taking the following inner action, you can deliberately snap yourself out of that d

posted 12:00:22pm Jan. 19, 2015 | read full post »