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Letting Go with Guy Finley
(Video) Learn to Watch the Nature that Seeks Approval
By
Guy Finley
The part of us that tries to feel better about itself — by seeking approval from other people — is itself the source of the disturbance that we feel. Awareness of this fact allows for a natural separation and release from this lower nature within us that looks outside of itself for consolation…
Acts of Quiet Selflessness
By
Guy Finley
Billions give their lives away for a moment’s pleasure or for the promise of approval. They sacrifice their happiness in the hope that by acquiring power they can make their world a prettier place in the face of all the ugliness that these same pursuits create. The few and the true also give their lives…
Stop Trying to Make Something from Nothing
By
Guy Finley
If you serve only yourself, you serve nothing. If you cling only to yourself, you hold nothing. If you hunger for the approval of others, you starve for nothing. If you wish to please only yourself, you please nothing. If you have only possessions as pleasures, you have nothing. If you strive to amass only…
(Audio) The True Nature of Greatness
By
Guy Finley
Guy Finley talks about how true greatness does not need to be acknowledged as being great. It has nothing whatsoever to do with receiving the approval of others, nor of comparing ourselves to others in any way. In fact, greatness is connected to not needing to think about ourselves at all.
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