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Real change isn't found in some new way to think about yourself, but in freedom from the need to think about yourself at all.

Guy Finley

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Guy Finley
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: February 22
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The belief that you have no choice but to keep suffering through whatever frightens you is like believing you have to hold onto a scalding cup so that you won't spill your coffee!
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What you don't want to know about yourself wants to be known, which is why it keeps 'showing up' at your door unannounced!
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The limit of your present understanding is not the limit of your possibilities.
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Most people would rather complain about some painful life pattern than dare to meet the level of their own consciousness responsible for its repeated appearance... and therein do the work needed to change it once and for all.
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The only one interested in hearing your sad story is . . . you and even you wish you didn't have to relive it again!
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Rushing around, hoping to find peace of mind anywhere other than within yourself, is like looking for your heart in someone else's body!
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Once something has outlived its usefulness in one area of life, its purpose for being in existence is no longer the same. The leaf that captures a stream of sunlight, and then transfers its energy to the tree, serves one purpose in the spring and summer, and another completely different one through the fall and winter.
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Letting go, at its heart, is an act of agreement with Life.
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The past is as powerless to darken the present moment as is a shadow to reach up and drag down the form that casts it.
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