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No condition outside ourselves can create a rut or trap us in it. It's impossible.

Guy Finley

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Guy Finley
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: February 22
Musician
Philosopher
Radio Personality
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Ruts

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Until you can love what the truth would teach you about yourself... then your love is incomplete.
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Trying to change ourselves in order to please others - so that we can feel temporarily whole for having won their approval - is like cutting a flower into pieces so that it will fit into a vase.
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The more time we spend considering the shortcomings of others, the smaller a person we become.
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All created forms are fractal, as is their purpose, use, and allotted time for existence.
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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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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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Trying to “fix” the people in your life that cause you pain is like massaging your shoes because your feet ache.
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If we're interested in spiritual things, we gradually realize that what we really need is to understand this nature that seems to be a bottomless basket, because there is no peace in it.
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We conquer ourselves by learning patience, for she gives to us our longed for victory only in the surrender of self.
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Ours is the task of discovering that our true nature has nothing to fear.
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Letting go, at its heart, is an act of agreement with Life.
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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.
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Real freedom isn't subject to how others estimate our value it is in realizing that none are free who find their sense of worth wondering how others measure their lives.
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