SEEKER'S GUIDE TO SELF-FREEDOM --- TRUTHS FOR LIVING by Guy Finley. Llewellyn, 2002
WORDS FROM THE AUTHOR (pxi-xii)
This book offers friendly, helpful guidance and instructions about the new and exciting "inner work" that it takes to wake up and realize your SECRET TRUE SELF! Learn the keys to a new kind of consciousness that never sabotages itself and that always knows the right thing to do in every moment. Set yourself free by removing the barriers created by your self-imposed limitations of thought!
INTRODUCTION (pxiii-xix)
This book will show you how, by being true to your SELF, it is possible to conquer the entire world! The book is full of facts about the path to REAL LIFE and how you can discover the WAY for yourself! The WAY frees you from dependency upon any other group or personality. As you read the book, you will recognize hundreds of new "friends" who can awaken you to your own personal TRUTH!
1) INVITING WHAT IS TRUE TO SET YOU FREE (p1-16)
2) STEPS TO POSSESSING YOUR TRUE SELF (p16-30)
3) REALIZE THE PROMISE OF YOURELF IN THE PRESENT MOMENT (p31-45)
4) GOING BEYOND THE LIMITATIONS OF THOUGHT (p47-62)
5) BREAKING OUT OF SELF-PUNISHING PATTERNS (p63-81)
6) TURN ANY DARK CONDITION INTO A HELING LIGHT (p107-108))
7) CANCEL THE SECRET CAUSE OF SELF-CAPTIVITY (p109-124)
8) LESSONS ONLY LOVE CAN TEACH (p125-141)
9) RELATIONSHIPS --- THE PATHWAY AND THE PROMISE OF REAL LIFE (p143-162)
10) HELPING OTHERS TO HELP THEMSELVES GO HIGHER (p163-184)
11) LIFE'S SECRET LESSONS ABOUT REAL SUCCESS (p185-202
12) PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES ALONG THE PATH TO SELF-AWAKENING (p203-222)
13) ENCOURAGE FACTS ABOUT FINDING AND FOLLOWING THE TRUE SPIRITUAL PATH (p223-242)
[1] The right wish and real work for awakening (p233-235)
[2] Working for the awakening you long for (p236-242)
14) KEYS TO COMPLETING THE JOURNEY TO YOUR SELF (p243-263)
[1] Finding freedom from weariness and frustration (p248-250)
[2] The true measure of spiritual growth (p251-253)
[3] Learning to let go (p253-254)
[4] Special insights into making a fresh s tart in life (p255-263)
(1) Find freedom from false beliefs and their false "gods" (p257-261)
The work of liberating ourselves begins in an unlikely place not dissimilar to a small spring that bubbles up in the heart of a deep desert making it possible for life to flourish in the midst of the dry sands around it. Somewhere dep within each of us springs the need to be true, whole, and free! But as our "spiritual water" rises to the surface in us --- refreshing our wish for unconditional freedom, they encounter either the heated nature of some previously hidden smoldering desire (or rocklike residue embedded in our brains in the hardened form of a habit or a conditioned thought). At this moment, "spirit" and "matter" collide inside our brains, and we are their ground! The TRUTHS are self-evident --- if we care to "see" them, and their discovery sets the stage for the task of liberating yourself by ASKING yourself the following SIX QUESTIONS to guide your approach to discovery your own unique TRUTH!
(2) Twenty-Five false beliefs that keep you serving false "gods" (p261-263)
You must never forget, regardless of what you may find within yourself, that "self-revelation" and "spiritual elevation" are the two wings of the same bird! For this proufound exercise to succeed in lifting you beyond the negative influences and traumatic internal injuries caused by your false "gods" or beliefs, you must be willing to see those invisible parts of yourself tha do embrace FALSE BELIEFS as being TRUE BELIEFS!
(1) False Belief #1 --- Mentally rehashing painful events is the key to resolving them!
(2) False Belief #2 --- The faster you can go though life, the more you will accomplish!!
(3) False Belief #3 --- Anger, revenge, or resentment are only a nautural and healthy response to having been wronged!
(4) False Belief #4 --- The past is responsible for your present aching, angry state!
(5) False Belief #5 --- There is intelligence in consensus!
(6) False Belief #6 --- Appearing as though you are in charge of yourself is the same as self-possession!
(7) False Belief #7 --- There is security and strength to be found in being part of a group!
(8) False Belief #8 --- That self-pleased feeling that follows flattery is good for you!
(9) False Belief #9 --- Life is for some and against othersk so victory or defeat in life depends upon the fates!
(10) False Belief #10 --- The more you are able to convince others of how great you are, the greater you are!
(11) False Belief #11 --- There is no such thing as evil!
(12) False Belief #12 --- Spiritual development is evolutionary, not voluntary, which means there is no need for inner work!
(13) False Belief #13 --- The agreement of others with your point of veiw means your view is the right one!
(14) False Belief #14 --- Other people you know are happy with themselves, as they have already found in the world the contentment you are looking for!
(15) False Belief #15 --- Imitating the life of someone successful is the pathway to personal success!
(16) False Belief #16 --- Tomorrow will be better, by itself!
(17) False Belief #17 --- Those who praise you do so because you are praiseworthy!
(18) False Belief #18 --- Being alone in life means going through life lonely!
(19) False Belief #19 --- Anytime you want to, you can walk away from it all!
(20) False Belief #20 --- It takes time to forgive those who have hurt you!
(21) False Belief #21 --- Better to pretend that you understand than to let others see that you don't!
(22) False Belief #22 --- Being able to see, or point out, where another is wrong means you are right to do so!
(23) False Belief #23 --- Agreeing to go along with certain negartive states is natural and necessary for your well-being!
(24) False Belief #24 --- A quiet, peaceful mind is not likely to be a productive one!
(25) False Belief #25 --- There are some areas of life where it is just impossible to start again!
Your wish to know the TRUTH ABOUT YOURSELF calls for you to awaken within yourself!
Subsequently, as your "inner eyes" (intuition) gradually open to the many marvelous and some self-destructive "worlds" within you --- with all their diverse scope of thoughts, feelings, and positive and negative forces --- you may find yourself to be a "stranger in a strange land!"
But as you continue to discover the new worlds stored inside your brain, and represented by the NEW RULES and their invisible ENFORCERS (memory skills), you will realize the uncountable levels of consciousness and their connected states of both peace and conflict, captivity and freedom!
As your "inner eyes" develop and adjust themselves to actually "SEE" by the "light' (new consciousness or perspective) that is now illuminating your interior "kingdom" or "treasure," you will see more clearly the REAL WORLD or TRUTH that you must excricate from your old memories of what is really real, which is a lot like separating valuable gold nuggets from very hard useless rock!
This previously unthinkable glimpse of REALITY will take you beyond your unique cultural or conventional beliefs, and even beyond the idea of a god that somehow has control over your brain, to the wondrous PRESENT or NOW!
In the increasing glowing light of this new knowledge and understanding of reality or life, FEAR, HATRED, and ANGER begin to disappear because you will no longer need these ancient appendages with which your outside world once ruled you!
You are FREE because the TRUTH has shown you that the culturally conditioned "self" that you grew up with is inferior to your "NEW SELF," which is based on new knowledge including a new perception of the significance of your own interaction or engagement with all the "false gods" documented on the above list!
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