Dear Seeker,

"Your True Nature is already something greater than any self-compromising state, much in the same way that the ocean shoreline is greater than the waves that pound it."

~ Guy Finley

Excerpted from "The Essential Laws of Fearless Living" (p. 22)

Special exercise: Knock knock?

What's the answer to the classic "knock knock" joke? Who's there! Well, this is what we want to ask ourselves anytime we can remember to do so -- particularly in challenging moments. "Who" is here right now in this moment when I am angry at you for forgetting to do something for me? "Who" is here right now in this moment when I have to confess that I forgot to do something for you? Whenever anger, dread, frustration, judgment, etc. surge through us, the feeling has "come to the door" because there's a "you" who has something at stake. If you act according to what this "you" tells you to do -- blame, defend, punish, escape -- you are essentially its slave. Period! If you want to be free from these punishing states that only lead to unhappy endings, stop answering when they knock at your door.