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The Essential Laws of Fearless Living: Find the Power to Never Feel Powerless Again

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I've been a fan of Finley's books for awhile now. He really knows how to say it like it is.

I just got done reading this book and would recommend it highly. It makes the unusual but immensely important point that even if you fulfill all of your dreams, and become the most successful person in the world, what good is it if you still have to live with fear and stress like all of us do? It's a simple idea, but one that most every success and self-help book misses.

I would even go so far as to say that the ideas in this book should be taught to every human being at an early age. Can you imagine what a different planet we would have if we were all taught as children how to let go of negative states like fear, stress, resentment, and anger? There would be no more war, and everyone would be a lot more productive and happy.

The practical techniques are unique and powerful. The stories and inner-life descriptions are inspiring. Overall, I give it two thumbs up.

Guy Finley points out a monumental truth that there is no freedom in a life filled with fear and anxiety. I have always been drawn to the possibility of inner freedom. In the Essential Laws of Fearless Living the author has helped me see that wanting approval is a form of fear, that staying in my comfort zone is an excuse to stay afraid and that my pseudo exterior bravado is a cover up for fear.

Studying fear has never been at the top of my to do list, but now I want to know where fear has a grip on my life so that I can actually experience what it is to be free.

This call to fearless living has the potential to change the destiny of any individual who is willing to experiment with self honesty. The author has given a rare gift to those who truly want an awakened life.


Doug

There's a certain excitement that comes with discovering a book in which you know that the author is presenting the truth--and Guy Finley's Fearless Living is one of those rare books.

What's phenomenal is that, in reading this book, I realized that Mr. Finley was simply reminding me of truths and principles that I had forgotten about and/or ignored. Somewhere along the way the world lulled me to sleep, and I forgot that the purpose of life isn't to acquire as much money and power as I can. Fortunately, as this book points out, Truth always welcomes us back home when we are finally tired of the purposes offered to us by the world.

The knowlege is this book is timeless, practical, and can be applied instantly in daily life. If you've been searching for THE book to help you resolve the unrest in your mind and heart...you have found it!

One of the section headings in Guy Finley's great new book, The Essential Laws of Fearless Living, is "Build the Foundation of a Fearless Life," and in fact, that's what this book is all about. It shows the reader, step-by-step, how to develop the inner strength to meet the world head-on, without fear, disappointment, regrets, recriminations, or any other negative state. All my life I've struggled with the voices in my head that held me back from living the way I really wanted to. Reading this book was like finding the key to a completely different kind of existence. It's clear that mastering the principles in this book could change everything for the person who really seeks a more fulfilling life.

Finley combines new writings, his audio albums and previously written essays in this collection of 41 essays. His stated intent in the introduction is to "gently lead the reader in step-by-step sections into higher levels of self-understanding. I'm not certain this mission was accomplished with me. While I found some terrific insights and anecdotes to support them - I found too many sections obtuse (difficult to comprehend: not clear or precise in thought or expression), repetitive and circular in thinking. For crisp thinking and guidance with metaphysics, I found Eckhart Tolle, Wayne Dyer, Chopra, Don Miguel Ruiz - to be more effective.

I would have rated this book a 2 but for the well thought out insights below:

1) Nothing that resists life can hope to learn from it

2) Not wanting our negative states actually nourishes them.

3)Real learning requires surrender

4)The proof of the horse is in the ride. If the ride is punishing or meandering, we're in the wrong carriage. This royal power to discern dark horses from light ones is already ours; but to wield it, there is a key, a secret step that must be taken. This higher power to choose what will carry us and what won't - is only as powerful as our willingness to come to a special kind of psychic pause, an inner halt. By working to momentarily anchor ourselves in the present moment, we bring our own thoughts and feelings in the Light of consciousness to see them for what they are.

5) Wouldn't it be nice to be able to reach down inside of ourselves, grab hold of the controls of our own consciousness, and pull ourselves up. To quietly watch that would-be mountain of a problem, whatever it is, pass by harmlessly below us, even as we reach ever-higher and happier skies. We can learn to do this. Such power is not a pipe dream; ours is the ability to take conscious control of our spiritual altitude...this is why we must work in every moment to remain inwardly awake -to be aware of our attitude toward our life as its unfolds before and around us: so that whenever we find a negative attitude in ourselves, some form of dark thought or feeling trying to drag us down - we don't say "I" to it. In a manner of speaking, we pull up and away from it...to go higher begins with choosing to be higher.

6)See that the size of the discouragement you feel is directly proportional to the size of your insistence that life conform to your demands.

7)We want to first come awake to whatever activity is running through own our mind, and then simply quietly, take a single step back from our own thoughts. We watch our own thinking - its movement and character - instead of allowing ourselves to be drawn onto its stage and into its drama.

This is one of those timeless books - it could be read today, or 100 years from now and the wisdom still rings true. There are several stories shared within the book, and Guy's discussion of those stories really helps bring out their truth more clearly.

I highly recommend this book for anybody on a spiritual journey who is reaching that pivotal point where it is time to make the decision whether he/she wants to experience the ultimate freedom that we all equally deserve.

Guy is an artist at word-weaving using logic and higher emotion to corner us beautifully into seeing our life the way it actually is so we may transcend it into living the truly beautiful life we were meant to live. Although I still very much enjoy Guy's earlier books, I love the way Guy's writing style has evolved over the years. This book is like a "best of" - for explaining the unexplainable.

The way the book is formatted is excellent also. The chapter headings, sub-chapter headings, introductory Key Lessons and summery Special Key Lessons in Review, make this self-enriching material, which has far deeper meaning then may appear at first reading, as easy to read as possible.

Most importantly though, the written material itself is to the point. This book boldly and beautifully shows the truth of our present and potential existence. I really like the Special Key Lessons in Review which are at the end of each and every chapter. My favorite line of the book is Special Key Lesson #5 from Chapter 2. To me it is the theme of the whole book and of our life experience here on earth and forevermore. It states, "Either we live in the freedom that we know is real - choosing to embody it in the moment, regardless of the cost - or we wave a flag called "liberty tomorrow" and suffer the indignity of serving what has already betrayed us." As always, thank you Guy for your hard work!

I highly recommend this book, The Essential Laws of Fearless Living, by Guy Finley.

Guy Finley has written many inspiring books, but "The Essential Laws of Fearless Living" is his masterpiece in my opinion. It's devotional with touches of the poetic, but it's also completely practical. His exercises on increasing awareness really work to dissolve fear. I love it!

Reading this book I felt like I was being taught by a master. In the world of spiritual authors Guy Finley is truly the "real deal."

I've not always been Guy Finley's biggest fan, but this book is just fantastic. All that you will ever need to know to make that elusive breakthrough to the awakened life is here. It is simply the clearest approach to awakening from the dream of the false-self I have ever read. Get this book.Liberation from the Lie: Cutting the Roots of Fear Once and for All

Guy's latest book is a "must-read" for anyone who wants to step away from living in a world dominated by stress, fear, anxiety, and the host of other dark states that all of us experience. Guy clearly and convincingly shows how a Fearless Life is not only possible, it is present already within us, if we just awaken to it. The principles that Guy describes, and the practical exercises he gives are priceless. His work has inspired me and changed my life. He is a master teacher whose message of hope and the possibility of finding personal peace is inspiring! Don't miss this book!