Over an hour long, this astounding video  includes footage never made public before, most of which is of Vernon Howard.

Whether you knew Vernon or not you will be delighted to see this DVD. It is totally different than the video recordings which were made specifically for cable TV programs.

Vernon had a wonderful sense of humor and this New Release DVD portrays that like no other medium. It also shows tremendous strength. Don’t miss it!

Read an interview with Vernon Howard by Guy Finley (pdf)

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All of us have felt like victims of circumstance from time to time in our lives, some more than others.

How to get out of the rut and begin to experience the feeling that there are some very real options for taking charge… that is the focus of this Key Lesson from Guy Finley. You will learn a very simple yet extremely powerful exercise that will unleash this control.

To me, an analogy would be like having a ‘magic button’ that you can press at any time in order to immediately put yourself ‘out of the box’ and see what’s happening around you. Only then will you have conscious ability to make profound changes! Read on for important advice from Guy Finley.

Guy Finley:

Before you can step out of the rush and into your own life, you must first see that while anxious, hurried feelings often lend a temporary sense of self-importance, these same racing emotions actually rob you of the power you need to be self-commanding. A brief investigation will confirm this finding.

Self-command begins with being able to choose your own direction in life. And whether you’re caught in the raging current of a white-water river, or being swept along by a flood of invisible thoughts and feelings, one fact remains: Like it or not, you’re going where that current goes. You have no real choices as long as you’re under its influence. That’s why learning to step out of the rush is the same as learning how to step into your own life.

Allow the exercise described below to show you that your real nature never feels the need to rush any more than an eagle would try to swim across a lake to get to the other side.

Here’s the challenge. Rushing thoughts and anxious feelings are invisible to you because each time they begin to race, you start to run with them. And after so many years of being carried along in this psychic slipstream, you’ve come to believe that either you are these surging inner currents, or that their power is yours. Neither case is true. You are not these waves of thought any more than a cresting tide is the entire ocean.

Author Vernon Howard offers us this emphatic instruction to help strengthen our resolve to stop this mad dash to nowhere: “Slow down. Relax. Dare to deliberately defy those inner screams that demand you rush nervously around. Instead, obey another quiet voice that assures you that the casual life is the truly powerful and efficient life.”

Now here’s the solution in exercise form that will help you to slow down your life.

Beginning this very moment, intentionally separate yourself from any rushing inner condition by voluntarily stepping out of it. How can this be done? Purposefully slow yourself down by acting to consciously reduce your usual speed. Here are several suggested ways to guarantee a good start.

1. At fifty percent your normal gait, walk over to get your cup of coffee.

2. Try reaching for the phone, your glass of water or your pen at seventy-five percent your normal speed.

3. Drive the speed limit (at all times) but especially when late for an appointment.

One practice I find particularly profitable, at home and in business, is to always pause a few seconds before I answer someone’s question. This special conscious pause for self-awakening is invaluable because, as the old saying goes, “Only fools rush in!” Whatever the occasion may be, choose the time and place to slow down, and then practice stepping out of the rush.

Here’s the secret behind how this unique exercise delivers new self-command: Slowing down helps you become aware of yourself in a new and higher way by creating contrast between your usual speed through life and your now selectively slower one.

This enhanced self-awareness empowers you to step out of the rush of your own surging thoughts and feelings by making you conscious of their flooding presence within you as being something that doesn’t belong to you. Once this is clear, then you can choose your own direction in life. Step out of the rush by slowing down. Do it Now.

Special Summary
If you want to find what is Timeless, dare to live as though
you have all the time in the world.

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Guy Finley is not your average self-help guru. In fact, unlike many authors who rose from the shadows of life and were driven by a mad desire for success, Mr. Finley has come from the opposite direction! And in my mind, this is an extremely notable distinction.

The son of Larry Finley, a late-night talk show pioneer and radio celebrity, Guy Finley has enjoyed several successful careers; including composing award-winning music for many popular recording artists, motion pictures, and episodic television scores, and writing and recording his own albums for the prestigious Motown and RCA record labels from 1970 through 1979. The bottom line is: he grew up surrounded by success and extremely successful people.

But as we all know, success in business or the entertainment world (movie and rock stars) in and of itself may not necessary bring ultimate contentment and happiness (you can probably think of many examples).

Guy Finley has voluntarily given up those successful careers. Since 1979, he has turned his attention towards the inner study of self and has become a master at guiding people in their search for wisdom and a better life (as evidenced by his worldwide success as a best-selling author and his many talk-show and radio appearances). The mission of his Life of Learning Foundation is simply “to help individuals realize their True Relationship with Life through higher self-studies”.

Who can you trust

In this day and age, truth seekers are sensitive about the background and reputation of individuals offering advice (whether paid-for or free) and with good reason. In this dog-eat-dog world of hyper marketing the message may indeed be lost in the medium. Whatever happened to the good ole’ days of sitting at the feet of the master?

You can read Guy Finley’s books if you want to. You can listen to Guy Finley on Internet radio, download podcasts or free MP3 lectures if you want them. Attend study groups/workshops if it suits you. In other words, the works of Guy Finley are freely available to those who find them useful. If you need a personal online ‘healing place’, these methods are absolutely non-threatening, safe, and user-friendly.

A Succession of Mastery

I quite unexpectedly chanced on Mr. Finley’s work while following up on an earlier author, a Christian mystic whose books I had collected and read in the 1970’s; Vernon Howard. I actually though no one had ever heard of him; the books seemed to be self-published and sold in niche markets. I had bought mine at a country store in New Hampshire!

Although teasingly tempted and tantalized with solving the myriad of common life problems, the books by Vernon Howard left me with some very potent tidbits of wisdom but unfortunately provided little in the way of spiritual exercises or a support group to clarify the answers, which are two of many techniques so commonly popular today. I was disappointingly unfulfilled and eventually moved on to a succession of works by many other authors (my personal quest).

Time slipped away and now we are in the new millennium. Little did I know that Guy Finley had mentored with Vernon Howard. In fact, Mr. Howard, before his death in 1992 inspired Guy to write his first book. For me this was a recent discovery and great news!

A succession of masters has made these important messages ongoingly available to the masses in this age of the Internet. I’ve already mentioned that Finley’s work is full of spiritual exercises. And perhaps most importantly to me, is that the messages are quite Christian Friendly.

Pick a topic

So if you happen to see a nice healthy fruit tree by the side of the road on your spiritual journey and find yourself in need of nourishment, by all means stop and have a sample. Perhaps Guy Finley has just what you need.

Note: Please don’t be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of material available referenced here; you don’t need them all! Just pick a topic; take what you need at the moment…

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Article by: Ted Ollikkala, TEDUCATION.com, Singapore

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