Guy Finley is the author of more than 30 books and audio programs on self-realization. He is the founder of Life of Learning Foundation, a nonprofit center for self-study. This is a revised and expanded version of his 1990 bestselling book where he explains the obstacles that can be overcome in the search for freedom, happiness, and transformation. Finley sets the tone for the paperback when he states:
"Our greatest strength isn't our ability to imagine brighter days ahead, it is that we are empowered — in every present moment — to effortlessly dismiss any dark thought or feeling that, left unattended, diminishes our happiness."
There is such a healing power in the act of letting go, especially of those things that drag us down such as self-doubts, critical friends, unrealistic ideals, rigid ideas, and painful thoughts and feelings. The six chapters in the book are:
• Let Go and Grow Happy
• Your True Nature Is High
• How to Defeat What's Defeating You
• Lift Yourself into a Brand-New World
• Letting Go into the Power Flow
• Break Through to a Totally New You
The author has a knack for coming up with engaging and thought- provoking lists such as "Seven Ways to Increase Your Spiritual Strength" and "Keys for Living Lightly." Shedding things that hold us back, like a snake sheds its skin, is the path to liberation.
