In this video, Guy Finley explains that the true role of a teacher is to remind students of their actual condition, which presently is an unconscious state of "spiritual sleep."…[more]
Guy Finley explains how everything exists to bring you into relationship with stillness, from out of which comes real contentment and gratitude.
In this short talk, Guy Finley explains how "waking up" spiritually includes an awareness of how much it hurts to remain "asleep."
Life is always new, which means there is no such thing as an "old" problem.
Every truth ever discovered -- each new light that will ever burn bright -- already exists in our consciousness.
In this video, Guy tells an enlightening and entertaining spiritual story about a young woman who gets carried away with "dance partners" -- thoughts and feelings -- that don't have…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley explains why it is necessary to encounter our own so-called "limitations" if we ever want to discover the real source of higher strength that…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about what it takes to outgrow the part of ourselves that loves only itself.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how everything that life brings to our door is intended to show us something new and true about ourselves... if we are…[more]
Actualizing our spiritual right to live without the frustration of fearful limitations is not a question of achieving something new; it begins with choosing to end a relationship with that…[more]
Like individual raindrops that feed our streams and rivers, it is new ideas that nourish and sustain the growth of science, art, and the humanities.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how something is always growing within us, but just like any garden that produces real physical food, what grows in our interior life…[more]
Only conscious awareness of our aching can lead us to what authentically answers it.
In the middle of any unwanted experience, waiting there all along for us to realize it, is the truth that liberates and lifts us above our former limited understanding responsible…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how we are all intended to understand the purpose of this life, which is to be a conscious participant in the moment-to-moment…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about the life-saving wisdom of becoming aware of the various thoughts, feelings and states that move through us, rather than wasting our energy…[more]
Freedom is not overcoming what you think stands in your way. It is understanding that what is in your way is part of the way.
The reason we haven't as yet realized real rescue -- and so usually wind up trapped in a tangle once more -- is because every time we ask ourselves how…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how we can stop being fooled into involving ourselves with fear, worry and anxiety by remembering that there are parts of us that…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how a truly fearless and happy human being is one who understands that our lives are not meant to be spent serving only…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley explains how each moment of life is made for anyone and everyone who is present to it. If you are not in this moment,…[more]
As we become more self-aware, a whole new order of understanding dawns.
Something in us knows that it is only through this relationship that we will be introduced to our own higher possibilities.
Regardless of when in time, or where on earth, a truth appears, its effect is always the same.
If we're to succeed in our search for wholeness, we not only require a new and higher order of self-knowledge, but one that must also take us in a completely…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how resisting any weakness that we may see within ourselves is the same as rejecting the possible flowering of real spiritual strength.
Listen in as Guy Finley discusses with Dr. Ellen Dickstein some of the important ideas connected to the release of his groundbreaking book, The Seeker, The Search, The Sacred.
Listen in as Guy Finley discusses with Dr. Ellen Dickstein some of the important ideas connected to the release of his forthcoming book, The Seeker, The Search, The Sacred. Then…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about why it is so important for all of us to learn something new and true about ourselves everyday.
We are meant to go through a transfiguration on this earth, a change internally that leaves our character like nothing it was before.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how true fulfillment is connected to using our life for the purpose that it was given to us.
Yours is also the right to effortlessly recognize and release anger and frustration, to be able to see them for exactly what they are -- false powers disguised as helpful…[more]
As life pours itself out in the stream of passing time, and we run into challenges seemingly greater than our ability to answer -- each of these encounters "asks" this…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how we can realize and enter into a higher life that is greater than ourselves.
No intelligent, conscious person would ever intentionally hurt themselves or others.
Great prophets and sages alike have long taught that this heart hidden in the center of us -- our own physical heart -- is but a three-dimensional reflection of an…[more]
An excerpt from Guy's keynote presentation at the 2010 Healing with the Masters convention in Southern California.
The wise are not those most learned, but the best tempered by truths put to the test of life.
Guy Finley discusses the resolutions necessary to make real and lasting changes in our lives. Learn what it means to use insights and higher knowledge to reach for a whole…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how a real love for what is true and Divine requires that we agree to see ourselves as we actually are.
You'll never know how forgetful of your self you are until you make the smallest effort to be self-remembering.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about the importance of understanding the need to awaken from spiritual sleep.
Learning to let go of our own constant mental chattering prepares us for the entrance of the Secret Self.
Before something genuinely new can appear in our lives, something old must pass.
The Life of Learning Singers perform Jesu Dulcis Memoria from their album, Door of My Heart.
The true purpose of self-study is to invite something Good into our lives that then provides us with the unshakable goodness we were previously unable to give ourselves.
Guy Finley discusses releasing guilt, shame, regret, and remorse over harmful things we may have done in the past, as well as fears of eternal damnation for choices that may…[more]
The awareness of our living relationship with the present moment empowers us to know what's best for us without having to think about it.
It is not enough to just passively receive the lessons we are given. We must act upon their revelations and further clarify their import.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the great importance of being willing to see everything that we can about ourselves.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how every moment is actually a divine communication that wants to reveal to us our own limitless possibilities.
Discussion of gratitude and the secret to recognizing the Love behind everything that happens to us. Find out more about expressions of thankfulness including tithing, being grateful for the difficult…[more]
Guy Finley answers the question, what does it mean to be a truly successful person in this life?
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how our true nature, which is fearlessness itself, is not separate from the unfathomable wholeness of real life.
Love lends her force to the entire universe, explains Guy Finley -- so don't you think that if you were to ask rightly for a bit of it that She…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how our awareness of the true needs of other human beings heralds within us the birth of true compassion.
As a rule, the first thing we experience -- whenever we see something negative in us -- is an involuntary negative reaction: we immediately condemn ourselves. But Light never condemns;…[more]
Guy Finley reminds us that there is a part of ourselves that knows -- without having to think about it -- what is right from what is wrong.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how true faith, born out of seeing the real need for a fearless life, can point the way toward an authentic, everlasting inner…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley explores the true meaning and purpose of meditation, and explains why it is the most natural and practical thing you can do for yourself.
Guy Finley explains that what we put first in our lives is what we receive from life.
Guy Finley explains how to use everything that happens to us -- both painful and pleasurable -- to grow into the fearless and free individual we were born to be.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the real nature of self-transformation. Learn what it means to place yourself in a vibrant relationship with real Life. Discover a whole and…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about an extraordinarily special kind of relationship we can have with real life if we are willing to let each moment reveal to us…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley tells a timeless story that underscores the need we have as human beings to know our true nature.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how nothing but good can come to those who place the love of light before all else.
Guy Finley explains that there are those who, having once tasted the wine of truth, can never again be satisfied again with any other.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about an uncommon kind of sensitivity that is required of the sincere spiritual aspirant who wishes to know a freedom that cannot be assailed…[more]
In this special podcast featuring music performed live at Life of Learning Foundation in Southern Oregon, Guy Finley talks about the music and rhythm of life itself, and how we…[more]
Make it your moment to moment practice to stay awake, says Guy Finley, and to watch for all the opportunities that your own now presents.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the fact that as human beings we are intended to live as instruments of God's life, as opposed to the present-day mindset in…[more]
The missing half of our lives, explains Guy Finley, is letting go.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about what it would mean to allow every impression that touches your heart and mind to stir you as it is intended.
In this powerful podcast, Guy Finley points the way to a completely new understanding about your own mind that can forever free you from the painful sting of past regrets.
I can think of no greater encouragement in this life than the self-evident truth that within each of us dwells something Extraordinary. By "Extraordinary" I don't mean any one condition…[more]
Guy Finley explains that a "prisoner" mentality is one that blames anything outside of you for the pain you have.
Discover the authentic spiritual and esoteric secrets for truly transformational living.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the choice we have to either passively exist -- having our lives lived for us -- or to become conscious that we are…[more]
We have within us, explains Guy Finley, a very special part of ourselves within which we may be at peace regardless of what goes on around us.
In this podcast, Guy Finley explains why it is so important to stand in the real light of awareness and become truly conscious of the parts of ourselves that supply…[more]
You do not need to remain the victim of fear, explains Guy Finley.
Like a flower that emerges from rocky soil
Only on a fully moonlit night, Truth appears
And its fragrance enriches whoever waits near.
Then suddenly, just as it appears
On…[more]
Guy Finley reminds us that seen or not, our attitude determines our altitude in life.
The real gifts given to us by Truth are more plentiful that our minds could possibly imagine. In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about what the healing action of truth…[more]
Deliberate release any thought or feeling, explains Guy Finley, that would have you believe that freedom is found through the approval of others.
Guy Finley reminds us that each time we compromise ourselves without knowing it, we are asleep in that moment to what we are in relationship with.
Each of us is created to be the Light of the world, explains Guy Finley.
Guy Finley explains that it's what we do inwardly -- with what takes place outwardly -- that alone has the power to transform our lives.
In this podcast, author Guy Finley reveals how you can stop being pushed around by the back-and-forth movement of the opposites, and at the same time discover who you really…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley explains how being true to ourselves is the same thing as not resisting what life brings to us.
To sow spiritual seeds, explains Guy Finley, means that we do spiritual work.
The seemingly scary condition, whatever it may be, is not the problem, says Guy Finley. It is your reaction that is fearful.
Life is beginning again everywhere, explains Guy Finley -- and so can we, if we are willing.
In this podcast, Guy Finley explains how we can reclaim our enthusiasm for life, no matter what our circumstances, when we stop resisting what we experience.
Real fearlessness, explains Guy Finley, comes with knowing that we have everything we need to succeed in the same moment that it's needed.
In this special podcast, Guy Finley explores the popular passage "Ask and you shall receive," and discusses what it means to really ask with a whole heart.
The light from one small moment of honest self-inquiry, explains Guy Finley, is more powerful than the accumulated darkness of a million years of doubt.
Real hope for the world, explains Guy Finley, begins with discovering what it takes to become a new human being.
Popular today is the phrase "be true to yourself." But what in the world does that actually mean? In this podcast, Guy Finley explains the True meaning of this popular…[more]
Awakening to who we are created to be, explains Guy Finley, is the first step in letting go of all that holds us captive.
Awareness is a living and intelligent feature, explains Guy Finley, of the ever-present Now within which it dwells.
The only way a man or woman will ever know a life without conflict, explains Guy Finley, is when they see the Love behind everything that happens.
When we're angry or resentful for what has happened in our lives, the real enemy is not ouside of us, explains Guy Finley -- it's what we don't yet know…[more]
Guy Finley explains that we are not meant to be the slave of any negative thought or feeling
**The more I think I know about true spirituality, the more I become easily aggravated by the behavior of others, especially when I hear someone make an obviously false (spiritually)…[more]
Any human being who has to hold himself together is someone who is ready to fall apart. Trying to hold yourself together is a terrible way to go through life.…[more]
Guy Finley discusses how to keep alive the zeal for awakening and self-work, and to persist on the path to self-knowledge. Learn about the self-honesty that allows you to overcome…[more]
Whenever we find ourselves in some "unwanted" part of ourselves, perhaps reliving an old heartache or caught in the throes of some irrepressible anger, old fear, or unyielding worry, part…[more]
There is no substitute, explains Guy Finley, for seeing the truth of our actual spiritual situation.
When you don't -- when you consciously won't -- express some negative state, explains Guy Finley, you are literally asking for awareness of a Higher Self.
Any lingering sadness, explains Guy Finley, is an unnatural life-form kept breathing by the false self's reluctance to let it go.
Guy Finley speaks about spiritual balance, alignment, and the natural flow of the present moment.
Guy Finley speaks about the popular idea of a coming evolution in world consciousness.
What we become in this life, explains Guy Finley, is very much determined by the kind of "interior" company we keep.
As we learn how to listen to the sounds of life within ourselves, explains Guy Finley, we open up to life's endless relationships.
Like the invisible winds that move the branches on the trees, explains Guy Finley, we live in a world of an unseen, but ceaseless, flood of thoughts and feelings.
Guy Finley explains that life is always stirring and producing moments in which we are asked, in essence, to be more than we are.
Guy Finley explains if we are ever to realize the integrity and consistent kindness of our True Nature, if we long to know something of heaven while we live on…[more]
In this talk Guy Finley describes why inner tension, fear, and a sense of limitation exist, and then gives the listener an amazing but simple exercise to move beyond all…[more]
We are create, explains Guy Finley, with the capability of realizing the timeless truth of ourselves.
A special writing by Guy Finley which poignantly expresses the path we must take if we are to find God's Love. Originally presented at a classroom talk given on 8/2/06.
Guy Finley explains that before you can have a different life -- before you can be happier, wiser, more at peace, and in quiet command of yourself -- you must…[more]
Forget this world with its intermittent streams, whose waters begin and end. Search out the Ocean, and stand in Her surge until the waves wash away the shores of your…[more]
The following short set of questions and answers is taken from the "Ask the Masters" sections that follow the end of each chapter in Guy Finley's newest book, *Let Go…[more]
There is no moment, explains Guy Finley, in which the whole of the turning of the universe isn't producing a corresponding turning in the soul.
A young woman once decided that her best chance of getting hired by a company doing geological survey work in the Alaskan wilderness was to earn a private license to…[more]
In pure barrenness, explains Guy Finley, there dwells an honest beauty.
The feeling that everything is right with your life, explains Guy Finley, comes in direct proportion to you being for everything that is right in life.
Guy Finley discusses the Bible as a revelation of Truth and a resource for living the awakened life.
Guy Finley discusses our relationship with the food we eat and how unconscious appetites keep us from developing a love for the one relationship that can fulfill our need for…[more]
Guy Finley discusses the path to true self-transformation, of growing beyond the nature in us that re-configures itself based on images from the past.
The foundation of self-observation, explains Guy Finley, is a higher self-awareness that puts you in direct contact with a new and superior Intelligence.
Each of us has a secret character hidden away in us, explains Guy Finley, that is created for just the alchemical purpose of transforming any dark influence into a beneficial…[more]
Although we are earthly creatures living a physical existence, explains Guy Finley, we are also meant to develop into and dwell within a higher, spiritual world.
This beautiful 8 line verse by Guy Finley reveals the essence of the real Spiritual Path.
Guy Finley discusses how we can fulfill the promise and potential of our lives and realize true success through living the awakened life and by developing self-seeing in the present…[more]
Each glimpse we get of any character shortfall within us, explains Guy Finley, invites us to walk the one true path towards its perfection.
Guy Finley describes for us how a higher conscious awareness empowers us to be one with all that exists in the kingdom of creation.
Leading by example, explains Guy Finley, is often accomplished by what we don't do, such as by not passing negativity on to others but instead bearing it within ourselves.
In our quest to win freedom from the ties that bind, we spend most of our lives struggling to overcome vague foes that fade in and out, like the shadows…[more]
The true answer to any problem we find ourselves in is not found in our thoughts about it, but rather in our willingness to allow new light to reveal its…[more]
Seeing that thoughts do nothing more than keep us firmly entrenched in pyschic slumber, explains Guy Finley, is the first step to learning to live in the untroubled Now.
Guy Finley shows us that it is through self-correction, not self-improvement, that true growth takes place.
Follow along as Guy Finley explains the true nature of enlightenment and spiritual rebirth. Discover how the power of your own awareness can connect you to the freedom inherent in…[more]
As Guy Finley explains, as we let go of our identification with negative feelings we also let go of their associated pain.
Our life on Earth is a spiritual path. Our life is our path. There is no other. The path to the perfected life, to fulfilling the promise of our True…[more]
Guy Finley explains how by meeting unwanted moments with negativity we only serve to further cement the darkness within us.
Guy Finley explains that staying on the path to a truly awakened life requires continually saying NO to those unconscious parts of us that are full of doubt and darkness.
Guy Finley shows how we can reclaim our natural internal energy by seeing where it is that we are currently wasting them.
Guy Finley shows how our willingness to face what is troubling us invites the healing forces that are necessary for our complete recovery.
Guy Finley explains how to be in the right inner place when the moments of real self-change make themselves known to us.
A poem by Guy Finley on the condition of the awakening soul.
Guy Finley reveals how we can invite the unknown Love and Understanding that is capable of perfecting our relationships.
Helpful ideas about what is required of us if we wish to realize our True Nature, and offering specific examples of how to do the inner work necessary to align…[more]
Awakening: How to change our destination and arrive at that Higher World!
How to make a truly Fresh Start starting over!
Taking full pleasure in life's joyful, renewal of experiences.
Real transformation is a task that takes intentional sustained inner work.
True self-help through transcendence, not struggle.
Consciousness of any unwanted condition in us must precede its correction, just as the rising sun dismisses the fear hiding in the darkness of night.
The answers to all of life's questions can be found WITHIN you. Three ways to start asking the right questions.
To break out of any prison you must first find a way that works. Here are a dozen new actions that have special powers to show you this needed Way.
10 steps to help you to outgrow yourself by venturing into the unknown.
Transcending the Soul through Suffering
Coming to Know Christ As the Living Light
Special Insights into Making a Fresh Start in Life
The Soul is created to transcend itself, beyond what we think possible
Forgo All That Was and Assume a New Form
Life will fill whatever you empty. Be hollow. Let the winds of change play you instead of punish you.
It does not matter how you take the road. All that really matters is that you take it.
Anticipation is a special kind of awareness where one is united with the spirit of what comes prior to its arrival
We imagine the impossible for ourselves to temporarily look upon ourselves as doers of greatness. Work to do the possible by conquering our own self-created imaginings.
Within solitude and silence should we weigh those matters concerning the care of our soul.
When we struggle against our perceived limitations we unconsciously embrace that level of self. We can transcend what stands before us by ascending to a whole New Understanding of our…[more]
