Before we release ourselves into the hands of any automatically appearing rescuing agent, we must first take it into the light in order to see who sent it.
Guy Finley talks about how Truth will never stop trying to help us see and drop the psychological "baggage" that we unconsciously carry around with us.
Looking for the power to be happy is not found in a person, place, possession, idea, or belief, but through the new understanding that your higher, permanent nature needs no…[more]
To change our relationship with life, to realize its unlimited song, we must bravely learn what it means to hear all of ourselves.
Negative emotions cannot exist without having something to blame for their punishing presence.
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]
Higher self-knowledge empowers you to realize the better, brighter life you've always wanted!
Our awareness of the troubled thoughts and feelings roaming through us is the power that keeps their harmful and self-limiting influences from having control over us.
Letting go follows the realization that holding on is of no further use.
Meekly submitting to any negative emotion in the hopes it will run its course and leave us alone just invites it to subjugate us again.
Fall is nature's preparation for regeneration, and we too should use this time to release anything left hanging over.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how our experience of life -- the way we feel in any given moment -- is the direct result of what we give…[more]
No grief or disturbance of any kind is yours.
One thing that makes it so difficult to drop feeling sorry for ourselves is how real it feels when we are full of self-regret. But any perception of reality that…[more]
The punishing pressure we feel in this life is not because of what life is but because of what we perceive life isn't.
In this video blog, Guy talks about why it is so important to work at spending more and more time each day attending to our interior lives.
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]
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how we are intended to discover that who we really are, our true self, is a multi-colored palette of extraordinary possibilities.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the difference between being completely passive to life's movements, and being properly active in the moment, which involves listening intently to what the…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about a new understanding of ourselves that will put an end to unconscious suffering... if we will remember to put it into practice.
Once we realize that our present view of self, a view that defines our reality, is a construct of a certain level of our own consciousness, we also realize the…[more]
Just as a storm in the atmosphere of the earth is born of conflicting fronts of different temperatures colliding with one another, so too must there be conflicting forces within…[more]
The foundation of self-observation is a higher self-awareness that puts you in direct contact with a new and superior Intelligence, a silent wisdom that immediately goes to work in your…[more]
Deliberately disconnecting yourself from whatever you think has you blocked leads to true self-liberation because you have never been trapped by anything outside of your own lack of understanding.
In this short talk, Guy Finley explains how real compassion is the fruit of the mind that awakens to where it is harming itself.
We have not been given this precious life in order to go through it resisting everything that doesn't suit us; rather we are created to grow through whatever we meet…[more]
One sure measure of spiritual growth is found in our developing awareness that each and every present moment of our lives is a special kind of spiritual looking glass.
We value negative states because of the strong sense of self we get from them.
Love Song (written by Leslie Duncan © New Hidden Valley Music; Casa David) is an inspiring music bonus performed by the Life of Learning Singers.
This lyrical song reminds us…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about why human beings are so addicted to stress and tension, and why it is so important for us to understand that something…[more]
The true nature of anything -- whether a newly opened leaf or a fearful thought or feeling -- is inseparable from what it serves.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about a new action we can take to find freedom from negative states.
Seen or not, our attitude determines our altitude in life.
Real compassion has to do with realizing that conscious relationship is the root of our existence, trying to get us to wake up a little bit and enter into those…[more]
Guy Finley discusses procrastination and the false sense of self-mastery and justification we receive by putting off until tomorrow what needs to be attended to now. Learn how to stop…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how we can begin to transcend any limitation that we meet along the path to discovering the truth about ourselves.
The truth is that letting go is very simple and, above all, natural; as natural for you and I as it is for a tree to shed the heavy, sun-ripened…[more]
We are at our core a creature of the stars: beings whose original and celestial stuff is not only born of light, but also intended to live unbound.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how dissatisfaction with our lives is not something to be ignored, but rather something that can be transformed through diligent self-study.
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]
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how true spirituality is all about being receptive to the lessons that love wants us to learn about ourselves.
Higher inner awareness grants you patience and new forms of consideration, because now you realize just how much pain everyone is really in.
When you begin to doubt everything you believe about your suffering, you will see that you never had to remain in the path of those destructive storms at all.
Anxious thoughts and feelings keep us a prisoner in the world of their empty promises.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how real relationship with the present moment requires both receptivity and letting go.
Learning to let go of our own constant mental chattering prepares us for the entrance of the Secret Self.
Our willingness to see the difference between real and false strength brings about an inner change that puts us in an entirely new relationship with life.
Our attention connects us to life; it establishes our relationships with all that unfolds around and within us.
When we are hurt badly, the higher lesson hidden in this trial is to recognize the time has come to let go of who and what we have been up…[more]
The sky is forever. And so is your true nature.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how a real spiritual life becomes possible for us when we begin to act on what we know is true.
Outgrowing Relationships - Learn why walking the authentic spiritual path necessarily causes some relationships to fall away.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the difference between true feelings born of real relationship, and imaginary feelings that carry us away from the present moment.
We all know what it is like to be held captive of the little things in life -- those petty concerns and small desires that steal their way into how…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how a new, whole relationship with life is possible for the human being who is willing to let go of the endless struggle…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the importance of being ceaselessly attentive to the activity of your own mind, which makes it possible for you to be the one…[more]
Our own mistaken perceptions, explains Guy Finley, literally produce the enemies needed to stay alive.
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 our present level of mind that spends its energy trying to resolve the very problems that it creates.
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.
It is our own narrow mind, with its narrow view of life, explains Guy Finley, that pressurizes our events and their moments.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about prayer, which is intended to help reveal to us the whole of our character, including the parts of us that resist being…[more]
Guy Finley explains the secret of letting go and how it's only through letting go that we are given something better than what life has asked us to give up.
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With consistent attention and persistent effort, you can release whatever now stands between you and the freedom for which your heart seeks. You can let go. Never…[more]
Guy Finley explains how and why to let go of any negativity.
In this extraordinary podcast, Guy Finley reveals the higher understanding that is necessary to Let Go and find the Truly Fearless and Free Life!
In this podcast, best-selling author Guy Finley talks about how our experience of life is a direct result of what we spend our time attending to.
Why try and change your outer world, asks Guy Finley, when it is only a reflection of your inner life?
Once we understand that letting go is the missing half of the whole happiness our heart longs for, explains Guy Finley, everything in our life grows easier.
We can help others reach higher by simply agreeing, explains Guy Finley, to give them space to go through their changes.
In this podcast, best-selling author Guy Finley presents an extremely helpful and practical exercise that--if you will do what is required on your part--can instantly change your day and your…[more]
Never again look for a way out of any anxious condition, explains Guy Finley. Look instead for a way to see through it.
In this podcast, Guy Finley reveals two incredibly powerful words that can help any sincere heart wake up to God's Life.
We literally give negative states a place to live in our psychic system, explains Guy Finley, by trying to rid ourselves of them in the usual ways.
When you know what you're looking for is what you already are, explains Guy Finley, then you stand on the threshold of Fearless Living.
Life is beginning again everywhere, explains Guy Finley -- and so can we, if we are willing.
Guy Finley shows how to move beyond the harmful effects of betrayal, affairs, and infidelity by turning the hurting into healing and learning.
In this extraordinary podcast, Guy Finley reveals a fact that will forever change your relationship with Life.
When feel pain, we tend to take it personally and feel like we are the only ones in the world who are suffering. That seems like the natural thing to…[more]
We as human beings have settled for far too little. The fact is that we do not know the unrealized potential that exists within each and every one of us.…[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.
In this audio clip, Guy Finley reveals why it is so important to wake up and come back to the present moment, instead of being lost in a dream.
Guy Finley explains how rising above the blame game is the same as learning how to be in total command of yourself.
Sometimes the greatest truths are laid right before our eyes, in the simplest of things, and yet we just can't see them. Take for instance our own hands: what a…[more]
In the early 1900s, before the age of superhighways, supermarkets, and the giant food manufacturers, things were very different, better in many ways. Small family farmers used to truck or…[more]
Guy Finley urges us to see through false illusions that keep us from letting go.
Drop whatever would define and limit you, explains Guy Finley, by bringing yourself back into the great and unconditioned Now where all is one.
Starting life over again is the key to a new you, explains Guy Finley.
Within each of us there is an expansive world of thoughts and feelings whose movements determine how we perceive and experience the world outside of us. While this inner-world of…[more]
There is nothing wrong with being a successful human being. In fact, the purpose of your life is to win. But what if, in your quest for this victory, you…[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]
When the false self throws terrifying shadows, says Guy Finley, you must work to cast Inner Light.
There is no substitute, explains Guy Finley, for seeing the truth of our actual spiritual situation.
Any lingering sadness, explains Guy Finley, is an unnatural life-form kept breathing by the false self's reluctance to let it go.
Who you really are, explains Guy Finley, is an endless learning ground, a limitless possibility for higher and higher self-discovery.
Being conscious of your fear, explains Guy Finley, empowers you to interact with it in an entirely new way.
Guy Finley shows us that any desperate attempt to escape a trouble usually leads us right back into more trouble.
Use the powerful principles presented in this talk to step out of the pain-filled worlds of imagination, and into the one True world of authentic inner-peace.
Guy Finley explains that life is always stirring and producing moments in which we are asked, in essence, to be more than we are.
The only power negativity has over us, explains Guy Finley, is the power we give it.
Learning to let go and to live in the Now, explains Guy Finley, is the same as catching ourselves holding onto what limits us and then deliberately dropping these self-imposed…[more]
The real act of letting go, explains Guy Finley, is first an interior action, followed, if needful, by a wiser exterior action.
Guy explains that one of the primary reasons why we don't change is because there's no space in our life. He shows how real change requires we agree to the…[more]
Anything that you have to control, explains Guy Finley, controls you.
When we attempt to do what is not within our power, explains Guy Finley, we only succeed in making ourselves miserable.
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]
We must no longer lend ourselves, explains Guy Finley, to the will of any dark state looking to use us as its vehicle.
Guy Finley illustrates that wherever you place your attention, you give life to that seed of thought.
Guy Finley sheds light on the fact that negative reactions to unwanted events do nothing to cure them.
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.
It is not our life that must change, explains Guy Finley, but our view of our life.
Letting go is about learning to die to ourselves psychologically, explains Guy Finley, so that something higher, something "undiminishable" can stand in for us.
Guy Finley explains that any part of us trying to drag us into a heated stew over "who" or "what" should be blamed for our pain is secretly working to…[more]
We must learn what it means to reach for a whole new place within ourselves, explains Guy Finley, from where it's possible to see that our present thoughts and feelings…[more]
When it comes to letting go and living in the Now, explains Guy Finley, no sincere effort goes unrewarded.
The first step in the right rebellion to reclaim your own life, explains Guy Finley, is to learn what it means to think about yourself instead of from yourself.
Understanding that we are not our thoughts and feelings, explains Guy Finley, is the first step towards stopping them from ruling our lives.
It is an illusion to believe, explains Guy Finley, that the world our senses reveal is the whole of reality.
Each time, explains Guy Finley, that we actually come to the end of what we know to do and stay there without punishing ourselves or hating life for finding ourselves…[more]
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]
All interior practices, explains Guy Finley, begin with the wish to meet our lives from a new understanding of ourselves granted us through new knowledge about ourselves.
The difference between living Now and living "then," explains Guy Finley, is the difference between living in a thought nature vs. living in our True Nature.
This Now, the real Now, explains Guy Finley, is a perfect integration -- a dynamic mutual convergence of all the creative forces, which is always stirring.
Learn to look at all difficult moments as opportunities to come awake to yourself, explains Guy Finley, and a place from which you can practice stepping outside of stressful thoughts.
Negative states born of nothing other than conflict-filled, comparative thinking, explains Guy Finley, steal into us to squander our peace one hundred times a day.
True silence is not just the absence of noise, explains Guy Finley; it is a kind of spiritual medium in which not only are we able to discern what is…[more]
Guy Finley discusses the power of attention -- how problems are aggravated through the wrong use of attention and how we can stop animating our suffering by consciously withdrawing our…[more]
Drop whatever would define and limit you, explains Guy Finley, by bringing yourself back into the great and unconditioned Now where all is one.
This beautiful 8 line verse by Guy Finley reveals the essence of the real Spiritual Path.
The reason why Truth sets you free, explains Guy Finley, is because it alone reveals that what you are held captive by has no reality outside of your wish to…[more]
This specially crafted poem by Guy Finley complemented his classroom talk on November 7th, 2004.
When we learn to "self-disconnect" we gradually, explains Guy Finley, break down the painful circle-of-self that is repeatedly formed by asking a problem for its solution.
A short yet powerful poem by Guy Finley that reveals the wrong pursuits we get caught in each time we try to escape from understanding our real interior condition. If…[more]
If we are ever to realize, explains Guy Finley, the integrity and consistent kindness of our True Nature, if we long to know something of heaven while we live on…[more]
Unconscious conflicts, in dialogue form, play themselves out in our mind by painfully reenacting various scenes from our past; moments gone by in which we either know, or sense, we…[more]
How to deal with the death of a loved one.
The key to rising above our present limitations, explains Guy Finley, is to look beyond our old answers for new and higher understanding.
Instead of letting fear lead you off the path and into the dark, explains Guy Finley, remain true to your course and watch it disappear.
Real faith, explains Guy Finley, requires unwavering immersion in the unknown territory outside of one's Self.
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]
Inside each of us, explains Guy Finley, resides a seed to be nurtured by something higher.
When we practice, explains Guy Finley, at not using our own thoughts to tell us what's happening in any given situation, we allow the circumstances of the event to be…[more]
The greatest, most abundant resource on planet Earth is also its least understood and utilized. Its unlimited supply is found virtually everywhere, anytime, and under all circumstances, even though few…[more]
A special writing by Guy Finley showing that the secret of letting go hinges on the realization that the means in our lives are not really different from the ends.
In this key lesson Guy Finley explains how the now is meant to always be new.
Guy Finley explains how to make a fresh start by learning our lessons and dropping regrets instead of carrying painful past experiences forward into our lives.
The more you know, the farther you can see, so take as long as you need with the following Higher Lesson and allow yourself to see something new about the…[more]
Guy Finley shows you a whole new way to live that is free from the punishment of self-wrecking thoughts.
Discover the hidden Truth about negative states such as fear, worry, anger, and depression. Guy Finley reveals that the reason these states hold us captive is because of our willing…[more]
Learn to let go of any painful past condition!
Letting go of painful resentments.
Real transformation is a task that takes intentional sustained inner work.
The real miracle of letting go.
Meditation & Prayer can show you how to let go and know that Life is complete and so are you!
The secret for dismantling the grief felt from the death of a loved. The same can be applied to the pain felt whenever a part of ourselves experiences a "death"…[more]
Learn to see through any anxious condition of feeling overwhelmed.
Learn why the most powerful tool for stress you have is True Silence!
Real secrets for stress-free living. The answers really do exist!
Whatever dominates us in the moment is what is first in our lives and is useless thinking.
10 Exercises for increasing your spiritual memory. Remember that every effort you make to remember to remember God increases His interest in you.
Discover an altogether new kind of peace in your life as you learn to let go.
Going Beyond the Limitations of Thoughts
Contact With The Secret Self
Leave Your Heart in God's Good Keeping
Let Go of Self and Experience Spiritual Rebirth
Take Time Alone and Find Freedom
Life will fill whatever you empty. Be hollow. Let the winds of change play you instead of punish you.
Anticipation is a special kind of awareness where one is united with the spirit of what comes prior to its arrival
What is our purpose in life?
Be Receptive to God's Hand at Work in You
