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 participate in the moment-to-moment…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the true reward that comes with being willing to stand within what the light of awareness wants to reveal to us about ourselves.
The present moment, where our being and our nature meet, is the instant of our destiny.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about the fact that we can grow into an ever-expanding relationship with truth because something of that truth already dwells within us.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about our common need for a higher kind of love that releases us from feelings of fear, doubt and hopelessness.
The only way it's possible to truly deliver ourselves from the punishment of our own self-wrecking thoughts is to begin awakening to their hidden cause within us.
In this short talk, Guy Finley explains how conscious awareness of tension is the birthing ground of revelation and self-discovery.
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]
It's imperative to meet each moment of your life with this realization: it's only what you do right now that is the seed of change.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how there is nothing in the world more practical than true spiritual principles.
Something in us knows that it is only through this relationship that we will be introduced to our own higher possibilities.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how it is possible for us to discover an authentically new life if we will persist with our wish to know the…[more]
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]
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 podcast, Guy Finley talks about how we are here as human beings to continually perfect our self-understanding so that we can begin to enter into an awakened relationship…[more]
We are meant to go through a transfiguration on this earth, a change internally that leaves our character like nothing it was before.
We can either spend our lives fearful of any unwanted event that comes along to challenge our sense of self, or we can use that same situation to help set…[more]
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]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how we can realize and enter into a higher life that is greater than ourselves.
Self-limiting thoughts or feelings have power over us only when we are tricked into believing that we need something we don't.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about why the mind is always so busy thinking about itself, and how becoming aware of its mechanical activity is the beginning of…[more]
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]
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how freedom from unhappiness and frustration appears naturally as we learn to let go of false purposes.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how we are intended to use all of life's moments to grow into a more fully integrated and meaningful relationship with real life.
We can and must begin to understand the spiritual life before we can live it. But we can't begin to understand something that is above us until we begin to…[more]
Anxious thoughts and feelings keep us a prisoner in the world of their empty promises.
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.
In order for change to take place, we must be changed.
Learning to let go of our own constant mental chattering prepares us for the entrance of the Secret Self.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about the importance of understanding the need to awaken from spiritual sleep.
Before something genuinely new can appear in our lives, something old must pass.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how getting angry over our present limitations actually prevents us from consciously meeting and transcending them.
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.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the potential we possess to live from a higher part of ourselves that is always in a harmonious relationship with the present moment.
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]
In this podcast, Guy Finley explains that true self-command becomes possible when we begin to consciously interrupt the momentum of the unconscious nature that is presently in control of our…[more]
We have been the unwitting servants of a thought nature whose appetite is unappeasable.
Guy Finley discusses our native right to live fearlessly, and the courage, resolution, and persistence required to prove our fears groundless. Learn more about rising above the limitations of your…[more]
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]
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.
We have the capacity to stop making ourselves powerless by waking up to having put ourselves where our powers are stolen from us.
The only way to leave the world of feeling sorry for yourself is to deliberately leave the world of thought.
The person in denial of his or her own condition continues to ask for more of what didn't help the last time around.
Guy Finley answers the question, what does it mean to be a truly successful person in this life?
It is impossible to feel ourselves a "failure" without having first condemned ourselves for some shortcoming, explains Guy Finley.
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]
Guy Finley explains how to learn to ask for a happy, new life by refusing to relive what's been tearing at you.
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 an altogether new kind of victory that can be ours if we will agree to see what the present moment reveals within us.
Guy Finley explains that what we put first in our lives is what we receive from life.
Guy Finley speaks about how it's possible to live completely free from fear, worry, and other self-limiting thoughts and feelings.
Guy Finley discusses the true nature of responsibility to ourselves and to others and how we can begin to lay down the weight of the false responsibilities and beliefs that…[more]
To agree to sleep our way through life is to lose everything, explains Guy Finley, because it rules out the possibility of our soul's awakening.
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 reminds us that the truth never causes pain.
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 the difference between true feelings born of real relationship, and imaginary feelings that carry us away from the present moment.
We can gain new self-knowledge, explains Guy Finley, through the observation of the fact that everything is changing.
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 absolute fact that it is never too late to open yourself up to the possibility of being a better human being and…[more]
The missing half of our lives, explains Guy Finley, is letting go.
The weakness that blames others, explains Guy Finley, blinds you to your real inner condition.
Guy Finley reminds us that real change itself isn't found in some new way to think about yourself but in the freedom from the need to think about yourself at…[more]
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 short talk, Guy Finley explores how a true spiritual warrior is not someone who imagines future victories to come, but is the individual who is willing to step…[more]
No human being needs control over life, explains Guy Finley, because in reality, no one is apart from it.
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 talks about the subtle difference between becoming the embodiment of a thought or feeling that passes through you, and being fully aware of its presence…[more]
Everyone wonders whether or not there is one Great Secret for truly successful living. Guy Finley explains that there is.
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]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how conflict is born in those moments when our expectations about how life ought to unfold meet reality.
Guy Finley explains that we should do what's in our power and refuse to be discouraged about anything else.
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]
On one hand we are made to live out our physical existence in the world of passing time. This is the world we are all familiar with. It is the…[more]
We are deceived whenever we find ourselves feverishly thinking through "all the possibilities" stirred up by a fearful moment, because the only possibility any of these fearful thoughts hold is…[more]
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.
In this extraordinary podcast, Guy Finley reveals the higher understanding that is necessary to Let Go and find the Truly Fearless and Free Life!
When we stop giving our life energy to any moment which seems overpowering, explains Guy Finley, it loses its illusion of power.
Love is a latent interior "hunger" we all feel through our longing to know -- deeply -- someone or something to which we are drawn. And Love understands that whatever…[more]
Our purpose in life, explains Guy Finley, should be to challenge and rise above every wrong feeling by finding the higher ground within.
Guy Finley explains that it's what we do inwardly -- with what takes place outwardly -- that alone has the power to transform our lives.
Never again look for a way out of any anxious condition, explains Guy Finley. Look instead for a way to see through it.
Your experience of this world, explains Guy Finley, is determined by how you think toward it.
In this podcast, Guy Finley reveals how individuals can cease being distressed by the ups-and-downs of life by becoming aware of the opposites in action.
In this podcast, Guy Finley, best-selling author of The Essential Laws of Fearless Living, reveals how every human being is created with the potential of perfectly reflecting all that is…[more]
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.
What good is the light of any lamp in the dark, asks Guy Finley, if we forget to take that lamp with us out into the night?
Guy Finley discusses panic attacks and the fearful, mechanical thoughts that terrorize an unawakened mind. Learn the secret of knowing that all is well when you realize the truth that…[more]
To sow spiritual seeds, explains Guy Finley, means that we do spiritual work.
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.
If you want to leave the world of feeling sorry for yourself, explains Guy Finley, the only way to leave it is by not thinking about what a sad sack…[more]
Which would you rather have, asks Guy Finley: a big fire hose with a hydrant and a fire to put out every day, or a life without fires in them?
Right within us, as an unseen aspect of our True Nature, resides the entire range of relationships that the universe has to offer.
The false self is trying endlessly to get your attention, explains Guy Finley, in order to point out to you that there is something missing in your life.
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.
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]
Guy Finley explains that if our peace is built upon worldly forms, then it will be, at best, a temporary peace.
Awakening to who we are created to be, explains Guy Finley, is the first step in letting go of all that holds us captive.
Tired of going in painful circles in your life? In this talk Guy Finley reveals the secret of finally moving out of what may feel like a meaningless existence into…[more]
Guy Finley explains that we are not here to make something of ourselves, but rather are meant to allow the Light to make of us what it will.
You may not be able to think your way out of a nagging problem, says Guy Finley, but you can see your way clear of it.
Starting life over again is the key to a new you, explains Guy Finley.
Guy Finley explains that nothing in life can stop you from starting your life all over.
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 discusses the discontentment that arises from the perpetual measuring of ourselves against others, and the internal conflict that is bred through self-comparison.
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.
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.
Guy Finley explains how living from a mind that automatically assumes suffering is real, gives you no choice other than to remain a perpetual victim.
What we become in this life, explains Guy Finley, is very much determined by the kind of "interior" company we keep.
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.
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.
Nothing can grow true, strong, and healthy that lives under the dark shadow of abuse -- whether it's an abusive relationship or the abuse inflicted by mean-spirited thoughts and feelings.…[more]
Guy Finley explains that life is always stirring and producing moments in which we are asked, in essence, to be more than we are.
A special writing by Guy Finley on what it truly means to be a peaceful and peace-filled human being.
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]
Barring those moments when we find ourselves in real physical danger, conditions, of themselves, have absolutely no authority over us. It's true. No event or circumstance has any power to…[more]
Working with self-observation, we can actually see, explains Guy Finley, that these self-compromising thoughts are just that: thoughts.
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]
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]
If we will courageously examine every frightening thought that goes through our minds to see if it is based in reality, explains Guy Finley, we will eventually discover that there…[more]
We are create, explains Guy Finley, with the capability of realizing the timeless truth of ourselves.
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]
Guy Finley explains that we must never do anything about our discontentment because it's not really ours.
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]
We live in a world, explains Guy Finley, that is established for us to succeed in realizing that within us dwells an Intelligence beyond fear.
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]
The quality of our life, explains Guy Finley, is first and foremost an expression of the level of our understanding.
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]
Guy Finley explores how it is that you can make yourself miserable but you can't make yourself happy.
Events may happen to you, explains Guy Finley, but you are not the event.
Guy Finley illustrates that wherever you place your attention, you give life to that seed of thought.
Guy Finley explains that our experience of life moment-to-moment is, in fact, what we have asked for.
Learn why persistence is such a critical part of your spiritual work.
Guy Finley helps us to see that "scary" life-moments are as powerless to punish us as is a make-believe monster on the movie screen.
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.
It is not our life that must change, explains Guy Finley, but our view of our life.
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]
Guy Finley explains how to be elevated to a Higher life starting right now. Discover the extraordinary power hidden in our awareness and how it literally can transform our life.
Nothing in life, explains Guy Finley, can stop you from starting your life all over, at anytime.
Understanding that we are not our thoughts and feelings, explains Guy Finley, is the first step towards stopping them from ruling our lives.
Guy Finley gives insight into how to get past feeling overwhelmed by what needs to be done and set about the task of doing our work.
Guy Finley discusses the Bible as a revelation of Truth and a resource for living the awakened life.
To enter the silent world of peace, explains Guy Finley, requires that we learn the secret of being still.
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.
Guy Finley speaks about understanding the nature of discontentment and how to rise above its limiting influence (continued).
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]
Guy Finley discusses the concerns of householders with regard to fulfilling responsibilities while on the spiritual path.
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]
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]
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]
Guy Finley shows us that, no matter how hard it seems to start fresh or learn something new, who you really are is greater than any part of yourself which…[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.
The moment we understand, explains Guy Finley, that peace, happiness, and fearlessness are not found through our endless desires, we discover we are actually on the road to finding their…[more]
Guy Finley outlines the ten traits of a True Spiritual Warrior.
Any direction we take to get away from some misery, explains Guy Finley, is the continuation of that distress.
*(The following short set of questions and answers is taken from special sections following the end of each chapter in Guy Finley's newest book, **Let Go and Live in the…[more]
Guy Finley describes for us how a higher conscious awareness empowers us to be one with all that exists in the kingdom of creation.
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]
Now in everyone is sown -- into the center of his or her soul -- some love. Of this we may be certain, even though many people today seem counter-testimony…[more]
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]
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.
We must learn to detect and reject the old content of ourselves, explains Guy Finley, if we are to enjoy the true freedom that awaits us.
By transcending the thoughts that keep us a captive of our suffering, explains Guy Finley, we discover that we are already within a higher realm of understanding.
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 explains that the only lasting way to change our experience in life is to change our own life-level. At last the secret of real change!
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]
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 only thing that holds us down is what we don't yet know about ourselves. This insight explains why our ability to learn the truth about ourselves, to increase our…[more]
Persistence and faith on our inner journeys, explains Guy Finley, will be rewarded with enough spiritual gold to last an eternity.
By changing the ingredients of our life recipe from false images and negativity to awareness and understanding, we discover a new sweetness in life.
The present moment, where our being and and our nature meet, is the instant of our destiny. But how to get there?
Guy Finley explains that a new and true future begins with planting seeds of change in the now.
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.
In this key lesson Guy Finley explains how the now is meant to always be new.
In this short writing Guy Finley explains how we must revisit the same painful lessons over and over again until we begin to put the Truth first in our lives.…[more]
Guy Finley shows how we can reclaim our natural internal energy by seeing where it is that we are currently wasting them.
A lesson revealing the extra effort needed on our part to realize True Freedom.
Guy Finley shows you a whole new way to live that is free from the punishment of self-wrecking thoughts.
A poem by Guy Finley on the condition of the awakening soul.
Awakening: How to change our destination and arrive at that Higher World!
In Recovery the Light from one small moment of honest self-inquiry is more powerful than the accumulated darkness of a million years of doubt.
How to make a truly Fresh Start starting over!
The real miracle of letting go.
Find your true purpose in life!
Our Life's Purpose and the reason we were created is to fulfill the possibility of purpose and promise in our lives.
Whatever dominates us in the moment is what is first in our lives and is useless thinking.
The psychology of knowing which of your own thoughts and feelings are your friends.
Find strength, peace and quietude in God's Will
Be Fashioned by the Master Jeweler's Hand
Coming to Know Christ As the Living Light
Put God First
Leave Your Heart in God's Good Keeping
Wake Up and Take Part in God's Great Symphony
Let Higher Facts Free You From a Painful Past
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.
Understanding of the opposites is essential for your spiritual growth.
What is our purpose in life?
Cycling of vanity with life-in-vain goes on until you see the cost of a self-filling self. Then you commence on the good work of giving yourself up.
Within solitude and silence should we weigh those matters concerning the care of our soul.
If you serve only yourself you serve nothing. If you cling only to yourself you hold nothing.
