Once higher self-understanding is restored to us, the painful problems that are caused by its absence effortlessly disappear.
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 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 podcast, Guy Finley talks about the difference between merely thinking about spiritual ideas and the actual awareness of the truth of ourselves in the present moment.
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.
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]
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how real revelation of the truth of ourselves transforms the character that has been revealed.
We go through our lives in a continual dance of being filled with something that needs an answer, and then going out and finding that answer... only to find out…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley explains what it means to wait for a "Divine touch" that makes the darkest moments into something light, bright, and right for all involved.
We all know what it's like to find ourselves unhappy and in conflict with someone who just isn't giving us what we want or need from him or her. Whenever…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley explains why the unconscious imitation of anyone else is the repetition of the known, and why real freedom cannot be found in familiarity.
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]
Our task, if we want to be free human beings -- if we want a life in which we no longer carry around with us "what he did," "what she…[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]
If we're interested in spiritual things, we gradually realize that what we really need is to understand this nature that is never satisfied.
As we become more self-aware, a whole new order of understanding dawns.
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]
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.
The true nature of anything -- whether a newly opened leaf or a fearful thought or feeling -- is inseparable from what it serves.
It is never the people we are around that cause us negative reactions. These reactions arise out of what we secretly want from people.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about a new action we can take to find freedom from negative states.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how we can realize and enter into a higher life that is greater than ourselves.
There is nothing in the universe that can stop us from growing, except our habitual, mechanical nature.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how our level of happiness is ultimately determined by our level of self-understanding.
No intelligent, conscious person would ever intentionally hurt themselves or others.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how any moment can be used to remember our wish to be in the presence of what is good.
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]
The next time something dark or disturbing tries to steal into you to wreck your contentment, do not consent to be drawn into its seemingly important considerations.
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.
The only thing of which you can be certain at any point in your life is what you are able to see about yourself in that moment. Which means the…[more]
You have the Light to detect, dismiss, and to transcend the limiting influences of painful negative states such as doubt, worry, hatred, anger, and fear.
The "healing" we need, the sense of wholeness for which we search, has nothing to do with adding anything to ourselves.
Higher inner awareness grants you patience and new forms of consideration, because now you realize just how much pain everyone is really in.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how any beautiful moment that we experience in this life is the expression of a timeless beauty that is waiting to be discovered…[more]
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.
Whatever suffering you agree to shoulder not only helps to lighten the load of those in need, but also serves to awaken within you the strength you need to be…[more]
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.
The Life of Learning Singers perform Jesu Dulcis Memoria from their album, Door of My Heart.
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.
If we wish to have true harmonious relationships with others, then it is we who must change.
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.
We have been the unwitting servants of a thought nature whose appetite is unappeasable.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how we can use everything that we encounter in our relationships with others to change ourselves.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the great importance of being willing to see everything that we can about ourselves.
We want to be free, and to be free means to understand what the path of freedom is about.
Guy Finley speaks about topics related to his new book The Courage to Be Free including fear and fearlessness, beauty, kindness, love, and the authentic path to an enlightened heart…[more]
Within the space of each beat of your heart, you get the exact measure of the answer you gave to life the moment before.
Time and time again, we come to the same spiritual lesson: no one can give us that which can only be found within our Self.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about why we must not be afraid to discover everything that we need to know about ourselves.
Guy Finley explains how we are held ever apart from what we love by the very fact that we would clutch it to our breast.
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.
The company we keep, explains Guy Finley, refers both to the kinds of people outside of us and the presence of accompanying thoughts and feelings circulating within us.
Guy Finley explains that events do not exist as negative events except for our perception of them.
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]
Outgrowing Relationships - Learn why walking the authentic spiritual path necessarily causes some relationships to fall away.
Guy Finley explains that the Truth asks us to give it its way in our lives.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the nature of a higher love that never fails to respond perfectly to what is being requested by the present moment.
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.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how our experience of life is a direct reflection of the kind of psychological company that we keep.
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.
Learning to love what is good, explains Guy Finley, begins with being truthful about what we presently love.
There is a hidden part of you that knows, without thinking about it, how to always be perfectly relaxed, carefree, and in command. This higher intellectual and emotional intelligence is…[more]
In this revealing podcast, Guy Finley talks about how attending to the true needs of others also allows us to discover our own limitless possibilities.
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 podcast, Guy Finley talks about how we can experience truer, brighter, more meaningful relationships with everyone we meet once we learn to put the needs of others before…[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]
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 next time you run into some familiar blockage or begin to feel unsuited to face some new and difficult personal challenge, don't do what you've always done before. *Don't…[more]
The weakness that blames others, explains Guy Finley, blinds you to your real inner condition.
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 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 must stop trying to create conditions for ourselves, explains Guy Finley, through which we hope to escape the fear of our own emptiness.
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.
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]
Guy Finley explains how whatever weight we seek to place on the backs of others simply falls back on our own.
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]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how any kind of blame is actually an avoidance of seeing yourself as you actually are in the present moment.
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 encourages us to look inward instead of outward for a reason why we're suffering.
Use your fear to come awake to yourself, says Guy Finley.
We have within us a new, higher vantage point -- a very special part of ourselves within which we may be at peace regardless of what goes on around us.…[more]
Guy Finley explains how and why to let go of any negativity.
A big part of our inner work in all of our relationships involves remembering this key idea: whenever we are not present and properly attentive to ourselves, we may be…[more]
In this podcast, best-selling author Guy Finley reveals what stands in the way of human beings having a real relationship with wholeness and love.
Why try and change your outer world, asks Guy Finley, when it is only a reflection of your inner life?
Our real "problem" with others, explains Guy Finley, isn't that they won't or can't give to us what we want from them.
Peace is not true peace, explains Guy Finley, unless you are at peace wherever you are.
We must be willing, explains Guy Finley, to taste the bitterness of our negative states before we would feed them to others.
We can help others reach higher by simply agreeing, explains Guy Finley, to give them space to go through their changes.
If we want a whole life, explains Guy Finley, we must be whole human beings.
It is our fear of being alone, explains Guy Finley, that compels us to seek the approval of others.
Compassion starts with the understanding that every human being on the planet looks different from us -- because physically we are different -- but inwardly we all live in the…[more]
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.
True peace, explains Guy Finley, doesn't exist outside of the "now" from out of which it is always unfolding.
The first step in harmonious relationships is simple: We need only realize the spiritual truth that we cannot meet someone whom we are not like in some way, even if…[more]
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]
The fear of being alone in life, explains Guy Finley, belongs to an imagined self.
Choosing inner seeing over the wish to be seen by others in a complimentary light, explains Guy Finley, stops the cycle of self-sabotage.
In this extraordinary podcast, Guy Finley reveals the higher understanding that is necessary to find the Truly Fearless Life!
Our experience of any passing event -- for the pain or pleasure of it, explains Guy Finley -- is the product of how we see it.
The seemingly scary condition, whatever it may be, is not the problem, says Guy Finley. It is your reaction that is fearful.
Right within us, as an unseen aspect of our True Nature, resides the entire range of relationships that the universe has to offer.
We all know the sting of not getting the approval we seek from other people. And when we don't receive the approval, we double our efforts and try a different…[more]
Real...am I.
Only when Thou art with me.
Real...I am,
Lives in remembrance of Thee.
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]
Awakening to who we are created to be, explains Guy Finley, is the first step in letting go of all that holds us captive.
It's often said that 'silence is golden.' But very few people on earth understand why this is so, let alone the immense possibilities this idea holds for the sincere spiritual…[more]
We must start to become conscious of the movement produced by our thoughts and feelings, explains Guy Finley, because it is their movement that presently drives us to seek balance.
Awareness is a living and intelligent feature, explains Guy Finley, of the ever-present Now within which it dwells.
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]
It is in loving, explains Guy Finley, that one finds love.
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]
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.
We can never hope to be free, as Guy Finley explains, as long as any part of us struggles with, or suffers over what others are doing, have done, or…[more]
Find your True Purpose in life and how your connection to Real Love can be realized and lived in every moment.
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.
A special writing by Guy Finley on what it truly means to be a peaceful and peace-filled human being.
The less pain we have over what life appears to deny us, explains Guy Finley, the more at peace we naturally become with ourselves.
It is not what life has brought to you that you don't like, explains Guy Finley. It is your reactions that turn the gift of life into the resentment of…[more]
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]
Every step along the way to a higher independent life, explains Guy Finley, is both the challenge and the reward.
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.
What we put first in our lives, explains Guy Finley, is our first relationship with life.
What would you think of a mother or father who starts yelling at their 5 year-old son because he didn't prepare dinner? It would be a terrible thing. Intuitively we…[more]
Anything that you have to control, explains Guy Finley, controls you.
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.
If we could only become quiet enough to listen anew, explains Guy Finley, we would learn that peace is a gift given freely to each of us, right where we…[more]
Many times the very thing we want from the person we are with, explains Guy Finley, is the very thing that we ourselves either lack at the moment or otherwise…[more]
The gradual higher awareness of others' pain, explains Guy Finley, is the birth of true compassion in us.
In pure barrenness, explains Guy Finley, there dwells an honest beauty.
Letting go is about learning to die to ourselves psychologically, explains Guy Finley, so that something higher, something "undiminishable" can stand in for us.
The best to way to help others, explains Guy Finley, is to give them room in which to grow.
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.
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]
The path to a more compassionate life, explains Guy Finley, is found in our willingness to try to understand the moment instead of needing to be understood in it.
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]
A stirring writing by Guy Finley revealing the real path to peace. Originally presented at the 2005 Talks in the Pines Series, "The Illusion of Limitation: The Liberation of Self."
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.
Guy Finley reminds us that just as the sun never quits the sky but only waits for the earth to turn and face the light, so, too, must we turn…[more]
If we can see, explains Guy Finley, how positive inner states lead to positive life experiences, then we can also see that negative inner states must attract negative results.
Nothing in the universe, explains Guy Finley, can prevent a man or a woman who wants to know Love -- who wants to rise to the next level -- from…[more]
We are spiritually free, explains Guy Finley, when not one part of us harbors any hatred or resentment for any other human being.
This beautiful 8 line verse by Guy Finley reveals the essence of the real Spiritual Path.
This special writing complementing Guy's talk of November 21st, 2004, contains hidden treasures that hint at an entirely new way of living.
In order to give others the space they need in which to grow, says Guy Finley, we must first make room within ourselves.
Guy Finley discusses a new approach to breaking the cycle of negativity involved in divorce where we take the focus off the other person and place our attention on a…[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.
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.
If we wish to find peace we must understand something of its life. Here are a few such facts: Peace is the natural radiation of a living Now; it is…[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]
This unique and inspiring writing by Guy Finley outlines 7 natural powers granted to those who will put forth the effort to remember them.
Guy Finley discusses the purpose behind the seasonal changes of our inner life and how we can embrace them as the spiritual teachings meant for us.
As Guy Finley explains, as we let go of our identification with negative feelings we also let go of their associated pain.
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]
By working with our resistance to others, Guy Finley explains that we ultimately learn about our own true nature, out of which compassion is born.
Guy Finley discusses how we can raise our relationships to a higher level by understanding that the other person is never the problem when we feel hurt. It is not…[more]
Guy Finley shows how we can reclaim our natural internal energy by seeing where it is that we are currently wasting them.
Guy Finley explains how to be in the right inner place when the moments of real self-change make themselves known to us.
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]
The Secret of Pefecting Relationships
Nurturing Love: How to be in True Relationship with another human being!
Using relationships for inner development.
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.
The whole of our lives is relationship. The whole of our inner discovery takes place within relationship. Nothing can speed up our inner work better than working with someone who…[more]
The true spiritual path begins and ends with what you already are. Use these 10 insights to tell the world you've lost interest in being you.
When you want to know peace of mind and the powers that circulate through a quiet mind, you must take yourself to that place where this Silent Strength can make…[more]
Spirituality is the Upper Path begining in the moment where the lower path is no longer tolerable.
Take Time Alone and Find Freedom
Anticipation is a special kind of awareness where one is united with the spirit of what comes prior to its arrival
Find Balance, Find Perfect Peace
