Topic > Spiritual Principles > Thinking / Thought Nature
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Nothing From Nothing (Writing - 6/30/02)
If you serve only yourself you serve nothing. If you cling only to yourself you hold nothing.
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Useless Thinking (Writing - 2/22/03)
Whatever dominates us in the moment is what is first in our lives and is useless thinking.
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Psychology (Writing - 2/22/03)
The psychology of knowing which of your own thoughts and feelings are your friends.
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Letting Go (Writing - 2/23/03)
The real miracle of letting go.
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The Secret to Overcoming All Opposition (Writing - 9/6/02)
Understanding of the opposites is essential for your spiritual growth.
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Thought (Writing - 5/1/03)
Guy Finley shows you a whole new way to live that is free from the punishment of self-wrecking thoughts.
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Present Moment (Writing - 1/1/04)
The present moment, where our being and and our nature meet, is the instant of our destiny. But how to get there?
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The Secret Understanding That Makes Painful Events Disappear (Writing - 1/12/04)
By changing the ingredients of our life recipe from false images and negativity to awareness and understanding, we discover a new sweetness in life.
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The Power of Being Single-Minded (Writing - 2/2/04)
Persistence and faith on our inner journeys, explains Guy Finley, will be rewarded with enough spiritual gold to last an eternity.
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Leave Troubling Thoughts and Feelings Where You Find Them (Writing - 3/8/04)
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]
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The Sure Way to Raise Your Life Level (Writing - 4/19/04)
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!
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Enter Into the Untroubled Now (Writing - 5/11/04)
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.
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Going Beyond the Limitations of Thought (Writing - 6/8/04)
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.
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The Secret of Living Thought-Free (Writing - 6/22/04)
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.
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Wake Up and Be Free of Fear and Worries (Writing - 6/29/04)
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.
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Discover the Freedom You Need to Live the Way You Want (Writing - 8/24/04)
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]
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Letting Love Lead You Home to Her (Writing - 9/13/04)
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]
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How to Let Go of Helpless Feelings (Writing - 11/29/04)
Any direction we take to get away from some misery, explains Guy Finley, is the continuation of that distress.
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Realize the Wholeness of Your Secret Heart (Writing - 12/12/04)
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]
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Sure Steps Towards a Silent Mind (Writing - 2/26/05)
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]
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Break Through the Barrier Between You and True Peace (Writing - 6/24/05)
To enter the silent world of peace, explains Guy Finley, requires that we learn the secret of being still.
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Get One Thing Done (Writing - 9/4/05)
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.
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Giving Yourself Up Is Lifting Yourself Up (Writing - 9/10/05)
Understanding that we are not our thoughts and feelings, explains Guy Finley, is the first step towards stopping them from ruling our lives.
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Secrets for Stress-Free Living (Writing - 12/31/05)
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.
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Find New Strength in Awakened Attention (Writing - 1/22/06)
Guy Finley illustrates that wherever you place your attention, you give life to that seed of thought.
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The Secret of Effortless Happiness (Writing - 3/19/06)
Guy Finley explores how it is that you can make yourself miserable but you can't make yourself happy.
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Discover the Real Cause of Discontentment (Writing - 7/23/06)
Guy Finley explains that we must never do anything about our discontentment because it's not really ours.
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Practice the Principle of Being Present (Audio 7:38 - 1/23/07)
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.
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Find Happiness in a Higher Meaning of Life (Audio 9:32 - 12/26/07)
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]
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You Can Conquer Any Condition (Writing - 10/16/06)
The only power negativity has over us, explains Guy Finley, is the power we give it.
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Abolish Harmful Inner Voices (Writing - 11/6/06)
Working with self-observation, we can actually see, explains Guy Finley, that these self-compromising thoughts are just that: thoughts.
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A New Inner Understanding to Put You in Charge of All Outer Circumstances (Writing - 11/25/06)
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]
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The First Step to Realizing Your True Self (Writing - 1/7/07)
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.
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Leave the "Victim Level" of Life Behind You (Writing - 2/11/07)
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.
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Comparison (Writing - 7/1/07)
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.
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Snap Yourself Out of Psychic Slumber (Writing - 11/11/07)
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.
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To Thine Own Self Be True (Audio 18:39 - 1/8/08)
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]
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Let Go of Loneliness and Discontentment (Writing - 2/18/08)
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.
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Freedom From the Fear of Feeling Powerless (Writing - 3/17/08)
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?
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Start Stretching the Boundaries of Your Life (Writing - 3/24/08)
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]
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Stop Taking Fear as Your Guide (Writing - 4/6/08)
Real fearlessness, explains Guy Finley, comes with knowing that we have everything we need to succeed in the same moment that it's needed.
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Panic Attacks (Writing - 5/28/08)
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]
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Find New Strength in Awakened Attention (Writing - 7/7/08)
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.
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Go Beyond the World of Positive and Negative Forces (Audio 7:03 - 8/12/08)
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.
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Ten Keys for Gaining Greater Self Liberation (Writing - 8/25/08)
Your experience of this world, explains Guy Finley, is determined by how you think toward it.
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Pull the Power Out of All Self-Punishing States (Writing - 12/28/08)
When we stop giving our life energy to any moment which seems overpowering, explains Guy Finley, it loses its illusion of power.
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Change Forever Your Relationship with Fear (Writing - 2/16/09)
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]
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Liberate Yourself From Self-Limiting Thoughts and Feelings (Writing - 3/23/09)
Guy Finley explains that we should do what's in our power and refuse to be discouraged about anything else.
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Spiritual Stages Along the Way (Audio 8:35 - 6/12/09)
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]
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A Fascinating Fact About Real Feelings (Audio 5:28 - 12/15/09)
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.
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Has Anyone Seen My Camel? (Audio 5:47 - 1/12/10)
In this podcast, Guy Finley tells a timeless story that underscores the need we have as human beings to know our true nature.
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Stay Out of Places that Steal Your Happiness (Writing - 8/13/10)
We have the capacity to stop making ourselves powerless by waking up to having put ourselves where our powers are stolen from us.
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End the Dark Cycle of Discontentment (Writing - 10/1/10)
We have been the unwitting servants of a thought nature whose appetite is unappeasable.
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End the Dark Cycle of Discontentment - Part III (Video 4:47 - 5/18/05)
Guy Finley speaks about understanding the nature of discontentment and how to rise above its limiting influence (continued).
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How Anxiety Imprisons You in a World of Empty Promises (Writing - 1/31/11)
Anxious thoughts and feelings keep us a prisoner in the world of their empty promises.
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Catch the Ticker Tape Mind and Cut It (Audio 5:15 - 4/28/11)
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]
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Wake Up and Recognize the Voices of Self-Defeat (Writing - 1/23/12)
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.
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Break Through the Illusion of Limitation (Writing - 7/16/12)
In any given moment there's always something higher to do with your life than sit there and suffer over what you think you can't have, do, or be.
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Awaken Your Powers of Perception (Writing - 9/10/12)
Here's a short exercise to help you see the following fact: There's a way to know, without ever having to think about it, exactly which of your own thoughts and…[more]
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Free Yourself from Pressure and Anxiety (Writing - 12/10/12)
**Before speaking to someone who intimidates me, I sometimes feel my throat start to close up and my voice choke up with so much tension that I find it hard…[more]
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Only a First Love Can Set You Free (Audio 2:11 - 2/4/13)
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about what it takes to outgrow the part of ourselves that loves only itself.
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The Difference Between Practical vs. Personal Thoughts (Video 2:08 - 3/19/13)
Guy Finley talks about how to discern the difference between thought that is practical and useful, versus thought that is unconscious and hurtful.
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The Power to Question Defeat (Writing - 5/6/13)
No human being is a victim of any punishment outside of their own undeveloped life-level from which their inner reactions are seen as outer attacks.
