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Browse this sub-directory of Guy Finley's top self-improvement and spirituality articles, poetry, and inspiration quotes by Guy Finley

Topic > Spiritual Principles > Watchfulness

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  • Take the Road (Writing - 9/29/02)

    It does not matter how you take the road. All that really matters is that you take it.

  • Always You (Writing - 12/8/02)

    Put God First

  • Teaching Others (Writing - 2/23/03)

    Teach others in a right way about spritual principles.

  • Goal Setting (Writing - 2/23/03)

    Learn to Be A Self-Starting Individual Instead of a Self-Stalling One!

  • Deliver Yourself from the Domain of Dark Thoughts (Writing - 2/14/03)

    New knowledge for escaping the punishment of dark thoughts and feelings.

  • Find The Magic Of The Original Moment (Writing - 11/5/02)

    We are born with a nature that can meet life new every moment

  • Going Beyond the Limitations of Thoughts (Writing - 1/24/03)

    Going Beyond the Limitations of Thoughts

  • Abolish Harmful Inner Voices (Writing - 11/1/02)

    Bring more light into your life by patient inner investigation.

  • This Key Unlocks The Door To The Free Mind (Writing - 10/11/02)

    Face challenges with the key that unlocks the door to a free mind.

  • The Secret of Owning Your Own Life (Writing - 1/17/03)

    Discover ten powerful new ways to begin changing your view of your own life. Plus learn the one power greater than any disturbance.

  • Free Yourself by Seeing Yourself: 9 Ways to Heal the Hidden Hurting in You (Writing - 8/9/02)

    Heal the hurting in you.

  • With Eyes to See (Writing - 5/13/03)

    A poem by Guy Finley on the wonders of contemplation.

  • Self-Awareness (Writing - 7/1/03)

    Guy Finley addresses common questions on the topic of self-awareness.

  • Dealing with the Darkness We Get from Others (Writing - 10/26/03)

    In this lesson Guy Finley explains how we can either choose to get negative about other people's bad behavior (which doesn't help us), or we can choose a different kind…[more]

  • Forty Ways to Determine Your Level of Inner Freedom (Writing - 11/3/03)

    A comprehensive list from Guy Finley of keys to knowing you're on Freedom's Path.

  • 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]

  • Self-Correction is Self-Elevation (Writing - 4/4/04)

    Guy Finley shows us that it is through self-correction, not self-improvement, that true growth takes place.

  • Self-Transformation (Writing - 6/1/05)

    Guy Finley discusses the path to true self-transformation, of growing beyond the nature in us that re-configures itself based on images from the past.

  • The Right Choice That Keeps You Safe (Writing - 4/30/06)

    Guy Finley reminds us that no negative state wants what is right for you.

  • How the Awake State Helps Heal the Ache (Audio 7:54 - 1/29/08)

    In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how there is nothing more important than to Be Awake.

  • Awaken the Love of Light (Audio 8:22 - 2/26/08)

    In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how our minds react to what Truth is revealing within us.

  • 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]

  • 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.

  • Welcome the Freedom that Comes with Being Fearless (Writing - 7/21/08)

    As we are coming to see, within each of us dwells a Light -- an awareness capable not only of observing the host of invisible forces that forge life itself,…[more]

  • Six Eye-Opening Insights to Start True Self-Healing (Writing - 6/8/09)

    Guy Finley reminds us that the Living Light never shows us anything in ourselves that it hasn't already started to change for us.

  • A Short Commentary on Remembering Yourself (Audio 6:34 - 7/3/09)

    In this valuable podcast, Guy Finley talks about the higher intention and purpose behind the idea of "remembering yourself". Listen closely and learn about a beautiful, timeless principle that you…[more]

  • Learn Where to Look for the Extraordinary Life (Writing - 8/3/09)

    I can think of no greater encouragement in this life than the self-evident truth that within each of us dwells something Extraordinary. By "Extraordinary" I don't mean any one condition…[more]

  • Let God Take You From You (Audio 12:39 - 11/17/09)

    In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the spiritual necessity of being alone in order to discover within yourself the one thing in the universe that you can always count…[more]

  • Enter the Place of Power (Writing - 10/19/09)

    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.

  • The Cost of Conscious Peace (Writing - 10/26/09)

    Never speak out of anger, Never act out of fear, Never choose from impatience, But wait... and peace will appear.

  • Welcome Truth's Light and Make Everything Right for You (Writing - 11/9/09)

    Have you ever seen rage in yourself? Generally, we don't want to see certain states within us because we've been conditioned to think of them as bad for us. We…[more]

  • Stand on the Unshakable Ground of Your True Self (Writing - 3/15/10)

    Here is a particularly vital idea for those of us who are tired of finding ourselves a surprised victim of our own actions: in this world of ours *response is…[more]

  • Dismiss the Storms That Sink Your Chances to Be Happy (Writing - 11/29/10)

    Whenever some dark storm appears in us, we must awaken to ourselves and bring ourselves back into the Now.

  • Strengthen Your Connection to the Timeless Life (Writing - 12/20/10)

    You'll never know how forgetful of your self you are until you make the smallest effort to be self-remembering.

  • Stay Out of the Waves of Fear (Writing - 3/17/11)

    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]

  • 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]

  • Treasure the Truth About Yourself (Writing - 4/25/11)

    There is an inner gold you can find whose possession fulfills you, regardless of your external circumstances. We can call this inner gold "real self-knowledge."

  • Awaken to Your Spiritual Barometer (Audio 6:13 - 12/20/11)

    In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about why we must come to realize the need to shake ourselves awake as often as possible if we want to be free…[more]

  • Learn to Turn to the Eternal (Writing - 4/9/12)

    When at last we see how our present sense of self is little more than a derivative of relationships with things outside of us, and realize that most of our…[more]

  • Learn to Observe Self-Defeating States (Writing - 5/21/12)

    To begin seeing that negative states such as anger, impatience, worry, and fear have lodged themselves into the hidden corners of your heart is to discover how they have managed…[more]

  • The Key to Self-Change (Writing - 8/6/12)

    Self-observation is the key to a higher order of awareness; it is how we learn to become inwardly vigilant to our own thoughts and feelings, even as they pass through…[more]

  • Agree to the Greatest Adventure in the World (Audio 4:52 - 10/3/12)

    In this enlightening short talk, Guy Finley talks about what it means for an individual to set out on the journey to true self-understanding.

  • Be the Living Prayer (Audio 2:57 - 11/18/12)

    In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how every moment presents us with an opportunity to learn something new and valuable about ourselves.

  • Your New Authority Over Whatever Hurts You (Writing - 10/15/12)

    Only conscious awareness of our aching can lead us to what authentically answers it.

  • Learn to Be New and Live in the Now (Writing - 12/24/12)

    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.

  • Break Free of Dark States (Writing - 3/11/13)

    Whenever we will lend our attention to the inner task of working to transcend some dark state at work within us, then in that same moment, even if we don't…[more]

  • 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.