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.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how real revelation of the truth of ourselves transforms the character that has been revealed.
On one hand, each of us professes to be concerned with growing and self-developing while, on the other hand, none of us ever wants to be wrong, which is a…[more]
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.
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]
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]
The key to regaining command of yourself in any moment you start to feel as though you're in a rush is to remember that who you are and what you…[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 the vital importance of going beyond mere knowledge about spiritual principles and beginning the real work of integrating what we know about…[more]
In this short talk Guy explains how each moment of life is made for anyone and everyone who is present to it. If you are not in this moment, you…[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.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how we are all seeded with the potential to be a perfect reflection of all things good and true.
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]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how painful tension persists because we are relying on something outside of ourselves to tell us who we are.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about why it is so important for all of us to learn something new and true about ourselves everyday.
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]
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]
The first step to breaking out of any rut in life is to no longer enable the parts of us that keep walking in them while wishing they weren't so…[more]
There is nothing in the universe that can stop us from growing, except our habitual, mechanical nature.
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.
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]
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."
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 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.
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 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.
We are meant to take part in God's life through awareness of the freedom it continually reveals.
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.
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]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how any real request for something higher is proof that there already exists a relationship to the very thing that we are wishing…[more]
The wise are not those most learned, but the best tempered by truths put to the test of life.
No one is free who lives with fear.
In order for change to take place, we must be changed.
Before something genuinely new can appear in our lives, something old must pass.
The Life of Learning Singers perform Jesu Dulcis Memoria from their album, Door of My Heart.
There may be no greater self-deception than the false notion that rushing through anything actually helps us in any way whatsoever.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about the vast difference between mere ideas about spirituality and the direct perception of living spiritual principles.
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]
No intention can be any stronger than our ability to remember it in the moment that it is needed.
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]
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.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about why we must give ourselves completely to each moment if we ever want to discover a fearless life.
Our attention connects us to life; it establishes our relationships with all that unfolds around and within us.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the great importance of being willing to see everything that we can about ourselves.
Real self-command dawns within us as we realize that reliving the past is powerless to change a present misunderstanding.
We have the capacity to stop making ourselves powerless by waking up to having put ourselves where our powers are stolen from us.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how self-knowledge is essential for any human being who longs to be in relationship with a higher order of life that is everlastingly…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how every moment is actually a divine communication that wants to reveal to us our own limitless possibilities.
In our willingness to journey to what seems the end of us, we are gifted with the understanding that there is no ending to our True Self.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how we can begin to understand that what we call "unwanted moments" are actually life's invitations for us to discover more about our…[more]
You can wake yourself up, explains Guy Finley, just as many times as you're willing to catch yourself in daydreams where you're the star.
Guy Finley explains that events do not exist as negative events except for our perception of them.
Your awareness of troubled thoughts and feelings, explains Guy Finley, is the power that keeps their harmful and self-limiting influences from having control over you.
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]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about what it would mean for us to let real life sound its essential notes within us without the unnecessary dissonance of our resistance.
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.
The only power dark, discouraging states hold over us, explains Guy Finley, is that they get us to identify with feelings of being powerless.
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.
Intentionally separate yourself from any rushing inner condition, explains Guy Finley, by voluntarily stepping out of it.
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]
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 often misunderstood idea of faith, and how we can come to the true, bold understanding that we are made for everything that…[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 following key lessons are taken from 365 Days to Let Go. Use their insights to help free yourself from the self-inflicted punishment of complaining.
Until we become conscious of…[more]
Guy Finley reminds us that everything we need to succeed is forever raining down upon and within us.
Stress, explains Guy Finley, is a result of a false or incomplete view of reality imposed upon us by our own unenlightened nature.
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]
Guy Finley explains that a "prisoner" mentality is one that blames anything outside of you for the pain you have.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about what it means to be properly responsive to the present moment, as opposed to getting lost in worried thoughts about what action to…[more]
Guy Finley reminds us that the Living Light never shows us anything in ourselves that it hasn't already started to change for us.
In this incredible podcast, Guy Finley reveals some startling, live-changing facts about motivation that up until now have been hidden in plain sight.
Listen closely because this could be what you have been waiting to hear your whole life! In this extraordinary podcast, Guy Finley talks about what a person must understand in…[more]
Guy Finley explains that the day of our awakening is the same as the delightful date of our departure from a bankrupt world filled with beggars dressed as kings and…[more]
Spiritual evolution is not something that is going to just happen by mere accident. It is something that requires an inner effort on the part of the human being. In…[more]
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]
Guy Finley explains that we should do what's in our power and refuse to be discouraged about anything else.
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]
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.
Our purpose in life, explains Guy Finley, should be to challenge and rise above every wrong feeling by finding the higher ground within.
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.
Guy Finley urges us to find the places in our lives where we can take conscious, spiritual risks.
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, best-selling author Guy Finley talks about what it really means to be yourself.
True peace, explains Guy Finley, doesn't exist outside of the "now" from out of which it is always unfolding.
Our experience of any passing event -- for the pain or pleasure of it, explains Guy Finley -- is the product of how we see it.
It is possible, explains Guy Finley, to understand your fear in a whole new way.
The seemingly scary condition, whatever it may be, is not the problem, says Guy Finley. It is your reaction that is fearful.
In this podcast, Guy Finley reveals the true, practical meaning behind the idea of reincarnation.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how our minds react to what Truth is revealing within us.
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]
We all naturally resonate with Truth and Beauty when it is being expressed. When we know we have heard something true, why does it stir us? In this podcast, Guy…[more]
You can let go of any painful situation or darkened state in your life starting right now! This powerful talk explains how resisting your pain actually keeps it alive. Listen…[more]
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]
Guy Finley discusses the source of sadness and depression, and the most effective ways to free yourself from sinking into psychological darkness.
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.
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]
We are here on earth, explains Guy Finley, to grow beyond the limiting influences of our own unawakened nature.
Awareness is a living and intelligent feature, explains Guy Finley, of the ever-present Now within which it dwells.
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]
One of the most shocking and necessary discoveries along the path, explains Guy Finley, is that what we love does not love us
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]
Fighting the storm by resisting its winds and rain, explains Guy Finley, will do no good.
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]
Real self-knowledge, explains Guy Finley, provides a glimpse of the expansive world that awaits us.
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.
Find your True Purpose in life and how your connection to Real Love can be realized and lived in every moment.
Guy Finley explains how one's inner nature determines one's experience of the outer life.
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]
A beautiful poem explaining how God's Life replace the endless circle of wants.
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]
The only power negativity has over us, explains Guy Finley, is the power we give it.
Every step along the way to a higher independent life, explains Guy Finley, is both the challenge and the reward.
Starting to think differently towards your own fears, explains Guy Finley, is the same as learning to act differently towards them.
Guy Finley explains the power in seeing that we are actively involved with unseen thoughts and feelings that compromise us.
No one can give us the approval we seek, explains Guy Finley, because it isn't his or hers to give
The real act of letting go, explains Guy Finley, is first an interior action, followed, if needful, by a wiser exterior action.
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]
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 have a chance, explains Guy Finley, to actually begin to recognize and realize what it would mean to be able to sit in a room and not have our…[more]
When we attempt to do what is not within our power, explains Guy Finley, we only succeed in making ourselves miserable.
A special writing by Guy Finley which beautifully and poignantly explains that the world from which we sow is the world within which we reap. Originally presented at a classroom…[more]
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]
Guy Finley explains that our experience of life moment-to-moment is, in fact, what we have asked for.
Guy Finley sheds light on the fact that negative reactions to unwanted events do nothing to cure them.
It is not our life that must change, explains Guy Finley, but our view of our life.
Guy Finley reminds us that happiness, love, peace, compassion, and contentment are timeless states of being in the Now.
The root of that which is forever seeking acceptance and approval in us, explains Guy Finley, is that which is forever telling us that we are unacceptable as we are.
Understand the power illusions have over your life and learn how to break free from what wants to keep you captive.
That which makes it possible for love to be felt between the lover and the loved, explains Guy Finley, is Love itself.
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]
Looking for freedom in powers or possessions, explains Guy Finley, ensures that we will always be their captive for fear of losing them.
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."
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.
Guy Finley speaks about understanding the nature of discontentment and how to rise above its limiting influence.
Guy Finley reminds us that we do not have to share a single moment with the memory of anything that we don't want to, including painful memories, disappointments or regrets.
When faced with a fear of the unknown, explains Guy Finley, we must choose to explore what is yet to be discovered within ourselves.
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.
Whenever we will lend our attention to the inner task of working to transcend some dark state at work within us, explains Guy Finley, then in that same moment we…[more]
No one ever feels small in life, explains Guy Finley, who hasn't first been fooled into believing that there is nothing bigger than those small thoughts and feelings through which…[more]
In order to change what we currently get from life, explains Guy Finley, we must first learn that we cannot separate our answers from our actions and our actions from…[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]
As we awaken, explains Guy Finley, to see the false workings in our mind, we also see there is only one possible solution to end the suffering they cause: we…[more]
This new poem by Guy Finley subtley reveals how the inner quest for self-freedom has already been won. And it goes one step further by highlighting the special responsibility required…[more]
*(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]
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.
Guy Finley describes for us how a higher conscious awareness empowers us to be one with all that exists in the kingdom of creation.
Each time we listen to -- and work with -- that part of us which knows what is right and true, explains Guy Finley, we strengthen our relationship with all…[more]
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]
By rising above any self-righteousness that wants us to blame others for how we feel, explains Guy Finley, we gain an entirely new perspective on this useless reaction and learn…[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]
When we don't understand our negative states, when we have yet to realize how they trick us into doing their bidding, they have the power to make us jump through…[more]
The question of why we find ourselves stuck in the same old rut, explains Guy Finley, can't be answered by the old self that asked the question in the first…[more]
Looking for ourselves in the eyes of others throws us behind the walls of a psychic prison. The door slams shut each time we find ourselves feeling good about ourselves…[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.
True freedom, explains Guy Finley, is found through awareness that clinging to our past experience is all that holds us captive.
Guy Finley suggests a test for evaluating your own level of inner freedom. Learn to drop discouragement over any limitations and to awaken the secret part of you that has…[more]
Guy Finley suggests specific exercises to help you step out of the rush and stop being driven by anxious states. Learn new ways to wake up and develop self-command.
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]
The path to the higher ground within you, explains Guy Finley, is found through your persistent willingness to see that the path you are currently on leads nowhere.
Guy Finley shows us that it is through self-correction, not self-improvement, that true growth takes place.
Those who choose, explains Guy Finley, to stay the course over staying in negative, painful places find themselves that much closer to True Freedom.
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]
In this key lesson Guy Finley encourages us to see through the false nature that would keep us from moving forward through any uncertainty and doubt.
A special writing by Guy Finley explaining the work we must do to prepare a vessel that can be filled by real life.
A comprehensive list from Guy Finley of keys to knowing you're on Freedom's Path.
In this key lesson Guy Finley explains that our own only weakness is in what we have not yet discovered about ourselves, and our one strength is the realization that,…[more]
Helpful insights from Guy Finley on choosing the higher life we are meant to be a part of.
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]
A short writing by Guy Finley showing how Higher Freedom comes to us in direct proportion to what we are willing to learn about ourselves
Guy Finley reveals how the misleading fear of emptiness (failure) keeps us from knowing true success.
In this excerpt from the Intimate Enemy you will discover a new understanding to heal the pain that arises out of our own misperception.
Guy Finley offers a powerful spiritual declaration of independence for those who have grown weary of compromising themselves for a false freedom that always betrays.
Guy Finley addresses common questions on the topic of self-awareness.
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 shows how we can begin enjoying True Success by agreeing to accept the lessons life has for us.
Guy Finley shows the one way for breaking the cycle of conflict, hatred, and pain that arise in human relationships.
Guy Finley talks about how to escape the punishment inherent in wanting to be approved by others.
A poem by Guy Finley on the condition of the awakening soul.
Powerful insights from best-selling author Guy Finley show how we can bring an end to our punishing need for approval.
This writing from Guy's book, Freedom from the Ties that Bind, will help you use your power of choice in a new way.
Tips for fearlessly stepping into indecision and the unknown.
Breaking out of old painful patterns, habits, and recuring problems.
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.
Awakening: How to change our destination and arrive at that Higher World!
How to develop True Character by dropping self-defeating habits!
Learning to recognize genuine truth. It is always simple, always good.
Your conscious participation in inner exercises, such as these five practices, is the only way to awaken the will you need so that one day you never have to answer…[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.
The psychology of knowing which of your own thoughts and feelings are your friends.
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.
Real secrets for stress-free living. The answers really do exist!
Here are seven separate Higher Facts about the proof and the possibility of the Fearless Life.
Understand True success by seeing the punishment in ambition and desire.
Discover an altogether new kind of peace in your life as you learn to let go.
Expanding Our Understanding of the Nature of Truth
Listen for God's Voice and Know Freedom
How To Defeat What's Defeating you
Learn about your individual level of inner freedom.
You need never suffer again.
Take Time Alone and Find Freedom
Find Real Freedom through love.
Life will fill whatever you empty. Be hollow. Let the winds of change play you instead of punish you.
Freedom and compassion cannot dwell in any world dominated by fear.
A thousand journeys, but one Path. A thousand lovers, but one Thee.
Be Relieved of the Burden of Being Me
Use this list of ten powerful insights to begin choosing in favor of your True Self.
While experience may serve as the path to self-knowledge, still it remains the lesser half of the path to self knowing.
Heal the hurting in you.
Allowing nothingness its life slays both the illusion of emptiness and the self so fearful of it.
Within solitude and silence should we weigh those matters concerning the care of our soul.
Don't Settle for a Stream When the Ocean Belongs to You
Awake and See the Light
