Guy Finley talks about the necessary, healing shock of seeing that the things we value the most in our lives are impermanent at best... and yet it is this very…[more]
Looking for the power to be happy is not found in a person, place, possession, idea, or belief, but through the new understanding that your higher, permanent nature needs no…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley discusses how we must begin to properly use the gifts we have been given if our wish is to enter into a deeper relationship…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley explains how most of the unnecessary struggle and conflict that we experience in this life is due to our habitual, unconscious fixation on recurring…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how everything that life brings to our door is intended to show us something new and true about ourselves... if we are…[more]
Life wants us to know the meaning of it. It is an innate urge in us to know the meaning of our life, and it is right before us in…[more]
Our spiritual task, assuming we are stirred to seek this truth of ourselves, is to awaken ourselves to the Light that first invites us, and then unites us with its…[more]
Like individual raindrops that feed our streams and rivers, it is new ideas that nourish and sustain the growth of science, art, and the humanities.
Fall is nature's preparation for regeneration, and we too should use this time to release anything left hanging over.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how our experience of life -- the way we feel in any given moment -- is the direct result of what we give…[more]
No grief or disturbance of any kind is yours.
Our present experience of life, for its happiness or sorrow, is nothing more or less than what certain unconscious parts of us tell us it is. This means that before…[more]
We never experience anything that does not arise directly from our own inner life.
There may be no greater self-deception than the false notion that rushing through anything actually helps us in any way whatsoever. After all, if anxious thoughts and feelings had any…[more]
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 the life-saving wisdom of becoming aware of the various thoughts, feelings and states that move through us, rather than wasting our energy…[more]
The Living Light never shows us anything in ourselves that it hasn't already started to change for us.
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]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the difference between being completely passive to life's movements, and being properly active in the moment, which involves listening intently to what the…[more]
The more we imagine a fearless life created by conditions outside of us, the more compelled we feel to try and control those same conditions.
In this short talk, Guy Finley explains how conscious awareness of tension is the birthing ground of revelation and self-discovery.
The foundation of self-observation is a higher self-awareness that puts you in direct contact with a new and superior Intelligence, a silent wisdom that immediately goes to work in your…[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.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how the 'presence' moment always gives us everything that we need in the moment that it is needed.
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.
The way in which we grow is that we grow into the world above ourselves.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about why nothing is more valuable than true self-knowledge.
When you begin to be for God before you're for yourself, then God will begin to be there before you.
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.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about the importance of understanding the need to awaken from spiritual sleep.
In this special short talk, Guy Finley talks about what it means to be truly receptive to the gifts that life wants to give us in each and every moment,…[more]
A video collage of Southern Oregon and Life of Learning Foundation, Guy Finley's self-realization school. Opening shots, in order: Oregon Coast, Redwood Forest, Crater Lake, Mt. McLoughlin (Cascade Volcano), Rogue…[more]
Our attention connects us to life; it establishes our relationships with all that unfolds around and within us.
The sky is forever. And so is your true nature.
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.
Guy Finley speaks on themes from his best-selling book The Essential Laws of Fearless Living.
In this extraordinary podcast, Guy Finley talks about how each and every small act of doing what we know is true, no matter what the cost, changes the entire world.
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.
Guy Finley speaks about how it's possible to live completely free from fear, worry, and other self-limiting thoughts and feelings.
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 the often misunderstood idea of faith, and how we can come to the true, bold understanding that we are made for everything that…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the importance of being ceaselessly attentive to the activity of your own mind, which makes it possible for you to be the one…[more]
Our own mistaken perceptions, explains Guy Finley, literally produce the enemies needed to stay alive.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about our present level of mind that spends its energy trying to resolve the very problems that it creates.
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]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the immense difference between a life spent accumulating possessions, and a life in which an individual allows something higher to take possession of…[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]
In this podcast, Guy Finley explains in detail how measuring yourself actually prevents any real change from taking place.
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]
In this podcast, best-selling author Guy Finley talks about how our experience of life is a direct result of what we spend our time attending to.
It may not always seem so, but everyone wages
The best battle possible at the time.
When challenges come, we stand as upright as stature allows,
And life delivers the…[more]
In this podcast, best-selling author Guy Finley presents an extremely helpful and practical exercise that--if you will do what is required on your part--can instantly change your day and your…[more]
Never again look for a way out of any anxious condition, explains Guy Finley. Look instead for a way to see through it.
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.
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]
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 as human beings have settled for far too little. The fact is that we do not know the unrealized potential that exists within each and every one of us.…[more]
In this audio clip, Guy Finley reveals why it is so important to wake up and come back to the present moment, instead of being lost in a dream.
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]
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]
If fall signals the retreat of nature -- as when the last leaves fall from the trees and countless creatures crawl into nooks and crannies to pass through the bone-chilling…[more]
Awareness is a living and intelligent feature, explains Guy Finley, of the ever-present Now within which it dwells.
**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]
One of the most shocking and necessary discoveries along the path, explains Guy Finley, is that what we love does not love us
The only power negativity has over us, explains Guy Finley, is the power we give it.
By deliberately slowing yourself down, explains Guy Finley, when everything in you seems to be screaming, "Rush," you will become inwardly awake.
Here is the secret to releasing physical tension and mental pain from your life forever. Learn these three simple steps and you will never be the same again.
When it feels as though the world is whirling around us, explains Guy Finley, what we need to understand is that the whirling is not outside of us but is…[more]
Guy Finley reminds us that no negative state wants what is right for 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 illustrates that wherever you place your attention, you give life to that seed of thought.
It's only what you do right now that is the seed of change, explains Guy Finley.
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]
A poem by Guy Finley which expresses gratitude for Higher Love.
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]
To enter the silent world of peace, explains Guy Finley, requires that we learn the secret of being still.
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.
This Now, the real Now, explains Guy Finley, is a perfect integration -- a dynamic mutual convergence of all the creative forces, which is always stirring.
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]
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.
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]
Guy Finley discusses the power of attention -- how problems are aggravated through the wrong use of attention and how we can stop animating our suffering by consciously withdrawing our…[more]
This beautiful 8 line verse by Guy Finley reveals the essence of the real Spiritual Path.
This specially crafted poem by Guy Finley complemented his classroom talk on November 7th, 2004.
Guy Finley gives us ten ways to see through the false thoughts that would have us believe we must suffer because of them.
In this world that you and I live in, response is request. We can slightly enlarge this idea by restating it this way: The way you respond to life is…[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]
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!
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]
Guy Finley teaches us that as we begin to remember our true intentions in the moments when we need them most, we break the repetitious circle of Self that never…[more]
As Guy Finley explains, as we let go of our identification with negative feelings we also let go of their associated pain.
A special writing by Guy Finley showing that the secret of letting go hinges on the realization that the means in our lives are not really different from the ends.
Understanding our spiritual weakness is the key to following through on our good intentions.
The more you know, the farther you can see, so take as long as you need with the following Higher Lesson and allow yourself to see something new about the…[more]
Guy Finley shows you a whole new way to live that is free from the punishment of self-wrecking thoughts.
Discover the hidden Truth about negative states such as fear, worry, anger, and depression. Guy Finley reveals that the reason these states hold us captive is because of our willing…[more]
Understanding true peace and security.
True self-help through transcendence, not struggle.
Learn to see through any anxious condition of feeling overwhelmed.
Learn why the most powerful tool for stress you have is True Silence!
10 Exercises for increasing your spiritual memory. Remember that every effort you make to remember to remember God increases His interest in you.
Our Life's Purpose and the reason we were created is to fulfill the possibility of purpose and promise in our lives.
Being Present to Ourselves in the Now
We are created to know God's Great Story as our own
Going Beyond the Limitations of Thoughts
Wake Up and Take Part in God's Great Symphony
How to be for yourself by being for the Truth.
It does not matter how you take the road. All that really matters is that you take it.
Anticipation is a special kind of awareness where one is united with the spirit of what comes prior to its arrival
Cling Fast to Your Aim and Strive to Be True
The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who passing over a certain ridge comes upon an unknown Mountain outside his country and there catches a glimpse of a valley…[more]
What is our purpose in life?
While experience may serve as the path to self-knowledge, still it remains the lesser half of the path to self knowing.
Linger in the great mystery of moments untold. Wait there for the unspeakable invitation to live there.
