The Living Light never shows us anything in ourselves that it hasn't already started to change for us.
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]
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.
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 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]
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]
If we're interested in spiritual things, we gradually realize that what we really need is to understand this nature that is never satisfied.
When you think that who you are is connected to something you are not, you are identified with it.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how we are not meant to be held captive by thoughts and feelings that do nothing but repeat themselves over and over…[more]
As we become more self-aware, a whole new order of understanding dawns.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how a still and attentive mind perfectly reflects the "presence" moment.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how resisting any weakness that we may see within ourselves is the same as rejecting the possible flowering of real spiritual strength.
The way in which we grow is that we grow into the world above ourselves.
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."
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.
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.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how we can learn to use every moment to reach for what our heart of hearts longs for.
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.
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.
The wise are not those most learned, but the best tempered by truths put to the test of life.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how a real love for what is true and Divine requires that we agree to see ourselves as we actually are.
You'll never know how forgetful of your self you are until you make the smallest effort to be self-remembering.
The Life of Learning Singers perform Jesu Dulcis Memoria from their album, Door of My Heart.
All things good come to those for whom the Good is all things.
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]
We have been the unwitting servants of a thought nature whose appetite is unappeasable.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the great importance of being willing to see everything that we can about ourselves.
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.
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]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how we can stop cooperating with what wants to drag us down and open ourselves up to a greater life that is free…[more]
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 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 we can achieve a greatness beyond imagination through a conscious relationship with the living source of greatness itself.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the real nature of self-transformation. Learn what it means to place yourself in a vibrant relationship with real Life. Discover a whole and…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about an extraordinarily special kind of relationship we can have with real life if we are willing to let each moment reveal to us…[more]
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 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.
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]
Guy Finley reminds us that the truth never causes pain.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how a new, whole relationship with life is possible for the human being who is willing to let go of the endless struggle…[more]
We can gain new self-knowledge, explains Guy Finley, through the observation of the fact that everything is changing.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how resistance to any negative state such as anger, anxiety, or fear does not help diminish the state, but instead actually causes the…[more]
You may not be able to think your way out of a nagging problem, explains Guy Finley, but you can see your way clear of it.
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]
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]
Guy Finley reminds us that real change itself isn't found in some new way to think about yourself but in the freedom from the need to think about yourself at…[more]
Discover the authentic spiritual and esoteric secrets for truly transformational living.
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]
Your true nature does not feel any compulsion to compare itself to anything. In this podcast, best-selling author Guy Finley explains why any attempt to find an identity through comparison…[more]
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]
(From the Introduction)
With consistent attention and persistent effort, you can release whatever now stands between you and the freedom for which your heart seeks. You can let go. Never…[more]
The seemingly scary condition, whatever it may be, is not the problem. It is your reaction that is fearful. This is why if you will become conscious of your condition…[more]
There is one essential reason why there is so much constant heartache and war on this earth, and why conflict has continued as it has down through the ages. The…[more]
In this extraordinary new podcast, Guy Finley talks about the difference between real freedom and the search for freedom born out of trying to escape a negative state.
Peace is not true peace, explains Guy Finley, unless you are at peace wherever you are.
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]
Any time is the right time to go quiet, explains author Guy Finley.
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.
True peace, explains Guy Finley, doesn't exist outside of the "now" from out of which it is always unfolding.
The seemingly scary condition, whatever it may be, is not the problem, says Guy Finley. It is your reaction that is fearful.
What we really want isn't power to control the dark conditions around us, explains Guy Finley, but to be part of a new brighter and higher world within ourselves where…[more]
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]
We are created -- and each of us is intended, explains Guy Finley -- to discover the truth of ourselves within ourselves.
The light from one small moment of honest self-inquiry, explains Guy Finley, is more powerful than the accumulated darkness of a million years of doubt.
One reason why negative states sneak in so easily to steal our peace, explains Guy Finley, is that we have been conditioned to believe in their right to punish 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]
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]
Guy Finley explains how rising above the blame game is the same as learning how to be in total command of yourself.
Guy Finley discusses the source of sadness and depression, and the most effective ways to free yourself from sinking into psychological darkness.
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]
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.
Counter to popular opinion, real success is not measured by the amount of our possessions. Simply stated, the truth is that real success -- ultimately the only success -- is…[more]
It is in loving, explains Guy Finley, that one finds love.
efore we can enter, and live in, the higher realm of the Free Mind, explains Guy Finley, we must learn to see our life through its eyes.
Our responsibility, explains Guy Finley, is only to remain aware in the moment and to allow ourselves to be guided by and within that awareness.
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.
Find your True Purpose in life and how your connection to Real Love can be realized and lived in every moment.
We punish ourselves with unhappy feelings, explains Guy Finley, because we've been tricked into thinking self-hurt is self-help.
A special writing by Guy Finley on what it truly means to be a peaceful and peace-filled human being.
Working with self-observation, we can actually see, explains Guy Finley, that these self-compromising thoughts are just that: thoughts.
If we will courageously examine every frightening thought that goes through our minds to see if it is based in reality, explains Guy Finley, we will eventually discover that there…[more]
The real act of letting go, explains Guy Finley, is first an interior action, followed, if needful, by a wiser exterior action.
It is not negative to see the negative in us, explains Guy Finley, since it is the perfectly positive that makes this kind of seeing into ourselves possible.
We're often led to act against ourselves by an undetected weakness that goes before us -- trying to pass itself off to others -- as a strength. This is secret…[more]
When we attempt to do what is not within our power, explains Guy Finley, we only succeed in making ourselves miserable.
The following short set of questions and answers is taken from the "Ask the Masters" sections that follow the end of each chapter in Guy Finley's newest book, *Let Go…[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]
Events may happen to you, explains Guy Finley, but you are not the event.
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]
One of the most powerful forces in the universe, explains Guy Finley, is Silence.
Understanding that we are not our thoughts and feelings, explains Guy Finley, is the first step towards stopping them from ruling our lives.
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.
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.
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.
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]
Any direction we take to get away from some misery, explains Guy Finley, is the continuation of that distress.
A special message from Guy Finley about how to make the holiday season better and brighter. Guy explains how it's possible to stop hurting ourselves and the world around us…[more]
A short yet powerful poem by Guy Finley that reveals the wrong pursuits we get caught in each time we try to escape from understanding our real interior condition. If…[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]
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]
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 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]
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.
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.
As Guy Finley explains, as we let go of our identification with negative feelings we also let go of their associated pain.
Guy Finley explains that a new and true future begins with planting seeds of change in the now.
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]
Kindness is something we all value and wish we are known for. Learn how to make kindness alive in your life.
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 Finey looks at the condition called "anger" and how it is possible to escape dark inner conditions once we realize the part we play in the visiting of that…[more]
Guy Finley addresses common questions on the topic of self-awareness.
A poem by Guy Finley on the wonders of contemplation.
Guy Finley shows you a whole new way to live that is free from the punishment of self-wrecking thoughts.
Guy Finley reveals the unknown treasures hidden in spritual stillness.
Attachment is an unconscious process that occurs when our thoughts, having formed an image of someone or something, then embrace this image as the thing itself we have imagined.
Powerful insights to help you break free from the punishment inherent in seeking the approval of others.
Breaking out of old painful patterns, habits, and recuring problems.
Self-Protection is, and has always been, nothing but a self-limiting reaction that we cling to in the darkness of our present life-level.
Selfless Living: How to Enter Into Perfect Communion Where God is Your Life!
Find the Secret Solution to Help End World Suffering!
Learn Why Approval May Be Awarded but Never Sought!
The answers to all of life's questions can be found WITHIN you. Three ways to start asking the right questions.
Spirituality is the Upper Path begining in the moment where the lower path is no longer tolerable.
Healing the cause of all pain and suffering!
10 steps to help you to outgrow yourself by venturing into the unknown.
Come to the end of being identified with any painful condition.
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]
Discover an altogether new kind of peace in your life as you learn to let go.
Discover ten powerful new ways to begin changing your view of your own life. Plus learn the one power greater than any disturbance.
Spiritual Practices and the Presence of God
Bring more light into your life by patient inner investigation.
Take Time Alone and Find Freedom
Face challenges with the key that unlocks the door to a free mind.
Understanding of the opposites is essential for your spiritual growth.
While experience may serve as the path to self-knowledge, still it remains the lesser half of the path to self knowing.
Seeking fulfillment it empties itself. Seeking importance it compromises itself. This is the self that opposes itself.
Allowing nothingness its life slays both the illusion of emptiness and the self so fearful of it.
Cycling of vanity with life-in-vain goes on until you see the cost of a self-filling self. Then you commence on the good work of giving yourself up.
Find Balance, Find Perfect Peace
