In this short talk, Guy explains how we cannot fail if we will persevere through our darkest moments, because the light never fails to illuminate what presently hides in the…[more]
To really let go of these fears, we must first go through them.
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.
In this short talk, Guy Finley discusses the mind's compulsive habit of judging other people, which is an unfortunate waste of time and energy that would better be spent attending…[more]
Before we release ourselves into the hands of any automatically appearing rescuing agent, we must first take it into the light in order to see who sent it.
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]
Ours is the power to choose what we will and will not give our power to.
Actualizing our spiritual right to live without the frustration of fearful limitations is not a question of achieving something new; it begins with choosing to end a relationship with that…[more]
Actualizing our spiritual right to live without the frustration of fearful limitations is not a question of achieving something new; it begins with choosing to end a relationship with that…[more]
Instead of putting our attention on what others have done or said, we must turn our attention inward.
**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]
There was once a family living on a large farm, growing corn crops. As the children grew up and the older ones would leave home, the younger ones would get…[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]
Any time we pretend to be something we're not, we do so out of fear that without that "persona" to protect us -- to make that impression we want --…[more]
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]
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]
The punishing pressure we feel in this life is not because of what life is but because of what we perceive life isn't.
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]
You must learn to stop thinking in terms of beginnings and endings, successes and failures, and begin to treat everything in your life as a learning experience instead of a…[more]
In this video blog, Guy talks about why it is so important to work at spending more and more time each day attending to our interior lives.
Once higher self-understanding is restored to us, the painful problems that are caused by its absence effortlessly disappear.
Freedom is not overcoming what you think stands in your way. It is understanding that what is in your way is part of the way.
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 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 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]
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.
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]
Facing your fearful feelings brings them to an end because if you'll proceed while being afraid, you'll see all that's been scaring you... is you.
We value negative states because of the strong sense of self we get from them.
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.
It is never the people we are around that cause us negative reactions. These reactions arise out of what we secretly want from people.
Yours is also the right to effortlessly recognize and release anger and frustration, to be able to see them for exactly what they are -- false powers disguised as helpful…[more]
When you begin to be for God before you're for yourself, then God will begin to be there before you.
Self-limiting thoughts or feelings have power over us only when we are tricked into believing that we need something we don't.
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.
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.
Higher inner awareness grants you patience and new forms of consideration, because now you realize just how much pain everyone is really in.
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.
No human being has any authority over you. Your life belongs to you and to you alone.
No one is free who lives with fear.
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]
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]
If we wish to have true harmonious relationships with others, then it is we who must change.
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.
Guy Finley discusses our native right to live fearlessly, and the courage, resolution, and persistence required to prove our fears groundless. Learn more about rising above the limitations of your…[more]
Real self-command dawns within us as we realize that reliving the past is powerless to change a present misunderstanding.
Every time we accept a negative state we compromise ourselves and increase the level of conflict for ourselves and everyone we meet.
We want to be free, and to be free means to understand what the path of freedom is about.
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]
Time and time again, we come to the same spiritual lesson: no one can give us that which can only be found within our Self.
Guy Finley speaks on themes from his best-selling book The Essential Laws of Fearless Living.
Before we can learn to free ourselves from our own fearful reactions to unwanted events, we must realize just how worthless fear actually is -- especially when we turn to…[more]
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.
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 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 kind of direct self-observation that is essential for the individual who wants freedom from the present level of mind that unconsciously compromises…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley describes a new kind of interior, conscious resolve in which a person ceases to tolerate the deceptive demands of negative states.
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.
In this podcast, Guy Finley takes a look at why it is that we seem to repeat the same experiences over and over again, and what it is we need…[more]
We are always wrongly trying to find the value of ourselves through an unconscious process of comparison. In this podcast, Guy Finley reveals why it is absolutely unnecessary to ever…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about a new kind of awareness that allows for the possibility of a genuine healing and reconciliation to take place in our lives.
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]
Guy Finley explains that the more approval you get, the more you have to have.
Guy Finley explains how whatever weight we seek to place on the backs of others simply falls back on our own.
You do not need to remain the victim of fear, explains Guy Finley.
Use your fear to come awake to yourself, says Guy Finley.
Deliberate release any thought or feeling, explains Guy Finley, that would have you believe that freedom is found through the approval of others.
In this special podcast, Guy Finley talks about how a higher awareness of "our world" makes it impossible to punish, judge or be against another person.
In this podcast, Guy Finley explains in detail how measuring yourself actually prevents any real change from taking place.
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]
(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]
Guy Finley discusses the secrets of success and the truth that there is nothing to fear -- not even job loss or financial failure. Stop being punished by comparison and…[more]
We must be willing, explains Guy Finley, to taste the bitterness of our negative states before we would feed them to others.
It is our fear of being alone, explains Guy Finley, that compels us to seek the approval of others.
Never again look for a way out of any anxious condition, explains Guy Finley. Look instead for a way to see through it.
In this podcast, best-selling author Guy Finley talks about what it really means to be yourself.
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]
The fear of being alone in life, explains Guy Finley, belongs to an imagined self.
Choosing inner seeing over the wish to be seen by others in a complimentary light, explains Guy Finley, stops the cycle of self-sabotage.
What good is the light of any lamp in the dark, asks Guy Finley, if we forget to take that lamp with us out into the night?
In this extraordinary podcast, Guy Finley reveals the higher understanding that is necessary to find the Truly Fearless Life!
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.
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 you know what you're looking for is what you already are, explains Guy Finley, then you stand on the threshold of Fearless Living.
The seemingly scary condition, whatever it may be, is not the problem, says Guy Finley. It is your reaction that is fearful.
Real fearlessness, explains Guy Finley, comes with knowing that we have everything we need to succeed in the same moment that it's needed.
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]
The unsure self that not only looks for, but attaches itself to codependent relationships -- cannot possibly be the real you. Let's see why this statement has to be true.…[more]
We all know the sting of not getting the approval we seek from other people. And when we don't receive the approval, we double our efforts and try a different…[more]
Guy Finley explains that nothing in life can stop you from starting your life all over.
The suffering inherent in any condition created by unconscious codependency, explains Guy Finley, is due to our having forgotten who we really are.
Experience reveals, explains Guy Finley, that the actual nature of any painful moment in life has little to do with what we first blame our pain upon.
One of the most shocking and necessary discoveries along the path, explains Guy Finley, is that what we love does not love us
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]
Guy Finley speaks about the popular idea of a coming evolution in world consciousness.
Being conscious of your fear, explains Guy Finley, empowers you to interact with it in an entirely new way.
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]
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]
Starting to think differently towards your own fears, explains Guy Finley, is the same as learning to act differently towards them.
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.
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]
No one can give us the approval we seek, explains Guy Finley, because it isn't his or hers to give
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]
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]
We live in a world, explains Guy Finley, that is established for us to succeed in realizing that within us dwells an Intelligence beyond fear.
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]
It's only what you do right this moment, right Now, explains Guy Finley, that's the seed of personal change.
Taking conscious risks can be such a powerful catalyst for inner change, explains Guy Finley, and involves making a choice to do what's true, in spite of what that choice…[more]
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]
When it comes to letting go and living in the Now, explains Guy Finley, no sincere effort goes unrewarded.
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.
A poem by Guy Finley which expresses gratitude for Higher Love.
The source of our need for acceptance and approval, explains Guy Finley, is a comparative mind.
Before we can learn to free ourselves from our own fearful reactions to unwanted events, explains Guy Finley, we must realize just how worthless fear actually is.
Looking for freedom in powers or possessions, explains Guy Finley, ensures that we will always be their captive for fear of losing them.
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 speaks about understanding the nature of discontentment and how to rise above its limiting influence.
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]
When faced with a fear of the unknown, explains Guy Finley, we must choose to explore what is yet to be discovered within ourselves.
If we can see, explains Guy Finley, how positive inner states lead to positive life experiences, then we can also see that negative inner states must attract negative results.
Guy Finley gives us ten ways to see through the false thoughts that would have us believe we must suffer because of them.
As we begin to see, explains Guy Finley, that keeping company with fear, worry, and stress is actually what allows those negative states to remain firmly lodged in our hearts,…[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.
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.
When we see, as Guy Finley explains, that by becoming Someone we only succeed in making ourselves a slave to the image of what that will bring, we understand that…[more]
Guy Finley explains that choosing to bear, rather than reciprocate, the pain of others, is the only way to end the circle of suffering.
Our willingness to see the difference between real and false strength, explains Guy Finley, is what allows us to achieve a whole new kind of life.
The only thing that holds us down is what we don't yet know about ourselves. This insight explains why our ability to learn the truth about ourselves, to increase our…[more]
As Guy Finley explains, by walking away from punishing relationships we walk towards a new Self and a more peaceful Life.
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]
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.
Guy explains how we can begin developing true fearlessness by refusing to follow the commands of the internal pressure that jumps in and immediately tells us what we must now…[more]
Understanding our spiritual weakness is the key to following through on our good intentions.
Guy Finley reveals how the misleading fear of emptiness (failure) keeps us from knowing true success.
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 talks about how to escape the punishment inherent in wanting to be approved by others.
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]
Powerful insights from best-selling author Guy Finley show how we can bring an end to our punishing need for approval.
Understanding true peace and security.
Powerful insights to help you break free from the punishment inherent in seeking the approval of others.
It is in your power to be awake to the fearful voices that either project some doom or denouce you for making mistakes.
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.
Tips for fearlessly stepping into indecision and the unknown.
Finding forgiveness in being forgiven.
Learn Why Approval May Be Awarded but Never Sought!
Self-Esteem is how to own your own life!
Using relationships for inner development.
True self-help through transcendence, not struggle.
Here are seven separate Higher Facts about the proof and the possibility of the Fearless Life.
Find your true purpose in life!
The psychology of knowing which of your own thoughts and feelings are your friends.
10 Exercises for increasing your spiritual memory. Remember that every effort you make to remember to remember God increases His interest in you.
Put God First
How to be for yourself by being for the Truth.
Find Real Freedom through love.
Freedom and compassion cannot dwell in any world dominated by fear.
It does not matter how you take the road. All that really matters is that you take it.
Cling Fast to Your Aim and Strive to Be True
