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.
Guy Finley talks about how Truth will never stop trying to help us see and drop the psychological "baggage" that we unconsciously carry around with us.
In this short talk, Guy Finley explains how "waking up" spiritually includes an awareness of how much it hurts to remain "asleep."
In this video, Guy tells an enlightening and entertaining spiritual story about a young woman who gets carried away with "dance partners" -- thoughts and feelings -- that don't have…[more]
Guy Finley talks about how to discern the difference between thought that is practical and useful, versus thought that is unconscious and hurtful.
In spite of how things may appear to us, we are never trapped by where we are. The trap is always who we are.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about what it takes to outgrow the part of ourselves that loves only itself.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how, if our wish is to find true contentment, we must begin to give more and more of our attention to our…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how true "spiritual learning" is not made up of a series of steps that we add to our intellectual library of knowledge,…[more]
**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]
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how we are intended to actively use the gifts we are given so that we can begin to enter into an authentic…[more]
Letting go follows the realization that holding on is of no further use.
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]
In any given moment there's always something higher to do with your life than sit there and suffer over what you think you can't have, do, or be.
We can begin to free ourselves from negative states when we understand the truth about their power over us.
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 only way it's possible to truly deliver ourselves from the punishment of our own self-wrecking thoughts is to begin awakening to their hidden cause within us.
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]
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.
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]
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]
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.
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]
We are meant to take part in God's life through awareness of the freedom it continually reveals.
Anxious thoughts and feelings keep us a prisoner in the world of their empty promises.
No one is free who lives with fear.
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]
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.
We have been the unwitting servants of a thought nature whose appetite is unappeasable.
Our attention connects us to life; it establishes our relationships with all that unfolds around and within us.
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]
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 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 why we must not be afraid to discover everything that we need to know about ourselves.
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 tells a timeless story that underscores the need we have as human beings to know our true nature.
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]
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 our present level of mind that spends its energy trying to resolve the very problems that it creates.
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]
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]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the subtle difference between becoming the embodiment of a thought or feeling that passes through you, and being fully aware of its presence…[more]
In this incredible podcast, Guy Finley reveals some startling, live-changing facts about motivation that up until now have been hidden in plain sight.
Everyone wonders whether or not there is one Great Secret for truly successful living. Guy Finley explains that there is.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about why there is never any good reason to feel disappointed or discouraged about your life.
Guy Finley explains that the more approval you get, the more you have to have.
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]
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]
As difficult as it may be, explains Guy Finley, we must begin to doubt our own suffering.
Guy Finley reminds us that seen or not, our attitude determines our altitude in life.
Guy Finley encourages us to look inward instead of outward for a reason why we're suffering.
In this podcast, Guy Finley reveals how we can forever break free from anything that compels us to relive painful moments from the past.
Guy Finley explains that we should do what's in our power and refuse to be discouraged about anything else.
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.
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]
In this extraordinary podcast, Guy Finley reveals the higher understanding that is necessary to Let Go and find the Truly Fearless and Free Life!
Our purpose in life, explains Guy Finley, should be to challenge and rise above every wrong feeling by finding the higher ground within.
In this podcast, best-selling author Guy Finley talks about the true underlying cause of the recent incident at a Wal-Mart store in New York City in which a young man…[more]
Peace is not true peace, explains Guy Finley, unless you are at peace wherever you are.
In this podcast, Guy Finley presents a new way to look at resistance. Find out how the resistance inherent in our daily lives can either be the source of unnecessary…[more]
Guy Finley urges us to find the places in our lives where we can take conscious, spiritual risks.
Truth wants you to know, explains Guy Finley, that it is never in your best interest to unconsciously suffer.
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.
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.
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.
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]
Real fearlessness, explains Guy Finley, comes with knowing that we have everything we need to succeed in the same moment that it's needed.
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]
Which would you rather have, asks Guy Finley: a big fire hose with a hydrant and a fire to put out every day, or a life without fires in them?
The false self is trying endlessly to get your attention, explains Guy Finley, in order to point out to you that there is something missing in your life.
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]
Popular today is the phrase "be true to yourself." But what in the world does that actually mean? In this podcast, Guy Finley explains the True meaning of this popular…[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]
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]
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]
Guy Finley explains that we are not meant to be the slave of any negative thought or feeling
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.
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]
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.
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.
Like the invisible winds that move the branches on the trees, explains Guy Finley, we live in a world of an unseen, but ceaseless, flood of thoughts and feelings.
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]
Working with self-observation, we can actually see, explains Guy Finley, that these self-compromising thoughts are just that: thoughts.
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.
Hear this talk and learn the actual truth about what's really causing your unhappiness. If you've tried everything but nothing seems to work, this will. All you need to do…[more]
In this talk Guy Finley describes why inner tension, fear, and a sense of limitation exist, and then gives the listener an amazing but simple exercise to move beyond all…[more]
No one can give us the approval we seek, explains Guy Finley, because it isn't his or hers to give
Guy Finley explains that we must never do anything about our discontentment because it's not really ours.
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]
Guy Finley explores how it is that you can make yourself miserable but you can't make yourself happy.
Guy Finley illustrates that wherever you place your attention, you give life to that seed of thought.
Guy Finley helps us to see that "scary" life-moments are as powerless to punish us as is a make-believe monster on the movie screen.
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]
Nothing in life, explains Guy Finley, can stop you from starting your life all over, at anytime.
Understanding that we are not our thoughts and feelings, explains Guy Finley, is the first step towards stopping them from ruling our lives.
Guy Finley gives insight into how to get past feeling overwhelmed by what needs to be done and set about the task of doing our work.
When we think about any painful event, be it three minutes or thirty years old, we look at nothing more than a shadow of what once was -- something that…[more]
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]
To enter the silent world of peace, explains Guy Finley, requires that we learn the secret of being still.
Guy Finley speaks about understanding the nature of discontentment and how to rise above its limiting influence.
Guy Finley speaks about understanding the nature of discontentment and how to rise above its limiting influence (continued).
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]
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]
When we resist what others have to say about us, explains Guy Finley, we miss the perfect opportunity to learn something about our true nature we might not otherwise have…[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]
The moment we understand, explains Guy Finley, that peace, happiness, and fearlessness are not found through our endless desires, we discover we are actually on the road to finding their…[more]
Any direction we take to get away from some misery, explains Guy Finley, is the continuation of that distress.
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.
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]
Now in everyone is sown -- into the center of his or her soul -- some love. Of this we may be certain, even though many people today seem counter-testimony…[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]
Unconscious conflicts, in dialogue form, play themselves out in our mind by painfully reenacting various scenes from our past; moments gone by in which we either know, or sense, we…[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]
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.
By transcending the thoughts that keep us a captive of our suffering, explains Guy Finley, we discover that we are already within a higher realm of understanding.
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]
Guy Finley explains that choosing to bear, rather than reciprocate, the pain of others, is the only way to end the circle of suffering.
Seeing that thoughts do nothing more than keep us firmly entrenched in pyschic slumber, explains Guy Finley, is the first step to learning to live in the untroubled Now.
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!
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]
Persistence and faith on our inner journeys, explains Guy Finley, will be rewarded with enough spiritual gold to last an eternity.
By changing the ingredients of our life recipe from false images and negativity to awareness and understanding, we discover a new sweetness in life.
The present moment, where our being and and our nature meet, is the instant of our destiny. But how to get there?
Guy Finley sheds light on the understanding that the lies of negativity and darkness are only powered by our willingness to let them rule us.
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 lesson, Guy Finley illustrates how we can begin to become aware of the unconscious chain of pain and conflict that we pass along to others when we are…[more]
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 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 you a whole new way to live that is free from the punishment of self-wrecking thoughts.
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.
If we refuse to run from the battle we face, victory appears!
The real miracle of letting go.
Here are seven separate Higher Facts about the proof and the possibility of the Fearless Life.
Healing the cause of all pain and suffering!
Whatever dominates us in the moment is what is first in our lives and is useless thinking.
The psychology of knowing which of your own thoughts and feelings are your friends.
Understand True success by seeing the punishment in ambition and desire.
Expanding Our Understanding of the Nature of Truth
Listen for God's Voice and Know Freedom
Be Fashioned by the Master Jeweler's Hand
Learn about your individual level of inner freedom.
You need never suffer again.
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.
Understanding of the opposites is essential for your spiritual growth.
Allowing nothingness its life slays both the illusion of emptiness and the self so fearful of it.
If you serve only yourself you serve nothing. If you cling only to yourself you hold nothing.
Don't Settle for a Stream When the Ocean Belongs to You