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.
Dare to put aside all relationships other than those which serve to reveal what is essential to your real desire.
Whenever we will lend our attention to the inner task of working to transcend some dark state at work within us, then in that same moment, even if we don't…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley explains how our sincere wish to act rightly in the moment will attract the authentic higher help that we need to change.
In this short talk, Guy Finley explains why it is necessary to encounter our own so-called "limitations" if we ever want to discover the real source of higher strength that…[more]
Real self-command dawns within us as we realize that reliving the past is powerless to change a present misunderstanding.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how every moment presents us with an opportunity to learn something new and valuable about ourselves.
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]
Be willing to do without what you must if you see certain things that tell you that what you are embracing is destroying everything, including your chance to be a…[more]
Self-study is personal, individual work that sincere seekers must do for themselves.
The Living Light never shows us anything in ourselves that it hasn't already started to change for us.
Our willingness to teach for the purpose of learning is every bit as important as is our willingness to learn what we must in order to grow.
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 how real revelation of the truth of ourselves transforms the character that has been revealed.
The reason we haven't as yet realized real rescue -- and so usually wind up trapped in a tangle once more -- is because every time we ask ourselves how…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley explains how each moment of life is made for anyone and everyone who is present to it. If you are not in this moment,…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about the importance of being present to what each moment reveals to us about ourselves.
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]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how there is nothing in the world more practical than true spiritual principles.
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]
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 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]
Real freedom isn't subject to how others estimate our value; it is in realizing that none are free who find their sense of worth wondering how others measure their lives.
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.
The wish itself -- to be a higher person -- comes to you from a higher place and is received in its inner equivalent within you.
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.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about what it takes to liberate ourselves from any fear that wants to pull us down into its world.
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.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about the importance of applying and integrating the spiritual knowledge we have learned into our everyday lives.
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.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how real relationship with the present moment requires both receptivity and letting go.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about the importance of understanding the need to awaken from spiritual sleep.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how getting angry over our present limitations actually prevents us from consciously meeting and transcending them.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about the vast difference between mere ideas about spirituality and the direct perception of living spiritual principles.
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]
The true purpose of self-study is to invite something Good into our lives that then provides us with the unshakable goodness we were previously unable to give ourselves.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how an entirely new kind of inner freedom can dawn within us when we begin to understand that the happiness that we have…[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.
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]
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.
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]
Guy Finley answers the question, what does it mean to be a truly successful person in this life?
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]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about a bright new relationship with life that is available to us when we are willing to drop our painful demands and wait for…[more]
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.
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 real nature of self-transformation. Learn what it means to place yourself in a vibrant relationship with real Life. Discover a whole and…[more]
Guy Finley speaks about how it's possible to live completely free from fear, worry, and other self-limiting thoughts and feelings.
We can gain new self-knowledge, explains Guy Finley, through the observation of the fact that everything is changing.
No intention can be any stronger, says Guy Finley, than our ability to remember it in the moment that it is needed.
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]
Spiritual work is always interior work first, explains Guy Finley.
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]
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]
In this podcast, Guy Finley reveals how we can forever break free from anything that compels us to relive painful moments from the past.
Use your fear to come awake to yourself, says Guy Finley.
Why try and change your outer world, asks Guy Finley, when it is only a reflection of your inner life?
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.
Guy Finley sheds helpful light on certain forms of painful hypocrisy that live in us. Also revealed is how we can awaken to and dismiss spiritual weakness in ourselves, as…[more]
We are created -- and each of us is intended, explains Guy Finley -- to discover the truth of ourselves within ourselves.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how there is nothing more important than to Be Awake.
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.
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]
Guy Finley explains that if our peace is built upon worldly forms, then it will be, at best, a temporary peace.
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]
Guy Finley explains how rising above the blame game is the same as learning how to be in total command of yourself.
One of the important aspects of this Work, explains Guy Finley, is beginning to employ its principles in our everyday lives.
If we wish to live without resentments that linger in our hearts and rid ourselves of fear with all of its debilitating limitations, we must shed the skin of our…[more]
The suffering inherent in any condition created by unconscious codependency, explains Guy Finley, is due to our having forgotten who we really are.
If inner dialogues were left to themselves as they popped into our mind, explains Guy Finley, they'd be as powerless to disturb us as an echo is to change its…[more]
When the false self throws terrifying shadows, says Guy Finley, you must work to cast Inner Light.
Guy Finley discusses how to keep alive the zeal for awakening and self-work, and to persist on the path to self-knowledge. Learn about the self-honesty that allows you to overcome…[more]
Who you really are, explains Guy Finley, is an endless learning ground, a limitless possibility for higher and higher self-discovery.
Real self-knowledge, explains Guy Finley, provides a glimpse of the expansive world that awaits us.
What we become in this life, explains Guy Finley, is very much determined by the kind of "interior" company we keep.
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]
Guy Finley explains the power in seeing that we are actively involved with unseen thoughts and feelings that compromise us.
Guy explains that one of the primary reasons why we don't change is because there's no space in our life. He shows how real change requires we agree to the…[more]
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]
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]
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]
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]
To succeed spiritually, to discover the new man or woman waiting within us, explains Guy Finley, requires going beyond being the thought-based, self-conceived creatures we are at present.
Learn why persistence is such a critical part of your spiritual work.
A special writing by Guy Finley revealing the path to true change. Originally presented at a classroom talk given on 11/13/05.
Guy Finley reminds us that happiness, love, peace, compassion, and contentment are timeless states of being in the Now.
Looking for freedom in powers or possessions, explains Guy Finley, ensures that we will always be their captive for fear of losing them.
When we resist what life would show us about ourselves, explains Guy Finley, we effectively close the door on the Light that wants to help transform us by showing us…[more]
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.
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.
Negative states born of nothing other than conflict-filled, comparative thinking, explains Guy Finley, steal into us to squander our peace one hundred times a day.
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]
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]
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]
Each glimpse we get of any character shortfall within us, explains Guy Finley, invites us to walk the one true path towards its perfection.
Guy Finley outlines the ten traits of a True Spiritual Warrior.
Guy Finley gives us ten ways to see through the false thoughts that would have us believe we must suffer because of them.
In order to give others the space they need in which to grow, says Guy Finley, we must first make room within ourselves.
*(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]
Guy Finley describes for us how a higher conscious awareness empowers us to be one with all that exists in the kingdom of creation.
Leading by example, explains Guy Finley, is often accomplished by what we don't do, such as by not passing negativity on to others but instead bearing it within ourselves.
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]
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]
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.
Choose not to let dark disturbances take hold of you, encourages Guy Finley, but to instead let them pass you by as you would any unwelcome guest.
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.
**I know someone who drives me crazy, and I want to help him by sharing the truths I am learning. Without using interfering tactics, how can we help others to…[more]
Persistence and faith on our inner journeys, explains Guy Finley, will be rewarded with enough spiritual gold to last an eternity.
Guy Finley explains that a new and true future begins with planting seeds of change in the now.
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.
Kindness is something we all value and wish we are known for. Learn how to make kindness alive in your life.
Guy Finley explains that staying on the path to a truly awakened life requires continually saying NO to those unconscious parts of us that are full of doubt and darkness.
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 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 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.
Helpful ideas about what is required of us if we wish to realize our True Nature, and offering specific examples of how to do the inner work necessary to align…[more]
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.
Prayer in Action: Seven silent prayers to turn your life around
Who we are - the stuff of our soul - is being transformed continuously by the nature of the company we keep, the toxic People.
Real transformation is a task that takes intentional sustained inner work.
Self-Esteem is how to own your own life!
How to see without judging others!
True self-help through transcendence, not struggle.
How to develop True Character by dropping self-defeating habits!
Learning to recognize genuine truth. It is always simple, always good.
To break out of any prison you must first find a way that works. Here are a dozen new actions that have special powers to show you this needed Way.
The whole of our lives is relationship. The whole of our inner discovery takes place within relationship. Nothing can speed up our inner work better than working with someone who…[more]
The answers to all of life's questions can be found WITHIN you. Three ways to start asking the right questions.
10 steps to help you to outgrow yourself by venturing into the unknown.
The 10 voluntary exercises below are for would-be Angels who want to develop their wings. Each is designed to help increase higher self-awareness.
Most of our heartaches and sorrows are the offspring of trying to be something we have no Real need to be.
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.
Self-Correction is Self-Elevation
Take Time Alone and Find Freedom
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.
How to deal with negative states.
A thousand journeys, but one Path. A thousand lovers, but one Thee.
Cling Fast to Your Aim and Strive to Be True
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.
Do The Good Work of Preparation So Perfection May Begin
