Life -- this moment and every moment -- is a school for the education of the soul.
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]
In this short talk, Guy Finley explains how everything that exists was made for us to discover our true nature.
In this short talk, Guy Finley discusses the importance of understanding the idea of "levels and scale" inside of our own consciousness, so that we can gradually begin to break…[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]
Guy Finley discusses our role in making this a better world, and how our actions do make a difference. Visit OneJourney.net for more information.
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]
To change our relationship with life, to realize its unlimited song, we must bravely learn what it means to hear all of ourselves.
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]
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how the mind's painful struggle to understand any given moment actually prevents the true understanding of the moment from reaching us.
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]
In the middle of any unwanted experience, waiting there all along for us to realize it, is the truth that liberates and lifts us above our former limited understanding responsible…[more]
Darkness, in whatever form we experience it -- from a simple black, starless night, to a depressed thought or feeling -- only exists in the absence of light.
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]
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]
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.
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 merely thinking about spiritual ideas and the actual awareness of the truth of ourselves in the present moment.
Just as a storm in the atmosphere of the earth is born of conflicting fronts of different temperatures colliding with one another, so too must there be conflicting forces within…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how real revelation of the truth of ourselves transforms the character that has been revealed.
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 short talk, Guy Finley explains how conscious awareness of tension is the birthing ground of revelation and self-discovery.
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]
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.
Regardless of when in time, or where on earth, a truth appears, its effect is always the same.
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.
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.
We are meant to go through a transfiguration on this earth, a change internally that leaves our character like nothing it was before.
The true nature of anything -- whether a newly opened leaf or a fearful thought or feeling -- is inseparable from what it serves.
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.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about a new action we can take to find freedom from negative states.
As life pours itself out in the stream of passing time, and we run into challenges seemingly greater than our ability to answer -- each of these encounters "asks" this…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how we can realize and enter into a higher life that is greater than ourselves.
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]
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.
The "healing" we need, the sense of wholeness for which we search, has nothing to do with adding anything to ourselves.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how any beautiful moment that we experience in this life is the expression of a timeless beauty that is waiting to be discovered…[more]
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.
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]
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.
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]
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 the potential we possess to live from a higher part of ourselves that is always in a harmonious relationship with the present moment.
If we wish to have true harmonious relationships with others, then it is we who must change.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the great importance of being willing to see everything that we can about ourselves.
The forces of good and evil can easily be seen working their ways in and through human beings.
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.
Within the space of each beat of your heart, you get the exact measure of the answer you gave to life the moment before.
Guy Finley explains how we are held ever apart from what we love by the very fact that we would clutch it to our breast.
Guy Finley speaks on themes from his best-selling book The Essential Laws of Fearless Living.
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]
Learning to love what is good, explains Guy Finley, begins with being truthful about what we presently love.
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 how a new, whole relationship with life is possible for the human being who is willing to let go of the endless struggle…[more]
In this special podcast featuring music performed live at Life of Learning Foundation in Southern Oregon, Guy Finley talks about the music and rhythm of life itself, and how we…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the fact that as human beings we are intended to live as instruments of God's life, as opposed to the present-day mindset in…[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]
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 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]
We must stop trying to create conditions for ourselves, explains Guy Finley, through which we hope to escape the fear of our own emptiness.
Guy Finley explains the secret of letting go and how it's only through letting go that we are given something better than what life has asked us to give up.
Guy Finley explains that the more approval you get, the more you have to have.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how conflict is born in those moments when our expectations about how life ought to unfold meet reality.
Guy Finley explains that we should do what's in our power and refuse to be discouraged about anything else.
The real gifts given to us by Truth are more plentiful that our minds could possibly imagine. In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about what the healing action of truth…[more]
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 reveals what stands in the way of human beings having a real relationship with wholeness and love.
Once we understand that letting go is the missing half of the whole happiness our heart longs for, explains Guy Finley, everything in our life grows easier.
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]
In this podcast, Guy Finley, best-selling author of The Essential Laws of Fearless Living, reveals how every human being is created with the potential of perfectly reflecting all that is…[more]
Real power, explains Guy Finley, is knowing we already possess everything we need to succeed in the moment, as we would wish it.
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!
To sow spiritual seeds, explains Guy Finley, means that we do spiritual work.
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 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]
Real hope for the world, explains Guy Finley, begins with discovering what it takes to become a new human being.
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]
Awakening to who we are created to be, explains Guy Finley, is the first step in letting go of all that holds us captive.
We must start to become conscious of the movement produced by our thoughts and feelings, explains Guy Finley, because it is their movement that presently drives us to seek balance.
There is nothing wrong with being a successful human being. In fact, the purpose of your life is to win. But what if, in your quest for this victory, you…[more]
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 explains that true prayer must begin with a genuine request.
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.
There is no substitute, explains Guy Finley, for seeing the truth of our actual spiritual situation.
Guy Finley speaks about spiritual balance, alignment, and the natural flow of the present moment.
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]
Real self-knowledge, explains Guy Finley, provides a glimpse of the expansive world that awaits us.
Guy Finley shows us that any desperate attempt to escape a trouble usually leads us right back into more trouble.
As we learn how to listen to the sounds of life within ourselves, explains Guy Finley, we open up to life's endless relationships.
Guy Finley explains how one's inner nature determines one's experience of the outer life.
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.
It is not what life has brought to you that you don't like, explains Guy Finley. It is your reactions that turn the gift of life into the resentment of…[more]
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.
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.
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]
We are create, explains Guy Finley, with the capability of realizing the timeless truth of ourselves.
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 before you can have a different life -- before you can be happier, wiser, more at peace, and in quiet command of yourself -- you must…[more]
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]
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]
Guy Finley discusses the daily disturbances that run through our lives and how we unconsciously take part in the conflict they create. Learn about a new kind of strength and…[more]
Anything that you have to control, explains Guy Finley, controls 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]
Negative emotions cannot exist, explains Guy Finley, without having something to blame for their punishing presence.
Guy Finley explores how it is that you can make yourself miserable but you can't make yourself happy.
Events may happen to you, explains Guy Finley, but you are not the event.
In pure barrenness, explains Guy Finley, there dwells an honest beauty.
We must learn what it means to reach for a whole new place within ourselves, explains Guy Finley, from where it's possible to see that our present thoughts and feelings…[more]
The first step in the right rebellion to reclaim your own life, explains Guy Finley, is to learn what it means to think about yourself instead of from yourself.
A poem by Guy Finley which expresses gratitude for Higher Love.
Guy Finley discusses the Bible as a revelation of Truth and a resource for living the awakened life.
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]
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]
We are not created to be self-filling beings, explains Guy Finley, but instead are meant to empty ourselves in order to be filled by our Higher purpose.
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.
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 nature of true empowerment and how we can overcome stress in our lives by realizing a new kind of inner strength that never fails us.
This beautiful 8 line verse by Guy Finley reveals the essence of the real Spiritual Path.
Guy Finley discusses how we can fulfill the promise and potential of our lives and realize true success through living the awakened life and by developing self-seeing in the present…[more]
This special writing complementing Guy's talk of November 21st, 2004, contains hidden treasures that hint at an entirely new way of living.
Guy Finley gives us ten ways to see through the false thoughts that would have us believe we must suffer because of them.
*(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]
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.
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]
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.
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 discusses the purpose behind the seasonal changes of our inner life and how we can embrace them as the spiritual teachings meant for us.
Guy Finley discusses how to get past justifying weakness and negative states through awareness of our pained condition and surrendering ourselves to a higher strength.
To find new answers to the same problems we continuously face in our lives, Guy Finley teaches us that we must first ask new questions.
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]
Guy Finley explains that a new and true future begins with planting seeds of change in the now.
Understanding our spiritual weakness is the key to following through on our good intentions.
Guy Finley shows how we can reclaim our natural internal energy by seeing where it is that we are currently wasting them.
A short exploration by Guy Finley into Love as the animating force behind all of creation.
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]
Guy Finley reveals how we can invite the unknown Love and Understanding that is capable of perfecting our relationships.
Understanding true peace and security.
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]
Awakening: How to change our destination and arrive at that Higher World!
True self-help through transcendence, not struggle.
How to develop True Character by dropping self-defeating habits!
It is in your power to be awake to the fearful voices that either project some doom or denouce you for making mistakes.
10 Exercises for increasing your spiritual memory. Remember that every effort you make to remember to remember God increases His interest in you.
Find strength, peace and quietude in God's Will
Put God First
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.
Cling Fast to Your Aim and Strive to Be True
Don't Settle for a Stream When the Ocean Belongs to You
Find Balance, Find Perfect Peace
